Dress to God's Word / "Liturgical Dress": June 14

Readings

1 Kgs 19:19-21 Elijah threw his cloak over Elisha. Elisha / Elijah: “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and I will follow you.” / “Go!” He left and followed Elijah.

Ps 16:1b-2a, 5, 7-10 "You are my inheritance, O Lord." Lord, my portion and cup, you hold fast my lot, and I take refuge in you. I set you before me and won't be disturbed. I rejoice and am confident; you won't abandon me.

Mt 5:33-37 “You've heard, 'Don't take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all you vow,' but I tell you, don't swear at all. Let your ‘Yes’ mean yes and your ‘No’ no; anything more is from the Evil One.”

Pope Francis

Pope Francis: Modeling the ministry of St. Peter from Australian Bishops Conference and Broken Bay Institute:

Simon son of John, do you love me? A rock of faith and a stumbling block/ Most Rev. Timothy Costelloe, SDB, Archbishop of Perth
Pope Francis: Seeking the wisdom of women/ Sr. Monica Cavanagh, RSJ, Congregational Leader, Sisters of St. Joseph
The dream of a warm, merciful, missionary and discerning Church/ Rev. Noel Connolly, SSC, Head of Mission & Culture, Broken Bay Institute
Pope Francis shows a new way of exercising the papacy/ Rev. Gerard Kelly, President, Catholic Institute of Sydney
Pope Francis, Master Communicator/ Selina Hasham, Communications Manager, Archdiocese of Sydney
Panel and closing prayer

Music

Holy Spirit, Truth divine/ Longfellow; lyrics (gospel + Pentecost octave)
Psalm 16/ Haugen: You are my inheritance, O Lord; You will show me the path of life (psalm)
Psalm 16: At your right hand are pleasures forevermore/ Mui [song page] (psalm)
For you are my God/ Foley (psalm)
The call ("Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life")/ Vaughan Williams (gospel); the rest of his Five Mystical Songs are here and here.
Don't forget other Holy Spirit music for this Pentecost octave!

Reflections

Creighton: “God is my inheritance”: God loves me so much that he gives himself to me. May I surrender to God's call like Elisha did.

DailyScripture.net: To be true to oneself and others takes character and commitment. God is source of truth; his word of truth sets us free. St. Thomas Aquinas: People couldn't live with one another if there were not mutual confidence that they were being truthful to one another... one person owes it to another to manifest the truth.

Passionist: Jesus demands honesty and straightforwardness. Our word is our bond.

Universalis: St. Davnet, St. Lidwina. Author G. K. Chesterton (not a canonized saint): “The Devil made me a Catholic.” “A Ballade of a Suicide” celebrates the salvific value of the ordinary; “The Man who was Thursday” (audiobook) narrates the fight for sanity and ponders the paradox of God; “Orthodoxy,” written before he became Catholic, highlights orthodoxy as equilibrium point between heresies.