WORD        Those who trust and serve God are open to His will.

ORDER    “Be opened!”(Mk 7:34)

PROPHECIES:

1. Your faith in Me is not dead if you complement it with good works and action.

DIRECTIONS:

1. Look up to the Lord and be open to new ideas, approaches, or programs.

2. Be warm, compassionate and understanding in your dealings with your brothers and sisters.

READINGS
September 6      Is 35:6-7/Ps 146:7,8-9,9-10/Jas 2:1-5/Mk 7:31-37
September 13    Is 50:5-9/Ps 116:1-2,3-4,5-6,8-9/Jas 2:14-18/Mk 8:27-35
September 20    Wis 2:12,17-20/Ps 54:3-4,5,6,8/Jas 3:16-4:3/Mk 9:30-37
September 27    Nm: 11:25-29/Ps 19:8,10,12-13,14/Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:38-43,45,47-48

THEMES AND PROMISES

Week#1 (23rdSunday in Ordinary Time)   
Theme:    We are open to God’s will when we show no partiality in adhering to our faith.
Promise: “The God of Jacob keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry.” (Ps 146:7)

Week#2 (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)   
Theme:    We are open to God’s will when we deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Christ.
Promise: “The Lord God is my help therefore I am not disgraced; I shall not be put to shame.”  (Is 50:7)

Week#3 (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)  
Theme:    We are open to God’s will when we are the least of all and the servant of all.
Promise: “God is my helper; the Lord sustains my life.”(Ps 54:4)

Week#4 (26stSunday in Ordinary Time)  
Theme:     We are open to God’s will when we do not allow sin to separate us from the love of God and of one another.
Promise:“because you belong to Christ …you will surely not lose his reward.”(Mk 9: 41b)

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