Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Wisdom 9:13-18, 20, 28-29; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; and Luke 14:25-33. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 90 (Psalm 90:3-6, 12-17).
For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:
YouTube: Responsorial Psalm - Psalm 90 In every age O Lord You have been our refuge
The Gospel reading is as follows:
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if there is enough for its completion? Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding himself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at him and say, ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’ Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. In the same way, anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.”
Reflections on this day and on these readings:
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio: Universal Call to Holiness: The Two-Track System
Word on Fire: Sermon 661: The Awful Gospel of the Cross: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Sacred Page: The Cost of Discipleship: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (5 SEP 13)
Dr. Scott Hahn: Counting the Cost (September 8th 2013 - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Catholic World Report Blog: A Love So Great It Seems Like Hate? (7 SEP 13)
Spirituality of the Readings: What to Do? (23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time C)
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