Tuesday October 15, 2024
ST THERESA OF AVILA, V.D. (MEMORIAL)
Office: Memorial, Psalter Week 4
Mass and Preface of the Memorial
Vestment: White
Today’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mystery
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FIRST READING
Circumcision is of no avail, but faith working through love.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Galatians (Galatians 5:1-6)
Brethren: For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 119:41.43.44.45.47.48 (R. 41a)
R/. Lord, let your mercy come upon me.
Lord, let your mercy come upon me,
the salvation you have promised. R/.
Never take the word of truth from my mouth,
for I hope in your decrees. R/.
I shall always keep your law,
forever and ever. R/.
R/. Lord, let your mercy come upon me.
I shall walk on a spacious plain,
for I seek your precepts. R/.
In your commands I have found my delight;
these I have loved. R/.
I reach out to your commands, which I love,
and ponder your statutes. R/.
ALLELUIA Hebrews 4: 12
Alleluia. The word of the Lord is living and active, discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
“Give alms; and behold, everything is clean for you.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Luke 11:37-41)
At that time: While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love. Truly love is the hallmark of Christianity and anything done outside love as a true guide becomes an obstacle to good Christian living. The seat of love is the human heart, and once this is guided properly, our actions become pure and good. Could this be the reason why the Pharisees never got it right? Probably the concern for external observances blinded their heart from loving. Are we not carried away sometimes by the desire to be on target with external observances, when in our hearts we truly do not love. Offering the kiss of peace could be a ritual at mass, yet our heart may be far from the one whom we offer a kiss of peace. Let love rule and our actions whether rituals or not be genuine.
TODAY’S SAINT AND QUOTE: St Teresa of Avila – October 15th
-Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
-We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
-One who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.
-Pain is never permanent.
-Know that even when you are in the kitchen, our Lord moves amidst the pots and pans.
PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
REFLECTION AND PRAYERS TO ST JOSEPH
St. Bernard, speaking of St. Joseph’s power of dispensing graces to his devout servants, makes use of the following remarkable words: “To some of the saint’s power is granted to succour us in particular necessities; but to St. Joseph power is granted to succour in all necessities, and to defend all those who, with devotion, have recourse to him.”
Let Us Pray,
St. Joseph, help us when we are in need. Amen
THE MIRACULOUS 54-DAY ROSARY NOVENA, 8TH SEPT. TO 31ST OCT. 2024
FIRST 27 DAYS IN PETITION
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES
DAY 11 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
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. Say: The Apostles’ Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
5. The Agony in the Garden – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of resignation to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Scourging at the Pillar – Our Father, 10 Hail Marys, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of mortification and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crowning with Thorns – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Carrying of the Cross – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of patience in adversity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
The Crucifixion – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of love of our enemies and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.
6. Say: 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 favour 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
