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1 SAM. 31
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I am requesting Psalm 31 and could we also do the book of Isaiah???
ReplyDeleteSaul doesn't love God. He hasn't got any conviction or trust. His heart isn't in it. He has no eros for God. He just doesn't care.
CONGRATS JOSEPH PEARCE!!!!
Joseph Pearce is a fantastic person.
Yes, let's do Isaiah next.
DeleteSaul does love God in a way. He just keeps getting distracted. He does care - but he's not consistent. I think he's more complex than a simple selfish buffoon - though he is that much of the time.
The seed falls on shallow ground???
DeleteYes, Gabby, I think that's it.
DeleteBut I think we have to keep in mind how much we are like Saul. It seems that Saul believes in God but is afraid of God's transformative grace and doesn't trust God. And Saul is easily moved to make rash vows. He's the kind of person who would weep and pray after a beautiful Mass, but then five minutes later beat someone to a pulp in the parking lot for taking his parking space.
It's not as if Saul cannot experience God or be touched by His Spirit; it's that he can't or won't persist. He's always focused on what's right before his eyes. He has no fidelity because he lives too much in the world, moved by its passing excitements.
So, yes, the seed has fallen on shallow ground.
https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/novena/3hailmarys.htm
ReplyDeleteSaul goes out with a wimper, like Denethor. It's truly a miserable and fitting end. Saul also resembles Macbeth (consorting with witches, trying to kill those who might challenge him, etc.), only instead of going down "with guns blazing," he wavers yet again and takes his fate into his own hands. He relies solely on himself and doesn't seems to believe in the transformative power of God. He tries to bend his kingly gifts (including the spirit of the Lord that he received at his anointing) to his own will instead of using them to accomplish God's plan. All in all, he was weak, a fallen human being like the rest of us, yet he was too prideful to admit it and tried to solve all his problems by his own strength. When his strength came up short, he despaired.
ReplyDeleteI think Solomon's seven hundred wives were getting on his nerves. I've counted three or four mentions of how virtually anything is better than living with a nagging wife or contentious woman, and there are two such warnings in Proverbs 21 alone!
Yes, congratulations to Joseph Pearce!
There do seem to be certain archetypes set by biblical figures and saints that certain people very much resemble, even if they do not do it consciously. It probably has to do with the lists St. Paul gives of different gifts and vocations--everyone is different, yet the way they serve God falls into certain categories.
Any man who was unwise enough to collect seven hundred wives needs to wonder if it's really worth it.
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