Tuesday 10 September 2024

Today is Tuesday the 10th of September in the 23rd week of Ordinary Time. CalledOut Music sings, ‘Worst Days’. As we prepare to reflect on being called by God today, take a moment to remind yourself of the depth of God’s love for you. God of everything You reached out to me Made a home in my heart I just can't explain I just stand in awe Of Your wonderful love And even on my worst days It stays the same I just don't understand How high How wide How deep Is Your love Love that knows no end I'm wrapped up in the arms of my Father I'll never lose my position I will always be Your child That's all that matters Cuz even on my worst days It stays the same I just can't understand How high How wide How deep Is Your love Oh it reaches to the depths of my soul and it won't let go Oh wonderful love There's nowhere else I'll rather be, nowhere else for me Oh wonderful love From Calvary to eternity, I'm Yours forever Oh wonderful love (Oh Jesus) Your love knows no ending, the sweetest of tastes Oh wonderful love How high How wide How deep Is Your love Today’s reading is from the Gospel of Luke. We will hear it in two parts… Luke 6:12-19 Now during those days, he went out to the mountain to pray; and he spent the night in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Imagine that you are with Jesus up on the mountain as he prays to God in the night. What is it like to be here with him…How does he pray? Enjoy spending this moment with him. Now, picture the scene as day breaks, and Jesus rises… Follow him down the mountain now … as you approach the bottom, notice the twelve disciples awaiting his return. Stay with the twelve, as Jesus calls each by name… and as you stand with them, imagine that Jesus also calls you by your name to follow him. How does this feel? Listen now to the second part of the reading: He came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea, Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon. They had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them. As you see the crowd, many are trying to reach out to Jesus… Take a moment to watch as Jesus touches, heals and ministers to those who seek him. What do you notice? End this time of prayer with a conversation with Jesus… what has it been like to be close to him today? Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.