You're listening to the I Pray with the Gospel Sunday Reflection on the St. Jose Maria Institute podcast.

In the name of the Father and of the, and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me. The 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

A reading from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 14.

Which of you, desiring to build a tower tower does not first sit down and count the cost,

whether he has enough to complete it?

Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and it is not able to finish,

all who see it begin to mock him, saying,

This man began to build and was not able to finish.

We are now at the beginning of a new academic year. This coming year will involve lots of classes

and study and works and papers and the norms of our plan of life. So many things. That is why it is so important to do what

Jesus suggests today in the gospel. Sit down and count the cost. Well begun is half done,

says the proverb. We need to plan a year right now at the beginning. Your timetable, your study,

your plan of life. This building is different

for each person. There is no standard plan for everyone. A football player has a training plan. He knows

the exercises he has to practice more, which are different from other football players. He knows

that some days he has to train particular groups of muscles and rest others.

The success of the whole season depends on his training plan.

Last year, Baron Munich was playing against Wolfsburg.

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