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Homily - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time - 15th September

The first line from the Prophet Isaiah at today's Mass is -
"The Lord has opened my ear."

We are at Mass to undergo the same experience. The first main part of the Mass is the Liturgy of the Word. It is a Bible service. It is the part of the Mass where we listen to the Bible readings and where we allow the Word of God to leave the page and come into our mind and heart and soul.

God wants each of us to have an opened ear to listen, to hear and to understand His word contained in the Bible.

Every Mass we should prepare our ears to hear and to be taught by God through His Word. We can pray before we leave the house or as we walk or drive to Church or we can pray as we kneel in Church before Mass to have open ears. We need our hearts and our souls to be open to the Scripture readings so that the power of the Word of God can challenge us and convert us and encourage us.

May every Mass bring an anticipated joy of what we will hear in the Bible readings during the Liturgy of the Word. Let us truly look forward to the Scripture readings at Mass because as the Scriptures themselves say - "The Word of God is Alive and Active..."