1ST READING
Anyone
who does work for the Lord will run into opposition sometime, just as
the prophets were threatened at some point. Jeremiah recounts his
experiences for us in order to strengthen us in our trials and to help
us embrace any suffering that may come our way. As we meditate upon
Jeremiah’s experience, let us ask him to pray for us for strength and
the courage to persevere in doing what God asks us to do.
Jeremiah 20:10-13
10 I
hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! Let us
denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any
misstep of mine. “Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and
take our vengeance on him.” 11 But
the Lord is with me, like a mighty champion: my persecutors will
stumble, they will not triumph. In their failure they will be put to
utter shame, to lasting, unforgettable confusion. 12 O Lord of hosts, you who test the
just, who probe mind and heart, let me witness the vengeance you take on them, for to you I have entrusted my cause. 13 Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked!
P S A L M
Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 5-6, 7
R: In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
1 [2] I love you, O Lord, my strength, 2 [3] O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer. (R) My God, my rock of refuge, my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold! 3 [4] Praised be the Lord, I exclaim, and I am safe from my enemies. (R) 4 [5] The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me; 5 [6] the cords of the nether world enmeshed me, the snares of death overtook me. (R) 6 [7] In
my distress I called upon the Lord and cried out to my God; from his
temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears. (R)
GOSPEL
Jesus
often said that people will know us as Christians by our works and the
way we live our lives. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to convert
people to faith in Christ. It is our job to live the Gospel to the full
and give an account of what we believe when asked. This is a great
consolation to us as it means the responsibility for evangelization
rests with God. He will ask us to do many things, but even then the
power for conversion is God’s alone to give.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life.
John 10:31-42
31 The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus. 32 Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of these are you trying to stone me?” 33 The Jews answered him, “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. You, a man, are making yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”
’? 35 If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came, and Scripture cannot be set aside, 36 can
you say that the one whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the
world blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me; 38 but
if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so
that you may realize and understand that the Father is in me and I am
in the Father.”
39 Then they tried again to arrest him; but he escaped from their power. 40 He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. 41 Many came to him and said, “John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 And many there began to believe in him.
think: People will know us as Christians by our works and the way we live our lives.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Exodus 10-12
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