Readings and Themes for the Week of October 11, 2009

Readings for Faith Sharing
Week of October 11, 2009,
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I Wisdom 7:7-11

Riches are nothing in comparison to wisdom.

Psalm 90

"Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy!"

Reading II Hebrews 4:12-13

The word of God is living and effective.

Gospel: Mark 10:17-30

Sell all that you have, and follow Jesus' way.

THEME:
Making God a priority in your life...

Each week we gather to listen to God’s word. Too often it does not penetrate our hearts. Let us be especially attentive today as God’s word is described in the Letter to the Hebrews as ‘sharper than any two-edged sword.” Let us respond with generosity to the call of the Lord Jesus in today’s Gospel. Let us abandon those things that turn our attention away from God and learn to embrace the simplicity of true discipleship.

Question for Children:

How difficult would it be for you to give something you treasure to someone else who needed it more than you do?

Question for Youth:

What is your most important possession?

How hard would it be for you to give it up?

Question for Adults:

How hard is it for you to part with things you treasure?

Do your possessions ever stand in the way of having deeper communion with God?