Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: That the darkness of stigma, exclusion, and marginalization be replaced with the light of understanding, acceptance, and respect.
Today’s Gospel | Luke 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna, the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources.
From the Fourteenth Meditation for the Time of Retreat | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Do you believe, perhaps, that you are responsible for your disciples only during the time of school, that your vigilance need not extend to their behavior outside of school in order to help them, as far as you are able, to live everywhere in a Christian manner and not associate with bad companions during the entire time they are under your guidance?
To give an account for their souls means to give an account of everything that concerns their salvation; to watch exactly means to watch over everything with diligence, omitting and neglecting nothing.
Prayer
Eternal Father, you are the source of all that is good. Your goodness calls to us through the people and experiences that are all around us, as well as through the thoughts and the silences that are inside us. And you wait patiently for us to answer. We pray that a spirit of gratefulness will fill our days, inspiring us to deeper faith and greater joy in all that we do. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with our Son and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.