In the Office of Readings from the Liturgy of the Hours the readings for Lent are from the book of Exodus with the obvious parallels of the Passover leading up to the celebration of Easter. It seems every time I read through this section of the scriptures I am always amazed at the actions of the future Israelites. Here were all these amazing miracles and yet they responded by whining and complaining at every turn. They were taken so far and yet they had little hope or trust in God that he would continue to guide them. Come on they went from the miracle of Passover, through the parting of the Red Sea, to erecting a Golden Calf. To paraphrase Bugs Bunny “What a bunch of maroons!”
I get to thinking how they could receive so much and acted so badly in return? Though then I started to think about my own attitudes. As a Catholic I get to receive the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ every time I go to Mass. Yet really how thankful am I for this. The miracle of the Eucharist transcends all the miracles of the Old Testament where we saw all the prefigurements. The Incarnation is such a wonder and a mystery we can never fully plumb, yet I will spend more effort thinking how disturbing a drum kit is at Mass. All the graces we are given and yet how often is their any kind of acknowledgment of this. Jesus cured ten lepers yet only one returned to give thanks. It is quite annoying to realize that I am walking off with the nine lepers that were cured. Sure sometimes I am truly thankful, but most days I go on wondering what God was going to do for me next. No matter how much God has worked in my life and cured me of some very serious sins, like the Israelites I forget the past and want the next thing now with hardly the trust I should have.
“Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.” (Luke 7:47)
Well I have been forgiven much that is for sure, loving much – well not so much.
So I look in the mirror and resort back to Bugs Bunny “What a maroon!”
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How true it is! We rarely appreciate the wonders God has done and is doing for us each day. Reflection on those things should be a great cause of Joy.
I had to laugh at your title. Back when I was an application engineer, for fun we started to collect sound clips (like the radio guys do) for when we were internally describing some issue a customer was having. I used to have “what a maroon” for those times when it was obvious the customer did absolutely no looking at the docs but found it easier to just email “support@company.com”.
This one’s for you, Scott. What a maroon!
What a wonderfully insightful post. I love your blog!!
Let the bells ring, the bannors fly, feast your eyes on me, “IT”s too good to be true, but “I’M’ here! “I’M” here!
What’s UP DOC?
Listen Jeff, don’t tell Victor “I” was here AGAIN but “I” just wanted to tell you that while he’s praying and doing his little thing for “Lent” and “I” mean little thing, me and the alien gods are planning on starting our own “Religion”. Laugh if you want and call Victor flesh crazy but we’ve got wind of “IT” that we’re going to get a “LOT” of help from this guy, our angels call HAM. I kid you not these angels have told 93% of Victor’s spiritual, imaginary reality cells that each and everyone of our spiritual, reality cells will get as much, as much ancestors that this so called A brum the Ham got so are you with U>S (usual sinners) or not NOW?
Forget about Victor’s 7% so called “JESUS” REALITY CELLS cause he still lives in The Dino age and we are a LOT happier in this Car toon age where there’s no human pain of any kind what so ever and no body’s bleeding hearts to bother U>S.
This is your last chance folks cause just “ONE” of these angels have got more power than any so called Adam and Eve cow boy gold compined could hold and if your “Jesus” was for real, He would even tell HIS Father to forgive these humans cause they don’t know what they are doing and if they did know about U>S, “IT” would be kind of like telling “IRAN” to take out the log out of their eyes while U.S. still has “The Bush” in theirs.
Got to go cost Time marches on and “I” was just kidding Jeff, God didn’t really create Anges before U.S. and expected U>S to help them. What a dreamer this so called Father of Victor was! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DffS4szr1cw
Victor would probably say “Peace”
We imaginary alien angel cells say “Piece NOW?”
Happy Lent
WHO SAID THAT? 🙂