1ST READING
Paul
reminds us that working hard is part of living the full dignity of our
humanity. In his Encyclical on Human Work, Laborem Exercens, Blessed
John Paul II reminded the world that work is essential to the dignity of
the human person, in that we participate in the creative work of God in
the world. This is why one of the primary tasks of any government is to
provide work for its people. A government that presides over crippling
unemployment conditions is a government that has failed in its duty
towards the people.
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
9 You
recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery. Working night and
day in order not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the Gospel
of God. 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and justly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers. 11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his children, 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you walk in a manner worthy of the
God who calls you into his Kingdom and glory. 13 And
for this reason we too give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in
receiving the word of God from hearing us, you received it not as the
word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work
in you who believe.
P S A L M
Psalm 139:7-8, 9-10, 11-12
R: You have searched me and You know me, Lord.
7 Where can I go from your spirit? From your presence where can I flee? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I sink to the nether world, you are present there. (R) 9 If I take the wings of the dawn, if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall guide me, and your right hand hold me fast. (R)
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall hide me, and night shall be my light” — 12 For you darkness itself is not dark, and night shines as the day. (R)
GOSPEL
St.
Augustine is arguably the theologian who has most contributed to the
thinking of the Church. He is the most quoted person in the Catechism of
the Catholic
Church. His writings cover virtually every topic and subject that can
be thought of and his analysis is never lightly dismissed by any thinker
with integrity. People may not agree with all his conclusions but his
thoughts have to be taken seriously.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Whoever keeps the word of Christ, the love of God is truly perfected in him.
Matthew 23:27-32
27 Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are
like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but
inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. 28 Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing. 29 Woe
to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You build the tombs of
the prophets and adorn the memorials of the righteous, 30 and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have joined them in shedding the prophets’ blood.’ 31 Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are the children of those who murdered the prophets; 32 now fill up what your ancestors measured out!”
think: Through our work, we participate in the creative work of God in the world.
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 Isaiah 53-56
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