1ST READING
Paul
warns us not to be led astray by false teachers, even false apostles.
There will always be people who seek to make personal gain from the
Gospel, contrary to its true spirit. Let us ensure that we are not
numbered among them. The Church provides us with clear guidelines
regarding the truth of the Gospel proclamation and how to understand its
various aspects that have been developed over the last two thousand
years.
2 Corinthians 11:1-11
1 Brothers and sisters: If only you would put up with a little foolishness from me! Please put up with me. 2 For
I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God, since I betrothed you to
one husband to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But
I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your
thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere and pure commitment to Christ. 4 For
if someone comes and
preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or if you receive a
different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from
the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough. 5 For I think that I am not in any way inferior to these “super apostles.” 6 Even if I am untrained in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; in every way we have made this plain to you in all things. 7 Did
I make a mistake when I humbled myself so that you might be exalted,
because I preached the Gospel of God to you without charge? 8 I plundered other churches by accepting from them in order to minister to you. 9 And
when I was with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, for the
brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. So I refrained and
will refrain from burdening you in any way. 10 By the truth of Christ in me, this boast of mine shall not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. 11 And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
P S A L M
Psalm 111:1-2, 3-4, 7-8
R: Your works, O Lord, are justice and truth.
1 I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just. 2 Great are the works of the Lord, exquisite in all their delights. (R) 3 Majesty and glory are his work, and his justice endures forever. 4 He has won renown for his wondrous deeds; gracious and merciful is the Lord. (R) 7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; sure are all his precepts, 8 reliable forever and ever, wrought in truth and equity. (R)
GOSPEL
The
prayer Jesus teaches us is a comprehensive one. Take the time to study
it and you will discover that it has elements of praise, petition,
seeking provision, giving and receiving forgiveness and simple statement
of facts of God’s divinity and worthiness for praise. Could we ask for a
more comprehensive teaching tool? Let us seek to model our prayers on
its various components.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
You have received a spirit of adoption as sons through which we cry: Abba! Father!
Matthew 6:7-15
7 Jesus
said to his disciples: “In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who
think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 This is how you are to pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, 10 thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11
Give us this day our daily bread; 12 and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; 13 and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ 14 If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
LIST
think: The prayer Jesus teaches us is a comprehensive one. Let us seek to model our prayers on its various components.
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 2 Kings 16-18
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