1ST READING
Paul
loves the Corinthian community and spends a lot of time there. He also
writes to them while he is on the road. He affirms that the community
does not lack any graces to be disciples of Jesus. God has poured out
His abundant blessings on them and will always provide what they need
for community life. The question is whether or not the Corinthians will
respond well to the graces God has given them.
1 Corinthians 1:1-9
1 Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, 2 to
the Church of God that is in Corinth, to you who have been sanctified
in Christ Jesus, called to be holy, with all those everywhere who call
upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God always on your
account for the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in him you were enriched in every way, with all discourse and all knowledge, 6 as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you, 7 so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8 He will keep you firm to the end, irreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful,
and by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
P S A L M
Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
R: I will praise your name for ever, Lord.
2 Every day will I bless you, and I will praise your name forever and ever. 3 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; his greatness is unsearchable. (R) 4 Generation after generation praises your works and proclaims your might. 5 They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty and tell of your wondrous works.
(R) 6 They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds and declare your greatness. 7 They publish the fame of your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your justice. (R)
GOSPEL
We
must stop what we are doing and obey God’s call. He does not wait for
the convenient time before He calls us to serve. In fact, He often calls
at the most inconvenient time. It is a privilege to be called to serve
at any time and in any place. We should welcome God’s call and do
everything we can to fulfill it.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Stay awake! For you do not know when the Son of Man will come.
Matthew 24:42-51
42 Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. 43 Be
sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night
when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his
house be broken into. 44 So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come. 45 Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? 46 Blessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so. 47 Amen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property. 48 But if that wicked servant says to himself, ‘My master is long delayed,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards, 50 the servant’s master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour 51 and will punish him severely and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
think: We should welcome God’s call and do everything we can to fulfill it.
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 37-40
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