TUESDAY OF THE TWENTH-NINTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME - 2020

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

Stay awake, praying at all times

for the strength to stand with confidence

before the Son of Man.  Lk21:36

EPHESIANS 2:12-22

My Beloved, Soul of my soul,

Paul explains with such beauty and clarity the work of unity that God wrought for all of mankind through Your saving work. The chosen people belonged to God but the rest of the world did not know Him as they did. The Jews knew that they were set apart from the rest of mankind because God chose to walk with them, live in the Temple, gave them a Law so they knew right from wrong. He gave them prophets and kings to counsel and rule them. Through wondrous signs He liberated them from Egypt and provided all they needed until He brought them to the Promised Land.   

But God, our Father in His great love and mercy, always intended to save all of mankind for we all belong to Him. Truly, Beloved, God has no favorites. He sent You into the world, His only Son. Through Your broken Body, the Father united the whole world. Your life was given up in expiation for the sins of the world. You bore our punishment and death and in exchange, You gave us Your Life and a share in Your glorious resurrection. 

You were sent by the Father to draw into Yourself the iniquity of the whole world, paying on our behalf the irredeemable debt we owed by the sin of Adam. The Good News of peace and salvation has been preached to the whole world it is now up to us who have received it to live it and establish the Kingdom of God in the world. 

PSALM 85:9-14

My Beloved, Soul of my soul,

Peace is Your gift to us. It is a peace that the world cannot give. It is a peace that comes from knowing You and knowing that we are saved and are called to a glorious and eternal destiny with You. 

Your Kingdom is already among us if we can only open our eyes and see. Your Word is spoken, we will hear if only we open our ears to hear. This mission has been placed on the shoulders of all who believe, to spread this Good News that saves.

In You and through You the world receives mercy and justice for all especially the poor to whom neither mercy nor justice is shown. Grant us the grace to be always grateful for all the blessings You pour upon us who are so undeserving of Your gifts. 

LUKE 12:36-38 

My Beloved, Soul of my soul,

We are living in the age of Your Second Coming, the parousia. This age began when You ascended into Heaven and Your Holy Spirit descended on Mother Mary and the Apostles in the Upper Room. On the day of Pentecost, Your Church was born. The tiny seed of faith You planted has grown into a mighty tree and birds of every kind nest in its branches.

Now is the time for all Your followers, all who are called by Your Name, who are sealed in Your Blood and are members of Your Body, the Church You founded, to wake up from our slumber. Now is the time to work with zeal and to proclaim to the world the Good News that saves so all will believe and come to the knowledge of Truth. All who are found working when You arrive will be invited to take a seat at the banquet of the Bridegroom and will be served by the Bridegroom Himself, the King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords.