{"id":6623,"date":"2020-08-09T12:44:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T02:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2020-08-09T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T02:44:31","slug":"learning-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stmark.com.au\/Blogs\/learning-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Learning Patience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adapted from a sermon by Fr Michael Fanous<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passage\nLuke 20:9-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lord\nuses the analogy of the wicked vinedressers in a parable that recounted the\nstory of Israelites and God up until this point in history. The Lord set up\neverything nicely and entrusted the land to the vinedressers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Old\nTestament, the Lord gave the people the law and the commandments. He was always\namongst them and created the entire earth for humanity to inhabit. Similarly, the\nvinedressers wanted the gifts that God had to offer but they didn\u2019t want God\nHimself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel was\nGod\u2019s chosen people in the Old Testament. He gave them the land, the\ntabernacle, He dwelt among them, and despite all this, they still rejected Him.\nToday, people are given so many gifts and benefit immensely from these gifts,\nyet they continue to reject the source of these gifts. People want the good in\nlife without God, the Provider of goodness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could\nbe an issue we face from time to time. When we want the gifts of God, but we\ndon\u2019t always want God. God is patient with all His children. In the Old\nTestament, He sent prophets, Kings, priests, all people that could voice His\nWord. The message was clear \u2013 to strive for godliness and righteousness. And\nyet, they rejected Him. To the extent that the prophets were beaten. Isaiah was\nsawn in half. Zachariah was murdered between the temple and the altar. Jeremiah\nand Ezekiel were stoned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the\nprophets that were sent suffered and were destroyed for the message they\npreached. The Lord remains patient with them, and us, to the extent that He\nsent His Own Son, so that they may return to God. He too, was crucified. God is\nvery patient with us all. He asked for a small amount of fruit among the entire\nproduce, and even that was rejected. The vinedressers believed they were the\nowners and didn\u2019t need Him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\nfullness of time, Christ found someone patient and longsuffering who was the\nvirgin Saint Mary. When she was born, she was given as a servant of the temple\nto do all the tedious jobs that no one else wanted to do, like clean after the\nanimals. When she grew up and it was time for her to leave the temple, they\nneeded somewhere for her live. Throughout this, she was patient. The angel came\nto her and told she would have a Son, but she wanted to remain a virgin. This was\nthe ultimate answer from God, she was a virgin but still a mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patience\nwas exhibited when she gave birth in a manager. She suffered in her travels to\nEgypt by night which was a foreign land where no one wanted them. She suffered\ngreatly, the height on this was Christ on the Cross and the accusations that\nfollowed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the\nglory that she was given was not something that she took to heart, but she gave\nglory to God. When she was told she was to be the mother of God, she called\nherself the maidservant of the Lord. This is all glory that she did not take\nupon herself. The miracles that followed did not cause her to esteem herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do we\nlearn from St Mary? Long suffering. When we are impatient when we are asked the\nsame question more than once. This is the time to pursue long suffering. Are we\nimpatient with the Lord and our requests of Him? We must recognise the\nimportance of patience. The Lord teaches us, \u201cBy your patience possess your\nsouls\u201d \u2013 Luke 21:19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patience is\na virtue we all need. When tribulation passes us by, in patience we trust that\nLord will solve it. We need to be patient in order to attain peace with others.\nThe Lord is telling us to be patient, to be like His own mother. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\ncoming two weeks of fasting, let us practice patience with everyone. Let us\nwait on the Lord to give us joy. And in turn, imitate Saint Mary. People learn\nfrom the patience they see in others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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