SATURDAY OF THE 28th WEEK IN ORDINARY OF THE YEAR (A)
MYSTERY OF THE DAY: Joyful
CELEBRATION OF THE DAY: Commemoration of the memorial of Blessed Virgin Mary
TABLE OF THE WORD: Romans 4:13.16-18; Luke 12:8-12
THEME: Hoping in God
THE WORD
"The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants..." (Romans 4:13.16)
INSPIRATION
The Holy Scripture defines faith as
" the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1) This spiritual act is one of the theological virtues which is the pledge of the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in the faculties of the human being.
By implication, without faith in God we cannot survive because amidst stormy and raging of life God is there to hold the Fort for our sake.
In today's first reading St. Paul recounted the event that surrounds the covenant God had with Abraham, stressing that, it was not out of law that the covenant was made but by faith he had in God.
"The promise to Abraham and his descendants, that they should inherit the world, did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith. That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants..." (Romans 4:13.16).
However, it is through faith in God that we can conquer. For God who is Omnipotence, Omniscience and Omnipresence in His essence gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
Beloved in Christ, as we keep on journey on this ephemeral life let us build our hope and trust in Him, for He will certainly preserve and sustain us in His love so that on the last day we may see Him as He really is. Peace be with you!
PRAYER
Merciful Lord, we thqnk You for th3 mqny favours we receive from You. As You have brought us to this weekend kindly sustain us in Your love and grant us the grace see every event of our lives in the eyes of faith. 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 21102023.
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