OPENING PRAYER SERIES:
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OPENING PRAYER
The Opening Prayer of 25th Sunday of the Year reads as follows:
Let us pray
(that we may grow
in the love of God and of one another)
Father,
guide us as You
guide creation,
according to Your
law of love.
May we love one
another
and come to
perfection
in the eternal life
prepared for us.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
In making this prayer tangible for my
life during this week, the following reflection questions emerged:
1.
How does God guide creation?
2.
What hinders me from being
guided by God the creator?
3.
Name one area of my life that I
will ask God to assist me to change this week?
4.
What does the commandment of
love mean for me?
5.
How is eternal life and the
commandment of love linked?
6.
What does it mean for me that God has
prepared for me eternal life?
My virtue series may be a helpful resource for you this
week if you wish to understand more about the virtue of love.
GOSPEL REFLECTION
In the Gospel we are reminded yet
again to have the right priority- God must be first in our lives. God
knows that we need money to support our temporal well being. God is not against
the rich, since many of them use their wealth for the betterment of others in
society, less fortunate. We are also reminded by the parable not to 'feather
our own nests' by taking advantage of others and manipulating them for our own
cause.
When we are given a position of
trust, we must carry out our duty honestly, since the quality of trust and
dishonesty have an accumulative effect. Most people do not start off
being dishonest in a big way such as fraud or robbing a bank or the like. No, but
dishonesty can creep in in small ways, and before long, our conscience is
blunted. Then the next bigger step of dishonesty is so much easier, since we
have placed God down on the list of priority, allowed evil to go unchecked
in our hearts, and have not confessed our wrongdoing. God must be first in our
lives at all times.
During this week,
let us review the place of God in our lives-
place God first, so
that we may through God's help
come to perfection
in the law of love.
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