HE WHO IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME
FRIDAY WEEK 27 IN ORDINARY TIME: Universalis
He who does not gather with me scatters
Let all tremble,
for the day of the Lord is coming
Priests, put on sackcloth and lament. Ministers
of the altar, wail. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God.
For the house of our God has been deprived of oblation and libation. Order a
fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; elders, call together all the inhabitants of
the country to the house of the Lord your God.
Cry out to the
Lord, ‘Oh, what a day! For the day of the Lord is near, it comes as a
devastation from Shaddai.’ Sound the trumpet in Zion, give the alarm on my holy
mountain!
Let all the
inhabitants of the country tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, yes, it
is near. Day of darkness and gloom, day of cloud and blackness. Like the dawn
there spreads across the mountains a vast and mighty host, such as has never
been before, such as will never be again to the remotest ages.
Responsorial Psalm: The Lord will judge the world with justice.
Gospel Luke 11:15-26 The finger of
God has overtaken you
CDR: When Jesus had
cast out a devil, some of the people said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince
of devils, that he casts out devils.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign
from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Every
kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided
against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided against himself,
how can his kingdom stand? – since you assert that it is through Beelzebul
that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils,
through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be your judges then.
But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that
the kingdom of God has overtaken you. So long as a strong man fully armed
guards his own palace, his goods are undisturbed; but when someone stronger
than he is attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons
he relied on and shares out his spoil.
‘He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters.
‘When an unclean
spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless country looking for a
place to rest, and not finding one it says, “I will go back to the home I came
from.” But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied, it then goes off and brings
seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house
there, so that the man ends up by being worse than he was before.’
My Father in heaven, I thank you for Jesus Christ, he is Prince of Peace. He is Lord of lords. He he your Son born of Blessed Virgin Mary. Father I believe in Jesus Christ. Let your Holy Spirit dwell in my heart. Fill me Father with your Holy Spirit, let there be no room for evil domination over my spirit, over my life. I am yours Lord.
Jesus I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me.
Pray the Holy Rosary: We pray for peace in Jerusalem through the intercession of our Blessed Virgin Mother, Mary the Queen of Peace.
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