Sunday, September 29, 2013 (Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Reflection
God wishes us not to rest upon anything but His infinite Goodness. Do not let us expect anything but from Him, and let us put our trust and confidence in Him alone.
-- St Charles Borromeo
Readings
First Reading: Amohs 6:1, 4-7
(The Destruction of Israel)
1 How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria—you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!
4 How terrible it will be for you that stretch out on your luxurious couches, feasting on veal and lamb!
5 You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.
6 You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.
7 So you will be the first to go into exile. Your feasts and
banquets will come to an end.
Psalm: Psalm 146:7-10
7 he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets prisoners free
8 and gives sight to the blind.He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.
9 He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.
10 The Lord is king forever. Your God, O Zion, will reign for all time. Praise the Lord!
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Personal Instructions
11 But you, man of God, avoid all these things. Strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
12 Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses.
Before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who firmly professed his faith before Pontius Pilate, I command you
14 to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.
15 His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
16 He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day. 20 There was also a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door,
21 hoping to eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The rich man died and was buried, `
23 and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
24 So he called out, ‘Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!’
25 But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.
26 Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from where you are.’
27 The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house,
28 where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.’
29 Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’
30 The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.’
31 But Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.’”
Monday, September 30, 2013 {St. Jerome, Priest, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)}
Reflection
The principal safeguard is a prudent reserve, and not allowing liberties to be taken with you. Purity is a precious jewel, and the owner of a precious stone would never dream of making a display of his riches in the presence of thieves.
-- St John Bosco
Readings
First Reading: Zechariah 8:1-8
Psalm: Psalm 102:16-21, 29, 22-23
Gospel: Luke 9:46-50
Readings
Saturday, October 05, 2013 {St. Faustina, Virgin (Optional Memorial)}
Readings
Reflection
God wishes us not to rest upon anything but His infinite Goodness. Do not let us expect anything but from Him, and let us put our trust and confidence in Him alone.
-- St Charles Borromeo
Readings
First Reading: Amohs 6:1, 4-7
(The Destruction of Israel)
1 How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria—you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!
4 How terrible it will be for you that stretch out on your luxurious couches, feasting on veal and lamb!
5 You like to compose songs, as David did, and play them on harps.
6 You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest perfumes, but you do not mourn over the ruin of Israel.
7 So you will be the first to go into exile. Your feasts and
banquets will come to an end.
Psalm: Psalm 146:7-10
7 he judges in favor of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets prisoners free
8 and gives sight to the blind.He lifts those who have fallen; he loves his righteous people.
9 He protects the strangers who live in our land; he helps widows and orphans, but takes the wicked to their ruin.
10 The Lord is king forever. Your God, O Zion, will reign for all time. Praise the Lord!
Second Reading: 1 Timothy 6:11-16
Personal Instructions
11 But you, man of God, avoid all these things. Strive for righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
12 Run your best in the race of faith, and win eternal life for yourself; for it was to this life that God called you when you firmly professed your faith before many witnesses.
Before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who firmly professed his faith before Pontius Pilate, I command you
14 to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.
15 His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
16 He alone is immortal; he lives in the light that no one can approach. No one has ever seen him; no one can ever see him. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
Gospel: Luke 16:19-31
The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was once a rich man who dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day. 20 There was also a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who used to be brought to the rich man's door,
21 hoping to eat the bits of food that fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs would come and lick his sores.
22 The poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the feast in heaven. The rich man died and was buried, `
23 and in Hades, where he was in great pain, he looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side.
24 So he called out, ‘Father Abraham! Take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue, because I am in great pain in this fire!’
25 But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.
26 Besides all that, there is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, nor can anyone cross over to us from where you are.’
27 The rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father Abraham, send Lazarus to my father's house,
28 where I have five brothers. Let him go and warn them so that they, at least, will not come to this place of pain.’
29 Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’
30 The rich man answered, ‘That is not enough, father Abraham! But if someone were to rise from death and go to them, then they would turn from their sins.’
31 But Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone were to rise from death.’”
Monday, September 30, 2013 {St. Jerome, Priest, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)}
Reflection
The principal safeguard is a prudent reserve, and not allowing liberties to be taken with you. Purity is a precious jewel, and the owner of a precious stone would never dream of making a display of his riches in the presence of thieves.
-- St John Bosco
Readings
First Reading: Zechariah 8:1-8
Psalm: Psalm 102:16-21, 29, 22-23
Gospel: Luke 9:46-50
Tuesday, October 01, 2013 {St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)}
Reflection
You ask me a method of attaining perfection. I
know of love - and only love. Love can do all
things.
-- St Therese of Lisieux
Readings
First Reading: Zechariah 8:20-23
Psalm: Psalm 87:1-7
Gospel: Luke 9:51-56
Wednesday, October 02, 2013 {Guardian Angels (Memorial)}
Reflection
What does it avail to know that there is a
God, which you not only believe by Faith, but
also know by reason: what does it avail that
you know Him if you think little of Him?
-- St Thomas More
Readings
First Reading: Exodus 23:20-23
Psalm: Psalm 91:1-6, 10-11
Gospel: Matthew 18:1-5, 10
Thursday, October 03, 2013 (Weekday)
Reflection
The only begotten Son of God, wanting to
make us sharers in His Divinity, assumed our
nature, so that He, made man, might make
men gods.
-- St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusculum
Reading
First Reading: Nehemiah 8:1-12
Psalm: Psalm 19:8-11
Gospel: Luke 10:1-12
Friday, October 04, 2013 {St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, Religious,
Founder of the Three Orders (Solemnity)
Reflectin
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save
me. Evening and morning, and at noon I will
speak and declare: and He shall hear my
voice: He shall redeem my soul in peace from
them that draw near to me...
-- Psalm liv, 17-19Readings
First Reading: Sirach 50:1, 3-4, 6-7
Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11
Second Reading: Galatians 6:14-18
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
Saturday, October 05, 2013 {St. Faustina, Virgin (Optional Memorial)}
Reflection
If you seek patience, you will find no better
example than the cross. Great patience occurs
in two ways: either when one patiently suffers
much, or when one suffers things which one is
able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ
endured much on the cross, and did so
patiently, because when he suffered he did not
threaten; he was led like a sheep to the
slaughter and he did not open his mouth.
-- St. Thomas AquinasReadings
First Reading: Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29
Psalm: Psalm 69:33-37
Gospel: Luke 10:17-24
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