Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 6:1-9
Slaves, because you are slaves of Christ, you must respect others in his name.
Children, be obedient to your parents in the Lord-that is your duty. The commandment that has a promise attached to it is: Honour your father and mother, and the promise is: and you will prosper and have a long life in the land. And parents, never drive your children to resentment but in bringing them up correct them and guide them as the Lord does.washing-feet-
Slaves, be obedient to the men who are called your masters in this world, with deep respect and sincere loyalty, as you are obedient to Christ: not only when you are under their eye, as if you had only to please men, but because you are slaves of Christ and wholeheartedly do the will of God. Work hard and willingly, but do it for the sake of the Lord and not for the sake of men. You can be sure that everyone, whether a slave or a free man, will be properly rewarded by the Lord for whatever work he has done well.
And those of you who are employers, treat your slaves in the same spirit; do without threats, remembering that they and you have the same Master in heaven and he is not impressed by one person more than by another.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144
Response The Lord is faithful in all his words.
1. All your creatures will thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your might, O God,
to make known to men your mighty deeds and the glorious splendour of your reign. Response
2. Yours is an everlasting kingdom; your rule lasts from age to age. Response
3. The Lord is faithful in all his words and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall and raises all who are bowed down. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 14: 6
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;
no one can come to the Father except through me .
Alleluia!
or 2 Thess 2: 14
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Through the Good News God called us to share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 13:22-30
Men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places in the kingdom of God.
Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him,
‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’
He said to them,
‘Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.
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‘Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying, “Lord, open to us”
but he will answer, “I do not know where you come from”.
Then you will find yourself saying,
“We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets”
but he will reply,
“I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men !”
‘Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves turned outside.
And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
Yes, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.’
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
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Gospel Reflection Wednesday Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 13:22-30
There are some very hopeful and encouraging statements in the letters of Paul. In his letter to the Romans he assures us that ‘the Spirit comes to help us in our weakness’. As an examples of our ‘weakness’, he cites our struggle to pray, to find the words that give expression to our desire to pray. At such times, Paul tells us that ‘the Spirit himself’ expresses our prayer in a way that could never be put into words. The Spirit does our praying for us. This suggests that our prayer consists more in entering into the prayer of the Spirit that is going on within us. Prayer is more God’s work within us than our work. A couple of verses later Paul makes another reassuring statement, declaring, ‘we know that by turning everything to their good God co-operates with all those who love him’. Paul is saying that God can work for our ultimate good through everything that happens to us, if we open our hearts to him in love. God can bring new life even out of tragedy. The Spirit of God helps us not only when we struggle to pray, but also when we struggle to come to terms with the darker experiences of life.
The same hopeful, encouraging, note is struck by Jesus in the gospel reading, when he presents a very broad and generous vision of life in the kingdom of heaven, ‘people from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God’. Jesus portrays a God who wants people from every corner of the earth at the banquet of life in his kingdom, a God who will work to turn everything in our lives to that ultimate goal. Yet, the gospel reading also strikes another note. We have a part to play if this desire of God is to come to pass. We have to try and enter by the narrow door, the door that is Jesus himself. However, if we keep the Lord in view, striving to walk in his way, we won’t find God wanting. As we strive to enter by the narrow door, the Lord will be on the opposite side drawing us through the door.
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Thursday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 3:14-21
Planted in love and built on love, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.
This is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family, whether spiritual or natural, takes its name: Out of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth; until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled with the utter fullness of God.
Glory be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine;
glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 32
Response The Lord fills the earth with his love.
1. Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just; for praise is fitting for loyal hearts.
Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp, with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs. Response
2. For the word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. Response
3. His own designs shall stand for ever, the plans of his heart from age to age.
They are happy, whose God is the Lord, the people he has chosen as his own. Response
4. The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love,
to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 8: 12
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord,
anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia!
or Phil 3: 8-9
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I have accepted the loss of everything, and I look on everything as so much rubbish
if only I can have Christ and be given a place in him.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 12:49-53
I am here not to bring peace but rather division.
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already!
There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!
‘Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on a household of five will be divided:
three against two and two against three;
the father divided against the son, son against father,
mother against daughter, daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Thursday Twenty Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 12:49-53
In today’s first reading, we find that wonderful phrase of Saint Paul, ‘knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge’. On the one hand, Paul prays that we would come to know the breadth and the length, the height and the depth, of the love of Christ. On the other hand, he declares that the love of Christ is beyond all knowledge. Paul seems to be saying that in this earthly life we will never know the immensity of Christ’s love fully.
In his first letter to the Corinthians, he states, ‘Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known’ (13:12). In eternity we will know the love of Christ as fully as the Lord now knows us. The more we come to know the breadth, length, height and depth of Christ’s love in this life, the more our hidden self will grow strong, in the words of our first reading.
When Jesus says in the gospel reading that he has come to bring fire to the earth and expresses a desire that this fire was burning already, we can understand him to mean the fire of his love, the fire of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God’s love. We have a prayer to the Holy Spirit, inviting him to kindle in us the fire of his love. Yet, Jesus is aware that the fire of his love will be experienced as threatening by many, who will seek to extinguish it. It will lead him to the cross, which is why he goes on to say, ‘There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress until it is over’. At the beginning of his ministry, he was plunged into the waters of the Jordan to be baptized by John the Baptist. At the end of his ministry, he will be plunged into suffering and death. His death on the cross will become the fullest revelation of his love for all humankind. The risen Lord wants us to know the depth of his love for us, so that he can ignite the fire of his love in our own lives and, through us, reveal his love to others.
Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 2:12-22
Christ is the peace between us, and has made the two into one.
Do not forget, I say, that you had no Christ and were excluded from membership of Israel, aliens with no part in the covenants with their Promise; you were immersed in this world, without hope and without God.
Jesus todayBut now in Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far apart from us have been brought very close, by the blood of Christ. For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into one and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, actually destroying in his own person the hostility caused by the rules and decrees of the Law. This was to create one single New Man in himself out of the two of them and by restoring peace through the cross, to unite them both in a single Body and reconcile them with God;
In his own person he killed the hostility.
Later he came to bring the good news of peace, peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near at hand. Through him, both of us have in the one Spirit our way to come to the Father.
So you are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone.
As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord;
and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 84
Response The Lord speaks peace to his people.
1. I will hear what the Lord God has to say, a voice that speaks of peace.
His help is near for those who fear him and his glory will dwell in our land. Response
2. Mercy and faithfulness have met; justice and peace have embraced.
Faithfulness shall spring from the earth and justice look down from heaven. Response
3. The Lord will make us prosper and our earth shall yield its fruit.
Justice shall march before him and peace shall follow his steps. Response
Gospel Acclamation Lk 8: 15
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are those who with a noble and generous heart,
take the word of God to themselves and yield a harvest through their perseverance.
Alleluia !
or Lk 21: 36
Alleluia, alleluia!
Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to stand with confidence
before the Son of Man.
Alleluia !
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you And with your spirit.
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke12:35-38 Glory to you, O Lord
Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes.
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit.
Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast,
ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks.
Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes.
I tell you solemnly, he will put on an apron,
sit them down at table and wait on them.
It may be in the second watch he comes, or in the third,
but happy those servants if he finds them ready.
The Gospel of the Lord Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Tuesday Twenty Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 12:35-38
There is a striking image in today’s gospel reading of a person of authority putting on an apron, inviting his servants to sit at table and then serving them. Such a reversal of roles would have been unthinkable in the culture of Jesus. For a person of authority to take on the task of a servant would have been considered shameful. It represented an enormous loss of face and prestige. Yet, Jesus’ highly unconventional image here reminds us of the last supper scene in the gospel of John, where Jesus wraps a towel around his waist and gets down on his knees to wash the feet of his disciples. We are presently reading from the gospel of Luke and later in Luke’s gospel, in the setting of the last supper, Jesus says of himself, ‘I am among you as one who serves’ (Lk 22:27) rather than as one who sits at table. Jesus, now risen Lord, wants to serve us today.
However, today’s gospel reading suggests that we need to have a certain attitude of heart if we are to experience the Lord as our servant. We are to be ‘dressed for action’, with our lamps lit, waiting for the Lord to come and knock. We are to be attentive to the Lord, to his daily coming and his daily call. We are to be faithful in our attentiveness to the Lord, through all the watches of the night. Such a faithful alertness to the Lord’s presence and call will open us up to receive the Lord’s self-emptying service.
Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week of Ordinary Time, Cycle 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 2:1-10
God brought us to life with Christ and gave us a place with him in heaven.
You were dead, through the crimes and the sins in which you used to live when you were following the way of this world, obeying the ruler who governs the air, the spirit who is at work in the rebellious. We all were among them too in the past, living sensual lives, ruled entirely by our own physical desires and our own ideas; so that by nature we were as much under God’s anger as the rest of the world.
But God loved us with so much love that he was generous with his mercy:
when we were dead through our sins, he brought us to life with Christ-it is through grace that you have been saved- and raised us up with him and gave us a place with him in heaven, in Christ Jesus.
This was to show for all ages to come, through his goodness towards us in Christ Jesus, how infinitely rich he is in grace. Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God;
not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit.
We are God’s work of art, created in Christ Jesus to live the good life as from the beginning he had meant us to live it.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 99
Response My soul is thirsting for God, the God of my life.
1. Like the deer that yearns for running streams,
so my soul is yearning for you, my God. Response
2. My soul is thirsting for God, the God of my life;
when can I enter and see the face of God? Response
3. I would lead the rejoicing crowd into the house of God,
amid cries of gladness and thanksgiving. Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 24: 4. 5
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Teach me your paths, my God, make me walk in your truth.
Alleluia!
or Mt 5: 3
Alleluia, Alleluia!
How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Alleluia !
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 12:13-21 Glory to you, O Lord
This hoard of yours, whose will it be then?
A man in the crowd said to Jesus,
‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance’.
My friend,’ he replied-‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’
Then he said to them
‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind,
for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs’.
Then he told them a parable:
‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself,money1
“What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.”
Then he said,
“This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul:
My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come;
take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time”.
But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul;
and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?”.
So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Monday Twenty Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 12:13-21
The rich man in the parable in today’s gospel reading asked the right question, ‘What am I to do?’ He had more crops than he had barns to hold them. However, from God’s perspective he gave the wrong answer to his question. He decided to build more barns to store his bumper crop. Holding on to what he had was his priority. The option of sharing his surplus with those who were struggling to live never crossed his mind. He was completely focused on himself. His speech to himself was full of the little word ‘I’ and ‘my’ – ‘my crops, my barns, my grain’, my goods and, even, ‘my soul’. Yet, his soul belonged to God, just as his crops belonged to all of God’s people. When God called back his soul, the inner poverty of this rich man was revealed. He had done nothing with the good fortune that came his way as a gift from God to be shared with others. He stored up treasure for himself, but did not make himself rich in the sight of God.
In the first reading, Paul speaks of God’s goodness towards us in Christ and how infinitely rich God is in grace. We have all been richly graced and gifted by God in Christ, which has made us, in the words of that reading, ‘God’s work of art’. God has worked richly in all of our lives, and we are to called to allow God’s work to overflow through us to enrich the lives of others. As one of the contemporary hymns puts it, ‘freely you have received, freely give’. When we ask the question, ‘What am I to do?’, our answer will be inspired by the message and the life of Jesus, who, in the words of Saint Paul, made himself poor for our sakes, so that by his poverty we might become rich (2 Cor 8:9).
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B
World Mission Sunday
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of the prophet Isaiah 53:10-11carrying the cross
If he offers his life in atonement, he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long life.
The Lord has been pleased to crush his servant with suffering.
If he offers his life in atonement, he shall see his heirs,
he shall have a long life and through him what the Lord wishes will be done.
His soul’s anguish over he shall see the light and be content.
By his sufferings shall my servant justify many,taking their faults on himself.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 32:4-5. 18-20.22.
Response May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
1. The word of the Lord is faithful and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right and fills the earth with his love. Response
2 .The Lord looks on those who revere him, on those who hope in his love,
to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine. Response
3 .Our soul is waiting for the Lord. The Lord is our help and our shield.
May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews 4:14-16
Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace.
Jesus deep in thought Since in Jesus, the Son of God, we have the supreme high priest who has gone through to the highest heaven, we must never let go of the faith that we have professed. For it is not as if we had a high priest who was incapable of feeling our weaknesses with us; but we have one who has been tempted in every way that we are, though he is without sin.
Let us be confident, then, in approaching the throne of grace, that we shall have mercy from him and find grace when we are in need of help.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation Jn 14:15
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the way, the truth and the life, says the lord:
no one can come to the Father except through me.
Alleluia!
or Mk 10: 45
Alleluia, alleluia!
The Son of Man came to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark 10: 35-45 Glory to you, O Lord.
The Son of Man came to give his life as a ransom for many.
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus.
Master,’ they said to him ‘we want you to do us a favour.’
He said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’
They said to him, ‘Allow us to sit one at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory.’
You do not know what you are asking”. Jesus said to them.
‘Can you drink the cup that I must drink, or be baptised with the baptism with which I must be baptised’
They replied, ‘We can.’
Jesus said to them,
‘The cup that I must drink you shall drink, and with the baptism with which I must be baptised you shall be baptised,
but as for seats at my right hand or my left, these are not mine to grant; they belong to those to whom they have been allotted.’
When the other ten heard this they began to feel indignant with James and John, so Jesus called them to him and said to them,Jesus serves
‘You know that among the pagans their so-called rulers lord it over them,
and their great men make their authority felt. This is not to happen among you.
No; anyone who wants to become great among you must be your servant,
and anyone who wants to be first among you must be slave to all.
For the Son of Man himself did not come to be served but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many.’
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
18-10 St Luke, physician, evangelist, apostle, co-worker with St.Paul, patron of doctors, butchers, artists, and bookbinders.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Second letter of St Paul to Timothy 4:10-17
Only Luke is with me.
paulDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika. Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the coppersmith has done me a lot of harm; the Lord will repay him for what he has done.
Be on your guard against him yourself, because he has been bitterly contesting everything that we say. The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144
Response Your friends, O Lord,
shall make known the glorious splendour of your reign.
1. All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your might, O God. Response
2. They make known to men your mighty deeds
and the glorious splendour of your reign.
Yours is an everlasting kingdom; your rule lasts from age to age. Response
3. The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him, who call on him from their hearts. Response
Gospel Acclamation Jn 15: 16
Alleluia, Alleluia!
I chose you from the world to go out and to bear fruit,
fruit that will last, says the Lord.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 10:1-9 Glory to you, O Lord.
The harvest is rich but the labourers are few.
The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit. He said to them,
harvest ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. Start off now, but remember, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.
Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road.
Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, “Peace to this house!”
And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you.
Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer,
for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house.
Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is set before you.
Cure those in it who are sick, and say, “The kingdom of God is very near to you”.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection 18 Oct Saint Luke, evangelist Luke 10:1-9
Today we celebrate the feast of Saint Luke, one of the four evangelists. He is the only evangelist to have written a second work, the Acts of the Apostles. Between his gospel and the Acts of the Apostles Luke is responsible for one quarter of the New Testament.
In today’s first reading, Paul, at a time of great personal vulnerability laments the fact that all his companions have deserted him, with the exception of Luke. ‘Only Luke is with me’, Paul says. Luke is portrayed in that reading as the faithful companion to Paul. Towards the end of that reading Paul repeats that ‘every one of them deserted me’, but then goes on to declare that ‘the Lord stood by me and gave me power’. Paul seems to be saying that the Lord stood by him in the person of Luke, that Luke revealed the Lord’s faithfulness to him. That is the calling we have all received from the time of our baptism, to reveal something of the Lord’s faithfulness to each other. The Lord stands by us in and through those who are faithful to us when we feel vulnerable and weak.
In the gospel reading Jesus sends out seventy two as his labourers and he calls on them to ask God to send out even more labourers into the harvest. We are all called to be labourers in the Lord’s harvest and part of our labour is to make tangible the Lord’s faithful presence to all who are struggling in any way.
Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2
FIRST READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians 5:18-25
You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires.
If you are led by the Spirit, no law can touch you. When self-indulgence is at work the results are obvious:
fornication, gross indecency and sexual irresponsibility; idolatry and sorcery; feuds and wrangling, jealousy,fruits of Spirit
bad temper and quarrels; disagreements, factions, envy; drunkenness, or**es and similar things.|
I warn you now, as I warned you before: those who behave like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
What the Spirit brings is very different:
love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control.
There can be no law against things like that, of course. You cannot belong to Christ Jesus unless you crucify all self-indulgent passions and desires. Since the Spirit is our life, let us be directed by the Spirit.
The Word of the Lord Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps 1
Response Anyone who follows you, O Lord, will have the light of life.
1. Happy indeed is the man, who follows not the counsel of the wicked;
nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners,
but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law day and night. Response
2. He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters,
that yields its fruit in due season and whose leaves shall never fade;
and all that he does shall prosper. Response
3. Not so are the wicked, not so!
For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind.
For the Lord guards the way of the just but the way of the wicked leads to doom. Response
Gospel Acclamation Ps 26:16
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Instruct me, in your way; on an even path lead me .
Alleluia!
or Jn 10: 27
Alleluia, Alleluia!
The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the lord,
I know them and they follow me.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 11:42-46 Glory to you, O Lord
Alas for you Pharisees! Alas for you lawyers also.
The Lord said to the Pharisees:
But alas for you Pharisees!
You who pay your tithe of mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and overlook justice
and the love of God! These you should have practised, without leaving the others undone.
Alas for you Pharisees who like taking the seats of honour in the synagogues and being greeted obsequiously in the market squares!
Alas for you, because you are like the unmarked tombs that men walk on without knowing it!
A lawyer then spoke up. ‘Master,’ he said ‘when you speak like this you insult us too.’
‘Alas for you lawyers also,’ he replied ‘because you load on men burdens that are unendurable,
burdens that you yourselves do not move a finger to lift.
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Gospel Reflection Wednesday Twenty Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Luke 11:42-46
In the first reading, Saint Paul lists what the Holy Spirit brings, or in a more literal translation, ‘the fruit of the Spirit’. We tend to speak about the ‘fruits’ of the Spirit, but the singular ‘fruit’ suggests that all the qualities Paul lists are not to be separated out but are interconnected. It is as if this fruit of the Spirit is so rich that it needs to be spoken of in a variety of ways, as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustfulness, gentleness and self-control. Paul is portraying the richly human life that the Holy Spirit creates in us when we give ourselves over to the Spirit. At the head of the list of these interconnected qualities is ‘love’, perhaps suggesting that all the other qualities are expressions of love.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God’s love and a life shaped by the Holy Spirit will be a life that reflects God’s love, which was fully revealed in Jesus. Our calling from baptism is to open ourselves in faith to God’s gift of the Holy Spirit and to allow the Spirit to bear the fruit of love in our lives. This comes before all else. In the gospel reading, Jesus says to the Pharisees and the experts in the Jewish Law that what comes before all else is justice and the love of God, a loving relationship with God which overflows into a just and loving relationship with all of God’s people. We need to be reminded every so often what is at the heart of our faith, and both of today’s readings put before us what matte
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