THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS CLOSE AT HAND
SATURDAY FIRST WEEK IN ADVENT: Universalis
He heals the broken-hearted
CI: First Reading Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26 The Lord God
will be gracious to you and hear your cry
Thus says the
Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
People
of Zion, you will live in Jerusalem and weep no more. He will be gracious to
you when he hears your cry; when he hears he will answer. When the Lord has
given you the bread of suffering and the water of distress, he who is your
teacher will hide no longer, and you will see your teacher with your own eyes.
Whether you turn to right or left, your ears will hear these words behind you,
‘This is the way, follow it.’ He will send rain for the seed you sow in the
ground, and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing.
Your cattle will graze, that day, in wide pastures. Oxen and donkeys that till
the ground will eat a salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and fork. On every
lofty mountain, on every high hill there will be streams and watercourses, on
the day of the great slaughter when the strongholds fall. Then moonlight will
be bright as sunlight and sunlight itself be seven times brighter – like
the light of seven days in one – on the day the Lord dresses the wound of
his people and heals the bruises his blows have left.
Responsorial Psalm: Happy are all who hope in the Lord
Gospel Matthew 9:35-10:1,5,6-8 The harvest is rich but the labourers are few
CDR: Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness.
And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’
He summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: ‘Go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.’
Merciful Father
be gracious to me and hear my cry. Father wipe away my tears. Father take away
my suffering, relieve me from my distress. Father teach me, do not hide your
face from me. Let me behold your glory. Father when I turn to right or left,
let my ears hear your comforting words of direction on the way to follow. Holy
Spirit be my guide.
Jesus I trust in
you. Come Lord and save us. May your kingdom come. Blessed Virgin Mary pray for
me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God’s Angels and Saints pray for me. My Guardian
Angel pray for me. Protect me.
Pray the Holy
Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women.
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