25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B (September 22, 2024) Scripture passages:
Wisdom: The wicked say: Let us beset the just one because he is obnoxious to us; …. Let us see whether his words be true; … With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience. … Let us condemn him to a shameful death; … God will take care of him.Psalm 54: The Lord upholds my life. Freely will I offer you sacrifice; I will praise your name, O Lord, for its goodness.
James 3: Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.Mark 9: Jesus sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, that one shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
Reflection:
This week's Gospel talks about stewardship. Jesus invites us to be in the service of others. Jesus exemplifies a life of being the last with unity to God's Divine Will. He prays, reflects, and take actions. He serves the poorest, abandoned, and washes his apostles' feet. He teaches the ignorant so everyone can live a life with dignity.
This week's Laudato Si:
Article 90: Living beings have dignity with unique worth while human beings who have responsibility given our ability to care and destroy the species and therefore the planet. Some have much properties without awareness or intentions of distributing these to those who may be in need while some in dire poverty have no means to get out of their situations, being left at the extraordinary mercy of others. There are those who see themselves as more superior than others and have no intent of changing habits or contributing to good causes.Article 144: The global market has opened the flood of products available to people of different origins and affecting everyone's culture. This globalization came from making the product available to all given the mobility of the people over a period of time. While there is a beauty and need to respect each culture for its own right for people to understand themselves from within and without given the symbols and practices that identify them. The world is cared for with respect with its dynamism and flexibility.
Article 161: The pace of consumption can determine the waste that we produce. The current unsustainable lifestyle can cause the catastrophic weather and unbearable consequences of these natural disasters. We can look at our accountability before the people who are reaping the effects of these disastrous climate and natural disastrous ocurrences.
Article 208: All of us have the ability to care for others by letting go of our self-centeredness and self-absorption. It is not about neglecting oneself but thinking of others including our natural environment so that our world becomes sustainable.
Article 212: These sustainability efforts are calling us towards goodness that brings change to the world that is to spread the common goods to all.
Prayer Intentions:
We pray for using our wisdom and faith to reduce our consumption according to our needs and pass it on to our children and others so others can care for our Mother Earth. We pray to the Lord...We pray for the well being of all people especially for the children and future generations so that by these actions of defending basic necessities to clean air, water and climate, we will be able to bless them with livable future.
Let us pray to the Incarnate Word.
All these in Jesus name, Amen.
Learn more:
Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis (vatican.va)
SoC Advocacy Activity Guidelines 2024.pdf - Google Drive
Events — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative (fossilfueltreaty.org)
Earth Day 2024: Planet vs Plastics | Sustainability Magazine
EN September.pdf - Google Drive
Homily Helps September 2024 (Cycle B) | Catholic Climate Covenant
Sustainability Live Climate Week @ NYC on September 24: Sustainability LIVE: Climate Week NYC - One Day to Go | Sustainability Magazine
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