We declare joyfully that we are children of God, but how many of us have truly reflected on what this means for us? Do we still squander away our heavenly inheritance? Do we honour our heavenly Father by the lives we lead? Or do we insist on leading our lives contrary to His loving Will for us?
Merciful Father be patient with us.
Jesus our Lord so loved and honoured His blessed mother that He entrusted her to the care of His disciple. And by so doing, she too is a mother for us all. Through Him we become one body, one Holy family. Let us then be faithful children who does the Will of our heavenly Father as we lead those who have strayed back into life of holiness in Christ. Amen
FIRST READING
Micah 7:14–15, 18–20
GOSPEL
Matthew 12:46–50
While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, his mother and his brothers appeared outside, wishing to speak with him. Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, asking to speak with you.” But he said in reply to the one who told him, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
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