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Daily Dose of Motivation, Inspiration and Encouragement. Catholic Daily Mass Readings for the Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time. THE HARVEST IS READY—BUT ARE YOU?. https://catholicreadings.org
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You are smiling on the outside but you
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are collapsing on the inside. You are
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successful but empty.
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You are busy but lost. You are
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surrounded by people but spiritually you
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are alone. And in today's gospel, Jesus
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sees the crowd and his heart is moved
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with compassion because they are
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troubled and abandoned like sheep
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without a shepherd. But here is the
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punch. Jesus does not only see the
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problem, he reveals his mission.
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The harvest is abandoned, but the
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laborers are few. And today the question
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is not who will God send. The question
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is could God be sending you today.
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So my good people welcome to today's
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daily dose of motivation, inspiration
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and encouragement. Today is the Tuesday
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of the 14th week in ordinary time. You
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can get today's Catholic daily mass
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readings at our website cavreadings.org.
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You can find the link at the
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description.
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So today's gospel from Matthew chapter 9
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chapter 9 verse 32-38
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give us gives us a powerful picture of
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Jesus at work. After healing a demoniac
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Jesus goes uh through the towns
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teaching, healing and preaching and he
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sees the crowds and his heart is moved
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with compassion because they look
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troubled. They are abandoned like sheep
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without a shepherd. That is the heart of
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today's message. God created you to
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become part of his answer to a wounded
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world. Look around today. The world is
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full of people who are wounded in the in
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silence.
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Maybe you are a young person scrolling
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through your social media. You are
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comparing your life to everyone else and
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feeling like you're not enough. Maybe
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you are a parent working day and night
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but still wondering how do I provide for
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my family? Or maybe you are a business
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owner under pressure trying to survive
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in a tough economy.
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Or maybe you are a a student who is
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confused about the future.
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Or maybe you are a worker doing a job
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you hate. Not because you are lazy, but
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because you have never discovered what
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God placed inside of you in terms of
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talents, skills, passions, or knowledge.
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You are a part of today's crowd which is
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troubled, tired, confused, abandoned,
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hungry for meaning. And Jesus is looking
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at you with compassion and he says
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something very very important to you
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that the harvest is abundant but the
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laborers are few. In other words, the
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need is great but the people who truly
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understand their mission are few.
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Many people are alive but not awakened.
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Many people are gifted but not
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purposeful. Many people are talented but
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not serving. Many people are busy but
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they not bearing any fruit. And this is
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where the gospel speaks directly to you
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why God created you and me.
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God did not create you merely to wake
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up, eat, work, pay bills, sleep, and
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repeat the same cycle of life until you
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die. No, God created you with a purpose.
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God created you with talents, with
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passions, with skills, and with
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knowledge. God created you to become a
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blessing to somebody else. But listen
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carefully.
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Before you can effectively serve God,
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you must first identify and know why God
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created you and for what purpose. Only
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after you discover
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that is when you can only serve God
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using your specific God-given talents,
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passions, skills, and knowledge. You
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cannot serve fully what you have not
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discovered yet. If God gave you the gift
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of teaching, your classroom can become a
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mission field. If God gave you the gift
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of business, your business can become a
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place of honesty, dignity, and service.
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If God gave you the gift of music, your
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voice can lift broken hearts. If God
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gave you the gift of encouragement, your
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words can save somebody from ever giving
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up.
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If God gave you the gift of leadership,
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your influence can bring order, hope,
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and direction.
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Your purpose is not always found behind
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the pulpit like for the pastors.
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Sometimes your purpose is found in an
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office, in a farm, in a shop, classroom,
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hospital, studio, your family, or in a
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small conversation or a simple act of
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kindness.
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The man in today's gospel could not
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speak until Jesus freed him. Maybe your
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own voice has also been blocked. Not by
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a demon. Maybe by fear, by shame, by
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failure, by confusion, by people who
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told you that you're not good enough, by
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past mistakes, by the pressure of life.
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But today, Jesus wants to restore that
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voice. He wants you to speak with your
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life, to speak through your work, to
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speak through your service, to speak
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through your integrity, to speak through
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your kindness, to speak through your
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excellence.
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The harvest is waiting for the person
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you are becoming. And maybe this is the
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moment you need to stop asking,
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why am I here? and start asking Lord
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what did you create me to do and that is
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why I want to say this clearly
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uh I can help you identify your
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god-given talents and uh you can book a
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survey a session with me so that I can
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help you discover you can be DM me uh
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for details because when you discover
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your purpose your work changes your
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prayer changes your confidence changes,
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your service changes, your life stops
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being random and starts becoming a
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mission. And today Jesus is not only
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asking you to pray for for laborers,
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he's asking you to become the laborer
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because the harvest is abandoned.
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The world is wounded. The people are
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waiting and God is calling you.
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Finally, well, like always, I will never
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stop insisting this. Before the end of
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any day, make sure you do your work so
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well that at least one person who looks
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at you can s sinc sincerely say thank
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you and may God you worship be praised
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and glorified and do your work so well.
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Serve with humility.
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Carry your responsibilities with faith
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and let your life become a living
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testimony that God is real, God is good
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and is God and God is working through
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you. And never forget to attribute all
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your success to God. Never say that you
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got all you have by your effort alone.
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Never say you made it by yourself. say
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you with humility that it is from the
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strength and providence that God gives
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you.
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The harvest is ready. The question is,
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are you ready to be sent to harvest?
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Have a great day. See you tomorrow.
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