MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL FOR 24 SEPTEMBER
September 24, 2025
FEAST OF SAINT FINBAR, BISHOP OF CORK – 25th SEPTEMBER
September 25, 2025
TODAY’S GOSPEL READING
24 SEPTEMBER, 2025
Luke 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey,
neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money,
and let no one take a second tunic.
Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there.
And as for those who do not welcome you,
when you leave that town,
shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.”
Then they set out and went from village to village
proclaiming the good news and curing diseases everywhere.
THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD!
REFLECTION
Jesus sends His Twelve Apostles for a Mission. Later in the gospel, He sends out seventy-two of His disciples too. He gives them instructions on what to do while doing a mission. One of His instructions is to take nothing for the journey. This is to show to us that the success and accomplishment of His mission does not depend on material riches that we have accumulated but on the commitment, the kind of witnessing that we should have and to love God with our whole heart.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, make me a channel of your grace and healing love that others may find life and freedom in you. Free me from all other attachments that I may joyfully pursue the things of your heavenly kingdom. May I witness to others the joy of the Gospel both in word and deed. Amen
