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Reading I: Genesis 18:1-10a
Responsorial Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5
Reading II: Colossians 1:24-28
Gospel: Luke 10:38-42

 The sound of his voice stilled her heart.
(Introductory Prayers)

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THE GOSPEL

Luke 10:38-42

Jesus entered a village where a woman
whose name was Martha welcomed him.
          She had a sister named Mary.

Fussy Martha
readied the table,
cooked the whole meal,
poured good-enough wine.

Resting-Mary
sat herself down at his feet.
The sound of his voice,
stilled her heart
and filled
her
 soul.

O Jesus,

call us to rest at your feet and hear;
to share for a while with you
that one thing that is
necessary.
 
Let us feast on it
as we bustle
about on
our
  days!


THE FIRST READING

Genesis 18:1-10a

Please do not go on past your servant.

Abraham cleansed
the feet of a
stranger.
God’s
response:
a gift of life where
there was no life before.
(His name was
Isaac.)

And
    so it went––
friendship, covenant
 between God and all people
of
each time.

Lord, let us find you in all who pass by our door.
Let them be sacraments to us.
Let them fill us with
 your
  life. 


THE SECOND READING

Colossians 1:24-28

I am a minister to bring to completion for you the word of God.

Christ,
those who suffer with you
will “flame out like shining from shook foil.”

   Help us to shine, and, be with us—
if we should agree to
share in your
 suffering for
others.

*Quotation from G.M. Hopkins, SJ, God’s Grandeur

Anne Osdieck         
Art by Martin Erspamer, OSB
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