Today's scripture is the first reading for Mass. It has me pondering just how often I worry about the good or bad that others are doing, when I need to be thinking much more about what I am doing! As I read this scripture, a song keeps going through my mind; scripture often does this to me.

At the Name of Jesus, every knee shall bow,

Every tongue confess Him, King of Glory now.

Jesus is LORD!!! King of Glory now!

Rom 14:7-12

Brothers and sisters:
None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.
For if we live, we live for the Lord,
and if we die, we die for the Lord;
so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For this is why Christ died and came to life,
that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Why then do you judge your brother or sister?
Or you, why do you look down on your brother or sister?
For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God;
for it is written:

As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.

So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.

May the Lord bless you today, may He make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May He look upon you kindly, and give you His peace. Amen!