Sunday 30th October 2016
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time 10.15 am. Sung Mass at St. Peter's home to the Southend Ordinariate Mission Celebrant Fr. Bob White Lover of Souls: Scott Hahn Reflects on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time Download Audio File Readings: Wisdom 11:22-12 Psalm 145:1-2 , 8-11 , 13-14 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2 Luke 19:1-10 Our Lord is a lover of souls, the Liturgy shows us today. As we sing in today's Psalm, He is slow to anger and compassionate towards all that He has made. In His mercy, our First Reading tells us, He overlooks our sins and ignorance, giving us space that we might repent and not perish in our sinfulness (see Wisdom 12:10 ; 2 Peter 3:9 ). In Jesus, He has become the Saviour of His children, coming himself to save the lost (see Isaiah 63:8-9 ; Ezekiel 34:16 ). In the figure of Zacchaeus in