1ST READING
Paul
tells the Roman community that we should never allow love to become a
pretense. We must ensure that all that we do is done with true love.
There is little worse than being on the wrong end of a hypocritical
action. It does not feel good and it is easy to recognize. Jesus had no
time at all for hypocrisy during His ministry.
Romans 12:5-16
5 Brothers and sisters: We, though many, are one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another. 6 Since
we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us
exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith; 7 if ministry, in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching; 8 if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if one is over others, with diligence; if one does
acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good; 10 love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. 11 Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.
P S A L M
Psalm 131:1, 2, 3
R: In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
1 O
Lord, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I busy not myself
with great things, nor with things too sublime for me. (R) 2 Nay
rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a
weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. (R) 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord, both now and forever. (R)
GOSPEL
Jesus
is telling us that we have to put the Kingdom of God first in our
lives. If the president, king or prime minister of your country invited
you to a party, I think you would move heaven and earth to go to it.
When the King of the Universe invites us to dinner, there is nothing
more important for us to do at that time. We have to learn how to
prioritize the various things we need to do each day.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Luke 14:15-24
15 One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” 16 He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. 17 When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ 18 But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him,
‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 The
servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the
house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets
and alleys
of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the blind and
the lame.’ 22 The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.’ 23 The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. 24 For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
think: We should never allow love to become a pretense.
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