1ST READING
The
Corinthians are a worldly people — they have seen the possibilities
that life can offer to those who are willing to serve the world. Paul
now has to convince them that it is time to give up the easy life and
become true disciples of Jesus. The honeymoon is over and it is time for
them to take responsibility for their community and make it grow.
1 Corinthians 3:1-9
1 Brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you milk, not solid food, because you were unable to take it. Indeed, you are still not able, even now, 3 for
you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among
you, are you not of the flesh, and walking according to the manner of
man? 4 Whenever someone says, “I belong to
Paul,” and another, “I belong to Apollos,” are you not merely men? 5 What is Apollos, after all, and what is Paul? Ministers through whom you became believers, just as the Lord assigned each one. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth. 7 Therefore, neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who causes the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive wages in proportion to his labor.
9 For we are God’s co-workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
P S A L M
Psalm 33:12-13, 14-15, 20-21
R: Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
12 Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. 13 From heaven the Lord looks down; he sees all mankind. (R) 14 From his fixed throne he beholds all who dwell on the earth, 15 he who fashioned the heart of each, he who knows all their works. (R) 20 Our soul waits for the Lord, who is our help and our shield, 21 for in him our hearts rejoice; in his holy name we trust. (R)
GOSPEL
St.
Gregory the Great was a pope with a vision for evangelization. He sent
many Benedictine communities to the far reaches of Europe to evangelize
what is now modern-day Britain, and Ireland as well as to the north and
east. It is time for the Church to recapture this missionary footing and
rediscover its true identity as proclaimer of the Gospel. Let us never
be afraid or ashamed to stand by the Gospel in any and every aspect of
our lives.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Lord sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor and to proclaim liberty to captives.
Luke 4:38-44
38 After
Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon’s
mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded
with him about her. 39 He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them. 40 At sunset, all who had people sick with various diseases brought them to him. He laid his hands on each of them and cured them. 41 And
demons also
came out from many, shouting, “You are the Son of God.” But he rebuked
them and did not allow them to speak because they knew that he was the
Christ. 42 At
daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place. The crowds went
looking for him, and when they came to him, they tried to prevent him
from leaving them. 43 But
he said to them, “To the other towns also I must proclaim the good news
of the kingdom of God, because for this purpose I have been sent.” 44 And he was preaching in the synagogues of Judea.
think: Let us never be afraid or ashamed to stand by the Gospel in any and every aspect of our lives.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Psalm 46-50
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