Today, we are called to deeply reflect. Are we obedient children of God, our Heavenly Father, following His word and His will for us in these challenging times? If we are, then our happiness will flow like a river, and our integrity will be as constant as the waves.
So, let us consider how fulfilled we are in our lives. True fulfillment comes from our relationship with and standing in the presence of the Lord, our God.
Lord, fill me to the brim with Your graces. Allow me to minister to all those You send my way, with boldness and integrity. Amen.
Our Lady of Guadalupe 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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