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JULY 24: TUESDAY OF THE 16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
/“[W]hoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
(Mt.
12:50)/
Can other people see a family resemblance between us and Jesus, our Brother?
Today’s reading gets me asking that question because, not long ago, I saw a crazy coincidence that nobody would have noticed except for the power of looking-like-a-brother.
See, my parents and I went to a Japaneses restaurant where chefs do a high-speed, knife-tossing, chop-slice-and-dice show while cooking at your table.
The table seating can put you with people you don’t know.
We were with others who were on their own: two couples and one other man.
This man, who was probably in his late 50s, eventually asked one of the others, “Hey, do you have a brother named Ernest?”
It turned out he was right.
He’d gone to high school with Ernest, the older brother of the second man who looked to be in his mid-40s.
Ernest’s old classmate said he couldn’t help asking, the family resemblance was so powerful.
And he hadn’t /seen/ Ernest in years.
/Our/ older Brother, Jesus, does what his Father desires, asks and commands—always and everywhere (see Lk. 22: 41-43 and parallels in Mt. and Mk.; also Jn. 5:19).
In today’s Gospel story, he shows how we can best be recognized as members of his faith-family.
It’s not just by saying, “Lord, Lord” or “Father God, Father God.” Jesus says our resemblance is powerfully noticeable when, like him, we clearly act in godly ways.
/Holy Spirit, empower us so our actions get people to ask, “Hey, do you have a brother named Jesus?”/
(Fr.
Tony Wood)
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