1ST READING
It
has not taken long for the Israelites to pursue evil ways. A calf of
molten gold is about as bad as it gets when we consider all the possible
ways to commit apostasy. I suppose I should not be too judgmental as I
am a sinner, too. God has just released them from slavery in Egypt and
this is how they repay Him and His servant Moses. Let us be sure that we
avoid such blatant apostasy in our lives.
Exodus 32:7-14
7 The
Lord said to Moses, “Go down at once to your people, whom you brought
out of the land of Egypt, for they have become depraved. 8 They
have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them, making for
themselves a molten calf and worshipping it, sacrificing to it and
crying out, ‘This is your God, O Israel, who brought you out of the land
of Egypt!’ 9 The Lord said to Moses, “I see how stiff-necked this people is. 10
Let me alone, then, that my wrath may blaze up against them to consume them. Then I will make of you a great nation.” 11 But
Moses implored the Lord, his God, saying, “Why, O Lord, should your
wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land
of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? 12 Why
should the Egyptians say, ‘With evil intent he brought them out, that
he might kill them in the mountains and exterminate them from the face
of the earth’? Let your blazing wrath die down; relent in punishing your
people. 13 Remember
your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and how you swore to them by
your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the
stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your
descendants as their perpetual heritage.’” 14 So the Lord relented in the punishment He had threatened to inflict on His people.
P S A L M
Psalm 106:19-20, 21-22, 23
R: Remember us, O Lord, as You favor Your people.
19 Our fathers made a calf in Horeb and adored a molten image; 20 they exchanged their glory for the image of a grass-eating bullock. (R) 21 They forgot the God who had saved them, who had done great deeds in Egypt, 22 Wondrous deeds in the land of Ham, terrible things at the Red Sea. (R) 23 Then He spoke of exterminating them, but Moses, his chosen one, withstood Him in the breach to turn back His destructive wrath. (R)
GOSPEL
Let
us always look beyond the messenger to the origin of the message when
it comes to meditating on the Gospel. God is the author of the Gospel
and so it is in Him that we
have to look for the definitive understanding of it. The Gospel is
nothing without the power of God. Let us never make more of a preacher
than we should. He or she should never be the focus — God alone deserves
our glory and praise.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.
John 5:31-47
31 Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. 32 But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that
the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. 33 You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth. 34 I do not accept human testimony but I say this so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and for a while you were content to rejoice in his light. 36 But I have testimony greater than John’s. The works that the Father gave me to accomplish,
these works that I perform testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. 37 Moreover, the Father who sent me has testified on my behalf. But you have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 and you do not have his word remaining in you, because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf. 40 But you do not want to come to me to have life. 41 I do not accept human praise; 42 moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is
Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
think: The Gospel is nothing without the power of God.
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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