1st READING
It is not easy to be a prophet. Most of them suffered greatly at the hands of those to whom they were sent by God. Prophets will also be held to a higher accountability because they have been especially blessed in hearing God’s Word; they now have a responsibility to share it with others. Let us pray for the prophets of our time that they will be faithful in proclaiming God’s truth to us and that we will be faithful in responding.
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
15 Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen. 16 This is exactly what you requested of the Lord, your God, at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let us not again hear the voice of the Lord, our God, nor see this great fire any more, lest we die.’ 17 And the Lord said to me, ‘This was well said. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their kin, and will put my words into his mouth; he shall tell them all that I command him. 19 Whoever will not listen to my words which he speaks in my name, I myself will make him answer for it. 20 But if a prophet presumes to speak in my name an oracle that I have not commanded him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, he shall die.’”
P S A L M
Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9
R: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
1 Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; let us acclaim the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalm to him. (R) 6 Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the Lord who made us. 7 For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. (R) Oh, that today you would hear his voice: 8 “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, 9 where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works.” (R)
2ND READING
It is not so much a matter of whether we are married or not. What matters is how faithful we are to living and proclaiming God’s Word as He calls us to do it. Let us always seek to make ourselves available to serve the Gospel whenever we can so that as many people as possible will have the opportunity to hear the Good News of salvation and respond to it.
1 Corinthians 7:32-35
32 Brothers and sisters: I should like you to be free of anxieties. An unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord. 33 But a married man is anxious about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, 34 and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy in both body and spirit. A married woman, on the other hand, is anxious about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. 35 I am telling you this for your own benefit, not to impose a restraint upon you, but for the sake of propriety and adherence to the Lord without distraction.
GOSPEL
Some people think they can emphasize a point by saying it louder or by giving better arguments in favor of a certain conclusion. We all know that the best way to present a truth is to live it in our lives. The lived witness of the Gospel is what the world needs most; it is this that gives the Church any authority it has. Let us make sure that we always provide faithful witness to the truth of the Gospel.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light; on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death, light has arisen.
Mark 1:21-28
21 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. 22 The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. 23 In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; 24 he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are — the Holy One of God!” 25 Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” 26 The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. 27 All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” 28 His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.
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think: The best way to present a truth is to live it in our lives.
T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Acts 1-4
SABBATH PAUSE
My weekly time with God
THANK YOU LIST
Things to be grateful for from the past week
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SPECIAL NEEDS
Things to ask God for in the coming week
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HIDDEN TREASURE
Most important word God told me this week
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John 19-21
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