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ALL GIFTS COMES FROM GOD OUR FATHER

SATURDAY WEEK 22 IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
Reading 1 Corinthians 4:6-15 
What do you have that was not given to you?

Take Apollos and myself as an example and remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written.’ It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as though it were not? Is it that you have everything you want – that you are rich already, in possession of your kingdom, with us left outside? Indeed I wish you were really kings, and we could be kings with you! 

But instead, it seems to me, God has put us apostles at the end of his parade, with the men sentenced to death; it is true – we have been put on show in front of the whole universe, angels as well as men. Here we are, fools for the sake of Christ, while you are the learned men in Christ; we have no power, but you are influential; you are celebrities, we are nobodies. To this day, we go without food and drink and clothes; we are beaten and have no homes; we work for our living with our own hands. When we are cursed, we answer with a blessing; when we are hounded, we put up with it; we are insulted and we answer politely. We are treated as the offal of the world, still to this day, the scum of the earth. 

I am saying all this not just to make you ashamed but to bring you, as my dearest children, to your senses. You might have thousands of guardians in Christ, but not more than one father and it was I who begot you in Christ Jesus by preaching the Good News.

Gospel Luke 6:1-5 The Son of Man is master of the sabbath

One sabbath Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry – how he went into the house of God, took the loaves of offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which only the priests are allowed to eat?’ And he said to them, ‘The Son of Man is master of the sabbath.’

My God, my Father all good gifts comes from you. All that I am, all that I will be is by your grace. Father what do I have that was not given to me from you? Father make me humble make me appreciate your gifts. May I never boast that your gifts were by my merit and efforts for without you I am nothing. Father with your Holy Spirit in me I can do everything through Jesus Christ my Lord and Master. 

Lord Jesus Christ Lord of the Sabbath you are my Lord and Savior.

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

Your Birthday Saint: Saint Gregory the Great, Pope. May he 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 Saint pray for me. My Angel guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me.
Lecture  1 Corinthiens 4, 6-15  « As-tu quelque chose sans l’avoir reçu ?» 

Frères, apprenez d’Apollos et de moi-même à ne pas aller au-delà de ce qui est écrit, afin qu’aucun de vous n’aille se gonfler d’orgueil en prenant le parti de l’un contre l’autre. Qui donc t’a mis à part ? As-tu quelque chose sans l’avoir reçu ? Et si tu l’as reçu, pourquoi te vanter comme si tu ne l’avais pas reçu ? Vous voilà déjà comblés, vous voilà déjà riches, vous voilà devenus rois sans nous ! Ah ! si seulement vous étiez devenus rois, pour que nous aussi, nous le soyons avec vous !

Mais nous, les Apôtres, il me semble que Dieu nous a exposés en dernier comme en vue d’une mise à mort, car nous sommes donnés en spectacle au monde, aux anges et aux hommes. Nous, nous sommes fous à cause du Christ, et vous, vous êtes raisonnables dans le Christ ; nous sommes faibles, et vous êtes forts ; vous êtes à l’honneur, et nous, dans le mépris. Maintenant encore, nous avons faim, nous avons soif, nous sommes dans le dénuement, maltraités, nous n’avons pas de domicile, nous travaillons péniblement de nos mains. On nous insulte, nous bénissons. On nous persécute, nous le supportons. On nous calomnie, nous réconfortons. Jusqu’à présent, nous sommes pour ainsi dire l’ordure du monde, le rebut de l’humanité.
 
Je ne vous écris pas cela pour vous faire honte, mais pour vous reprendre comme mes enfants bien-aimés. Car, dans le Christ, vous pourriez avoir dix mille guides, vous n’avez pas plusieurs pères : par l’annonce de l’Évangile, c’est moi qui vous ai donné la vie dans
le Christ Jésus. 

Évangile selon saint Luc 6, 1-5  « Le Fils de l’homme est maître du sabbat. »

Un jour de sabbat, Jésus traversait des champs ; ses disciples arrachaient des épis et les mangeaient, après les avoir froissés dans leurs mains. Quelques pharisiens dirent alors : « Pourquoi faites-vous ce qui n’est pas permis le jour du sabbat ? » Jésus leur répondit : « N’avez-vous pas lu ce que fit David un jour qu’il eut faim, lui-même et ceux qui l’accompagnaient ? Il entra dans la maison de Dieu, prit les pains de l’offrande, en mangea et en donna à ceux qui l’accompagnaient, alors que les prêtres seulement ont le droit d’en manger. » Il leur disait encore : « Le Fils de l’homme est maître du sabbat. »

Mon Dieu, mon Père, tous les dons viennent de toi. Tout ce que je suis, tout ce que je serai est par ta grâce. Père, qu’est-ce que j’ai, qui ne m’a pas été donné par toi ? Père rends-moi humble - fais-moi apprécier tes dons. Puis-je ne jamais me vanter que vos dons ont été par mon mérite et mes efforts car sans vous je ne suis rien. Père ton Saint-Esprit en moi, je peux tout faire par Jésus-Christ mon Seigneur et Maître. 

Seigneur Jésus-Christ - Seigneur du Sabbat, tu es mon Seigneur et Sauveur.

Priez la Sainte Rosaire : Ave Maria.  Je vous salue Sainte Reine.

Seigneur Jésus-Christ, j’ai confiance en toi. La Vierge Marie priez pour moi. Saint Joseph priez pour moi. Les saints anges et saints de Dieu prient pour moi. Mon Ange Gardien priez pour moi. Défendez-moi et protégez-moi.

Saint de Votre Anniversaire :Saint Grégoire le Grand, pape et docteur de l’Église priez pour vous comme vous célébrez votre anniversaire aujourd’hui. 

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