Opening Prayer
Jesus, was your Mom hurt when You made faith more important than genetic heritage? Or did she understand what You were saying, as our Moms always do? They read our hearts. Thank you for immersing us in baptism into Your life and energy. Thank You for freeing us from laws that confine and empower us with Your Spirit Who expands and builds. Thank You for breaking through religious traditions that limited and excluded. You broke down all barriers that separate, divide, and exclude. We are one in You, Jesus. Help us not to diminish, divide, and demean, especially in Your Name. Help us to be as open as You are. Empower us in faith to know that You see no Jew nor Greek, nor slave nor free, no male nor female – You see only God’s children struggling to understand and believe and love. Keep us faithful to Your Word, spoken from God’s Heart.
Reading 1 GAL 3:22-29
Brothers and sisters:
Scripture confined all things under the power of sin,
that through faith in Jesus Christ
the promise might be given to those who believe.
Before faith came, we were held in custody under law,
confined for the faith that was to be revealed.
Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian.
For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus.
For all of you who were baptized into Christ
have clothed yourselves with Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free person,
there is not male and female;
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants,
heirs according to the promise.
Responsorial Psalm PS 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
or:
R. Alleluia.
Sing to him, sing his praise,
proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
Glory in his holy name;
rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Look to the LORD in his strength;
seek to serve him constantly.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia LK 11:28
Blessed are those who hear the word of God
and observe it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel LK 11:27-28
a woman from the crowd called out and said to him,
“Blessed is the womb that carried you
and the breasts at which you nursed.”
He replied, “Rather, blessed are those
who hear the word of God and observe it.”
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