God our Father loves us deeply and only wants the best for us. And when we live out our lives with integrity and faithfulness, then His light shine through us. We are One in Him and He in us. There is no greater joy or happiness than to live in His peace and love.
Even when we are found wanting, He, ways patiently for us to turn back to Him. His Son our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ seeks us out and calls to us to return to the fold. How great and merciful is our Lord!
So then let us be obedient children and glorify our Heavenly Father with all that we say and do. Amen
Saint Lucy pray for us…
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First reading
Isaiah 48:17-19 ·
If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a river
Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is good for you, I lead you in the way that you must go.
If only you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a river, your integrity like the waves of the sea.
Your children would have been numbered like the sand, your descendants as many as its grains.
Never would your name have been cut off or blotted out before me.
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Gospel
Matthew 11:16-19
They heed neither John nor the Son of Man
Jesus spoke to the crowds: ‘What description can I find for this generation? It is like children shouting to each other as they sit in the market place:
“We played the pipes for you,
and you wouldn’t dance;
we sang dirges,
and you wouldn’t be mourners.”
‘For John came, neither eating nor drinking, and they say, “He is possessed.” The Son of Man came, eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet wisdom has been proved right by her actions.’
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