July 18
Sunday
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
1st Reading: Gen 18:1–10a
Yahweh appeared to Abraham near the oak of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent, in the heat of the day, when he looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them. He bowed to the ground and said, “My Lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass your servant by. Let a little water be brought. Wash your feet and then rest under the trees. I shall fetch some bread so that you can be refreshed and continue on your way, since you have come to your servant.” They then said, “Do as you say.” Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said to her, “Quick, take three measures of flour, knead it and make cakes.”
Our reflection from the readings this week is:
The mother whose child was electrocuted at a birthday party refused to be consoled as she watched her little child go through so much pain fighting to stay alive. The parent who started a network of friends protesting to keep guns out of our streets knows the pain of losing a child to gun violence. They vow to continue their campaign until guns are taken out of the wrong hands. The young mother that prayed with us at the recent Solemn Novena won’t be able to keep up with her kids’ soccer games as she battles a discomforting and aggressive ovarian cancer. 
Our reflection from the readings this week is:
