Friends, for this Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, our first reading from the marvelous book of Wisdom presents an old biblical trope: If you were to ask God for something, or if God were to come to you and say he will give you whatever you want—what would you ask for? This is a really clarifying question. And while many things might come to mind, the answer of the paradigmatic wisdom figure is instructive.
Mass Readings
- Reading I – Wis 7:7-11
- Psalm – Ps 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17
- Reading II – Heb 4:12-13
- Gospel — Mk 10:17-30 or 10:17-27