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Photobombing God.<\/p>\n

I woke up this morning with this concept of photo-bombing God in my head and it seems to be appropriate for today\u2019s Gospel reading.\u00a0 You may be familiar with this practice of getting into someone else\u2019s picture.\u00a0 Right before someone is ready to have a picture of themselves taken, it has become a common practice for someone who was not intended to be in the picture to all of a sudden stick their head in front of or behind the person who was intended to be in the picture.\u00a0 The end result is that someone ends up in the picture who was never intended to be in the picture.<\/p>\n

Do you know of anyone like this where no matter what is going on, it has to be all about them all the time?\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s a family member, maybe it\u2019s a co-worker, maybe it\u2019s a friend, maybe Bill and Malinda Gates or Warren Buffet come to mind with all the attention they get for their generous giving or if we\u2019re honest with ourselves, maybe all too often, it\u2019s us.<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s Gospel reading, we hear Jesus telling his disciples, \u201cTake care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them.\u201d\u00a0 When we are giving to those in need, when we pray and when we fast, these are times in our lives when God alone is supposed to be in the picture.\u00a0 These are times when it is not supposed to be all about us.\u00a0 These are times when it is supposed to be all about God alone being in the picture that others see and that we see when we look at these experiences.\u00a0 We are meant to be invisible in these moments of giving alms, praying and fasting so that God may become visible in these moments to others and to ourselves.\u00a0 These are the moments that our lives are meant to mirror God.\u00a0 So when we\u2019re struggling with vanity or when our chests are puffing up with pride due to an inflated ego, let us hit the pause button in our lives and say one of the following two simple prayers, \u201cGod, may my life mirror you.\u201d\u00a0 Another good simple prayer to say in these moments is, \u201cGod, may I become invisible, so you may be made visible.\u201d\u00a0 Then the next time we are tempted to pick up our phones or cameras to take a selfie of us doing something good for others, or when we are praying or fasting, let us flip the camera around and point it to the heavens so God alone may be in the picture.\u00a0 Let our desires to be known as someone who is generous, pious and self-sacrificial evaporate and be made invisible so that our desire to have God be made known in and through our lives may become visible.\u00a0 May God receive the glory through our lives.\u00a0 When a snapshot is taken of our lives, may God alone be who is seen in the picture.<\/p>\n

June 20, 2018, Year B 11^{th<\/sup> Wednesday of Ordinary Time Photobombing God<\/p>\n}

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Photobombing God. I woke up this morning with this concept of photo-bombing God in my head and it seems to be appropriate for today\u2019s Gospel reading.\u00a0 You may be familiar with this practice of getting into someone else\u2019s picture.\u00a0 Right before someone is ready to have a picture of themselves taken, it has become a … <\/p>\n

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