Sunday
June 26, 2016
Setting Your Hand to the Plow
“Jesus said, ‘No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.’” (Luke 9:62)
The words of the Gospel have much to teach us. Please reflect on the following:
“Plowing gets a field ready for planting. In Jesus’ time, a farmer plowed a field by following an ox on foot. The farmer used the reins in his hands to give signals to the ox. If the farmer looked back, he would of course move his body around. Then the reins would jiggle. The ox would think it was a ‘turn signal’ from the reins. The ox would veer from the straight path and the farmer’s smooth straight row would be ruined. Jesus asks us to keep looking straight ahead as we follow him. No looking back to check on how we’re doing! This takes trust.”
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Sunday, June 26
Liturgical Color: Green
Pope St. Benedict II became
pope on this day in 684 A.D. He
was pope for less than a year
but spent his time battling the
heresy of Monothelitism. This
heresy denied Church doctrine
that Christ had both a human
and divine will.