2022-Jul-17: Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
2022-Jul-17: Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time Opening prayer Heavenly Father, send forth your Spirit to enlighten our minds and prepare our hearts to accept your truth. Help us to listen to one another with openness and honesty, eager to learn from the insights and intuitions that you have given each of us. Never let differences of opinion diminish our mutual esteem and love. May we leave this meeting with a deeper understanding and love for you and your Son. In the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Genesis 18:1-10a Today's reading takes place among t he terebinths ( Pistacia palaestina ), a shrubby tree with red foliage and berries, at Mamre - the very place where Abraham built the sacred altar to Yahweh after the covenant was renewed (Genesis 13:18). Tradition also holds that the 99-year-old Abraham was resting here after his circumcision and that of all the male members of his household, including his son by Hagar, Ismael (17:26-27), when t...