1ST READING
Let
love be genuine. We have to practice what we preach as followers of
Christ. It is easy to claim you are a Christian and that you believe in
what the Church proclaims and teaches. It is more difficult to live it
out, and this is the critical issue — not what we say about ourselves,
but what our lives speak of to others.
Romans 12:5-16
5 Brothers and sisters: We, though many, are one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another. 6 Since
we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us
exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith; 7 if ministry, in ministering; if one is a teacher, in teaching; 8 if one exhorts, in exhortation; if one contributes, in generosity; if one is over others, with diligence; if one does
acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be sincere; hate what is evil, hold on to what is good; 10 love one another with mutual affection; anticipate one another in showing honor. 11 Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, endure in affliction, persevere in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the holy ones, exercise
hospitality. 14 Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Have the same regard for one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly.
P S A L M
Psalm 131:1, 2, 3
R: In you, O Lord, I have found my peace.
1 O
Lord, my heart is not proud, nor are my eyes haughty; I busy not myself
with great things, nor with things too sublime for me. (R) 2 Nay
rather, I have stilled and quieted my soul like a weaned child. Like a
weaned child on its mother’s lap, so is my soul within me. (R) 3 O Israel, hope in the Lord, both now and forever. (R)
GOSPEL
Salvation
is a gift that God gives to all people. He did not choose an elite
clique of Christians as His disciples. He is not interested in our
reasons for not being ready to follow Him. Either we recognize our need
for salvation and avail of His offer or reject it. There is no excuse to
delay our response to His call. Out of respect, let us show our
gratitude for all that God has done through Jesus, His Son, by readily
following His call.
GOSPELA CCLAMATION
Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Luke 14:15-24
15 One of those at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.” 16 He replied to him, “A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. 17 When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, ‘Come, everything is now ready.’ 18 But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves. The first said to him,
‘I have purchased a field and must go to examine it; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 19 And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen and am on my way to evaluate them; I ask you, consider me excused.’ 20 And another said, ‘I have just married a woman, and therefore I cannot come.’ 21 The
servant went and reported this to his master. Then the master of the
house in a rage commanded his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets
and alleys of the town and bring in here the poor and the crippled, the
blind and the
lame.’ 22 The servant reported, ‘Sir, your orders have been carried out and still there is room.’ 23 The master then ordered the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and make people come in that my home may be filled. 24 For, I tell you, none of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’ ”
think: Let love be genuine. We have to practice what we preach as followers of Christ.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
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READ THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR Isaiah 45-48
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