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October 30, 2022
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Zacchaeus and the Sycamore
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
Jericho is a city of turning points. It is an oasis that serves as a crossroads between Galilee and Jerusalem and between Israel, Jordan and Egypt. It is here that Jesus will take the road that will lead to Calvary.
It is also the home of a hated and rich, mercenary tax collector named Zacchaeus. His fellow Jews see him only as a collaborator with the Roman occupation forces. He has reached the peak of his career but is unsatisfied. He has few if any friends. His last chance may be to reform by turning to Jesus.
Being short of stature, he climbs a sycamore tree. This is not the stately plant of America, nor that of Eurasia. It is a variety of fruit tree, often known as the “poor man’s fig”. There is a bit of satire in the fact that he climbs a plant grown for the impoverished.
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Wisdom 11:22-12:2
To God, the universe is a drop of morning dew
- Wisdom literature in the Bible is a rich source of spirituality.
- In this passage, we are assure that God will have mercy on us always.
- We are reminded that God created all that is, and loves all that he created!
2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2
We pray for you always
- Paul prays that the community in Thessalonica may be faithful to the message preached about Jesus Christ.
- He addresses the rumor in the community that Christ would be returning soon, a common belief in the early years of the Faith.
- He urges them not to be agitated by this rumor, but to go on living their lives faithfully.
Luke 19:1-10
Zacchaeus wanted to see Jesus
- Here we see Jesus’ compassion and sense of justice reach a peak.
- He demonstrates his love of the sinner by eating with them, something that would have been seen by his detractors as very out-of-place for a rabbi such as Jesus.
- But as usual, he persists and teaches a valuable lesson: take in the outcast and sinner first and they will later be healed.
