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Gospel Reflection

If we want to be with Jesus,
we must forget ourselves, carry our cross and follow.
If we want to save our life we will lose it
but if we lose our life for Christ and for the gospel,
we will save it.

With us it is impossible, but not for God.
Only God can save us.

Gospel Reading - Jesus heals Gentiles

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24Then he left Galilee and went to the region of Tyre and Sidon,a and tried to keep it a secret that he was there, but couldn’t. For as usual the news of his arrival spread fast.

25 Right away a woman came to him whose little girl was possessed by a demon. She had heard about Jesus and now she came and fell at his feet, 26and pled with him to release her child from the demon’s control. (But she was Syrophoenician — a “despised Gentile”!)

27Jesus told her, “First I should help my own family — the Jews.b It isn’t right to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.”

28She replied, “That’s true, sir, but even the puppies under the table are given some scraps from the children’s plates.”

29“Good!” he said. “You have answered well — so well that I have healed your little girl. Go on home, for the demon has left her!”

30And when she arrived home, her little girl was lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone.

. . . . .Mark 7:24-30
  1. About 50 miles away
  2. Literally, “Let the children eat first.”

The Lord's Prayer

Our Father in heaven,
     hallowed be your name,
     your kingdom come,
     your will be done,
          on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
     as we forgive those who sin against us.
Save us from the time of trial
     and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours
     now and for ever.
Amen.

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