September 22 - Monday of the 25th Week in Ordinary Time, Year I
(Ezra 1:1-6; Ps.126:1-6; Lk.8:16-18) "Those that sow in tears shall reap rejoicing." The Israelites toiled in tears for four hundred years under the yoke of the Egyptians, then rejoiced to finally enter the Promised Land (after wandering forty years in the desert). For seventy years Judah had been exiled to Babylon, but rejoiced when, remarkably, the king of Persia called them to return to Jerusalem and, with his blessing, to rebuild the temple of the Lord. And now we wait in exile for our Lord to return. But sadness should not overwhelm us in this land of exile. Indeed our lights must shine…
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