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Sharing this reflection from the Euchalette on today’s Scripture Readings, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 13, 2015, p.1:September 13, 2015 - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time:
Collect (Opening Prayer):
“Look upon us, O God,
Creator and ruler of all things,
and, that we may feel the working of your mercy,
grant that we may serve you with all our heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.”
Today’s Scripture readings and reflection:
ymlp232.net/archive_gbmbuqgjgu.php
www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2015-09-13
Today’s Scripture Readings:
new.usccb.org/bible/readings/091315.cfm
"THE CROSS, OUR SOURCE OF HOPE AND SALVATION"
"Today’s theme reminds us of the duty, which all of us have, to take up our cross and carry it in the footsteps of Christ. This is not something that we do with pleasure, for the cross always entails some degree of suffering and death. We instinctively choose life and tend to enjoy life. And yet, the cross looms large on the horizon of our earthly existence. It may be the cross of sickness, of natural defects, of failures, or of injustices inflicted on us. Or it may be the cross of living out the demands of our faith, as St. James reminds us in today’s Second Reading. Or it is the cross of bearing with one another’s shortcomings within our own family, in our place of work, in our communities . . . .
In this Eucharist let us ask for the grace to carry our cross with patience and in a spirit of faith, always remembering that the cross is the great bridge to heaven.
Today, let us also pray for our grandparents as we celebrate Grandparents’ Day."
The following is a beautiful meditation on THE VALUE OF SUFFERING by Dan Burke:spiritualdirection.com/blog/2014/04/07/value-of-suffering