God’s Call

What does it mean to be called, and how should we respond? Today we hear two powerful stories about God’s call and those who heard it. In both stories, the call comes without warning, offers no explanation, and requires openness and risk from the ones called. It is safe to assume that we, too, will be called over and over again. When, where, how and why remain unknown. But we can also assume that God is behind it. The rest is up to us.

Penitential Act
Prayer of the Faithful

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Come and See

Have we Christians really encountered the Lord? Certainly, we believe in him, we pray to him, we hear his message proclaimed Sunday after Sunday, and have perhaps read the gospels in private. But affecting us much more deeply is encountering the Lord in person. It is only then that a deep understanding, a warm relationship with him and a real sense of our mission in life can be born and develop. Come, let us accept his invitation to “come and see” what he has to offer us and what he is asking of us. He is here with us in the Eucharist. Let us ask Jesus to show us where he lives, who he is, and what he expects of us.

Penitential Act
General Intercessions

SOURCE: Bible Claret Liturgy Alive

Here Am I, Lord

Perhaps we don’t realize enough how hard it is to listen to one another. We are so busy with ourselves and with our affairs that we don’t hear others or listen to them. How much harder it is for us to hear God and to listen to him! He loves us; he speaks to us, mainly through his written word in the scriptures, in the voice of the Church, in his commandments, in other people, especially in prophets and the poor, in the events of life. Pay attention, try to hear him and say: “Speak, Lord, your servant listens.”

Penitential Act
General Intercessions

SOURCE: Bible Claret Liturgy Alive