2022-Jul-31: Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
2022-Jul-31: Eighteenth 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. Theme of the liturgy The path to fulfilment is through God Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Ecclesiastes, the collected wisdom of an ancient sage Qoheleth, “the son of David, king in Jerusalem”, who is a man who has seen it all, done it all, tried it all, according to this text, called the “Teacher". He probes the meaning of social values (wealth, possessions, power, fame, scholarship) which run counter to values of God (love your neighbour as an act of faith in God;...