THE GOSPEL
Luke 14: 25-33Anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple.
Lord,
we pay a lot
to walk with you;
carrying a cross,
clinging
to
no
thing,
no
one:
family, friends, favorite chairs,
palaces, portfolios, clothes, cars, books.
Help us let them go, and more,
to take them up again
only in
you.
THE FIRST READING
Wisdom 9:13-18b
For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans.
Lord,
what does
the world hold
for us?
We are
puzzled by the
things that we can see,
even more by the things we can’t.
Your
Spirit from on high
gives us the warmth of your wisdom.
Show us how to live in peace with our worries.
Let us surrender
and place all
our trust
in
you.
THE SECOND READING
Philemon 9-10, 12-17
That you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave
but more than a slave, a brother,
beloved especially to me, but even more so to you.
Christ,
can we become your brothers and sisters
through your life-changing love,
as Onesimus became
to Paul?
Love alone,
Paul tells us, can
bring about such change,
can find a way where there is no way.
Love makes
miracles
happen.
Help
us,
with your love,
to find ways when there
are none.
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