Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
September 11, 2024

Today’s Readings:

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091124.cfm

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“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the Kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
and when they exclude and insult you,
and denounce your name as evil
on account of me.

Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!
Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. 
Luke 6:20-22

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Maybe some of you also watch the TV game show “Wheel of Fortune”. Notice what happens when the contestant wins the final round. They leap for joy! Then their family and friends join them and they ALL leap for joy! And they keep leaping !!! They “leap” so much that Pat Sajak makes sure he gets out of the way!

Jesus wants his followers to know that, despite any sufferings in life, they too will leap for joy at the final round of life. Can you imagine the exultation!

Today, in God’s Lavish Mercy:
May we trust in Jesus’s promise, and anticipate that infinite joy by our steadfast faith, hope, and love!

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Poetry: This and That – Mary Oliver

(Imagine God leaning over you with the kiss of a new morning
and you leaping up to that Love.)

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In this early dancing of a new day—
dogs leaping on the beach,
dolphins leaping not far from shore—
someone is bending over me,
is kissing me slowly.

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Music: Don Quixote Variation – Júlio Santos (American Ballet Theater)

Enjoy a little ballet leaping for your prayer.