Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth! May the LORD bestow His spirit on all! There is no one who performs a mighty deed in Jesus name who can at the same time speak ill of Him. For whoever is not against us is for us!
Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth! May the LORD bestow His spirit on all! There is no one who performs a mighty deed in Jesus name who can at the same time speak ill of Him. For whoever is not against us is for us! Be for Jesus! Follow Him, reflect Him, imitate Him! God gave us Jesus as the example, the model to live by and follow! He is our life, truth, and way to Heaven and we need to do as Jesus! Today we see many even elected, priests, and people of authority like in the times of Jesus who spoke all so highly and above all, knowing the rules, but never practicing them, like the scribes of Jesus time, we see the same thing today. Government and elected are not God! The powers that be neither, only God can be put on a pedestal, and only Jesus is the example we must all follow, imitate, and reflect, only Jesus! In the readings this week in mass, we see that God's Spirit came upon all, all of us, we have His Spirit in us, we must act upright and holy doing good and being like Jesus, all who do are living as God wants us to. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart! We need to trust in God alone, it will bring joy to our hearts when we do, knowing He will take care of us when we refuge in Him! Jesus reminds us in the Gospel reading to just not sin, and anything that causes us to sin, get rid of it, He wants us to follow Him, to reflect and imitate Jesus, not sin, but be all about truth, love, and service. That is our goal, if we want to get to Heaven, we must follow this truth from Jesus! Sin matters, stop the sin, be love, follow the truth. Do not be a slave for Satan and sin doing all evil and wickedness, money and power are not everything, they corrode, do all in the name of Jesus, follow, reflect, and imitate Him only! Don't trust wealth more than God!
Reading 1
Numbers 11:25-29
The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses.
Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses,
the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders;
and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.
Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad,
were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.
They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent;
yet the spirit came to rest on them also,
and they prophesied in the camp.
So, when a young man quickly told Moses,
"Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp, "
Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses' aide, said,
"Moses, my lord, stop them."
But Moses answered him,
"Are you jealous for my sake?
Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets!
Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!"
Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14
R. (9a) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
the decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
Though your servant is careful of them,
very diligent in keeping them,
yet who can detect failings?
Cleanse me from my unknown faults!
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
From wanton sin especially, restrain your servant;
let it not rule over me.
Then shall I be blameless and innocent
of serious sin.
R. The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
James 5:1-6
Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries.
Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten,
your gold and silver have corroded,
and that corrosion will be a testimony against you;
it will devour your flesh like a fire.
You have stored up treasure for the last days.
Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers
who harvested your fields are crying aloud;
and the cries of the harvesters
have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure;
you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.
You have condemned;
you have murdered the righteous one;
he offers you no resistance.
Cf. John 17:17b, 17a
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Your word, O Lord, is truth;
consecrate us in the truth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
At that time, John said to Jesus,
"Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,
and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us."
Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him.
There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink
because you belong to Christ,
amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.
"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,
it would be better for him if a great millstone
were put around his neck
and he were thrown into the sea.
If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life maimed
than with two hands to go into Gehenna,
And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off.
It is better for you to enter into life crippled
than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.
And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.
Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye
than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,
where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.'"
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