Saturday of week 19 in Ordinary Time
Saint John Eudes, Priest
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
First reading – Joshua 24:14-29
‘It is the Lord our God we choose to serve; it is his voice that we will obey.’ They choose to serve the Lord. It’s not imposed on them. It is their decision to serve the Lord. Based on this decision they listen to His voice and then they will obey. This decision is based upon their gratitude for what the Lord has done to them. Recognition of the intervention of the Lord in their life prompted them to choose the same Lord and to cast away the alien gods among them. They gave their hearts to the Lord the God of Israel. This becomes the covenant which Joshua made for the people. “Then he took a great stone and set it up there, under the oak in the sanctuary of the Lord, and Joshua said to all the people, ‘See! This stone shall be a witness against us because it has heard all the words that the Lord has spoken to us:”. The Crosses in our houses, the Crosses which we wear, are the signs of the covenant of our choice to give our hearts to the Lord. Let’s reflect: Do the cross I wear or I have in my room, remind me of my covenant to the Lord?
Saturday 19 August
