1ST READING
Paul
was a good judge of a crowd. There were times they stoned him and beat
him, but still they listened attentively. He claims not to have been a
very good
orator, yet he was able to convince people to follow Jesus. The Gospel
has its own power source but it still needs to be explained competently
and without doubt Paul did this very well.
Acts 17:15, 22–18:1
15 After
Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with
instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. 22 Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. 23 For
as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines, I even discovered
an altar inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ What therefore you unknowingly
worship, I proclaim to you. 24 The
God who made the world and all that is in it, the Lord of heaven and
earth, does not dwell in sanctuaries made by human hands, 25 nor
is he served by human hands because he needs anything. Rather it is he
who gives to everyone life and breath and everything. 26 He
made from one the whole human race to dwell on the entire surface of
the earth, and he fixed the ordered seasons and the boundaries of their
regions, 27 so that people might seek God, even perhaps grope for him and find him, though indeed he is not
far from any one of us. 28 For ‘In him we live and move and have our being,’ as even some of your poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ 29 Since
therefore we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the
divinity is like an image fashioned from gold, silver, or stone by human
art and imagination. 30 God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent 31 because
he has established a day on which he
will ‘judge the world with justice’ through a man he has appointed, and
he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead.” 32 When
they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to scoff, but
others said, “We should like to hear you on this some other time.” 33 And so Paul left them. 34 But
some did join him, and became believers. Among them were Dionysius, a
member of the Court of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others
with them. 18:1After this he left Athens and went to Corinth.
P S A L M
Psalm 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14
R: Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
1 Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights; 2 praise him, all you his angels, praise him, all you his hosts. (R) 11 Let the kings of the earth and all peoples, the princes and all the judges of the earth, 12 young men too, and maidens, old men and boys. (R) 13 Praise the name of
the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven. (R) 14 He
has lifted up the horn of his people; be this his praise from all his
faithful ones, from the children of Israel, the people close to him.
Alleluia. (R)
GOSPEL
One
of the great revelations of the Trinity is the unity of the three
persons in one God. There is no way of explaining this perfectly — it
will always have an element that is shrouded in mystery. It is important
for us to learn to live with this sense of mystery.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I will ask the Father and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always.
John 16:12-15
12 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now. 13 But
when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He
will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will
declare to you the things that are coming. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine; for
this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you.”
think: There will always be an element of the Trinity that is shrouded in mystery.
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR 1 Samuel 21-24
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