Daily Mass Gospel Reflection- Don't Wait

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 11-16-21 | Aux. Bishop R. Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time

Luke 19:1-10

Friends, today’s Gospel declares in the story of Zacchaeus how quickly God responds to any sign of faith. Zacchaeus’ climbing the sycamore tree shows he had more than a passing interest in seeing Jesus. He had a deep hunger of the spirit. His principal virtue was his willingness to go to great extremes. But this is what we do when we know that something of great moment is at stake. When our health is endangered, we move, we act; when our job is threatened, we go to almost any extreme to keep it.

When Jesus spotted him he said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” Christians, God responds to us readily when we show the least interest in him. He doesn’t play hard to get; he is not coy with us. When we seek him, he responds, because loving us is his entire game.

Notice how Jesus tells Zacchaeus to hurry. Don’t wait, don’t hesitate. Seize the moment of conversion when it comes.

[MurphsLaw]

+++At that time Jesus came to Jericho
and intended to pass through the
town.
Now a man there named Zacchaeus,
who was a chief tax collector and
also a wealthy man,
was seeking to see who Jesus was;
but he could not see him because of
the crowd,
for he was short in stature.
So he ran ahead and climbed a
sycamore tree in order to see Jesus,
who was about to pass that way.
When he reached the place, Jesus
looked up and said,
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your
house.”
And he came down quickly and
received him with joy.
When they saw this, they began to
grumble, saying,
“He has gone to stay at the house of
a sinner.”
But Zacchaeus stood there and said
to the Lord,
“Behold, half of my possessions,
Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from
anyone
I shall repay it four times over.”
And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this
house
because this man too is a
descendant of Abraham.
For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost.”+++

[Ezekiel]

But Zacchaeus stood there and said
to the Lord,
“Behold, half of my possessions,
Lord, I shall give to the poor,
and if I have extorted anything from
anyone
I shall repay it four times over.”

The present and active tense is how it is:

Luke 19

8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

The rich man President Trump was/is guilty of all sorts of stuff by false accusations, even media murmurings 24/7/365.

Like Zacchaeus, he will have restored to him that which was lost: his good name and reputation.

Let me start:

Zacchaeus = "pure"