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The Catholic Calendar for Wednesday, January 21, 2004
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
St. Agnes, virgin, martyr
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
1 Samuel 17:32-33,37,40-51
Psalm 144:1-2,9-10
Mark 3:1-6
A reflection on today's Scripture. . . .
I come against you in the name of the Lord of Hosts. . . .
Obviously the story of David and Goliath is a story of the triumph of the little man over the great. It is the story that supports the notion that David was one of the Great Kings of Israel. But it is actually not a story about that at all. It is a story for today.
The story of David and Goliath is the story of trust in the Lord. David picked up five smooth stones from the dry stream bed. How could anyone hope to do anything with these five stones that would advance their cause? It is ludicrous to think that they could against so powerful a foe.
But David says, For the battle is the Lords and He will deliver you into my hands. This is a powerful reminder of Whom we worship. This is the God who takes the battle.
Even when it seems that we lose, we win in the Lord. Even when it seems that we have been utterly defeated, the Lord has taken victory. Because we judge by temporal standards, we cannot see it. But we have taken the crown by our trust in the Lord who loves us.
Let us then rest in the Lord, allow Him to wage the battle, and remain true to Him, and we shall see victory.
- JuandelaCruz
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