1ST READING
The
resurrection of the dead is a central doctrine of the Christian faith –
without it we are the most pitiable of all beings. It is very important
that we know the truths of the faith as best we can in order to defend
them against any of the lies of the world. Nowhere is this more
important than in the lives of the youth of today. The youth experience
so many pressures that make it difficult for them to choose well.
1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49
35 Brothers and sisters: Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?” 36 You fool! What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind. 42 So also is the
resurrection of the dead. It is sown corruptible; it is raised incorruptible. 43 It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. 45 So, too, it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven. 48 As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one.”
P S A L M
Psalm 56:10-12, 13-14
R: I will walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living. 9 [10] Now I know that God is with me. 10 [11] In God, in whose promise I glory, 11 [12] in God I trust without fear; what can flesh do against me? (R) 12 [13] I am bound, O God, by vows to you; your thank offerings I will fulfill. 13 [14] For you have rescued me from death, my feet, too, from stumbling; that I may walk before God in the light of the living. (R)
GOSPEL
The
parable of the sower is one that we know well. If we do not know it
well then it is time to reflect upon the ways in which our Christian
lives are hindered. This is not a reason to despair but rather to hope
and trust in the power of God to save. Let us be faithful to God’s will
and then see what a difference it will make in the world.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance.
Luke 8:4-15
4 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable. 5 “A
sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the
path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6 Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. 7 Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. 8 And
some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a
hundredfold.” After saying this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to
hear ought to hear.” 9 Then his disciples asked him what the meaning of this parable might be. 10 He
answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of God has been
granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so
that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’ 11 “This is the meaning of the parable. The seed is the word of God. 12 Those
on the path are the ones who have heard, but the devil comes and takes
away the word from their hearts that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those
on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with
joy, but they have no root; they believe only for a time and fall away
in time of temptation. 14 As
for the seed that fell among thorns, they are the ones who have heard,
but as they go along, they are choked by the anxieties and riches and
pleasures of life, and they fail to produce mature fruit. 15 But
as for the seed that fell on rich soil, they are the ones who, when
they have heard the word, embrace it with a generous and good heart, and
bear fruit through perseverance.”
TODAY’S
think: Let us be faithful to God’s will and then see what a difference it will make in the world.
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Psalm 141-145
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