Got hope? Is your tank filled with the great faith of Jesus Christ? Are you awake and ready for Christ?
Got hope? Is your tank filled with the great faith of Christ? Are you awake and ready for Jesus Christ? It is all about faith! That is what it is going to take as we carry our cross. The Catholic Mass readings this Sunday remind us of our faith, to be ready, and awake. We need to be ready, we need to stay awake in Christ! Our lamps must be filled with great faith! Faith is what it is going to take, we need to be ready and alert! While it may take oil to heat a house, we as humans need faith to get through this life successfully. Are you going to church? Do you pray? Are you following Jesus? Are you reading your Bible and talking to the Lord? We need to build up our faith, we need to make sure our tanks are filled to the brim with a lot of faith, that is what it is going to take, to be ready, to be awake, to be saved. God gave us Jesus as our model and example to follow. We are called to reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! We are called to turn from all sin, hate, lawlessness, and evil, to have a lot of faith and to follow and be like Jesus, when we do, we are promised life eternal in Heaven with Him! Will you be ready when the time comes to get into Heaven? Do you have the great faith to be able to enter? What is your ultimate desire and goal in life? Is it to get into Heaven when you leave this Earth School life? If so, you need to be ready, stay awake, have a full tank of faith so to get into Heaven! We need to live for God!
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Lectionary: 154
Reading 1
Resplendent and unfading is wisdom,
and she is readily perceived by those who love her,
and found by those who seek her.
She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire;
Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed,
for he shall find her sitting by his gate.
For taking thought of wisdom is the perfection of prudence,
and whoever for her sake keeps vigil
shall quickly be free from care;
because she makes her own rounds, seeking those worthy of her,
and graciously appears to them in the ways,
and meets them with all solicitude.
Responsorial Psalm
R. (2b) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary
to see your power and your glory,
For your kindness is a greater good than life;
my lips shall glorify you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus will I bless you while I live;
lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.
As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,
and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
I will remember you upon my couch,
and through the night-watches I will meditate on you:
You are my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Reading 2
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,
about those who have fallen asleep,
so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose,
so too will God, through Jesus,
bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord,
that we who are alive,
who are left until the coming of the Lord,
will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a word of command,
with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God,
will come down from heaven,
and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left,
will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore, console one another with these words.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,
about those who have fallen asleep,
so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose,
so too will God, through Jesus,
bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Stay awake and be ready!
For you do not know on what day your Lord will come.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
"The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.
Since the bridegroom was long delayed,
they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
At midnight, there was a cry,
'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!'
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish ones said to the wise,
'Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.'
But the wise ones replied,
'No, for there may not be enough for us and you.
Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.'
While they went off to buy it,
the bridegroom came
and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him.
Then the door was locked.
Afterwards the other virgins came and said,
'Lord, Lord, open the door for us!'
But he said in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.'
Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour."
From: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110826.cfm
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Yes I agree, great faith in Jesus is the most important thing we can have as humans in this life! 🙏✝️
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