Deacon Randy Kiel — deacon and licensed mental health counselor — offers a powerful Gospel reflection for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time centered on the abundance of God's grace. He draws on the persecution of the prophet Jeremiah, who could not stop preaching the Word of God, and on St. Paul's teaching in Romans that the grace of Christ far outweighs the death inherited through Adam. This Catholic Scripture reflection invites listeners to unite their suffering to the Cross and to remain vigilant in prayer through the Psalm refrain "Lord, in your great love, answer me."
In this Gospel reflection segment of The Catholic Morning Show, Deacon Randy Kiel — a permanent deacon and licensed mental health counselor — prepares listeners for the readings of the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, naming the abundance of God's grace as the week's theme.
He recounts the prophet Jeremiah's confrontation with the priest Pashhur, his imprisonment and public torture in the stocks, and the cries of "terror on every side" — yet Jeremiah still proclaimed the abundance of the Lord present with him. Connecting this to Romans 5, Deacon Randy explains that while death entered the world through one man, the magnitude of Christ's grace far surpasses sin for all who choose to follow him. He ties the readings together with the responsorial Psalm, "Lord, in your great love, answer me," encouraging listeners to bring their pain and suffering to the mercy of the Lord on the Cross, and closes the segment leading the audience in prayer.
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