Saturday October 5, 2024
Weekday (26)
B. V. M. on Saturday
Office: Psalter Week 2
Mass and Preface of the day or BVM
Vestment: Green/White
Today’s Rosary: The Joyful Mystery
Vespers I of the 27th Sunday of the Year
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FIRST READING
“Now my eye sees you,’ therefore I despise myself.”
A reading from the Book of Job (Job 42: 1-3.5-6.12-17)
Then Job answered the Lord: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys. He had also seven sons and three daughters. And he called the name of the first Jemimah; and the name of the second Keziah; and the name of the third Keren-happuch. And in all the land there were no women so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers. And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, four generations. And Job died, an old man, and full of days.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 119:66.71.75.91.125.130 (R. 135a)
R/. O Lord, let your face shine forth on your servant.
Teach me good judgement and knowledge,
for I trust in your commands. R/.
It was good for me to be humbled,
that I might learn your statutes. R/.
R/. O Lord, let your face shine forth on your servant.
O Lord, I know that your decrees are right;
though I am humbled, you are just. R/.
Your judgements endure to this day,
for all things are your servants. R/.
I am your servant; give me understanding:
then I shall know your decrees. R/.
The unfolding of your word gives light,
and understanding to the simple. R/.
ALLELUIA Matthew 11:25
Alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the kingdom. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
”Rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Luke 10:17-24)
At that time: The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.” Then turning to the disciples he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see what you see! For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
The beautiful story of Job poses several questions to us as we live in times where religious beliefs are not taken seriously and believers only seek a life devoid of suffering – a crossless Christianity, to put it simply. Job tells us that steadfast belief in God is a sure way of spiritual comfort in times of sorrow despite earthly suffering. Furthermore, we must learn that the spirit may flow anywhere it wishes; to some it’s a time for replenishment like Job, to some it is an avenue for signs and wonders like the disciples. The cases of Job and that of the disciples speak to us about having a fervent relationship with God that guarantees our place with our heavenly Father. Outward representation may be short-lived, but the inner satisfaction is so rewarding that it cannot be compared to the outward show.
As we celebrate the memorial of St Therese of Lisieux, the Patroness of the Missions, let us call to mind how she endured the crosses and sufferings that came on her way for the love of God, for missionaries all over the world and for the salvation of souls. She became a saint by practicing the ‘little way’: Loving and honouring God in perfectly child-like way and doing the ordinary things in life with extra-ordinary love. Our Blessed Mother Mary too endured all her sufferings with her Son and she is rewarded as the Queen of heaven and earth. Are we ready to endure suffering like Job, St Therese of Lisieux and our mother Mary?
TODAY’S SAINT AND QUOTE: St. Faustina Kowalska – October 5th
-O my Lord. Inflame my heart with love for You, that my spirit may not grow weary amidst the storms, the sufferings and the trials.
PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
REFLECTION AND PRAYERS TO ST JOSEPH
All the faithful should be devoted to St. Joseph in order to obtain the grace of a good death, and this for three reasons.
1. Because Jesus Christ loved him not only as a friend, but as a father, and, therefore, his intercession is more powerful than that of the other saints.
2. Because Our Lord, in return for having saved him from Herod, has given St. Joseph the special privilege of protecting the dying against the snares of the devil.
3. Because St. Joseph, who died in the company of Jesus and Mary, is the model of a holy death and can obtain this grace for his clients.
Let Us Pray
St. Joseph, obtain for me that, like thee, I may die in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Amen
THE MIRACULOUS 54-DAY ROSARY NOVENA, 8TH SEPT. TO 31ST OCT. 2024
LAST 27 DAYS IN THANKSGIVING
Day 1: THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
THANKSGIVING: Heavenly Father on this Miraculous 54-Day Rosary Novena, we bow our hearts to you and pray, we give you thanks for all you’ve done especially for the gift of Your son Jesus and his Mother Mary. With thankful hearts, we praise You our God who like a loving parent never denies his children good things. Thank you for hearing all our petitions and granting them. May your name be praised for evermore. Amen.
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 gratefully 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 ten 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 thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown thyself my Mother.
4. The Apostles’ Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
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 in thanksgiving for (YOUR INTENTION) which thou in thy love hast obtained for me. Hail, Mary, etc.
10. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
