This Sunday has some interesting readings. The first reading is from the Book of Numbers 11:25-29
"The Lord came down in a cloud and spoke to Moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, the Lord bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied."
Now, two were not there in the tent, but wereprophesising in the camp. One wanted Moses to stop them. Moses said, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the Lord were prophets! Would that the Lord might bestow his spirit on them all."
The Responsorial Psalm: The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.
The second reading is again from the Letter of James who is telling the rich that their wealth has rotted away, It is a call for the rich to give their workers just wages. I guess it is important to realize that riches are not helpful unless we are using them to make life better for everyone.
The Gospel is from Mark 9: 38-43,45, 47-48
Jesus tells us that "there is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely no lose his reward."
There is more, but the Sunday Gospel is always worth reflection. I love to think that Catholics all over the world are reading the same Gospel.
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