1ST READING
Paul
establishes that his credentials to be a spokesman of the Gospel comes
through his introduction to the Apostles through Barnabas. He then
proceeds to affirm that he has chastised the Apostles for falling back
into Jewish understandings of the law and failing to recognize the
fullness of the new way of life to which the Gospel calls us. This is
always a danger for the Church, who must always look forward to the new
demands of preaching the Gospel while remaining faithful to those
traditions that are essential to its character.
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
Prayer
is an essential aspect of a disciple’s life. We cannot allow prayer to
be crowded out of our lives with the busyness or business of ministry.
This is a bedrock principle for a holy life. Holy men and women through
the ages have always spent many hours a day in prayer to ensure that
what they are doing in their ministry comes from God and not just
themselves. We should follow their example, keeping in mind a very
simple principle, namely: the busier we are in working for God’s
Kingdom, the more time we should spend in prayer.
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.”
think: The busier we are in working for God’s Kingdom, the more time we should spend in prayer.
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 1-4
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