Today’s first reading and the gospel are great examples of how truly loved we are by God, our Heavenly Father, that we are blessed to be the chosen ones.
We are set apart to be inheritors in His heavenly abode. So dearly and truly loved are we that all the hairs on our head are counted.
Most importantly, we have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit. We all share an intimate bond as children of God, our Heavenly Father.
With joy in our hearts, we must go out and share the joy of the gospel with one and all, so all who hear the good news and believe in Jesus shall have the same hope that we have in His salvation. Amen.
Saint Hedwig, Religious , Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin pray for us…
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First reading
Ephesians 1:11-14
You have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit
It is in Christ that we were claimed as God’s own,
chosen from the beginning, under the predetermined plan of the one who guides all things l as he decides by his own will;
chosen to be,
for his greater glory,
the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.
Now you too, in him, have heard the message of the truth and the good news of your salvation, and have believed it; l and you too have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit of the Promise, the pledge of our inheritance which brings freedom for those whom God has taken for his own, to make his glory praised.
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Gospel
Luke 12:1-7
Not one sparrow is forgotten in God’s sight
The people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And Jesus began to speak, first of all to his disciples. ‘Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees – that is, their hypocrisy. Everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed on the housetops.
‘To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God’s sight. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.’
