THE GOSPEL
Matthew 13:1-23But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears because they hear.
Bless
our eyes.
They see your
splendor
in the
sunlight at play in
summer trees,
in the faces
of loved ones,
in images
by Paul Cezanne.
And
blessed be our ears
since they have heard your glory
in the sounds of geese high overhead,
in baby’s laugh, in Puccini’s opera,
and in the hello of a friend.
Let us always listen
for the cries of
your poor.
Our eyes and ears
always look forward joyfully
to receive your
ever-present
tender
love.
Your “grace is everywhere.”*
* Bernanos
THE FIRST READING
Isaiah 55:10-11
My word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will,
achieving the end for which I sent it.
Lord of all: tend to our earth,
give it clean water, and
seed for bread so
that all may
eat.
Tend to our
souls
too.
Render them
fertile and fruitful.
Please
send us out
to plant your Word
within the whole world.
THE SECOND READING
Romans 8:18-23
Creation awaits with eager expectation
the revelation of the children of God.
All
creation
is groaning,
laboring within itself,
eagerly hoping to be set free from
pollution and corruption, in the growth
you will give it through
your Spirit.
Oh, let us see ways into the
soul of this troubled world,
so as to be your help
in saving it.
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