May 17: One Life Shared with One Another

Nicholas Papas: Christ Blesses the Children

Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time

Gospel: Mk 9:30-37

“Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me (NRSV, Mk 9:37).”

Father, you are present everywhere in the world but especially with us, your sons and daughters, everyone who is a human being. Not only are you present to us but, through the Word, now made flesh in the Lord Jesus Christ, you offer us your very life. All that we must do is say “yes” to your offer and accept the gift of your life into our own.

It is one life, through the Word, that we all share, one with the other, in the Holy Spirit. When we accept one another, we are, through the Word, accepting you, Father. Help us to share your life with one another and together may we grow in that life forever..

Through Christ our Lord. Amen.