19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (August 11, 2019)

Wis 18.6-9; Heb 11.1-2, 8-19; Lk 12.32-48

• We each have a task, like the servants in the parable. When the Lord returns, He will call each of us to give an account of what we have done. The faithful will be rewarded; the lax punished. So, we must be diligent in fulfilling the task that the Lord has given to us: to proclaim the Gospel of Life.

• We are also called to have faith in God; to trust God. Abraham, in his old age, was called by God and was given a mission and a great purpose for his life. Abraham believed God; He trusted in God and in His promises.

• In our current culture, the elderly are often treated as though their lives were without meaning and purpose; a burden to society. But, God, who is the author of life, has extended their days for a purpose.

• Pope Francis in his first encyclical, Lumen Fidei, traces the history of faith from Abraham and demonstrates how the Incarnation reveals the ultimate object of faith: Jesus Christ. Unless we believe in Him we cannot understand His designs.

Pro-Life Intercession

That courts and judges may uphold, above all, the sanctity of life, that they may be prepared to give an account of their service when Christ the Lord returns, we pray to the Lord…