1st READING
Daniel recognizes that Israel has failed in its duty to listen to God’s Word and follow it. The same could be said of any and every nation today. Where does that leave us? It leaves us precisely in the place where we need to decide whether or not we follow the example of the world and go our own way, or make a stand and do the right thing by aligning our thoughts and actions with the truth of the Gospel.
Daniel 9:4-10
4 “Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! 5 We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. 6 We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers, and all the people of the land. 7 Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which you have scattered them because of their treachery toward you. 8 O Lord, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers, for having sinned against you. 9 But yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness! Yet we rebelled against you 10 and paid no heed to your command, O Lord, our God, to live by the law you gave us through your servants the prophets.”
P S A L M
Psalm 79:8, 9, 11, 13
R: Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.
8 Remember not against us the iniquities of the past; may your compassion quickly come to us, for we are brought very low. (R) 9 Help us, O God our savior, because of the glory of your name; deliver us and pardon our sins for your name’s sake. (R) 11 Let the prisoners’ sighing come before you; with your great power free those doomed to death. 13 Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture, will give thanks to you forever; through all generations we will declare your praise. (R)
GOSPEL
Holiness is important for the Gospel. Ultimately, people will be inspired by lived examples of holiness because this is precisely what people are looking for, even if it takes them longer to realize this. The Church today needs to go back to the basics. We need to go back to the call of holiness and allow it to take root in our lives, or we will hopelessly get lost in the world. This is exactly how the world works, obscuring the truth in the midst of the chaos of nothing!
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life.
Luke 6:36-38
36 Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. 37 Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. 38 Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
think: We need to decide whether or not we follow the example of the world and go our own way, or make a stand and do the right thing by aligning our thoughts and actions with the truth of the Gospel.
T O D A Y ’ S BLESSING LIST
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God’s special verse/thought for me today________________
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