Daily Scripture Readings from the Liturgy of the Word

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August 29, 2010 (Click here to go to Sept. 5th, 23rd Sunday.)

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings for this Sunday - New American Bible Translation  
                    (The meditations below are from the Claretian Publication Liturgy Alive - Models of Celebration for Sundays (click here.) 
                   by Fr. Camilo Marivoet, C.I.C.M.)  

A Good Place For Everyone
How do we regard other people and ourselves in relation to them? Do we look down on others, at least on some, and hold ourselves as more important, people to be noted and given honors? The message of today is: In the Kingdom there is a good place for everyone. If there is to be any preference, it is for the poor, the disabled, the humble, for they are given the first place by God, they are the favorites of Jesus. Jesus asks us here and now: What place do you take and what place do you give to others?

Know Your Place
Today our Lord Jesus invites us to his table. He knows that we are people with faults, people who have hurt him and others, by the wrong we did or the good we didn’t do. Knowing who we are he still loves us and invites us, as his friends, to join him at his table. Let us humbly take part in his meal and ask the Lord to make us more open to the humble, to people who have erred, and to the poor.

Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 - The Greater, the Humbler.
          We cannot be open to God’s grace unless we put aside our pride. 
          People appreciate lack of pretense and they see through our boasting.

Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24 - Our Savior and Covenant is Jesus.
          Through Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant, Christians, even on earth, 
          are already as if living as citizens of heaven.

Luke 14:1, 7-14 - Come up higher, my Friend.
        In his kingdom, God invites those who recognize their lowliness and need of salvation. 
        Likewise, the follower of Christ invites the poor and the humble.

September 5, 2010 (Click here to return to Aug. 29, 22nd Sunday.)

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scripture Readings for this Sunday - New American Bible Translation  
                    (The meditations below are from the Claretian Publication Liturgy Alive - Models of Celebration for Sundays (click here.) 
                   by Fr. Camilo Marivoet, C.I.C.M.)  

Conscious Discipleship
At first sight it looks contradictory that on the one hand Jesus presents his message and even himself as an invitation, a free offer that we can either accept or reject; and on the other hand as a strict demand. Today’s Gospel sheds light on this paradox: Yes, what he offers us is a present, and no one is forced to accept it. We remain free, but if we accept it, it will be demanding. Jesus and his kingdom are to be put above even our dearest relationships and desires. So, we have to think twice before we accept. But we must know that with him and by his strength we can answer his call, however difficult, and we will be happy. He gives us that invitation and strength in this Eucharist.

Many Will Come From East And West
People who want to get ahead in life keep looking forward to the future. They reflect, they consult, they plan, and they evaluate their methods, taking nothing for granted. This is, or ought to be, the attitude of Christians. They know that the Christian life is serious. They do not take their faith for granted. They ask themselves: What is God’s will and plan for me, today, in my state of life? Where am I going? Am I following Christ my Lord the way he wants me to? Do I identify with him? Do I make myself free from the things that keep me from following him? And do I follow him also when the cost is high?

Wisdom 9:13-18 - We need the Holy Spirit of Wisdom
          Our all too human search is incapable of discovering God’s will and plans, unless God gives us the insights of his own wisdom. 
          We must pray for a spirit of wisdom.

Philemon 9-10, 12-17 - In Christ, a slave becomes a brother.
          In this short, sensitive letter, Paul asks his friend Philemon to re-accept his runaway slave as he would receive Paul himself.
          In Christ, this slave has become a brother.

Luke 14:25-33 - Have we made up our minds to follow Christ?
        Jesus went all the way to the cross. 
        True wisdom and prudence are not afraid of taking the risk of following him resolutely.

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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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