To have our minds renewed, is to know and act on the will of God our Heavenly Father. That we shall lay our bodies down as living sacrifices Holy and pleasing to God. (Rm 12:1) Bringing souls to Christ Jesus our Lord to be fully reconciled as we go out to the world to share the Gospel, healing and restoring through the power of our risen Lord.
Cover us with Your precious Blood O Lord so that we might rise to new life in You. Amen
Saint Agnes, Virgin pray for us…
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First reading
Hebrews 9:2-3,11-14
He has entered the sanctuary once and for all through his own blood
There was a tent which comprised two compartments: the first, in which the lamp stand, the table and the presentation loaves were kept, was called the Holy Place; then beyond the second veil, an innermost part which was called the Holy of Holies.
But now Christ has come, as the high priest of all the blessings which were to come. He has passed through the greater, the more perfect tent, which is better than the one made by men’s hands because it is not of this created order; and he has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption for us. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer are sprinkled on those who have incurred defilement and they restore the holiness of their outward lives; how much more effectively the blood of Christ, who offered himself as the perfect sacrifice to God through the eternal Spirit, can purify our inner self from dead actions so that we do our service to the living God.
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Gospel
Mark 3:20-21
Jesus’ relatives were convinced he was out of his mind
Jesus went home, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they set out to take charge of him, convinced he was out of his mind.
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