This Week’s Gospel Message

Thursday, October 29th, 2020

This week’s Gospel Message for Sunday, November 1st  is from Matthew 5:1-12a.

“When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying: . . . ‘Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.’” (Please see page 6 for the Beatitudes.)

“The Gospel today presents a prescription for a saintly life. With the Beatitudes, Jesus taught his disciples how they would be blessed. As we listen to today’s readings let us pray for God’s grace in becoming poor in spirit, clean of heart, and hungry for righteousness, among the other prescriptions Jesus lays out for us as his disciples. May we be consoled in the knowledge that God has bestowed on us all that we need to achieve this.” Source: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2020

DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK

Monday Wis 3:1-9; Rom 5:5-11; John 6:37-40

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) – “Since the early Church, Christians have prayed for the dead, and in 988, Odilo, abbot of the French monastery of Cluny, established the tradition of keeping, ‘with joyous affection, the memory of all the faithful departed who have lived from the beginning of the world until the end.’ By the fourteenth century, the commemoration had spread and was universally accepted in the Latin Church.”

Tuesday Phil 2:5-11; Luke 14:15-24

Wednesday Phil 2:12-18; Luke 14:25-33

Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop (Memorial) – “As archbishop, his ascetic life and reform of his diocese made him one of the leading figures in the Catholic reformation of the Church after the Council of Trent. May we learn from him that ‘if we wish to make any progress in the service of God, we must begin every day of our life with new eagerness.’”

Thursday Phil 3:3-8a; Luke 15:1-10

Friday Phil 3:17—4:1; Luke 16:1-8

Saturday  Phil 4:10-19; Luke 16:9-15

Source: Living With Christ, November 2020

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