Category: Ordinary Time
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Frist Reading

Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Rom 8: 18-25)

Creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God.

Brothers and sisters:
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing
compared with the glory to be revealed for us.
For creation awaits with eager expectation
the revelation of the children of God;
for creation was made subject to futility,
not of its own accord but because of the one who subjected it,
in hope that creation itself
would be set free from slavery to corruption
and share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.
We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now;
and not only that, but we ourselves,
who have the firstfruits of the Spirit,
we also groan within ourselves
as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
For in hope we were saved.
Now hope that sees for itself is not hope.
For who hopes for what one sees?
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance.

— The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 126: 1b-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6

The Lord has done marvels for us.

When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
we were like men dreaming.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with rejoicing.

Then they said among the nations,
“The LORD has done great things for them.”
The LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad indeed.

Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those that sow in tears
shall reap rejoicing.

Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing,
carrying their sheaves.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke (Lk 13: 18-21)

The seed was fully grown, it became a large bush.

Jesus said,

“What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”

Again he said,

“To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast that a woman took
and mixed in with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch of dough was leavened.”

— The Gospel of the Lord.

Category: Ordinary Time
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First Reading

Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Rom 8: 12-17)

You received a Spirit of adoption, through which we cry, “Abba, Father!”

Brothers and sisters,
we are not debtors to the flesh,
to live according to the flesh.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die,
but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body,
you will live.

For those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but you received a spirit of adoption,
through which we cry, “Abba, Father!”
The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit
that we are children of God,
and if children, then heirs,
heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,
if only we suffer with him
so that we may also be glorified with him.

— The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

Ps 68: 2 and 4, 6-7ab, 20-21

Our God is the God of salvation.

God arises; his enemies are scattered,
and those who hate him flee before him.
But the just rejoice and exult before God;
they are glad and rejoice.

The father of orphans and the defender of widows
is God in his holy dwelling.
God gives a home to the forsaken;
he leads forth prisoners to prosperity.

Blessed day by day be the Lord,
who bears our burdens; God, who is our salvation.
God is a saving God for us;
the LORD, my Lord, controls the passageways of death.

Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.

Your word, O Lord, is truth; consecrate us in the truth.

Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke (Lk 13: 10-17)

This daughter of Abraham, ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day.

Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,

“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”

He laid his hands on her,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
But the leader of the synagogue,
indignant that Jesus had cured on the sabbath,
said to the crowd in reply,

“There are six days when work should be done.
Come on those days to be cured, not on the sabbath day.”

The Lord said to him in reply,

“Hypocrites!
Does not each one of you on the sabbath
untie his ox or his ass from the manger
and lead it out for watering?
This daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan has bound for eighteen years now,
ought she not to have been set free on the sabbath day
from this bondage?”

When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated;
and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.

— The Gospel of the Lord.

Category: Deepening faith
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Life belongs to God and no one can take it away from his creation. Hatred is a form of murder. God wants peace of mind for every person and for society as a whole. This is exactly why Jesus will accuse wickedness of deadly anger and hatred, neither of which leads to peace. Catechesis on the family, in collaboration with Fr Eric Frank Randriamiandrinirinarivo.

Category: Gospel
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October 24, 2023 — Tuesday, Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time — Be vigilant at all times and pray that you may have the strength to stand before the Son of Man — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke (Lk 12: 35-38)

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