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12th Week in Ordinary Time
Gen. 15:1-12,17-18
Ps. 104:1-2,3-4,6-7,8-9
Mt. 7:15-20
(Ps Wk IV)
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If there is anything we look for in human relationships, it is trustworthiness. We want to be able to depend on a friend's word; we want someone who will keep his promise.

God made extraordinary promises to Abram, later known as Abraham. He told him that his descendants would be very numerous and that, despite his old age, he would have a son from whom all these people would come. God was very pleased that Abraham took Him at His word, but He understood the human heart and the need we feel for a sign of trustworthiness.

We are the beneficiaries of the new covenant, not a promise of continued life thorugh many descendants, but the pledge of everlasting life. God has given us a sign of this new covenant. God, so to speak, stands on one side and we on the other. Between us, He has placed His Son upon the cross. This new covenant is sealed in the death of His Son. That death is the pledge of His everlasting love.

Today, there are many false prophets who promise happiness from money, power, prestige. But they can give no sign of their thrustworthiness. God alone has given the ultimate sign of His fidelity, the death of His own Son upon the cross.


Lord, You are faithful to the end. Amen.



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
Let us pray for young people who are preparing for marriage with the support of a Christian community: may they grow in love, with generosity, faithfulness and patience.
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