Daily Bible Readings - October 25,2012

1^ST READING

 

Paul is not focused on what he can get out of the Gospel but on what the Gospel offers to all who listen to and appropriate it. This has to be our attitude as well. Yes, it is OK to recognize that the Gospel is for us as well. That is, we, too, receive the gift of salvation through it. However, like Paul we need to focus on the nature of the Gospel as a gift to be shared with as many people as possible.

 

Ephesians 3:14-21

14 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self, 17 and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to accomplish far more than all we ask or imagine, by the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

 

P S A L M

 

Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19

R: The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

1 Exult, you just, in the Lord; praise from the upright is fitting. 2 Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises. (R) 4 For upright is the word of the Lord, and all his works are trustworthy. 5 He loves justice and right; of the kindness of the Lord the earth is full. (R) 11 But the plan of the Lord stands forever; the design of his heart, through all generations. 12 Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance. (R) 18 But see, the eyes of the Lord are upon those who fear him, upon those who hope for his kindness, 19 to deliver them from death and preserve them in spite of famine. (R)

 

GOSPEL

 

 

This text tells us that Jesus is aware that He has a mission to accomplish and it is an important one. Like all of us anticipating a big event, there is a sense of expectation regarding the accomplishment of the task. Jesus knows He has been sent to redeem us — there could not be a bigger event to wait on. Jesus knows that accomplishing His task will not be easy and require many difficult decisions. The same is true for us as we work at proclaiming the Gospel.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

I consider all things so much rubbish that I may gain Christ and be found in him.

 

2nd READING

Luke 12:49-53

49 Jesus said to his disciples: “I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

LIST

think: We need to focus on the nature of the Gospel as a gift to be shared with as many people as possible.

 

 

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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