SATURDAY OF THE 22ND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME OF THE YEAR (A)
MYSTERY OF THE DAY: Joyful
CELEBRATION OF THE DAY: St. Peter Claver, Priest.
(1581-1654) A native ofSpain , young Jesuit Peter Claver left his homeland forever in 1610 to be a missionary in the colonies of the New World . He sailed into Cartagena (now in Colombia ), a rich port city washed by the Caribbean . He was ordained there in 1615. He was canonized in 1888, and Pope Leo XIII declared him the worldwide patron of missionary work among black slaves.
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TABLE OF THE WORD: Colossians 1:21-23; Luke 6:1-5.
THEME: He has reconciled you...
THE WORD:
"You, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in Christ’s body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast,..." (Colossians 1:21-22)
The unfathomable love of God is beyond every human calculation and understanding, it goes beyond tribe, sex and culture. His love for us is unconditional and same in all seasons.
It is in the light of this that St. Paul in his exhortation to the Church in Colossians reaffirmed this by saying:
"You, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in Christ’s body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast,..." (Colossians 1:21-22)
It is out of love that God sent His Son as a ransom for the reconciliation of humanity with the divinity. For we were in darkest of darkness when we lost the original Grace, we were separated from the Divinty; but with the sending of Jesus we were all reinstated into the Divine plan of salvation.
INSPIRATION
Most often we tend to trust in our weaknesses, suddenly forget that our sufficiency comes only from God. In our weaknesses God is always there to assist us. We cannot get there without Him, for we may know the way but not the situation of the destination as He Himself is all knowing. Taking cognizance of the fact that He knows the end from the beginning from the end.
Let our minds be focused on God that despite our shortcomings His will grace speak for us and reconcile us back to the Father as children of light.
Peace be with you!
PRAYER
O God, who made Saint Peter Claver a slave of slaves and strengthened him with wonderful charity and patience as he came to their help, grant, through his intercession, that, seeking the things of Jesus Christ, we may love our neighbour in deeds and in truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.Amen.
+ May the Lord in His infinite mercy bless and keep us, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.
(c) The ARCHIVE 10092023
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