Proverbs 9:9 (NLT) -
Instruct the wise,
and they will be even wiser.
Teach the righteous,
and they will learn even more.
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Do you prefer giving or receiving oral sex?
I prefer ascending to the heights of astral projection, grasping the eternal call from Selene and ejecting my righteous rays onto the populous
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Righteous
The Bible is full of stories about amazing people. Towering figures that do great things.
I’m not even talking about Jesus. I’m thinking of Old Testament prophets, John the Baptist, St. Paul. People who are larger than life.
The constant focus on people like that? It can leave us with the impression that unless we blaze across history like Elijah or Joan of Arc, maybe we’re not doing it right. That is, if we really believed, that if we really lived the Faith, our lives would look like that.
That we’re not good enough. Because our lives don’t look like that.
I have heard things like this from kind, loving, faithful people. People who are questioning their faith, questioning their relationship with God. Because their lives don’t blaze across history.
Which is why Simeon is so important.
Today’s Gospel gives us a brief glimpse into his life. Simeon isn’t a towering figure. He doesn’t blaze across history.
And yet, God chose Simeon to deliver His message to the Holy Family.
At this point, Mary and Joseph are still kind of stunned from everything that’s happened. The Holy Family really isn’t the Holy Family just yet.
It’s a month after all of the overwhelming…everything around the Birth of Jesus. Mary and Joseph are doing what they’re supposed to, following the law. Sure, they’re going through the motions. But they’re kind of wobbly at this point.
They’re like, was that real? Did all of that really happen?
So who does God send, to remind them of what that was all about? To encourage them. To bring them back to their calling to be the Holy Family.
Simeon.
All we know about Simeon is that he is righteous. Which means what?
Which means that Simeon is trying to walk with God. And when he stumbles, when he fails, he gets back up. And tries again. That’s what it means to be righteous.
Being righteous isn’t about being perfect. It’s about not giving up.
Being righteous is about getting up one more time than you fall down.
It’s something the Church is so into that we even have a sacrament that’s all about trying again after you fail. About letting God lovingly help you pick up the pieces after it all falls apart.
If you want to know who’s close to God, this is it. The righteous. Not the perfect, but the ones who try. The ones who get up one more time than they fall.
That’s who God sent to the Holy Family. That’s who God trusted with a message of encouragement for the people who would soon need to flee for their lives, to protect God’s Son.
That’s who God is calling you to be.
God isn’t calling you to be perfect. God is calling you to be righteous. To try. To get up one more time than you fall down.
To be wise enough to let God lovingly help you pick up the pieces after it all falls apart.
That is what it means to have a living Faith.
That is who God is calling you to be.
Today’s Readings
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Praise to the Creator
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous! For praise is comely for the upright.
— Psalm 33:1 | Third Millennium Bible (TMB)
Third Millennium Bible, New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cross References: Psalm 5:11; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 92:1; Psalm 147:1; Philippians 3:1; Philippians 4:4
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