Make It a Weekly EVENT!

You have a dentist appointment, a meeting with the high school band boosters, an Oriole game to go to, and a sports practice pickup for one of the kids.  All of these are normal events in each of our lives.  On Sunday Fr. Neville asked that we consider adding another event to our normal weekly flow -- read and think about the Scripture readings for the upcoming Sunday Mass.  He added that we don’t even need to read the all of the readings, or even one reading in total!!  I think he’s trying to move our parish toward being more prepared to pray through the readings while we’re together gathered as a community for Mass on Sunday.  I think reading like this really helps me feel more prepared for Mass!

In my last post in April (sorry for being gone for so long!) I wrote about how we made talking about the upcoming Sunday Gospel reading fun for the kids (make sure you read I Want To Be Jesus on this blog page) and how it’s a bit harder now that the kids are older.  But we keep doing it because the benefits are obvious for me and for all of my family.  We are more prepared to hear the Word, integrate it into our lives, and consider the impact of that Word on our lives when we’ve spent a little time with it.

So, I’ll ask you to consider these questions again…do you spend time with the Sunday Scripture readings before Mass on Sunday?  Do you do it with your family?  How do you do it?  What benefits have you seen?  Write a comment on this page!!

Hope you are having a blessed and quiet summer!!  Happy reading!!

Danny G.