Just as our Heavenly Father sent Jesus to reconcile the world unto Himself, likewise Jesus has sent His disciples even today to share the joy of the Gospel. So that anyone who listens, can share in the joy of being fully reconciled to God our Heavenly Father.
Let us therefore repent of our many sins and hold firmly to our faith, as children of God our Heavenly Father so loved by Him. Renouncing the works of Satan and his minions as we stand in the authority of Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour.
Lord Jesus I listen to Your voice, and I follow You. Amen
Saint Bruno, pray for us…
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First reading
Baruch 1:15-22 ·
We have been disobedient to the Lord our God
Integrity belongs to the Lord our God; to us the look of shame we wear today, to us, the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, to our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, as to our ancestors, because we have sinned in the sight of the Lord, have disobeyed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God telling us to follow the commandments which the Lord had ordained for us. From the day when the Lord brought our ancestors out of the land of Egypt until today we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, we have been disloyal, refusing to listen to his voice. And so the disasters, and the curse which the Lord pronounced through his servant Moses the day he brought our fathers out of Egypt to give us a land where milk and honey flow, have seized on us, disasters we experience today. Despite all the words of those prophets whom he sent us, we have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, but, each following the dictates of his evil heart, we have taken to serving alien gods, and doing what is displeasing to the Lord our God.
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Gospel
Luke 10:13-16.
Anyone who rejects me rejects the one who sent me
Jesus said to his disciples:
‘Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. And still, it will not go as hard with Tyre and Sidon at the Judgement as with you. And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be exalted high as heaven? You shall be thrown down to hell.
‘Anyone who listens to you listens to me; anyone who rejects you rejects me, and those who reject me reject the one who sent me.’
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