Wednesday October 2, 2024
THE HOLY GUARDIAN ANGELS (MEMORIAL)
Office: Memorial; Psalter Week 2
Mass and Preface of the Memorial
Vestment: White
Today’s Rosary: The Glorious Mystery
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FIRST READING
”How can a man be just before God?”
A reading from the Book of Job (Job 9:1-12.14-16)
Job answered his friends: “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God? If sone wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength — who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded? — he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger; who shakes the earth out of its place, and its pillars tremble; who commands the sun, and it does not rise; who seals up the stars; who alone stretched out the heavens, and trampled the Waves of the sea; who made the Bear and Orion, the Pleiades and the chambers of the south; who does great things beyond understanding, and marvellous things without number. Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him. Behold, he snatches away; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’ “How then can I answer him, choosing my words with him? Though I am innocent, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser. If I summoned him and he answered me, I would not believe that he was listening to my voice.”
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 88: 10bc-11.12-13.14—15 (R. 3a)
R/. Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.
I call to you, Lord, all day long;
to you I stretch out my hands.
Will you work your wonders for the dead?
Will the shades rise up to praise you? R/.
Will your mercy be told in the grave,
or your faithfulness in the place of perdition?
Will your wonders be known in the dark,
your justice in the land of oblivion? R/.
But I, O Lord, cry out to you;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
Why do you reject me, O Lord?
Why do you hide your face from me? R/.
ALLELUIA Philippians 3:8-9a
Alleluia. I count everything as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him. Alleluia.
Gospel
“Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew (Matthew 18:1-5)
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them, and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
“Foxes have holes but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head,” He went about doing good, he healed the sick, raised the dead, fed the hungry and comforted the afflicted. Yet he was homeless and poor, making his home with the wretched of the earth. That was his life and that is the path every believer is called to follow. It is a call to a life of total self-giving and sacrifice; to live for God and for others without counting the cost. And once we say Yes, there is no backing down or turning back, for only cowards do that! How much sacrifice can we make in the service of the Lord?
BLESSING FOR THE NEW WEEK
For the gift of this new day and this new week we say thank you Lord.
For the gift of our parents, children, brothers, sisters, nephews, cousins and friends we say thank you Lord.
For the gift of our work, study, business and faith in Jesus Christ we say thank you Lord.
Lord, we are about to step out for this day and we do not know what it has in store for us, but we place it in your hands so that you will see us through and grant us your blessings.
May you oh Lord be our Shepherd (Psalm 23) and may your goodness and mercy follow us throughout this week and all the days of our life. In your name we decree and declare that it shall be a favourable week for us. What ever may come our way, we shall be victorious and all glory will be to your name.
Dear friend, do your best, believe in God and he will make your effort to be fruitful. Amen.
May you shine out brightly as the light so that the darkness of our world will be dispelled. Amen.
PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
REFLECTION AND PRAYERS OF ST JOSEPH
We should, indeed, honour St. Joseph, since the Son of God himself was graciously pleased to honour him by calling him father. “Christ,” says Origen, “gave to Joseph the honour due to a parent.” The Holy Scriptures speak of him as the father of Jesus. “His father and mother were marveling at the things spoken concerning him” (Luke 2:33). Mary also used this name: “in sorrow thy father and I have been seeking thee” (Luke 2:48). If, the, the king of kings was pleased to raise Joseph to so high a dignity, it is right and obligatory on our part to endeavor to honour him as much as we can.
Let Us Pray
St. Joseph, I consecrate myself to thy service forever. Protect me all the days of my life.
THE MIRACULOUS 54-DAY ROSARY NOVENA, 8TH SEPT. TO 31ST OCT. 2024
FIRST 27 DAYS IN PETITION
Day 25: THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
PETITION: Let us pray for all those participating in this Miraculous 54-Day Rosary Novena, that through the intercession of Our Mother Mary, God will hear and answer our prayers and grant us our heart desires we pray O Lord.
1. + In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Sign of the cross.
2. Hail Mary.
3. Prayer before the recitation of the rosary
Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I humbly kneel to offer thee a Crown of Roses, snow white buds to remind thee of thy joys, each bud recalling to thee a holy mystery, each 10 bound together with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen, dispenser of God’s graces, and Mother of all who invoke thee, thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my petition; from thy bounty thou wilt give me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly seek. I despair of nothing that I ask of thee. Show thyself my Mother!
4. The Apostles’ Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
5. The Annunciation – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Visitation – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of charity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Nativity – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of detachment from the world and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Presentation – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of purity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these snow-white buds with a petition for the virtue of obedience to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
6. The Hail Holy Queen.
7. Let us pray: O God whose only begotten son by his life death………..
8. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9. Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this spiritual communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow. O my Mother! Look with favor upon my gift, and in thy love obtain for me (specify request). Hail Mary …
10. + In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen.
