Gleanings from today's Mass readings 9/2/06

1 Corinthians 1: 26 - 31
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For consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth;
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but God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong,
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God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
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so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
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He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption;
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therefore, as it is written, "Let him who boasts, boast of the Lord."

The foolish of the world...wow see now there is a topic I know all too well :) I had a friend who once described herself as "The poster child for 'Don't Do This...' ." She was right, actually, but then again aren't we all? Look at David, who had a man killed so he could sleep with his wife. Yikes! Augustine was a notorious ladies' man and even St. Teresa De Avila, the great doctor of the church described herself as a simple and stupid woman. God loves to shine in us, and shines ever more brightly in our dimness, so that he that does boast can only boast in the Lord.