![]() ![]() For the one who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened. "And so I say to you, 'Ask and it will be given to you seek and you will find knock and it will be opened to you. Jesus said to his disciples, "Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says: 'Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived and I have nothing to offer him.' Maybe your friend will answer from inside: 'Don't bother me now the door is locked and my children and I are in bed, so I can't get up and give you anything.' But I tell you, even though he will not get up and attend to you because you are a friend, yet he will get up because you are a bother to him, and he will give you all you need. The sun of justice with its healing rays. When all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble,Īnd the day that is coming will set them on fire,īut for you who fear my name, there will arise My own special possession, on the day I take action.Īs a man has compassion on his son who serves him.įor lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, Of those who fear the LORD and trust in his name.Īnd they shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, Then they who fear the LORD spoke with one another, ![]() Yet you ask, "What have we spoken against you?"Īnd what do we profit by keeping his command, Great and wonderful are all your works, Lord, mighty God Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell in it Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. Come, let us bow down in worship let us kneel before the LORD who made us. ![]() What’s the one necessary thing? It is to listen to the voice of Jesus as he tells you of his love and as he tells you who you are.You have defied me in word, says the LORD, (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. There is a cacophony of voices calling out to you there are a thousand influences pulling you this way and that. Philip found Nathanael and told him, 'We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth. And Jesus said to him, 'Follow me.' Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. As Peter was passing through every region, he went down to the holy ones living in Lydda. Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. She was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord, and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit she grew in numbers. The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water The abode where jackals lurk. Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers in the steppe. She sits quietly at the feet of the Lord, not so much eschewing work as gathering herself, learning what she is essentially about. The Church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared Then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. and asked that a murderer be released to you. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are. Peter said to the people: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and denied in Pilate’s presence. And what is Mary being praised for? Not precisely that she is “contemplative,” but that she has chosen the unum necessarium (the one necessary thing). USCCB Icon Daily Mass Readings (USCCB) Bible Icon Catholic Bible (NABRE). What does he upbraid Martha for? “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and upset about many things.” It is the frantic, divided, unfocused quality of her life that Jesus is drawing attention to. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. I would like to stress that the active/contemplative reading of the Martha and Mary story is not that helpful. (1) O bless the Lord, my soul Bless the LORD, O my soul and all my being, bless his holy name. “Hey Bishop, I think Martha gets a bum rap.” And for centuries the story has been read that Martha represents the “active” life and Mary the “contemplative” life. Friends, today’s Gospel inspires protests more than almost any other that I’ve preached on. Friends, our Gospel today gives us Jesus raising of the son of the.
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