GOD'S RICHENESS OF GRACE IN WISDOM AND INSIGHT

 PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS     Act of Love before Mass

O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.  

Mass Readings  Lectures du jour Reflection for the day

First Reading Amos 7:12-15

Go, shepherd, and prophesy to my people Israel

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, said to Amos, ‘Go away, seer;’ get back to the land of Judah; earn your bread there, do your prophesying there. We want no more prophesying in Bethel; this is the royal sanctuary, the national temple.’ ‘I was no prophet, neither did I belong to any of the brotherhoods of prophets,’ Amos replied to Amaziah ‘I was a shepherd, and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took me from herding the flock, and the Lord who said, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”’

Responsorial Psalm

Let us see, O Lord, your mercy, and give us your saving help

Second Reading Ephesians 1:3-14

God chose us in Christ before the world was made

Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved, in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.

Such is the richness of the grace which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight. He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth.

And it is in him that we were claimed as God’s own, chosen from the beginning, under the predetermined plan of the one who guides all things as he decides by his own will; chosen to be, for his greater glory, the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came. Now you too, in him, have heard the message of the truth and the good news of your salvation, and have believed it; and you too have been stamped with the seal of the Holy Spirit of the Promise, the pledge of our inheritance which brings freedom for those whom God has taken for his own, to make his glory praised.

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia!

May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

enlighten the eyes of our mind,

so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.

Alleluia! cg Eph. 1,17,18

Gospel Mark 6:7-13

Take nothing with you

Jesus made a tour round the villages, teaching. Then he summoned the Twelve and began to send them out in pairs giving them authority over the unclean spirits. And he instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff – no bread, no haversack, no coppers for their purses. They were to wear sandals but, he added, ‘Do not take a spare tunic.’ And he said to them, ‘If you enter a house anywhere, stay there until you leave the district. And if any place does not welcome you and people refuse to listen to you, as you walk away shake off the dust from under your feet as a sign to them.’ So they set off to preach repentance; and they cast out many devils, and anointed many sick people with oil and cured them.

My God, my Father in heaven blessed your holy name through  our Lord Jesus Christ. Loving Father, you blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ your Son. Our Father before the world was made, you chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, and that we should become  your adopted children, through Jesus Christ for your own kind purposes, in order to make us praise the glory of  your grace, your free gift to us in  your Beloved Son, in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins.

Father in heaven such is the richness of the grace which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight.  You revealed to the mystery of  your purpose, the hidden plan Father you so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end. Thank you loving Father for you  would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth. 

Give me a selfless spirit Father. We worship and adore your our God for your goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour, your beloved Son. Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me.