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A few months ago when a plastics factory suddenly blew up in Scotland, some people were buried alive while others escaped totally unharmed. It was a good example of today's Gospel. No one - absolutely no one - knows when the Lord will come to call us to Himself. Being healthy or rich or powerful or even good has nothing to do with it. What are we to do? We can be like the people in Noah's time and just go on enjoying life until disaster strikes. Or we can live our lives productively, using our gifts to make a difference to other people's lives. In either case, we do not know when the end comes. But, if we make the second choice, we are ready. Because we have been meeting the Lord every moment of every day in the people to whom we reached out. It is not the when that matters but the readiness. How ready am I?
Come, Lord Jesus!
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DAILY OFFERING
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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.
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PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
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INTENTION
That Christian men and women, aware of the vocation which is theirs in the Church, may answer generously to God's call to seek holiness in the midst of their lives.
Elaboration
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