Topics this week in Mass:
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 28, 2018)
Theme: Outrageous Fortune
Mass Readings:
~First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-9
~Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
~Second Reading: Hebrews 5:1-6
~Gospel: Mark 10:16-52
Key Words: vocation, healing, invitation, repentance, consolation, priesthood
Key Themes:
Meditation for the week:
~What is one good thing the Lord has done for you recently? How did this impact your relationship with God?
~If you struggle to name something good the Lord has done, why do you think that is?
Challenge for the week: Re-write Psalm 126 in your own words. Pray your re-written psalm every day during the coming week.
Theme: Outrageous Fortune
Mass Readings:
~First Reading: Jeremiah 31:7-9
~Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
~Second Reading: Hebrews 5:1-6
~Gospel: Mark 10:16-52
Key Words: vocation, healing, invitation, repentance, consolation, priesthood
Key Themes:
- Priests bring the people to God and God to His people.
- In the same way that Christ, the eternal high priest, offers sight to the blind, the priesthood of Christ offers sight to our spiritual blindness, in His name.
- Despite what others say or how we are judges, God always hears our cry.
- God doesn’t only protect us and provide for us, He is a Father who consoles us, too.
Meditation for the week:
~What is one good thing the Lord has done for you recently? How did this impact your relationship with God?
~If you struggle to name something good the Lord has done, why do you think that is?
Challenge for the week: Re-write Psalm 126 in your own words. Pray your re-written psalm every day during the coming week.
