LORD OF THE SABBAT

Saturday Week 22 in Ordinary Time - Saint Teresa of Calcuta, Virgin

'What do you have that was not given to you?'

First 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. 

Responsorial Psalm: The Lord is close to all who call him.

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 Father, my God, thank you for your gift and mercy. Father, make me humble. May I use your gifts to your greater glory. Jesus, I trust in you. Lord, you are my Lord and Master. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel guardian pray for me. 

Let us pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace.

AELF: samedi, 22ème Semaine du Temps Ordinaire - MAÎTRE DU SABBAT:

Sainte Teresa de Calcutta, vierge: «As-tu quelque chose sans l’avoir reçu ?» 

Évangile Luc 6,1-5 «Le Fils de l'homme est maître du sabbat» 

Un jour de sabbat, Jésus traversait des champs de blé; ses disciples arrachaient et mangeaient des épis, après les avoir froissés dans leurs mains. Des pharisiens lui dirent: «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 et ses compagnons? Il entra dans la maison de Dieu, prit les pains de l'offrande, en mangea, et en donna à ses compagnons, alors que les prêtres seuls ont la permission d'en manger». Jésus leur disait encore: «Le Fils de l'homme est maître du sabbat».

Mon Père, mon Dieu, merci pour tes dons et ta miséricorde. Père, rends-moi humble. Puissé-je utiliser tes dons pour ta plus grande gloire. Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Seigneur, tu es mon Seigneur, tu es mon Maître. Vierge Marie, prie pour moi. Saint Joseph, prie pour moi. Teresa de Calcutta, prie pour moi. Mon ange gardien, prie pour moi.

Prions le saint rosaire : Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâce.