This Week’s Gospel Message for Sunday, November 24th is from Luke 23:35-43
“Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus . . . The other, however, . . . said ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ He replied to him, ‘Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.’”
“Repentance is a process. The sinner must acknowledge the sin and his/her sinfulness, then show remorse and ask for forgiveness. Once forgiven, the person can be reconciled with the one whom she/he hurt and with God. The first criminal wants a shortcut to salvation. He wants the Savior to save him the easy way. He does not realize that this is not the way salvation works.” Source: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2019
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday Dan 1:1-6, 8-20; Luke 21:1-4
Tuesday Dan 2:31-45; Luke 21:5-11
Wednesday Dan 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Luke 21:12-19
Thursday Dan 6:12-18; Luke 21:2-28
Friday Dan 7:2-14; Luke 21:29-33
Saturday Rom 10:9-18; Matt 4:18-22
Saint Andrew, Apostle (Feast) – “A fisherman from Bethsaida in Galilee, he was a disciple of John the Baptist and one of the first who followed Jesus. “The cross of St. Andrew, which represents Scotland on the Union Jack, was first associated with Andrew in the tenth century.” Source: Living With Christ (November 2019)