Indeed, blessed are we for having heard the word of God, dwell on it, discern it, and obey it as His will for us.
For it is His word that unites us all through our faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who has gathered all of us onto Himself through His life, death, and resurrection.
We are one body in Him, and all of us whose faith is in our Lord have His law written on our hearts. And so, in union with Him, through His word, we are one body in Him, united to bring His peace, mercy, love, and joy into the world, so that everyone who comes to believe in Him shall share what we have as one family who follows after Him. Amen.
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First reading
Galatians 3:22-29 ·
There are no more distinctions: all are one in Christ Jesus
Scripture makes no exceptions when it says that sin is master everywhere. In this way the promise can only be given through faith in Jesus Christ and can only be given to those who have this faith.
Before faith came, we were allowed no freedom by the Law; we were being looked after till faith was revealed. The Law was to be our guardian until the Christ came and we could be justified by faith. Now that that time has come we are no longer under that guardian, and you are, all of you, sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Merely by belonging to Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised.
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Gospel
Luke 11:27-28
‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’
As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’
