{"id":5532,"date":"2019-08-17T11:27:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T11:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=5532"},"modified":"2019-08-17T11:45:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T11:45:39","slug":"do-you-rent-or-own-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/do-you-rent-or-own-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Rent or Own?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Akron,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in the early 1950\u2019s we lived on Bloomfield, a pretty city street in Akron, Ohio. Dad took the bus to work downtown and mom cooked, cleaned, and fed the three Horan children. I remember a big stair- case we were forbidden to slide down and a bedroom I had all to myself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We rented the house for five years. Then one day, to surprise his wife, dad put $2,000 down on a little Cape Cod north of the city. Mom was furious in that she hadn\u2019t been consulted; but with feelings repaired, the Horan\u2019s moved into their first and only home. Dad was pretty proud. The American dream was coming true. (Mom still had to say goodbye to the dream of moving to Columbus to be near her large family.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we owned a home. That\u2019s where I learned to ride\na bike and Jimmy Farrell and I would explore the\nwoods behind our street. Patty and Maureen did all\nthe things girls do to grow up. Fifty-two years mom\nand dad had that house.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew the day would come, but it totally shocked me to see the \u201cFor Sale\u201d sign in our front yard when I drove back home to see mom (dad had been dead 3 years). \u201cI have no home now\u201d, was the feeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m sure many of you have a story to tell just like this. The point to be made is, something we all discover sooner or later, we have no lasting home. St. Paul tells us that all things in this world are passing away (1Cor. 7:31<\/a>), \u201cTime is running out. From now on let those . . . who buy or own act as though they were not owning, those using the world as not using it fully.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Because we are renting this body, this space,\nthis time, this home, this family, this parish . . . It\u2019s\nall passing away. Nothing material is made to last\nforever. That means we\u2019re here temporarily. We\u2019re\nrenting. We\u2019re pilgrims on a journey.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Paul even calls Christians \u201cstrangers and aliens on earth.\u201d (Hebrews 11:13<\/a>) \u201cThose who speak thus show they are seeking a homeland . . . a better homeland, a heavenly one.\u201d vs. 16. This in no way lessens the beauty and wonder of the world and our responsibility to work for a better world here and now. \u201cGod so loved the world . . . \u201c (Jn. 3:16<\/a>) So do we. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our \u201cpassing through\u201d has huge implications for how\nwe use the things of the earth. Not being \u201cowners\u201d\nwe are \u201cstewards\u201d instead. St. Thomas Aquinas tells\nus, \u201cWe possess external things not as our own, but\nas common, so that we are ready to give to others in\ntheir need.\u201d Pope Francis in his encyclical, Laudato\nSi, reminds us that the goods of the earth (our water,\nair, forests, farmland) are given to each generation to\nbe properly cared for so they might be passed on to\nthe generations that follow.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you think of it, everything we have has been\ngiven to us: our home (Mother Earth), our very lives,\nour family, our country, our skills to carve out our\nlife\u2019s story. And then . . . . . . there will come a time\nwhen we have to leave it all behind. We will pass\nfrom this earth to enter (once again by God\u2019s gift)\nEternal Life.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No more renting; we\u2019ll be home. In the meantime\nlet\u2019s use this time to make this a better world for\nthose who will follow.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bless your Summer days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr. Tim <\/p>\n\n\n

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Scripture Readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (all)<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

First Reading: Jeremiah 38:4-6<\/a>, 8-10<\/a>
\nResponsorial Psalm: Psalm 40:2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 18<\/a>
\nSecond Reading: Hebrews 12:1-4<\/a>
\nGospel: Luke 12:49-53<\/a><\/p>\n

Scripture Readings for the 21 Sunday in Ordinary Time (all)<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

First Reading: Isaiah 66:18-21<\/a>
\nResponsorial Psalm: Psalm 117:1<\/a>, 2<\/a>
\nSecond Reading: Hebrews 12:5-7<\/a>, 11-13<\/a>
\nGospel: Luke 13:22-30<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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