33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (November 15, 2020)
Prov 31.10-13, 16-18, 20, 26, 28-31++; 1 Thess 5.1-6; Mt 25.14-30
We have each been given gifts for which we will be called to account. The greatest of our gifts is our own vocation, and we are called to live this faithfully: priests are called to be diligent pastors to their parishioners; parents, loving and faithful guardians of their children. We may be afraid of failing in our duties; afraid of the responsibility our vocations require, but we cannot allow fear to prevent us from achieving fulfillment in our vocation.
As Catholic we are also called to faithfully defend the most vulnerable from attack, whether they be children still in the womb or the elderly and infirm or the disabled and handicapped.
We children of the light do not know whether the day of the Lord will come before the Culture of Life has prevailed over the Culture of Death, but regardless, we believers should take consolation that innocent victims of those sins who have died in Christ will also rise with him.
Pro-Life Intercession: Mercy triumphs over judgment! May all children who have died by miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion be carried to the joys of heaven, we pray to the Lord...