Throughout the centuries and even today, the Lord our God still speaks to us through His Prophets. He speaks to us in current times, not always about the future, but for current times where we need to change or fix, to come back fully to the Lord and do what He wills us to do. He sends us Prophets to tell us and to show us the way so that we might thrive in living life to the full in Him.
Jesus our Lord and the only Son of God our Heavenly Father was also a Prophet among Prophets. He spoke the will of God our Heavenly Father to us. Are we then, His disciples, also so in tune with His heart that we prophesy to our fellow sisters and brothers. And all those He asks us to reach out to, so that they too may know His heart, His word and His will for them?
Let us not look elsewhere but know in our own very hearts, that we have been empowered by our Lord Jesus to prophesy and light the way for others. Amen.
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First reading
Haggai 1:1-8 ·
‘Rebuild the House’
In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, high commissioner of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as follows, ‘The Lord of Hosts says this, “This people says: The time has not yet come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord. (And the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai, as follows:) Is this a time for you to live in your panelled houses, when this House lies in ruins? So now, the Lord of Hosts says this: Reflect carefully how things have gone for you. You have sown much and harvested little; you eat but never have enough, drink but never have your fill, put on clothes but do not feel warm. The wage earner gets his wages only to put them in a purse riddled with holes. So go to the hill country, fetch wood, and rebuild the House: I shall then take pleasure in it, and be glorified there, says the Lord.”’
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Gospel
Luke 9:7-9
‘John? I beheaded him; so who is this?’
Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was being done by Jesus; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see Jesus.
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