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As we celebrate and offer our daily offerings in our daily Mass on God's Altar in remembrance of Christ Sacrifice, may God destroy every evil altar in our homes, families and lives.

Monday 26 September 2022

TURN YOUR EAR TO ME O LORD

MONDAY WEEK 26 ORDINARY TIME 

Reading Job 1:6-22
The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the Lord
One day the Sons of God came to attend on the Lord, and among them was Satan. So the Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you been?’ ‘Round the earth,’ he answered ‘roaming about.’ So the Lord asked him, ‘Did you notice my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth: a sound and honest man who fears God and shuns evil.’ ‘Yes,’ Satan said ‘but Job is not God-fearing for nothing, is he? Have you not put a wall round him and his house and all his domain? You have blessed all he undertakes, and his flocks throng the countryside. But stretch out your hand and lay a finger on his possessions: I warrant you, he will curse you to your face.’ ‘Very well,’ the Lord said to Satan ‘all he has is in your power. But keep your hands off his person.’ So Satan left the presence of the Lord....... Reading Reflection

Gospel Luke 9:46-50
The least among you all is the greatest
An argument started between the disciples about which of them was the greatest. Jesus knew what thoughts were going through their minds, and he took a little child and set him by his side and then said to them, ‘Anyone who welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For the least among you all, that is the one who is great.’ 

John spoke up. ‘Master,’ he said ‘we saw a man casting out devils in your name, and because he is not with us we tried to stop him.’ But Jesus said to him, ‘You must not stop him: anyone who is not against you is for you.’ 

Pray the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary. Ave Maria. Saint Joseph pray for me.
May Saints Cosmas and Damian  Martyrs pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Sunday 25 September 2022

DO ALL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TOLD

26TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 
First Reading Amos 6:1,4-7 Woe to those who live in luxury

The almighty Lord says this: Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria, those famous men of this first of nations to whom the House of Israel goes as client. Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal; they bawl to the sound of the harp, they invent new instruments of music like David, they drink wine by the bowlful, and use the finest oil for anointing themselves, but about the ruin of Joseph they do not care at all. That is why they will be the first to be exiled; the sprawlers’ revelry is over. Readings Reflection
 
Second Reading 1 Tim. 6:11-16 Do all that you have been told, until the Appearing of the Lord
 
Gospel Luke 16:19-31 “Remember that during your life good things came your way, just as bad things came the way of Lazarus… ”
 
Jesus said to the Pharisees: ‘There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even came and licked his sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried……

Blessed God, Ruler of all, King of kings and the Lord of lords, you are immortal. You dwell in inaccessible light, no man has seen you, and no man is able to see to you. To you be honour and everlasting power. Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you

Pray the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary. Ave Maria. Saint Joseph pray for me.

Saint  Hermann Contractus, Monk pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Saturday 24 September 2022

IN YOUR YOUTH REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR

SATURDAY WEEK 25 ORDINARY TIME
Reading Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8
Remember your creator in the days of your youth
 
Rejoice in your youth, you who are young; let your heart give you joy in your young days. Follow the promptings of your heart and the desires of your eyes. But this you must know: for all these things God will bring you to judgement. Cast worry from your heart, shield your flesh from pain. Yet youth, the age of dark hair, is vanity.  Reading Reflection 

And remember your creator in the days of your youth, before evil days come and the years approach when you say, ‘These give me no pleasure’, before sun and light and moon and stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain; the day when those who keep the house tremble and strong men are bowed; when the women grind no longer at the mill, because day is darkening at the windows and the street doors are shut; when the sound of the mill is faint, when the voice of the bird is silenced, and song notes are stilled, when to go uphill is an ordeal and a walk is something to dread. Yet the almond tree is in flower, the grasshopper is heavy with food and the caper bush bears its fruit, while man goes to his everlasting home. And the mourners are already walking to and fro in the street before the silver cord has snapped, or the golden lamp been broken,or the pitcher shattered at the spring, or the pulley cracked at the well, or before the dust returns to the earth as it once came from it, and the breath to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. All is vanity.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Ave Maria.

God my Father I thank you for the new day. I pray for our youths today. I thank you for our youths. Father direct them in the right steps. Father in their desires and aspirations may they remember your judgement. Father may they remember that you alone are God.

Father, you desire us to obey you for to obey you is our preservation and salvation. Help us remember that we will all return back to when you take away your breath. When your breath leaves our bodies we shall return to dust for we are dust. 'Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. All is vanity.'

May Saint Vincent Strambi, Bishop pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

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Friday 23 September 2022

THERE IS TIME FOR EVERYTHING

FRIDAY WEEK 25 IN ORDINARY TIME
Reading 
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 
There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:

A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted..... Reading Reflection

Pray the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary. Ave Maria. Lord Jesus I trust in you. Saint Joseph pray for me.

Saint Pius of Pietrelcina – Padre Pio pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Loving Father according to Ecclesiastes 3:1-11......"What does a man gain for the efforts that he makes? I contemplate the task that God gives mankind to labour at. All that he does is apt for its time; but though he has permitted man to consider time in its wholeness, man cannot comprehend the work of God from beginning to end." Yes Father man can never understand the mystery of creation. All glory and adoration belong to you our God and Father.

Thursday 22 September 2022

NOTHING IS NEW ALL IS VANITY

THURSDAY WEEK 25 ORDINARY TIME
Reading Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Nothing is new and all is vanity

Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For all his toil, his toil under the sun, what does man gain by it? 

A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; back then to its circling goes the wind. Into the sea all the rivers go, and yet the sea is never filled, and still to their goal the rivers go. All things are wearisome. No man can say that eyes have not had enough of seeing, ears their fill of hearing. What was will be again; what has been done will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. Take anything of which it may be said, ‘Look now, this is new.’ Already, long before our time, it existed. Only no memory remains of earlier times, just as in times to come next year itself will not be remembered. Reading Reflection

Gospel Luke 9:7-9 'John? I beheaded him; so who is this?'

Herod the tetrarch had heard about all that was being done by Jesus; and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared, still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life. But Herod said, ‘John? I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about?’ And he was anxious to see Jesus.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Ave Maria.

My Father I thank you for a new day. Father make me an instrument of your grace. Make me understand  mystery of life. Father bring me closer to you. Life is all vanity without knowledge of you.

May Saint Maurice and his companions pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Wednesday 21 September 2022

EACH ONE HAS A SHARE OF GOD'S GRACE

WEDNESDAY WEEK 25 ORDINARY TIME
Reading Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13
We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God

I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called into one and the same hope when you were called. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God who is Father of all, over all, through all and within all. Reading Reflection 

Each one of us, however, has been given his own share of grace, given as Christ allotted it. To some, his gift was that they should be apostles; to some, prophets; to some, evangelists; to some, pastors and teachers; so that the saints together make a unity in the work of service, building up the body of Christ. In this way we are all to come to unity in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God, until we become the perfect Man, fully mature with the fullness of Christ himself.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Our Lady pray for us. Hail Mary. Ave Maria

May Saint Matthew Apostle and Evangelist pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. 

Tuesday 20 September 2022

DO NOT CLOSE YOUR EAR TO THE POOR MAN'S CRY

TUESDAY WEEK 25 ORDINARY TIME

Reading Proverbs 21:1-6,10-13
On wickedness and virtue

Like flowing water is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord, who turns it where he pleases. A man’s conduct may strike him as upright, the Lord, however, weighs the heart. To act virtuously and with justice is more pleasing to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eye, proud heart, lamp of the wicked, nothing but sin. The hardworking man is thoughtful, and all is gain; too much haste, and all that comes of it is want. To make a fortune with the help of a lying tongue, such the idle fantasy of those who look for death. The wicked man’s soul is intent on evil, he looks on his neighbour with dislike. When a mocker is punished, the ignorant man grows wiser, when a wise man is instructed he acquires more knowledge. The Just One watches the house of the wicked:  he hurls the wicked to destruction. He who shuts his ear to the poor man’s cry shall himself plead and not be heard. Reading Reflection

Lecture du livre des Proverbes 21, 1-6. 10-13
Maximes diverses pour une vie droite

Le Seigneur dispose du cœur du roi comme d’un canal d’irrigation, il le dirige où il veut. La conduite d’un homme est toujours droite à ses yeux, mais c’est le Seigneur qui pèse les cœurs. Accomplir la justice et le droit plaît au Seigneur plus que le sacrifice. Regarder de haut, se rengorger : ainsi brillent les méchants, mais ce n’est que péché. Les plans de l’homme actif lui assurent du profit ; mais la précipitation conduit à l’indigence. Une fortune acquise par le mensonge : illusion fugitive de qui cherche la mort. Le méchant ne désire que le mal ; il n’a pas un regard de pitié pour son prochain. Quand on punit l’insolent, l’étourdi devient sage ; le sage, il suffit de le raisonner pour qu’il comprenne. Le juste considère le clan du méchant : le méchant pervertit les autres pour leur malheur. Qui fait la sourde oreille à la clameur des faibles criera lui-même sans obtenir de réponse. Lectures M
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Monday 19 September 2022

DO NOT EMULATE THE MAN OF VIOLENCE

MONDAY 26 WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME
Reading Proverbs 3:27-34 
The Lord blesses the home of the virtuous

My son, do not refuse a kindness to anyone who begs it, if it is in your power to perform it. Do not say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come another time!  I will give it you tomorrow’, if you can do it now. Do not plot harm against your neighbor as he lives unsuspecting next door. Do not pick a groundless quarrel with a man who has done you no harm. Do not emulate the man of violence, never model your conduct on his; for the wilful wrong-doer is abhorrent to the Lord, who confides only in honest men. The Lord’s curse lies on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the virtuous. He mocks those who mock, but accords his favour to the humble.

Gospel Luke 8:16-18 Anyone who has will be given more

Jesus said to the crowds: ‘No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, he puts it on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in. For nothing is hidden but it will be made clear, nothing secret but it will be known and brought to light. So take care how you hear; for anyone who has will be given more; from anyone who has not, even what he thinks he has will be taken away.’

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary, Ave Maria.

Saint Januarius, Bishop and Martyr pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Keep me Lord in your peace. Preserve me O lord. Guide my soul. Father direct my ways. (Do not emulate the man of violence, never model your conduct on his)

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. 

Sunday 18 September 2022

YOU CANNOT BE SLAVE TO TWO MASTERS

25TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
The Gospel Luke 16:1-13 You cannot be the slave of both God and money

Jesus said to his disciples: 

‘There was a rich man and he had a steward denounced to him for being wasteful with his property. He called for the man and said, “What is this I hear about you? Draw me up an account of your stewardship because you are not to be my steward any longer.” Then the steward said to himself, “Now that my master is taking the stewardship from me, what am I to do? Dig? I am not strong enough. Go begging? I should be too ashamed. Ah, I know what I will do to make sure that when I am dismissed from office there will be some to welcome me into their homes.”  Readings Reflection

Then he called his master’s debtors one by one. To the first he said, “How much do you owe my master?” “One hundred measures of oil” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond; sit down straight away and write fifty.” To another he said, “And you, sir, how much do you owe?” “One hundred measures of wheat” was the reply. The steward said, “Here, take your bond and write eighty.” 

‘The master praised the dishonest steward for his astuteness. For the children of this world are more astute in dealing with their own kind than are the children of light. 

‘And so I tell you this: use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity. The man who can be trusted in little things can be trusted in great; the man who is dishonest in little things will be dishonest in great. If then you cannot be trusted with money, that tainted thing, who will trust you with genuine riches? And if you cannot be trusted with what is not yours, who will give you what is your very own? 

‘No servant can be the slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave both of God and of money.’

Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both now and for evermore! Psalm 112 (113) 

Pray the Holy Rosary. Ave Maria

May Saint Joseph of  Cupertino, Priest pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Saturday 17 September 2022

THE EARTHLY MAN AND THE HEAVENLY MAN

SATURDAY WEEK 24 ORDINARY TIME  
Reading 1 Corinthians 15:35-37,42-49 The resurrected body is heavenly by nature

Someone may ask, ‘How are dead people raised, and what sort of body do they have when they come back?’ They are stupid questions. Whatever you sow in the ground has to die before it is given new life and the thing that you sow is not what is going to come; you sow a bare grain, say of wheat or something like that. It is the same with the resurrection of the dead: the thing that is sown is perishable but what is raised is imperishable; the thing that is sown is contemptible but what is raised is glorious; the thing that is sown is weak but what is raised is powerful; when it is sown it embodies the soul, when it is raised it embodies the spirit. 

If the soul has its own embodiment, so does the spirit have its own embodiment. The first man, Adam, as scripture says, became a living soul; but the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit. That is, first the one with the soul, not the spirit, and after that, the one with the spirit. The first man, being from the earth, is earthly by nature; the second man is from heaven. As this earthly man was, so are we on earth; and as the heavenly man is, so are we in heaven. And we, who have been modelled on the earthly man, will be modelled on the heavenly man.  Readings Reflections

Pray the Holy Rosary. Ave Maria, Hail Mary.

May Saint Robert Bellamine Bishop and Doctor of the Church pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Lord Jesus I trust in you.

Friday 16 September 2022

THE WOMEN IN THE GOSPEL

FRIDAY WEEK 24 ORDINARYTIME
Reading 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 If Christ has not been raised, your belief is useless

Now if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself cannot have been raised, and if Christ has not been raised then our preaching is useless and your believing it is useless; indeed, we are shown up as witnesses who have committed perjury before God, because we swore in evidence before God that he had raised Christ to life. For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, you are still in your sins. And what is more serious, all who have died in Christ have perished. If our hope in Christ has been for this life only, we are the most unfortunate of all people. 
But Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. Readings Reflection

Gospel Luke 8:1-3 The women who accompanied Jesus

Jesus made his way through towns and villages preaching, and proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve, as well as certain women who had been cured of evil spirits and ailments: Mary surnamed the Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, Joanna the wife of Herod’s steward Chuza, Susanna, and several others who provided for them out of their own resources.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Our Lady Queen pray for us. Ave Maria

As we celebrate the Martyrdom of Saints Cornelius, Pope and Cyprian, Bishop may they pray for you while wishing you a happy birthday.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. 

Thursday 15 September 2022

OUR LADY OF SORROWS

THURSDAY WEEK 24 IN ORDINARY TIME: BEHOLD THY MOTHER
Reading Hebrew 5:7-9 
He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation

During his life on earth, Christ offered up prayer and entreaty, aloud and in silent tears, to the one who had the power to save him out of death, and he submitted so humbly that his prayer was heard. Although he was Son, he learnt to obey through suffering; but having been made perfect, he became for all who obey him the source of eternal salvation. Readings Reflection

Gospel John 19:25-27 'Woman, this is your son'

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Our Lady Queen of Sorrows pray for us. Ave Maria

As we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, may she pray for you while wishing you a happy birthday.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. Guide and guard me.

Wednesday 14 September 2022

THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP

WEDNESDAY WEEK 24 ORDINARY TIME: FEAST  OFTHE EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved
Jesus said to Nicodemus: ‘No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven; and the Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.’ 

Jesus Christ redeemed us by the Holy Cross as you celebrate your birthday today on the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross may the joy of today's feast be yours
 
Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen our Blessed Mother, Virgin Mary.

Thank you God our Father for you so loved the world that you sent Jesus Christ our Savior to redeem us.  Jesus Christ our Lord thank you for your sacrifice of our redemption. Thank you Lord Jesus Christ our Redeemer.

Tuesday 13 September 2022

GOD'S VISITATION AND PRESENCE AMONG HIS PEOPLE

TUESDAY WEEK 24 ORDINARY TIME
Gosple Luke 7:11-17 The only son of his mother, and she a widow

Jesus went to a town called Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a great number of people. When he was near the gate of the town it happened that a dead man was being carried out for burial, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a considerable number of the townspeople were with her. When the Lord saw her he felt sorry for her. ‘Do not cry’ he said. Then he went up and put his hand on the bier and the bearers stood still, and he said, ‘Young man, I tell you to get up.’ And the dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Everyone was filled with awe and praised God saying, ‘A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people.’ And this opinion of him spread throughout Judaea and all over the countryside. Reading Reflections

God of universe your reign is Supreme. You are our Lord and God. Lord Jesus Christ you came to redeem humanity, after your redemptive sacrifice, your presence abides with us always. You are present in the Holy Eucharist. You are Emmanuel, God is with us.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Ave Maria. Hail Mary

Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Monday 12 September 2022

GIVE YOUR WORD LORD AND I WILL BE HEALED

MONDAY WEEK 24 ORDINARY TIME
Reading 1 Corinthians 11:17-26,33
If each one hurries to be first, 
it is not the Lord's Supper you are eating

On the subject of instructions, I cannot say that you have done well in holding meetings that do you more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you all come together as a community, there are separate factions among you, and I half believe it – since there must no doubt be separate groups among you, to distinguish those who are to be trusted. The point is, when you hold these meetings, it is not the Lord’s Supper that you are eating, since when the time comes to eat, everyone is in such a hurry to start his own supper that one person goes hungry while another is getting drunk. Surely you have homes for eating and drinking in? Surely you have enough respect for the community of God not to make poor people embarrassed? What am I to say to you? Congratulate you? I cannot congratulate you on this..... Reading Reflection

Gospel: Luke 7:1-10  Give the word, and my servant will be healed

Pray the Holy Rosary: Ave Maria. Hail Mary

Your Birthday: The Most Holy name of Mary. As we invoke the Most Holy name of Blessed Virgin
Mary,  Mother of Jesus Christ, may she pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Loving Father you do not ask for sacrifice and offerings, but an open ear. You do not ask for holocaust and victim.  Instead, here am I. Father in the scroll of the book it stands written that I should do your will. My God, I delight in your law in the depth of my heart. Your justice I have proclaimed in the great assembly. My lips I have not sealed; you know it, O Lord.

Sunday 11 September 2022

LORD WHY SHOULD YOUR ANGER BLAZE AGAINST YOUR PEOPLE

SUNDAY  WEEK 24 ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
The Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened

The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have apostatised. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for them; they have made themselves a calf of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice. “Here is your God, Israel,” they have cried “who brought you up from the land of Egypt!”’ the Lord said to Moses, ‘I can see how headstrong these people are! Leave me, now, my wrath shall blaze out against them and devour them; of you, however, I will make a great nation.’

But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. ‘Lord,’ he said ‘why should your wrath blaze out against this people of yours whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty hand? Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, your servants to whom by your own self you swore and made this promise: “I will make your offspring as many as the stars of heaven, and all this land which I promised I will give to your descendants, and it shall be their heritage for ever.”’  So the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. Readings Reflection

Second Reading: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners
Gospel:  Luke 15:1-32 There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen

Your Birthday Saint: St. John Gabriel May he pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

We also pray for the repose of the soul  Queen Elizabeth II Queen of England, and for the departed souls of September 11 Terrorist attack. We pray for all departed souls.

Saturday 10 September 2022

DO NOT MAKE THE LORD ANGRY

SATURDAY WEEK 23 ORDINARY TIME
Reading 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 We are a single body because we all share the one bread

My dear brothers, you must keep clear of idolatry. I say to you as sensible people: judge for yourselves what I am saying. The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf. Look at the other Israel, the race, where those who eat the sacrifices are in communion with the altar. 
Does this mean that the food sacrificed to idols has a real value, or that the idol itself is real? Not at all. It simply means that the sacrifices that they offer they sacrifice to demons who are not God. I have no desire to see you in communion with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take your share at the table of the Lord and at the table of demons. Do we want to make the Lord angry; are we stronger than he is? Readings Reflection

Gospel Luke 6:43-49 Whoever hears me builds his house on a rock

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Blessed Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Defend and protect me. Guide and guard me.

Your Birthday Saint: St. Nicholas Tolentino, Priest. May he pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Friday 9 September 2022

CAN THE BLIND LEAD THE BLIND?

FRIDAY WEEK 23 ORDINARY TIME
Reading 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-27 
We go into strict training, like fighters at the games

I do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which has been laid on me; I should be punished if I did not preach it! If I had chosen this work myself, I might have been paid for it, but as I have not, it is a responsibility which has been put into my hands. Do you know what my reward is? It is this: in my preaching, to be able to offer the Good News free, and not insist on the rights which the gospel gives me. Reading Reflection

So though I am not a slave of any man I have made myself the slave of everyone so as to win as many as I could. I made myself all things to all men in order to save some at any cost; and I still do this, for the sake of the gospel, to have a share in its blessings. 

All the runners at the stadium are trying to win, but only one of them gets the prize. You must run in the same way, meaning to win. All the fighters at the games go into strict training; they do this just to win a wreath that will wither away, but we do it for a wreath that will never wither. That is how I run, intent on winning; that is how I fight, not beating the air. I treat my body hard and make it obey me, for, having been an announcer myself, I should not want to be disqualified.

Gospel: Can the blind lead the blind Luke 6:39-42

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary

Your Birthday Saint: St. Peter Claver, Priest. May he  pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Thursday 8 September 2022

THE BIRTHDAY OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

THURSDAY WEEK 23 ORDINARY TIME
Reading Micah 5:1-4 
He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the Lord
 
The Lord says this: But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, out of you will be born for me the one who is to rule over Israel; his origin goes back to the distant past, to the days of old. The Lord is therefore going to abandon them till the time when she who is to give birth gives birth. Then the remnant of his brothers will come back to the sons of Israel. He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the Lord, with the majesty of the name of his God. They will live secure, for from then on he will extend his power to the ends of the land. He himself will be peace. Readings Reflection

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen. Ave Maria Psalm 

Your Birthday Feast: The Feast of the Nativity of  the Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of Jesus. Our Mother: May our Blessed  Mother pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Blessed Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Defend and protect me. Guide and guard me.  Hail  Thou Star of Ocean
 

Wednesday 7 September 2022

OUR TIME IS GROWING SHORT

WEDNESDAY WEEK 23 IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
Reading 1 Corinthians 7:25-31 The world as we know it is passing away

About remaining celibate, I have no directions from the Lord but give my own opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, has stayed faithful. Well then, I believe that in these present times of stress this is right: that it is good for a man to stay as he is. If you are tied to a wife, do not look for freedom; if you are free of a wife, then do not look for one. But if you marry, it is no sin, and it is not a sin for a young girl to get married. They will have their troubles, though, in their married life, and I should like to spare you that. 

Brothers, this is what I mean: our time is growing short. Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away. Readings Reflection

GOSPEL LUKE 6 :20-26 Happy are you who are poor, who are hungry, who weep
 
Fixing his eyes on his disciples Jesus said:
 
‘How happy are you who are poor: yours is the kingdom of God. Happy you who are hungry now: you shall be satisfied. Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh. Happy are you when people hate you, drive you out, abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, for then your reward will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.
 
‘But alas for you who are rich: you are having your consolation now. Alas for you who have your fill now: you shall go hungry. Alas for you who laugh now: you shall mourn and weep. ‘Alas for you when the world speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors treated the false prophets.’

God our heavenly Father our time is growing short. May we not become engrossed in the world, help us understand that we are pilgrims on earth, each time brings us closer to you. Teach us the number of our days that we may apply wisdom in all our deeds and action to the glory of your name.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Blessed Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Defend and protect me. Guide and guard me.

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