Thursday, March 18, 2010

golden calves

The first reading at Mass today was from Exodus.  It was the story of the golden calf and Moses' intercession for his people after that when God was ready to wash His hands of the whole sorry bunch.  The golden calf incident was at the very beginning of the scripture, and if you were having and ADD moment, you could miss it all together.  It only took up a sentence or so.  But the major image from the homily was based on that.  We all have our own "ugly little golden calves" that we need to ask God to take from us.  When we come forward to receive Holy Communion, we bring those ugly little golden calves with us, God takes them from us, and gives us the gift of Himself instead.  Not really a fair trade, but a gift of amazing love.
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  1. LucyMarch 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    Hi!
    This isn't a comment about your post per se, so you don't need to publish it. I just wanted to invite you to "Kids say the darndest things Friday" blog hop at:

    http://mysticalrosedesign.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-signature_19.html



    We’d love to have you join the fun and share your stories. I’m sure that you have some real gems!

    In Christ,
    Lucy

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