Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time |
| Matthew 8:5–17 |
Friends, today’s Gospel passage acclaims a centurion’s trust in the Lord Jesus. To trust is to have hope, to turn one’s heart to God. It means to root one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns, in God. And oppositely, to trust and to turn one’s heart to human beings means to root the whole of one’s life, to ground and center one’s concerns, in the things of this world: in wealth, fame, power, honor, or pleasure. What is the center of gravity of your life? What is your “ultimate concern”? The Bible consistently lays this out as an either/or. Think of the passage in the book of Joshua when Joshua lays it on the line for the people of Israel: “Choose today whom you will serve.” Jesus tells his followers, “Whoever is not with me is against me.” Today’s Gospel reminds us that we each have to answer this question with great honesty and clarity. Bishop Robert Barron |
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