Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
May 28, 2024

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052824.cfm

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Gird up the loins of your mind, live soberly,
and set your hopes completely on the grace to be brought to you
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Like obedient children,
do not act in compliance with the desires of your former ignorance
but, as he who called you is holy,
be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct,
for it is written, Be holy because I am holy.

1 Peter 1: 13-16

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Our reading from Peter uses strong phrases to direct our hearts fully to Christ.

• Gird up the loins of your mind
• Let your hopes rest completely on grace
• Do not act from your former ignorance
• Be holy

When my niece was a young teen, she had a placard in her bedroom that read “Put on your big girl pants and deal with it.” I thought it was an amazing charge for a thirteen-year-old kid. But she expected it of herself and proved eminently capable of practicing the advice.

James is giving early Christians the same kind of advice. Our capability to respond lies in the hope we place in the grace of Jesus Christ.

Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:

We ask for courage and fidelity in our commitment to Christ and to the Gospel.

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Poetry: Don’t Quit – Edgar A. Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low but the debts are high,
And you want to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit…
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit!

Life is strange with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many failures turn about
When we might have won had we stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow…
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out…
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far.
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

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Music: Jesus, My Beloved – Jonathan Ogden