1ST READING
It
is a good idea to reflect on this text often as it is very instructive
as regards the nature and dynamic of love. Take each aspect one by one
and reflect on them each day. Start each day by reading the whole text
and then focus on one aspect of love and make that the theme for a whole
day.
1 Corinthians 12:31–13:13
31 Brothers and sisters: Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. 13: 1 If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. 2 And
if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all
knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have
love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away
everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never
fails. If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if
tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. 9 For we know partially and we prophesy partially, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man, I put aside childish things. 12 At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. 13 So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
P S A L M
Psalm 33:2-3, 4-5, 12, 22
R: Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.
2 Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. 3 Sing to him a new song; pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness. (R) 4 For upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. 5 He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. (R) 12 Blessed the
nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. 22 May your kindness, O Lord, be upon us who have put our hope in you. (R)
GOSPEL
We
cannot have it both ways — either we accept the challenges of the
Christian way of life and embrace it to the full, or we do not. However,
we cannot expect the benefits of a Christian life without paying the
price of living it. Too often today we hear people talk in terms of
being entitled to this or that benefit of the state. There can be no
benefits without corresponding duties. You cannot get anything for
nothing in life.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life, you have the words of everlasting life.
Luke 7:31-35
31 Jesus said to the crowds: “Then to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They
are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge,
but you did not weep.’ 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine, and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ 34 The
Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said, ‘Look, he is a
glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35 But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
think: There can be no benefits without corresponding duties. You cannot get anything for nothing in life.
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 Psalm 116-118
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