October 2026

James 1:22: "For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his own face in a mirror." 

Matthew 7:21: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven" 

This month we will focus on living the Scripture concretely. The will of God and the Word of Life- the natural, spontaneous response to God’s love is to do His will and live His word.

The Will of God & The Word of Life: Love received becomes obedience lived. After internalizing God’s immense love for each one of us, the natural response we feel in our hearts is: How can I return God’s infinite love with my own heart? Jesus Himself responds: “Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him” (Jn 14:23). And in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus says: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven” (Mt 7:21).

The will of God is not first of all an abstract plan we have to discover for our entire lives. It is also the present will of God: what love asks of me here, now, with this person, in this circumstance. The Word of God becomes our guide because it teaches us how to recognize and accomplish that will.

This is why the Word is not merely something we study, understand, or admire. We live it. We take a Gospel phrase and put it into practice until it becomes life in us. The Word forms a new way of thinking, choosing, speaking, suffering, working, forgiving and loving.

And when the Word is lived, something extraordinary happens: God’s Word becomes visible. Christ continues to live in the world through people who put his Gospel into practice.

MONTHLY GATHERING:

• Monday, October 12, 2026

• 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM 

• Located in the Main Church

• The speaker will be Bishop M. Mulvey