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Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop. Ordinary Time. A clean reading layout for church, prayer, or preparation.
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Phiippians 2:12-18
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
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Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14
The psalm is meant to be prayed, not rushed. If the wording feels older, focus on the main movement of the prayer: trust, praise, sorrow, gratitude, or hope.
1The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
4One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.
13I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
14Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let your heart take courage, and wait you for the Lord.
Luke 14:25-33
The Gospel is the center of the reading set. Pay close attention to what Jesus says, what Jesus does, and what response he is asking for.
25And there went great crowds with him. And turning, he said to them:
26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
27And whoever does not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
28For which of you having a mind to build a tower, does not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:
29Lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,
30Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
31Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, comes against him?
32Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.
33So likewise every one of you that does not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
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