Today’s verse reading is very inspirational, especially when a learned apostle like Saint Paul, who held fast to the traditions that he was brought up on, was truly zealous for the Lord our God.
Yet, he had to unlearn a lot of things because the thoughts of God and His will are so much different from ours. Unless we are obedient to His will and listen to how He wants us to proceed, all our efforts will lay to waste.
The laws of God is always about love and mercy and how we humble ourselves to follow after Him. While we must work hard to put in every effort that we can to glorify Him and be fruitful for Him, we must also place ourselves constantly in His presence so that He can minister to us and speak to our hearts.
Only when we are truly united with Him, we will be great instruments of His grace. Amen.
Saint Bruno, Priest pray for us…
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First reading
Galatians 1:13-24 ·
God called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me
You must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors.
Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother’s womb, called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the pagans. I did not stop to discuss this with any human being, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were already apostles before me, but I went off to Arabia at once and later went straight back from there to Damascus. Even when after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and stayed with him for fifteen days, I did not see any of the other apostles; I only saw James, the brother of the Lord, and I swear before God that what I have just written is the literal truth. After that I went to Syria and Cilicia, and was still not known by sight to the churches of Christ in Judaea, who had heard nothing except that their one-time persecutor was now preaching the faith he had previously tried to destroy; and they gave glory to God for me.
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Gospel
Luke 10:38-42
Martha works; Mary listens
Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. She had a sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord’s feet and listened to him speaking. Now Martha who was distracted with all the serving said, ‘Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all by myself? Please tell her to help me.’ But the Lord answered: ‘Martha, Martha,’ he said ‘you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed, indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part; it is not to be taken from her.’
