God our Father fashioned us in His likeness and image and each every one of us are a unique Masterpiece in His eyes, truly loved by Him.
If we should get distorted or spoilt by sin and our sinful ways, we are not discarded or abandoned. Through our repentance, we are moulded back into shape by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We must be mindful that this only lasts when we are still alive and are able to repent of our sins. What if tomorrow never comes for us? Are we ready to meet our Lord?
To be ready let us fill our days with His Word both the old and the new! For Heaven and earth will pass away, but His words will never pass away. Matt 24:35
Your Word and Will be done in my life Lord. Amen
Saint Alphonsus Mary de’ Liguori, pray for us…
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First reading
Jeremiah 18:1-6
When the clay goes wrong, the potter starts afresh
The word that was addressed to Jeremiah by the Lord, ‘Get up and make your way down to the potter’s house; there I shall let you hear what I have to say.’ So I went down to the potter’s house; and there he was, working at the wheel. And whenever the vessel he was making came out wrong, as happens with the clay handled by potters, he would start afresh and work it into another vessel, as potters do. Then this word of the Lord was addressed to me, ‘House of Israel, can not I do to you what this potter does? – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so you are in mine, House of Israel.’
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Gospel
Matthew 13:47-53
The fishermen collect the good fish and throw away those that are no use
Jesus said to the crowds: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.
‘Have you understood all this?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ And he said to them, ‘Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.’
When Jesus had finished these parables he left the district.
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