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NO JEALOUSY AND WRANGLING AMONG YOU

WEDNESDAY WEEK 22 IN ORDINARY TIME:
HE WOULD NOT ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK: THEY KNEW HE WAS THE CHRIST

Reading 1 Corinthians 3:1-9
Neither the planter nor the waterer matters,
 only God, who makes things grow

Brothers, I myself was unable to speak to you as people of the Spirit: I treated you as sensual men, still infants in Christ. What I fed you with was milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and indeed, you are still not ready for it since you are still unspiritual. Isn’t that obvious from all the jealousy and wrangling that there is among you, from the way that you go on behaving like ordinary people? What could be more unspiritual than your slogans, ‘I am for Paul’ and ‘I am for Apollos’? 

After all, what is Apollos and what is Paul? They are servants who brought the faith to you. Even the different ways in which they brought it were assigned to them by the Lord. I did the planting, Apollos did the watering, but God made things grow. Neither the planter nor the waterer matters: only God, who makes things grow. It is all one who does the planting and who does the watering, and each will duly be paid according to his share in the work. We are fellow workers with God; you are God’s farm, God’s building. Readings Reflection

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Blessed Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Defend and protect me. Guide and guard me.

Your Birthday Saints: Saints Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. May they pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.
Lecture Corinthiens 3, 1-9
 « Ni le planteur ni l’abreuvoir n’ont d’importance, seul Dieu qui fait grandir les choses »

Frères, quand je me suis adressé à vous, je n’ai pas pu vous parler comme à des spirituels, mais comme à des êtres seulement charnels, comme à des petits enfants dans le Christ. C’est du lait que je vous ai donné, et non de la nourriture solide ; vous n’auriez pas pu en manger, et encore maintenant vous ne le pouvez pas, car vous êtes encore des êtres charnels. Puisqu’il y a entre vous des jalousies et des rivalités, n’êtes-vous pas toujours des êtres charnels, et n’avez-vous pas une conduite tout humaine ? Quand l’un de vous dit : « Moi, j’appartiens à Paul », et un autre : « Moi, j’appartiens à Apollos », n’est-ce pas une façon d’agir tout humaine ?  Lecture Méditation

Mais qui donc est Apollos ? qui est Paul ? Des serviteurs par qui vous êtes devenus croyants, et qui ont agi selon les dons du Seigneur à chacun d’eux. Moi, j’ai planté, Apollos a arrosé ; mais c’est Dieu qui donnait la croissance. Donc celui qui plante n’est pas important, ni celui qui arrose ; seul importe celui qui donne la croissance : Dieu. Celui qui plante et celui qui arrose ne font qu’un, mais chacun recevra son propre salaire suivant la peine qu’il se sera donnée. Nous sommes des collaborateurs de Dieu, et vous êtes un champ que Dieu cultive, une maison que Dieu construit.

Priez la Sainte Rosaire : Ave Maria.  Je vous salue Sainte Reine.

Seigneur Jésus-Christ, j’ai confiance en toi. La Vierge Marie priez pour moi. Saint Joseph priez pour moi. Les saints anges et saints de Dieu prient pour moi. Mon Ange Gardien priez pour moi. Défendez-moi et protégez-moi. Guidez-moi. Gardez-moi.

Saints de Votre Anniversaire : Saints Joseph d’Arimathieet et Nicodème  prient pour vous comme vous célébrez votre anniversaire aujourd’hui. 
 

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