Everyone who desires to follow after the Lord knows that it is all too easy to drift away, to lose our focus, instead of remaining steadfast and rooted to our faith in our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, who has already redeemed us. He has washed us clean so that we are blameless, holy, and pure.
And yet, oftentimes, we fall back into sin, into the old deluge and murkiness. But does that mean we give up all hope? Do we fall back to our old ways, finding comfort in things that do not satisfy? Instead, let us turn back to the Lord, who is the Lord of the sabbath, the Lord of lords, and King of kings. He is the only one, the Almighty, who can give us the grace to overcome our weaknesses and overcome the sins that we have committed against Him. It is through His grace alone that we are restored.
Let us then not be fearful and approach the throne of grace so that we may be once again sanctified to be one in holy communion with Him. Amen.
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First reading
Colossians 1:21-23
God has reconciled you by Christ’s death in his mortal body
Not long ago, you were foreigners and enemies, in the way that you used to think and the evil things that you did; but now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body. Now you are able to appear before him holy, pure and blameless – as long as you persevere and stand firm on the solid base of the faith, never letting yourselves drift away from the hope promised by the Good News, which you have heard, which has been preached to the whole human race, and of which I, Paul, have become the servant.
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Gospel
Luke 6:1-5
The Son of Man is master of the sabbath
One sabbath Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry – how he went into the house of God, took the loaves of offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which only the priests are allowed to eat?’ And he said to them, ‘The Son of Man is master of the sabbath.’
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