In the Collect for this Sunday's Mass we ask God, the giver of every good gift, to put into our hearts the love of His name so "that by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nuture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nutured."
It is good to think that Catholics all over the world are praying for the same thing at each Sunday's Mass.
The first reading is from the Book of Deuteronomy: 4: 1-2, 6-8
Moses tells the people that they are a great nation and asks: "For what nation is there that has gods so close to it as the Lord, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?"
The Responsonial Psalm: "The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord."
The second reading is from the Letter of Saint James and tell us that "All good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, whith whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change....Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls. Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves."
The Gospel is fromMark: 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. This is the gospel where the Pharisees question Jesus because the discples eat with unclean hands. They are always looking for a way to trap Jesus, but Jesus uses the opportunity to tell them that "Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come our from within are what defile."
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