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A mazing possibilities await us when we make ourselves available to God. Remain open.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  MK 1:15  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. The Kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the Gospel. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 9:1-6 Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.” Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the Good News and curing diseases everywhere. Blessings 

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain open and available to God. Making ourselves available is simple however not always easy. Start by simply asking God to come Reflection from  Dynamic Catholic Reading from USCCB.org  Alleluia  LK 11:28 R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 8:19-21  The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers  are those who hear the word of God and act on it.” Blessings 

A mazing possibilities await for us when we answer the simple call of Jesus. “Come follow me” Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Reading for USCCB.Org Alleluia  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. We praise you, O God, we acclaim you as Lord; the glorious company of Apostles praise you. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 9:9-13  As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples. The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” Blessings 

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Reading 1  IS 55:6-9 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call him while he is near. Let the scoundrel forsake his way, and the wicked his thoughts; let him turn to the LORD for mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways and my thoughts above your thoughts. Alleluia  ACTS 16:14B  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  MT 20:1-16A  Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.  After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.  Going out about nine o’clock, the ...

A mazing possibilities await us when we open ourselves to God. Open and ready to receive His word. Following His will not that of our own. Working for the kingdom as He wish’s.  So we need to be open to be able to bare fruit.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Readings from USCCB.org Alleluia  LK 8:15 R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart and yield a harvest through perseverance. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 8:4-15 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after another journeying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable.  “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew, it withered for lack of moisture. Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew with it and choked it. And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” After ...

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain available for God. Opening ourselves to His call, listening for His voice in the silence.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Reading from USCCB.org Alleluia  MT 11:25  R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 8:1-3  Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources. Blessings 

A mazing possibilities await us when we remain open to God. Following the saints we have a blue print for being open.  Reflection from Dynamic Catholic Reading from USCCB.Org Alleluia  MT 11:28 R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R.  Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel  LK 7:36-50 A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” Jesus said t...