Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
October 24, 2024
Today’s Readings:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102424.cfm
I kneel before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
that he may grant you in accord with the riches of his glory
to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner self,
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith;
that you, rooted and grounded in love,
may have strength to comprehend with all the holy ones
what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,
so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:14-19
Paul blesses his beloved Ephesian community with these stirring words:
..May you know the love of Christ
Ephesians 3:19
that surpasses all knowledge…
We, and the Ephesians who receive this blessing, are reminded that we cannot comprehend or analyze God’s infinite love for us. Neither can we rationalize what that Love calls us to.
Today in God’s Lavish Mercy:
We ask for the grace of holy abandonment, letting ourselves rest in God’s Love without reserve, question, or calculation. May that same generous trust inspire our gift of Love to others in God’s name.
Thought: from Bishop Silvio José Báez, O.C.D.
We can abandon ourselves to God
and totally trust God
even without fully comprehending God’s ways;
it’s a source of inexhaustible joy.
Read Bishop Báez’s inspiring bio here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_José_Báez
Music: Attende Domine – Juliano Ravanello
Lavish Mercy 