Today is Tuesday, the 19th of September, in the 24th week of ordinary time.

The Cape Town Camerata sings Ubi-Karitas, where charity and love are,

God is there. Where do you recognize charity and love around you today?

A man must stay with you.

It is cold and he comes to see shadow.

Ubi-Karitas, where charity and love are,

God is there.

God is there.

Today is Tuesday.

Today's reading is from the Gospel of Luke.

Soon afterwards he went to a town called Name, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him.

As he approached the gate of the town, a man who had died was being carried out.

He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow, and with her was a large crowd from the town.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, do not wait.

Then he came forward and touched the buyer, and the bearers stood still, and he said, young man, I say to you, rise.

The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.

Fear seized all of them, and they glorified God, saying, a great prophet has risen among us, and God has looked favorably on his people.

This word about him spread throughout Judea, and all the surrounding country.

Today we will imagine this Gospel scene.

If you find this difficult at any point, you might like to pause the recording and check in with yourself and God.

You might want to simply reflect on Jesus' compassion and kindness in this scene.

In your imagination, place yourself within the crowd at this funeral, a young man, the only son of his mother.

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