1ST READING
Faith
and surrender to the Gospel brings with it a power for transformation
that is beyond belief. It does not matter how hard a person tries to be
good, the grace of salvation at work within can take them further. This
is the power that we deal with when we talk about faith. We will be
sorry if we do not open ourselves to it and allow the Holy Spirit to
transform us from within.
Ephesians 2:1-10
1 Brothers and sisters: You were dead in your transgressions and sins 2 in
which you once lived following the age of this world, following the
ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the
disobedient. 3 All
of us once lived among them in the desires of our flesh, following the
wishes of the flesh and the impulses, and we were by nature children of
wrath, like the rest. 4 But God, who is rich
in mercy, because of the great love he had for us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, brought us to life with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 raised us up with him, and seated us with him in the heavens in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; 9 it is not from works, so no one may boast. 10 For
we are his handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for the good works that
God has prepared in advance, that we should live in them.
P S A L M
Psalm 100:1-2, 3, 4, 4-5
R: The Lord made us, we belong to him.
1 Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands; 2 serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful song. (R) 3 Know that the Lord is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends. (R) 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, his courts with praise. (R) Give thanks to him; bless his name, 5 for he is good: the Lord, whose kindness endures forever, and his faithfulness, to all generations. (R)
GOSPEL
What
is your goal in life? Are your dreams confined to the years you will
spend here on earth? If so, then you need to think again. We are here on
earth for a fraction of the
time we will spend in eternity. The choices we make now will have a
bearing on whether or not we spend eternity in the presence of God. This
is a scary thought if we do not have a vision for eternal life. This is
why we must always think beyond our earthly pilgrimage to our eternal
destiny.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Luke 12:13-21
13 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.” 14 He replied to him, “Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?” 15 Then
he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, for though
one may be rich, one’s life does not consist of possessions.” 16 Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich
man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. 17 He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’ 18 And
he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build
larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods 19 and
I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things
stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!” ’ 20 But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night
your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ 21 Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”
think: We must always think beyond our earthly pilgrimage to our eternal destiny.
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 Sirach 36-40
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