As you place your day before God, give him praise and reflect on your need to give him praise. For Reading 2 Q: What bad habit or vice do you find difficult to give up? Why is it difficult to rid yourself of this nuisance? Q: How do you offer your day to God? How do you make seek- ing his will day-by-day process? How do you include you bad habits or vices in your prayer of daily offering? For Gospel: Q: Why is it easier for us to focus on today than the future? Why do we make decisions for the future based upon to- day's needs? Q: Peter had expectations for Jesus. What do we expect from God? Why are we surprised when he chides us for our self- ishness? Q: What are the benefits of sacrifice? How does desire postponed bring you closer to Jesus? Make a short list of your important possessions, relation- ships, and powers. Offer that list to the Lord. Pray for guid- ance and prudence. And pray for faith when those things and people are taken from you. Sources: dailyscripture.net; usccb.org; word-Sunday.org Weekly Reflection Jeremiah 20:7-9: You were too strong for me and you triumphed. Psalm 63: 2-6, 8-9 R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God Romans 12: 1-2 Do not conform yourselves to this age. Matthew 16: 21-27 “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself." FOR AUGUST 30, 2020 The 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time "Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." ""Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and all my will, all that I have and possess. You have given them to me; to you, O Lord, I restore them; all things are yours, dispose of them ac- cording to your will. Give me your love and your grace, for this is enough for me." (Prayer of Ignaus of Loyola, 1491-1556) Queson of the Week: How have the challenges in your life led you to Jesus?
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As you place your day before God, give him praise and reflect on your need to give him praise.
For Reading 2
Q: What bad habit or vice do you find difficult to give up? Why
is it difficult to rid yourself of this nuisance? Q: How do you offer your day to God? How do you make seek-
ing his will day-by-day process? How do you include you bad habits or vices in your prayer of daily offering?
For Gospel:
Q: Why is it easier for us to focus on today than the future?
Why do we make decisions for the future based upon to-day's needs?
Q: Peter had expectations for Jesus. What do we expect from
God? Why are we surprised when he chides us for our self-ishness?
Q: What are the benefits of sacrifice? How does desire
postponed bring you closer to Jesus?
Make a short list of your important possessions, relation-ships, and powers. Offer that list to the Lord. Pray for guid-ance and prudence. And pray for faith when those things and people are taken from you.