S1ST READING
Jewish
Law had many rules and regulations about eating, even extending to the
persons with whom it was possible to share a meal. Many things we would
deem ridiculous today were followed with alacrity then. It is not for us
to look down on those practices but to recognize that, like all
traditions and practices, there comes a time to change and update them.
This task of updating is notoriously difficult as the Church discovered
at Vatican II. However, it is one that we must remain open to at all
times.
Acts 11:1-18
1 The Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, 3 saying, “You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them!” 4 Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying, 5
“I
was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision,
something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from the sky by
its four corners, and it came to me. 6 Looking
intently into it, I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the
earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky. 7 I also heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Slaughter and eat.’ 8 But I said, ‘Certainly not, sir, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
9 But a second time a voice from heaven answered, ‘What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.’ 10 This happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into the sky. 11 Just then three men appeared at the house where we were, who had been sent to me from Caesarea. 12 The
Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating. These six
brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s house. 13
He
related to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, saying,
‘Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, 14 who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.’ 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them as it had upon us at the beginning, 16 and
I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with
water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ 17 If
then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe
in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?” 18 When they heard this, they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying, “God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too.”
P S A L M
Psalms 42:2-3; 43:3, 4
R: Athirst is my soul for the living God.
1 [2] As the hind longs for the running waters, so my soul longs for you, O God. 2 [3] Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God? (R) 43:3 Send forth your light and your fidelity; they shall lead me on and bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling-place. (R) 4 Then
will I go in to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy; then
will I give you thanks upon the harp, O God, my God! (R)
GOSPEL
Jesus
tells us that He wants us to have the fullest life possible. This is
why He chose to forgive our sins. In reuniting us with God, He makes it
possible for us to deepen our relationship with Him. It is only in a
right relationship with God that we will discover and experience
fullness of life. The world offers us many things but they are all
passing away — it is in Christ alone that we will discover fullness of
life.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my sheep, and mine know me.
John 10:1-10
1 Jesus
said: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold
through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. 2 But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow
him, because they recognize his voice. 5 But they will not follow a stranger; they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.” 6 Although Jesus used this figure of speech, they did not realize what he was trying to tell them. 7 So Jesus said again, “Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep
did not listen to them. 9 I am the Gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy; I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.”
think: It is in Christ alone that we will discover fullness of life.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
Thank You Lord for: __________________
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God’s special verse/thought for me today_
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Numbers 4-6
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