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 Son 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 24th Sunday in ordinary time.

A reading from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 15.

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. a reading from the Gospel of Luke chapter 15.

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him, and the Pharisees

in the scribes murmured saying, this man receives sinners and eats with them, so he told

them this parable.

What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he had lost one of them, does not leave the

99 in the wilderness and go after the

one which is lost until he finds it. And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders

rejoicing. Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven for one sinner who repents

than over 99 righteous persons who need no repentance.

Thank God that he receives sinners and eats with them,

because that's exactly what we are.

Jesus loves sinners.

He searches for them, waits for them, and helps them, and meets them.

He died for them.

This chapter 15 of St. Luke is one of the most beautiful chapters in the Bible.

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