13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

As part of my job, when I work weekends, I do a short intro before all the Masses. This can include announcements particular to the ministries I am involved in and a short intro to the readings.

I love this part of my job. I love being able to talk to the people and to share my thoughts on the readings, liturgical season.

Today I talked about Ordinary Time - something that seems boring - I thought why go to church during ordinary time when I was younger.....but Ordinary Time is not ordinary! It is still extraordinary!!! We are constantly celebrating God coming down to earth and becoming one of us! Especially in the Eucharist that we celebrate, we become aware of God's presence in our world today.

I also reflected on the Gospel for this Sunday (Luke 9:51-62). In the Gospel, followers of Christ were willing to follow God, IF....they were willing to follow God, BUT......

There are so many things we put in the way of following God 100%. So many road blocks and stumbling blocks that are put in place by us to stop us from following God because we don't agree 100% with what we are being called to do.

There are so many things that I put in the way of being a faithful follower of God. So many things that take away from our relationship. I won't list them here because it could be embarrassing so I invite you to think of your own stumbling blocks. Those things that you put up to build a wall between you and God. We need to take these and offer them up to God, knowing that He will help us to carry them and that in following Him our lives with be richer and we will be blessed greatly.