1ST READING
From
experience, Paul knows certain truths about God’s love and the nature
of the Gospel, and he will not stand by as they are ignored, even if it means
challenging Peter’s position on certain aspects of the Christian life.
This is not a matter of rebellion but of seeking the truth in love. We
presume that Paul challenged Peter in love, as the Gospel demands, and
not in an adversarial fashion. It is important that we follow this
example of Paul if the truths of the Gospel come under attack in our
day.
Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14
1 Brothers and sisters: After fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 I
went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the Gospel
that I preach to the Gentiles — but privately to those of repute — so
that I might not be running, or have run, in vain. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the Gospel to the uncircumcised, just as
Peter to the circumcised, 8 for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles, 9 and
when they recognized the grace bestowed upon me, James and Cephas and
John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right
hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the
circumcised. 10 Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do. 11 And when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he clearly was wrong. 12 For,
until some people came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles;
but when they came, he began to draw back and separated himself, because
he was afraid of the circumcised. 13 And
the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, with the
result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But
when I saw that they were not on the right road in line with the truth
of the Gospel, I said to Cephas in front of all, “If you, though a Jew,
are living like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the
Gentiles to live like Jews?”
P S A L M
Psalm 117:1, 2
R: Go out to all the world, and tell the Good News.
1 Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify him, all you peoples! (R) 2 For steadfast is his kindness toward us, and the fidelity of the Lord endures forever. (R)
GOSPEL
We
should never be afraid of asking anyone to help us to pray. To know
that we do not know how to pray, and to do nothing about it, would be a
serious sin indeed. However, to admit one’s need for help is a sign of
great humility that God will surely reward with much grace. Jesus tells
us that if we seek Him, we will find Him.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
You have received a spirit of adoption as sons through which we cry: Abba! Father!
Luke 11:1-4
1 Jesus
was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his
disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his
disciples.” 2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread 4 and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.”
Wisdom 13-15
think: To know that we do not know how to pray, and to do nothing about it, would be a serious sin indeed.
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 Wisdom 13-15
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