POWER OVER DEVILS

Prayer before Mass: Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Lord, in Your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help  to bring me to salvation. 

May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood, and its reality and power. Kind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members. 

Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a  sacrament, may I one day see Him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You forever. Amen. By Knights of the Holy Eucharist.  Readings  
Lectures 

Reflection  

First Reading

The first covenant is already old

We have seen that Christ has been given a ministry of a far higher order, and to the same degree it is a better covenant of which he is the mediator, founded on better promises. If that first covenant had been without a fault, there would have been no need for a second one to replace it. And in fact God does find fault with them; he says:

See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks –

when I will establish a new covenant
with the House of Israel and the House of Judah,
but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
They abandoned that covenant of mine,
and so I on my side deserted them. It is the Lord who speaks.
No, this is the covenant I will make
with the House of Israel 
when those days arrive – it is the Lord who speaks. 
I will put my laws into their minds 
and write them on their hearts.
Then I will be their God 
and they shall be my people.
There will be no further need for neighbour to 
try to teach neighbour, or brother to say to brother, 
'Learn to know the Lord.’ No, they will all know me, 
the least no less than the greatest, since I will forgive
their iniquities and never call their sins to mind. 

By speaking of a new covenant, he implies that the first one is already old. Now anything old only gets 

more antiquated until in the end it disappears.

Responsorial Psalm
Mercy and faithfulness have met

Gospel

He appointed twelve to be his companions 

Jesus went up into the hills and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be sent out to preach, with power to cast out devils. And so he appointed the Twelve: Simon to whom he gave the name Peter, James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges or ‘Sons of Thunder’; then Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, the man who was to betray him.

Lord Jesus Christ, through my baptism and confirmation I have authority over sins.  The choice I make is the authority I have over Satan and satanic agents. I have  have the authority to overcome temptation through your word. Lord sometimes I compromise. Help me Lord to realize and appreciate your gift of authority at the mention of your Holy name. Have mercy on me Lord. Jesus I trust in you.