1 Jul 2026
Simple Ways are Enough
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For 1 July 2026, Wednesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time, based on Amos 5:14-15, 21-24, sent in from Aurora, Illinois USA.
Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
Then truly the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be with you as you claim.
Hate evil and love good,
and let justice prevail at the gate;
Then it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.
I hate, I despise your feasts,
I take no pleasure in your solemnities.
Even though you bring me your burnt offerings and grain offerings
I will not accept them;
Your stall-fed communion offerings,
I will not look upon them.
Take away from me
your noisy songs;
The melodies of your harps,
I will not listen to them.
Rather let justice surge like waters,
and righteousness like an unfailing stream.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
General editor:
01 July 2026 @ 11:28 pm
Thanks for serving a profound learning on a simple plate! Your teacher was right!
02 July 2026 @ 2:49 am
Thanks, Kathleen. Nick Punch and I listened and prayed with your reflection. We appreciated the story you told of the fancy lunch! Stories always make for good preaching but are often lacking in homilies. Joan
02 July 2026 @ 2:50 am
Thanks, Kathleen. Nick Punch and I listened and prayed with your reflection. We appreciated the story you told of the fancy lunch! Stories always make for good preaching but are often lacking in homilies. Joan