Holiness for the Working Day

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up, knelt down before him, and asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; you shall not defraud; honor your father and your mother." He replied and said to him, "Teacher, all of these I have observed from my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, "You are lacking in one thing. Go, sell what you have, and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." At that statement his face fell, and he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" The disciples were amazed at his words. So Jesus again said to them in reply, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were exceedingly astonished and said among themselves, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For human beings it is impossible, but not for God. All things are possible for God." Peter began to say to him, "We have given up everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come."

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

Prayer of Forgiveness

Ask the Holy Spirit to show you whom you need to forgive (family,

friend, abuser, yourself)

Picture the person in front of you and pay aBenCon to what you feel

in your heart and body

Make an account of the debt they owe you (what did they take from

you, how did they hurt you? It is okay to feel angry or nothing at all)

Imagine yourself telling them what they did to hurt you and how it

has affected you

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you any identity lies you believe

about yourself based on that incident

Renounce the identity lie "In the name of Jesus Christ, I renounce

the lie that I am not loved or cared for, that I have to perform well to

be loved, etc."

Announce the truth of your identity in Christ-"In the name of Jesus

Christ, I announce the truth that I am seen, that I am valuable, that I

am loved, etc."

Bring the person with you to meet Jesus on the Cross at Calvary and

look at His face of care and mercy

Ask Jesus to forgive the person

10. Ask Jesus to give you the grace to forgive the person

11. Pray a prayer of blessing for that person-as God to bless them and

heal them on their journey

12. Ask Jesus to seal this forgiveness and heal the wounds in your life

13. Thank God for His healing mercy and grace

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