1st Reading: Jer 26:1-9
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 69:5,8-10,14
Gospel: Mt 13:54-58
This past week we have heard many parables which spoke about the importance of allowing our faith to have an increase. In today's Gospel we encounter Christ being present to His own hometown and yet they did not allow Him to work within their lives. It is always said that a prophet is not accepted in his own home. Countless numbers of prophets have brought the truth of God into the world and yet they were not accepted for it. Christ was no different because even here among his family and friends He was not accepted for the message that He was bringing into the world.
We join here today to celebrate this Votive Mass to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and to ask for an increase of faith to take place within our lives. We come here for this first Friday of the month with the desire to draw closer to the Heart of Christ which is continually showering down mercy upon each of us. Through this devotion we join together with the intention that we will draw closer to Christ and thus our faith can grow. May this devotion aid us in putting to rest any disordered desires which speak contrary to the message of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. With these desires put to rest we can truly allow our faith to grow.
It is here at this Mass that we cry out to the Lord to come and answer us. In calling to God in this manner we are coming before Him humbly. We realize that we have no chance to increase in our faith without Him brought into the picture. May we continue to take the time in our hearts and homes to welcome Him in with the desire to give us an increase of faith. May our faith increase through our devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to whom we cry out to in order to come and answer us.
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