Saturday October 26, 2024
Weekday (29)
BVM on Saturday
Office: Psalter Week 1
Mass and Preface of the day or BVM
Vestment: White/Green
Today’s Rosary: The Joyful Mystery
Vespers I of the 30th Sunday of the Year
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FIRST READING
Christ is the head from whom the whole body is joined and knit together.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians (Ephesians 4:7-16)
Brethren: Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) And his gifts were that some should be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, for the equipment of the saints, for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; so that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful wiles. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied, when each part is working properly, makes bodily growth and up builds itself in love.
The word of the Lord.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 122:1-2.3-4ab.4cd-5 (R. 1)
R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord ”
And now our feet are standing within
your gates, O Jerusalem. R/.
Jerusalem is built as a city
bonded as one together.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord. R/.
R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
For Israel’s witness it is
to praise the name of the Lord.
There were set the thrones for judgement,
the thrones of the house of David. R/.
ALLELUIA Ezekiel 33: 11
Alleluia. I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord, but that he turn from his way and live. Alleluia.
GOSPEL
“Unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke (Luke 13: 1-9)
There were some present at that very time who told Jesus of the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered thus? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, No; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.” And he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. And he said to the vinedresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it down; why should it use up the ground?’ And he answered him, ‘Let it alone, sir, this year also, till I dig about it and put on manure. And if it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down. ”’
The Gospel of the Lord.
TODAY’S REFLECTION
The eschatological teaching of Jesus that we have learnt from this week’s readings is concluded with the call to repentance, acknowledging the fact that we have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. Thus, we should never spend time accusing anyone of being a sinner but we should look inward for a proper self-examination. We indulge in judging and condemning others for their sins and weaknesses, but are we better off than those we condemn? Jesus gives us opportunities to repent, how well do we use those opportunities? Every day, every moment, every event, every warning is an opportunity for us to change and become fruitful and useful. We must change our sinful ways and become righteous, bearing fruit, or else we shall be condemned/cut off like the unfruitful fig tree.
Personal Devotional
REFLECTION AND PRAYERS TO ST JOSEPH
The boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and his parents did not know it” (Luke 2:43). How great was the pain of St. Joseph when Jesus was lost in the temple! Joseph was accustomed to the enjoyment of the sweet presence of his beloved saviour. What, then, must have been his sorrow when he was deprived of it for three days, without knowing whether he should evermore find Jesus, and most painful of all, without knowing why he had lost him. How great, on the other hand, was Joseph’s joy when he found Jesus and realized that the absence of the child did not arise from any neglect on his part, but from a zeal for the glory of the father.
Let Us Pray,
St. Joseph, through the merits of the pains which thou didst suffer at losing Jesus, obtain for me tears to weep always for my sins. Amen
THE MIRACULOUS 54-DAY ROSARY NOVENA
LAST 27 DAYS IN THANKSGIVING
Day 22: THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES
1. Sign of the Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen
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.
2. Hail Mary:
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
3. 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 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Say: The Hail Holy Queen
Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail Our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement O loving O sweet Virgin Mary.
V/. Pray for us oh holy mother of God.
R/. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
11. Let us pray: O God whose only begotten son by his life death………..
12. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (optional)
13. Let us pray: Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this Spiritual Communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow in thanksgiving for (specify request) which thou in thy love hast obtained for me. Hail, Mary, etc.
14. HAIL MARY;
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen
15. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen.
