SAPIENTIAE TIMOR DOMINI INITIUM

SCRUTATIO SCRIPTURAE

 

SAPIENTIAE TIMOR DOMINI INITIUM
(THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM)

A Scrutatio for the 3rd Sunday of the CHRISTIAN SEASON OF EPIPHANY

Readings from the Anglican Book of Common Prayer
Nehemiah 8:2-10 / Psalm 113 / I Corinthians 12:12-27 / Luke 4:14-21

Readings for the Pauline/Vatican II Rite of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Nehemiah 2:2-6, 8-10 / Psalm 18:8-10, 15 / I Corinthians 12:12-30  / Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 

  Septuagesima Sunday

Readings for the Tridentine Rite of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Introit: Psalm 18:5-7 and 1-2 

Epistle: I Corinthians 9:24-27 and 10:1-5   

Gradual: Psalm 9:9-10 and 18-19

Tract: Psalm 130:1-4

Gospel 

Matthew 20:1-16

Offertory: 
Psalm 92:1

Communion Antiphon: Psalm 31:16-17

We live in a society today that downplays the 7th gift of the HOLY SPIRIT, THE LORD AND GIVER OF LIFE, the gift known as HOLY FEAR (SACRED WONDER AND AWE)...

We see GOD as a "friend"... 

A "companion"... 

Just another "buddy"...

That is why we can't be like OUR BLESSED LORD JESUS in being a faithful child of GOD, WHO IS OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER...

In the place where I am staying right now, I see this LIVING TRUTH through the eldest son of Ate Sonia Evangelista, Kyle, and Ate Belen Austria's nephew, Shawn...

These children are brought up in LOVE that nurtures them to be RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN through DISCIPLINE...

These children are well aware of their dos and donts, not out of fear, but out of TRUST AND LOVE!

Yes they do have their "rough edges," but because of the beauty of DISCIPLINE rooted in TRUST, LOVE and PATIENCE, these children will be the "precious diamonds" of their loving families! ...

In looking at these children, this thirteen year old lad and this four year old boy, I CAN SEE HOW GOD OUR ALMIGHTY AND EVER-LOVING FATHER guides us through OUR HOLY MOTHER CHURCH...

EVER-PATIENT TO WIN US BACK INTO HIS LOVING ARMS AND BE CHANGED FROM GLORY TO GLORY INTO HIS BELOVED CHILDREN IN CHRIST, THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT!

This AWE... 

This WONDER...

This SACRED FEAR of disappointing OUR ALMIGHTY FATHER...

Hope we will contemplate and bask on this WONDERFUL GIFT that GIVES US GODLY WISDOM!