Friday 31 May

Approaching the ninth Sunday in ordinary time.

Where we are heading (readings for Sunday Jun 2):

1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43

Psalm 96:1-9

Galatians 1:1-12

Luke 7:1-10

Readings for today:

Psalm 96:1-9

1 Kings 8:14-21

2 Corinthians 11:1-6

Brief thoughts for today:

On the completion of the temple, Solomon addresses the people. He acknowledges that the task has fallen to him rather than to his father. In this regard he humbly acknowledges his place in God’s plan. In the end all he has done is to fulfill his duty with God’s purposes. Although Paul is sometimes accused of having too high an opinion of himself, at the end of the day he too would be the first to say that in taking the Good News of Jesus, the only Gospel, around the mediterranean world, he too will have simply acted as God’s servant. Such is our calling too.

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