O Lord my God, seeker of hearts; I’ve come to do Your Will. Let my heart not be hardened but soft and supple which is pleasing in Your eyes. Let Your laws be written in it for it was given to us through, for and by Your love for us.
By our baptism and confirmation, You have anointed us Your chosen ones. Let us never take Your gifts for granted as we spend time pondering over Your great love for us, the laws You provide, Your commands, Your Word and Will for us. In Jesus name we pray. Amen
FIRST READING
1 Samuel 16:1–13
GOSPEL
Mark 2:23–28
As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?” He said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
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