13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading I – 1 Kings 19: 
16b, 19-21
Reading II – Galatians 5:1 , 13-18
Gospel – Luke 9:51-62
FOLLOW FAITHFULLY - When Elijah calls Elisha to follow him, Elisha goes back, momentarily, to finish some business at home. But note that he does not leave the work to be done by those at home, nor does he plan to come back and finish it himself. He recognizes in Elijah’s call that he must follow faithfully and not look back.
Psalm 16 celebrates the loving protection of God for those who depend on God’s love and mercy. God is our por tion and cup, in a line seen by Christians as a poetic refer ence to Eucharist, and God will not abandon us to death and corruption, but will call us into the holy Presence forever. This could be seen as resurrection, something that was not universally believed in the days before Jesus. We are assured that if we go forth in confidence to follow God’s daily call, we will not be shamed or abandoned, but will find the life we seek. © Copyright, J. S. Paluch Co.
