23 Oct, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To love our neighbour as God does..
To love our neighbour as God does..
Rom 6:12ff. Submit in obedience to God’s justice and you will come from death to life.
Lk 12:39ff. Be on guard. He will come when you least expect it.
Today is also the feast of St Paul of the Cross, founder of the Passionists
One of the readings at Mass today gives a vision of the feast in heaven, when death is no more and tears are a thing of the past. Those who gather to worship God this Sunday get a fore-taste of that heavenly meal in the sweet Communion they share on earth…
It is not all our own work, as Paul reminds us. It is the grace of God that prompts us to a worthy life..
If the Kingdom of God is to extend throughout the universe, the qualities of faith, patience, and trust in God must be stressed. But externals are also necessary, to manifest this inner life. Where there is no breath nor pulse, a