{"id":1706,"date":"2016-09-17T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T06:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2022-09-17T10:03:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T14:03:36","slug":"24th-week-in-ordinary-time-saturday-year-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/2016\/09\/17\/24th-week-in-ordinary-time-saturday-year-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday, Year II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s First Reading Paul tries to explain to the\u00a0Christians at Corinth what the Resurrection will be like for them. Most of his imagery describes something in perfect condition and full bloom.\u00a0What will a glorified life be like? Will we all be like Golden Age superheroes? Maybe not just in the way we think of them usually: superpowers and perfect bodies. When we are risen the world will be saved definitively. No new threats, either within us, due to our sin or our poor health, nor in the world, suffering and wondering what evil may be around the next corner.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the parable in today&#8217;s Gospel also gives us an idea: &#8220;they are the ones who, when they have heard the word,\u00a0embrace it with a generous and good heart,\u00a0and bear fruit through perseverance.&#8221; Sometimes we think of the &#8220;super&#8221; part of the equation, but we forget about the &#8220;hero&#8221; part. In a glorified life we will be heroes because we&#8217;ll have conquered evil inside us and in the world. We&#8217;ll enjoy no longer being short-tempered or weak willed. In short, the virtues we&#8217;ve striven to heroically live will become second nature.<\/p>\n<p>With hope in the\u00a0glorified life that awaits us, let&#8217;s strive to be heroes in virtue and help Our Lord save the world.<\/p>\n<p><em>Readings:\u00a01 Corinthians 15:35\u201337, 42\u201349;\u00a0Psalm 56:10c\u201314;\u00a0Luke 8:4\u201315.<\/em> See also <a href=\"http:\/\/temp.fathernikola.org\/2015\/09\/19\/24th-week-in-ordinary-time-saturday\/\">24th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/temp.fathernikola.org\/2015\/07\/23\/16th-week-in-ordinary-time-thursday\/\">16th Week in Ordinary Time, Thursday<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/temp.fathernikola.org\/2015\/07\/24\/16th-week-in-ordinary-time-friday\/\">Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/61\/7f\/bf\/617fbf22552eb5a72ef11a9e35eb1e99.jpg\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s First Reading Paul tries to explain to the\u00a0Christians at Corinth what the Resurrection will be like for them. Most of his imagery describes something in perfect condition and full bloom.\u00a0What will a glorified life be like? Will we all be like Golden Age superheroes? Maybe not just in the way we think of &#8230; <a title=\"24th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday, Year II\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/2016\/09\/17\/24th-week-in-ordinary-time-saturday-year-ii\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about 24th Week in Ordinary Time, Saturday, Year II\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,36,87,146],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ordinary-time","tag-saturday","tag-twenty-fourth-week","tag-year-ii"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p65qtw-rw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fathernikola.org\/liturgy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}