Blessed to be on Fire with Our Faith!

 

In Hebrews they talk about how we need to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus! We need to be on fire with our faith for others! Let them see you being like Jesus Christ too while here on Earth! Be an example of Christ here! We need to live by every word of God! God is our awesome asset in this Earth School! The best is still yet to come and is next! He has so much mercy for us as can be seen by Jeremiah here! Our Lord will always come to our aid! We have heard, read, and seen of His greatness, we need to believe and be set on fire to spread our faith to others and be an example of Christ here on this Earth School! Be disciples for Christ! This Earth School still has the devil reigning in his kingdom, so we need to be careful not to fall to satan, but instead, set ourselves on fire for God and be like Christ for others! Follow Christ!  Let others see your being like Christ. We can help bring peace to this Earth School by being like Christ while here! Providing this example for God!  That is one strong message from the Bible and God! God will restore His kingdom here on Earth, we are all His embryos and are being formed and developed to do just that as His people and church!  We need to "keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, who is the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake of the joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God." We are blessed when we are on fire with our faith for God here on this Earth School! Let others see your faith in action! So so blessed when we follow Jesus! 

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10
In those days, the princes said to the king:
"Jeremiah ought to be put to death;
he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this city,
and all the people, by speaking such things to them;
he is not interested in the welfare of our people,
but in their ruin."
King Zedekiah answered: "He is in your power";
for the king could do nothing with them.
And so they took Jeremiah
and threw him into the cistern of Prince Malchiah,
which was in the quarters of the guard,
letting him down with ropes.
There was no water in the cistern, only mud,
and Jeremiah sank into the mud.
Ebed-melech, a court official,
went there from the palace and said to him:
"My lord king,
these men have been at fault
in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah,
casting him into the cistern.
He will die of famine on the spot,
for there is no more food in the city."
Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Cushite
to take three men along with him,
and draw the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before
he should die.

                                                   

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 40:2, 3, 4, 18
R. (14b)  Lord, come to my aid!
I have waited, waited for the LORD,
and he stooped toward me.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
The LORD heard my cry.
He drew me out of the pit of destruction,
 out of the mud of the swamp;
he set my feet upon a crag;
 he made firm my steps.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
And he put a new song into my mouth,
 a hymn to our God.
Many shall look on in awe
 and trust in the LORD.
R. Lord, come to my aid!
Though I am afflicted and poor,
 yet the LORD thinks of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
 O my God, hold not back!
R. Lord, come to my aid!

Reading 2
Hebrews 12:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,
let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us
and persevere in running the race that lies before us
while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus,
the leader and perfecter of faith.
For the sake of the joy that lay before him
he endured the cross, despising its shame,
and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God.
Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners,
in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart.
In your struggle against sin
you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood.

Alleluia
John 10:27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
I know them, and they follow me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?
No, I tell you, but rather division.
From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two against three;
a father will be divided against his son
and a son against his father,
a mother against her daughter
and a daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law
and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law."