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Contents: Volume 2 - October 18, 2026
1. -- Lanie LeBlanc OP - < lanie@leblanc.one>2. -- Fr. Jude Siciliano OP - <FrJude@JudeOP.org> 3. --(Your reflection can be here!)
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****************************************************** The readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time focus on God’s choices and how we can celebrate God’s goodness in our lives. In the first reading from the Book of Isaiah, God reveals that both non-believers and believers are part of God’s Divine Plan for the salvation of all. This revelation is perhaps an eye-opener and a perspective-changer for those who feel a bit “better than thou” when considering the less pious, less- conforming, less fortunate, or even the un-churched among us.
Those who know the Lord have been chosen for a particular purpose. Those who have not yet encountered God’s goodness and joined God’s ranks so to speak, may simply be unaware of the Source of all goodness. In any event, God is the Maker of all, and all are included and have a purpose in this Plan.
As we live our lives, we, too, just like those in the Gospel story, must choose how we acknowledge God in everyday things. Where I live (in the United States) there is increasingly significant dissonance between what God says in Scripture (and I believe) and many viewpoints of political figures, government actions, or policies (some of which horrify me). I believe separation of church and state is necessary BUT any action must be based on the “goodness” values that are reflections of our Maker.
God did not give us a word by word or action by action script for our individual lives. Each of us, whether believers or non-believers, must reflect on what we do and what we do not do, in personal actions as well as those that affect others. That is the basis of our lives and the essential part of our journey.
Blessings, Dr. Lanie LeBlanc OP Southern Dominican Laity
****************************************************** From today’s Isaiah reading:
On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines.
Reflection:
God gives us the richest food and choicest wine at our Eucharist today. What God has promised, God has fulfilled on this “holy mountain.” We are fed well and so we give thanks here. We also have hope that one day all will gather at God’s banquet table. A feast has been promised us that we can only imagine and wait in hope to receive.
So, we ask ourselves:
· What is our deepest hunger? · What are some ways I experience God satisfying that hunger? · Who in my life is hungry and how can I feed them?
Click here for a link to this Sunday’s readings:
Fr. Jude Siciliano OP - <FrJude@JudeOP.org>
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