1ST READING
Elijah
is a great and holy man able to work miracles such as this one, raising
a young man from the dead, because he has surrendered his life to God.
He lives not for his own desires, but for the will of God. This is what
it means to be a disciple of Jesus: forsaking what we want and focusing
our lives on what God wants. Will this deprive me of anything? Yes! But
it will give you far more than you lose, particularly when you take into
account the gift of eternal life.
1 Kings 17:17-24
17 Elijah
went to Zarephath of Sidon to the house of a widow. The son of the
mistress of the house fell sick, and his sickness grew more severe until
he stopped breathing. 18 So
she said to Elijah, “Why have you done this to me, O man of God? Have
you come to me to call attention to my guilt and to kill my son?” 19 Elijah
said to her, “Give me your son.” Taking him from her lap, he carried
him to the upper room where he was staying, and put him on his bed. 20 Elijah called out to the Lord: “O Lord, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying by killing her son?” 21 Then
he stretched himself out upon the child three times and called out to
the Lord: “O Lord, my God, let the life breath return to the body of
this child.” 22 The Lord heard the prayer of Elijah; the life breath returned to the child’s body and he revived. 23 Taking the child, Elijah brought him down into the
house from the upper room and gave him to his mother. Elijah said to her, “See! Your son is alive.” 24 The woman replied to Elijah, “Now indeed I know that you are a man of God. The word of the Lord comes truly from your mouth.”
P S A L M
Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13
R: I will praise you, Lord, for You have rescued me.
1 [2] I will extol you, O Lord, for you drew me clear and did not let my enemies rejoice over me. 3 [4] O Lord, you brought me up from the nether world; you preserved me from among those going down into the pit. (R) 4 [5] Sing praise to the Lord, you his faithful ones, and give thanks to his holy name. 5 [6] For his anger lasts but a moment; a lifetime, his good will. At
nightfall, weeping enters in, but with the dawn, rejoicing. (R) 10 [11] Hear, O Lord, and have pity on me; O Lord, be my helper.” 11 [12] You changed my mourning into dancing; 12 [13] O Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks. (R)
2ND READING
Paul
knows the power of the Gospel to convert people because he has
experienced it in his own life — from being a persecutor of the Church
to being one of, if not its greatest, promoters and apologists. It is
important that we open our lives to the fullness of the Gospel and allow
it to freely reign in our lives, so that we miss nothing of what God
wants to give us.
Galatians 1:11-19
11 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. 12 For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it, 14 and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my
race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions. 15 But when God, who from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace, was pleased 16 to reveal his Son to me, so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus. 18 Then after three years I
went up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas and remained with him for fifteen days. 19 But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord.
GOSPEL
The
house of the widow of Nain is still standing in Israel today. It is an
interesting experience to visit it. Like visiting so many of the places
in the Holy Land that have connections with events in Jesus’ life, there
is a sort of surreal feeling of being there. The challenge is to allow
the feeling to deepen one’s faith and not allow it to be the same as
visiting any old historical site. These places are where part of the
ministry of Jesus took place and, thus, part of the winning of our
salvation.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
A great prophet has arisen in our midst. God has visited his people.
Luke 7:11-17
11 Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. 12 As
he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being
carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large
crowd from the city was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this
the bearers halted, and he said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.” 17 This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.
think: It is important that we open our lives to the fullness of the Gospel.
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 1 Kings 6-8
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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