1st READING
There is a time for everything under heaven. However, the timing for one person may be different for another. We need to come before God and discern what is His will for us. Let us learn to trust that His will shall fulfill our being.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
1 There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build. 4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. 5 A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them; a time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces. 6 A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away. 7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak. 8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. 9 What advantage has the worker from his toil? 10 I have considered the task that God has appointed for the sons of men to be busied about. 11 He has made everything appropriate to its time, and has put the timeless into their hearts, without man’s ever discovering, from beginning to end, the work which God has done.
PSALM
Psalm 144:1-2, 3-4
R: Blessed be the Lord, my Rock!
1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, 2 my mercy and my fortress, my stronghold, my deliverer, my shield, in whom I trust. (R) 3 Lord, what is man, that you notice him; the son of man, that you take thought of him? 4 Man is like a breath; his days, like a passing shadow. (R)
GOSPEL
The disciples of Jesus find it challenging to accept that His mission involves suffering and death. To make matters worse, He died a horrible death by crucifixion. We face the same challenge as we embrace our suffering and those whom we serve. According to St. Alphonsus Ligouri, founder of the Redemptorists, we need to meditate daily on Christ’s suffering for us to understand that suffering is not the end but a means of salvation.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The Son of Man came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Luke 9:18-22
18 Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” 19 They said in reply, “John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, ‘One of the ancient prophets has arisen.’” 20 Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.” 21 He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. 22 He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Reflect: Who is Jesus for you?
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T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
thank You, Lord, for:
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