2022-Aug-21: Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
2022-Aug-21: Twenty-first 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 God's salvific message is for all mankind - Jews and Gentiles alike. Isaiah 66:18-21 Isaiah prophesies about God who has promised a great gathering - not just of the Jewish nation but indeed of the whole world. This includes Tarshish (sometimes interpreted as lands beyond the sea. Others take it to mean Spain, France and Italy). Some take Pul and Lud together to mean all of Africa. Tubal was a son of Japheth, whose descendants settled...