lost coin

November 5, 2009
Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1
Rom 14:7-12
For if we live, we live for the Lord,and if we die, we die for the Lord;As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,and every tongue shall give praise to God.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 13-14 R. ( 13)
I believe that I shall see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life’s refuge; of whom should I be afraid?

Gospel
Lk 15:1-10
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of Godover one sinner who repents.”

Reflection
Have you lost anything? Have you lost the coin, your own soul. God your loving Father waits for you to come back. He will fill your empty banks with the coins of life.