11 Oct
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27th Week in Ordinary Time
Joel 4:12-21
Ps. 97:1-2,5-6,11-12
Lk. 11:27-28
(Ps Wk III)
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Jesus has been preaching to the people. While He still speaks, a woman in the crowd shouts out her approval: "Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!" What the woman is really saying is that Jesus' mother must be really proud to have such a wonderful son as Jesus and she must in some way be responsible for His turning out so well. Jesus does not contradict the woman but He qualifies what she says: "Rather, happier still are those who hear the word of God and keep it!" In other words, the real greatness of Mary is not that she is the Mother of Jesus or that she produced such a wonderful Son but that at all times she listened to the Word of God and carried it out. That was true from the moment she said 'Yes' at the Annunciation to the terrible day she stood at the foot of the Cross and accepted the death of her Son, as He Himself had accepted it in the garden. Our greatness, too, lies not on our social connections or our personal achievements but to the extent to which we have carried out God's will at every moment of our lives.



Lord, help us to know Your will at all times and give us the strength to carry it out.

DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That young people may follow Christ, the way, the truth, the life with generous enthusiasm and be ready to bear witness to him in all the situations in which they live.
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