2022-Sep-11: Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
2022-Sep-11: Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time Opening prayer Heavenly Father, send forth your Spirit to enlighten our minds and dispose our hearts to accept your truth. Help us to listen to one another with openness and honesty, eager to learn from the talents 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 more knowledge and love for you and your Son. In the unity of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The theme of the liturgy The theme is the forgiveness and exuberance of God when sinners return to the fold. We will do well to pray, “Create in us clean hearts, O God, and put a new and right spirit within us” (Psalm 51:10). Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 In moments of triumph, the people clearly point to God and God’s saving action (think Miriam and all of the women in Exodus 15). When fear overwhelms them, their senses get muddled and they can no longer sense their Savior, rem...