12/13/10 TEACH US YOUR WAYS, O LORD

12/13/10 cblog TEACH US YOUR WAYS O LORD ;
Christ King (sod, st. Lucy) m: "light at end of tunnel..theme for this week..think of a dark alley..add light..feel more secure..church in 3rd week ..are we following the light of Jesus..teach me your ways..easily tempted to turn from the light..chief priest..they don't want to walk..by what authority..priests won't tell..they want to set a trap..sometimes we do the same..our own false lights..we need to say "teach me your ways..'.st lucg..let us have the courage of st. Lucy..dont let faith hope love be extinguished..on christmas morn encounter prince of peace Jesus.."

Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a "When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of God came upon him, and he gave voice to his oracle: The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor the utterance of a man whose eye is true, The utterance of one who hears what God says and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured, and with eyes unveiled How goodly are your tents, O Jacob; your encampments, O Israel! They are like gardens beside a stream, like the cedars planted by the LORD. His wells shall yield free-flowing waters, he shall have the sea within reach; His king shall rise higher and his royalty shall be exalted. Then Balaam gave voice to his oracle: The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor the utterance of the man whose eye is true, The utterance of one who hears what God says and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured, and with eyes unveiled I see him, though not now; I behold him, though not near: A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel.

R. (4) Teach me your ways, O Lord. Your ways, O LORD, make known to me; teach me your paths, Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior. R. Teach me your ways, O Lord. Remember that your compassion, O LORD,

MATT 21.23-27
"When Jesus had come into the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him as he was teaching and said“By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?” Jesus said to them in reply,“I shall ask you one question, and if you answer it for me, then I shall tell you by what authority I do these things. Where was John’s baptism from? Was it of heavenly or of human origin?”‘Then why did you not believe him? But if we say, ‘Of human origin,’ we fear the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet.” So they said to Jesus in reply, “We do not know.” He himself said to them,“Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things.”