Oh what peace, what joy, what strength, what love You bestow upon me during my quiet time with You; My Lord, my God.
And today I am reminded that our Church is not inward looking but rather outward looking in which we are sent to share the good news with others. Along the way of our pilgrim journey back home, through the power of the Holy Spirit may we bring healing, liberation, peace, the joy of Your Word and love to all we meet. In Your most Holy name Jesus, we pray. Amen
GOSPEL
Luke 6:12–19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
And he came down with them and stood on a stretch of level ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came forth from him and healed them all.
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