1ST READING
Discipleship
is a battle. All Christians are in a battle for their salvation. Satan
does not want to lose any of us to the Kingdom of God. Yes, Christ has
defeated him, but that does not mean he has given up hope that some of
us will follow him rather than Christ. He will fight until the bitter
end! We can defeat him every time if we learn, with humility, to call
upon the grace of the victory of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus.
Romans 6:12-18
12 Brothers and sisters: Sin must not reign over your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires. 13 And
do not present the parts of your bodies to sin as weapons for
wickedness, but present yourselves to God as raised from the dead to
life and the parts of your bodies to God as weapons for righteousness. 14 For sin is not to have any power over you, since you are not under the law but under grace. 15 What then?
Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? Of course not! 16 Do
you not know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient
slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads
to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But
thanks be to God that, although you were once slaves of sin, you have
become obedient from the heart to the pattern of teaching to which you
were entrusted. 18 Freed from sin, you have become slaves of righteousness.
P S A L M
Psalm 124:1-3, 4-6, 7-8
R: Our help is in the name of the Lord.
1 Had not the Lord been with us, let Israel say, 2 had not the Lord been with us — when men rose up against us, 3 then would they have swallowed us alive; when their fury was inflamed against us. (R) 4 Then would the waters have overwhelmed us; the torrent would have swept over us; 5
over us then would have swept the raging waters. 6 Blessed be the Lord, who did not leave us a prey to their teeth. (R) 7 We were rescued like a bird from the fowlers’ snare; broken was the snare, and we were freed. 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (R)
GOSPEL
We
need to be watchful and wary of the ways in which Satan will attack us.
We need to be alert to his tactics and wiles. We should not be scared
or intimidated. We have the victory in and of Christ by which to live.
Satan has been defeated and cannot dominate our lives unless we invite
him to do so. It is critical that we realize and act upon the victory of
Christ that we have received in baptism. If not, we will find ourselves
captive to the lies of Satan once again.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Stay awake! For you do not know when the Son of Man will come.
Luke 12:39-48
39 Jesus
said to his disciples: “Be sure of this: if the master of the house had
known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his
house be broken into. 40 You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.” 41 Then Peter said, “Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?” 42 And the Lord replied, “Who, then, is the faithful
and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute the food allowance at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 45 But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 then
that servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown
hour and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the
unfaithful. 47 That servant who knew his master’s will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; 48 and the servant who
was ignorant of his master’s will but acted in a way deserving of a
severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required of
the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the
person entrusted with more.”
think:
We can defeat Satan every time if we learn, with humility, to call upon
the grace of the victory of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus.
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 Malachi 1-3
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