1ST READING
It
is impossible to think a mother would forget her child. God tells us
that even if that is possible, He will never forget us. Let us never let
go of this truth no matter what happens to us because this is the promise of God’s presence.
Isaiah 49:8-15
8 Thus
says the Lord: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation
I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the
people, to restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, 9 saying
to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves!
Along the ways they shall find pasture, on every bare height shall their
pastures be. 10 They shall not hunger or thirst, nor shall the scorching wind or the sun strike them; for he who pities them leads them and
guides them beside springs of water. 11 I will cut a road through all my mountains, and make my highways level. 12 See, some shall come from afar, others from the north and the west, and some from the land of Syene. 13 Sing
out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into song, you
mountains. For the Lord comforts his people and shows mercy to his
afflicted. 14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.” 15
Can a mother forget her infant, be
without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I
will never forget you.
P S A L M
Psalm 145:8-9, 13-14, 17-18
R: The Lord is gracious and merciful.
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness. 9 The Lord is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. (R) 13 The Lord is faithful in all his words and holy in all his works. 14 The Lord lifts up all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. (R) 17 The Lord is just in all his ways and holy in all his works. 18 The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. (R)
GOSPEL
To
receive the Gospel is to pass from death to life. We need to understand
the radical nature of this truth. Without the Gospel, we are on our way
to damnation. With the Word of God in our hearts, the gates of heaven
are opened wide. This encourages us to urgently proclaim the Gospel.
Unless we are fully committed in doing so, many men and women may never
hear it.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord; whoever believes in me will never die.
John 5:17-30
17 Jesus answered the Jews, “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” 18 For
this reason they tried all the more to kill him, because he not only
broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself
equal to God. 19 Jesus
answered and said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do
anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what
he does, the Son will do also. 20 For
the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does,
and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be
amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so also does the Son give life to whomever he wishes. 22 Nor does the Father judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to his Son, 23 so
that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does
not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Amen,
amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who
sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has
passed from death to life. 25 Amen,
amen, I say to you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead
will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he gave to the Son the possession of life in himself. 27 And he gave him power to exercise judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and
will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of
life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of
condemnation. 30 “I cannot do anything on my own; I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will but the will of the one who sent me.”
think: To receive the Gospel is to pass from death to 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 Genesis 31-33
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