By Fr. Carlos Zepeda The Liturgy of the Church during the time after Pentecost, seems at first glance not to follow a particular order. There is no chronological order; nor a definite succession of ideas from one Sunday to the other. Instead, each Sunday seems to have a particular theme, an idea that dominates most of the prayers, readings, even the Divine Office which the Priests and Religious pray. Today, the idea that permeates all of the Liturgy, may be summarized as follows: “Acknowledge the dignity of the graces you have received, and correspond to them, lest you have to suffer the punishment if you reject the blessings from God”. This is an unmistakably personal calling to each of us. First, to realize the great accountability we ought to give, for the graces and blessings received. Let us draw a parallel between the Jews in the old testament, and ourselves