17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle A 2023 (’08)

Sunday 30 July 2023 (’08) : 17thSUNinORDINARY : A

(&Look! Martha, Ignatius, &Alphonsus, all in one week!)

1. 1K3:5, 7-12!

If I got a similar as Solomon, what Gift-above-all would I ask?

2. PS118:57, 72, 76-77, 127-130! (Utter chicken-feed!)

What is YAHWEH’s-Word-to-Me, conveyed through TheJesusBehaviours?

3. ROM8:28-30!

Imagine! If-I-LoveGod, He’ll-Turn-Everything-to-MyGood!!

4,MT13:44-52!

TheKingdom-of-Heaven? A Set-of-LivedPriorities, &Only-TheBest-is-Acceptable!!

RIDDLE

What is preventing me from Seeking&Attaining-only-What-is-Best?

* Maybe it’s Safer&Easier to Settle-for-Second-or-ThirdBest?

* I’ve been taught only to Worship-Jesus,

not to Embody-HisCompassion-for-Now!

* I haven’t yet Realised-TheSignificance-of-

TheFirstCommandment-of-YAHWEH!

Reflections and comments can be emailed to adbi@chokmah.ie