1ST READING
Part of the process of conversion is that the Lord wants to reform our hearts according to His own. Our hearts have been hardened by sin and God wants to change this so that we will leave behind the life of sin and live in the name of the Lord. This means making God’s will and desires the foremost focus in our lives rather than the agenda the world has for us. It will take a minor revolution in our thinking and acting to accomplish this.
Jeremiah 3:14-17
14 Return, rebellious children, says the Lord, for I am your Master; I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan, and bring you to Zion. 15 I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart, who will shepherd you wisely and prudently. 16 When you multiply and become fruitful in the land, says the Lord, they will in those days no longer say, “The ark of the covenant of the Lord!” They will no longer think of it, or remember it, or miss it, or make another. 17 At that time they will call Jerusalem the Lord’s throne; there all nations will be gathered together to honor the name of the Lord at Jerusalem, and they will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness.
P S A L M
Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12, 13
R: The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, proclaim it on distant isles, and say: He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together, he guards them as a shepherd his flock. (R) 11 The Lord shall ransom Jacob, he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror. 12 Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion, they shall come streaming to the Lord’s blessings: The grain, the wine, and the oil, the sheep and the oxen. (R)13 Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
and young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will console and gladden them after their sorrows. (R)
GOSPEL
We all face numerous challenges in life, all of which will require choices to be made, some of them difficult. This should not be cause for alarm but rather the expectation of seeing how God is going to bring about His will in our lives. Every time we face a challenge, the grace is there for us to deal with it well. The question is whether or not we are humble enough to rely on God’s help to address the situation at hand.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance.
Matthew 13:18-23
18 Jesus said to his disciples: “Hear the parable of the sower. 19 The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom without understanding it, and the evil one comes and steals away what was sown in his heart. 20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy. 21 But he has no root and lasts only for a time. When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word, he immediately falls away. 22 The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word, but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word and it bears no fruit. 23 But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
LIST
think: Every time we face a challenge, the grace is there for us to deal with it well.
OSPEL PSALM
TODAY’S
BLESSING
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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