We must bring the Eucharistic Celebration that we celebrate on Sundays back into our homes. That is to have meals with family, friends and community where there is the breaking of the Word, thanksgiving and sharing testimonies over the meal. And the doors of our homes must be opened to all! For as St Paul reminds us today, that we should always consider the other person to be better than ourselves, so that nobody thinks of his or her own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead.
Can you fathom how powerful a message we send as Christians living our faith in such a setting? By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. Jn 13:35 Amen
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First reading
Philippians 2:1-4 ·
Be united in your love
If our life in Christ means anything to you, if love can persuade at all, or the Spirit that we have in common, or any tenderness and sympathy, then be united in your convictions and united in your love, with a common purpose and a common mind. That is the one thing which would make me completely happy. There must be no competition among you, no conceit; but everybody is to be self-effacing. Always consider the other person to be better than yourself, so that nobody thinks of his own interests first but everybody thinks of other people’s interests instead.
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Gospel
Luke 14:12-14
Do not invite those who might be able to invite you back
Jesus said to his host, one of the leading Pharisees, ‘When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate, because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again.’
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