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Catholic Charities USA
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Readings of the Day
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The readings today are, for many of us, foundational for the work we
do, especially Matthew's Gospel. We may have whole
presentations, firmly encoded in memory and requiring no notes, that
we offer to parish and school groups when speaking of Catholic Social
Teaching, all based on "Matthew 25."
The contrast with Leviticus could not be more pronounced. The
Mosaic system enumerated here is a list of "NOTS." Prescriptions
against things we should not do to others. I also note that the
main relationship described is with God.
The theological development in the New Testament is welcome and also
challenging. Jesus in Matthew's parable - his last
before we begin the narrative of the Passion - does not give us
a list of "nots," but a set of choices based on
relationship. That relationship is focused downward.
Rather than helping the follower to focus "upwards" toward
a transcendent God, as in the first reading, Jesus clearly identifies
himself and God with those at the bottom. This is a different
kind of relationship.
A theme has emerged lately in my work: homeless families with children
who have such behavioral needs that some shelters can't serve
them. These families, some with toddlers, are in vehicles while
they wait for the systems - which are saturated - to find
alternatives. Even with multiple programs and funding streams at
our disposal, we cannot resolve these cases. Medical providers
and school counselors are all calling to advocate for these families,
but that advocacy does not create openings in appropriate shelters or
changes in funding restrictions. I've come to think of
these situations as the cross I will bear this Lenten season.
They are humbling.
When will we move past the Mosaic code of "thou shalt
nots" and find ourselves and our systems in a world shaped by
relationship? Relationship with and relationship for?
Matthew 25 is on our minds, on our lips, in our hearts. During
the coming weeks of Lent, I pray, for all of us and for our clients,
that God may move us all toward a new day of relationships.
Scott Cooper is VP of Mission for Catholic Charities Eastern
Washington (Spokane). He serves on the Parish Social Ministry
Leadership Team with CCUSA. He and his family belong to Sacred
Heart Parish in Spokane, where he sings in the choir, still masked.
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