Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, September 29 2019
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1. ReadingBook of Amos
6,1.4-7.]Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion!
]Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, They eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall!
]Improvising to the music of the harp, like David, they devise their own accompaniment.
]They drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the best oils; yet they are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph!
]Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile, and their wanton revelry shall be done away with.
Psalms
146(145),7.8-9.10.]The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
the LORD sets captives free.
]The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
]The LORD protects strangers.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
]The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
First Letter to Timothy
6,11-16.]But you, man of God, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
]Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses.
]I charge (you) before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession,
]to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ
]that the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
]who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
16,19-31.]Jesus said to the Pharisees: "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day.
]And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
]who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
]When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried,
]and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
]And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
]Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
]Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'
]He said, 'Then I beg you, father, send him to my father's house,
]for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.'
]But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
]He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
]Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"
St. Michael Archangel - Feast()
SAINT MICHAEL Archangel(Feast) St. Michael the Archangel cast down Satan from Heaven with a cry: "Mikha'el"; meaning, "Who is like God?" Although he was lower-ranked, he was the first to arise and defend God. Thus, God used St. Michael's courage to humble Satan - who was supposedly greatest in perfection. St. Michael is an intercessor and the defender of beleaguered souls. Heappears in Holy Scripture as the guardian of the children of Israel: their comfort and protector in times of sorrow or conflict. He prepares for their return from the Persian captivity, leads the valiant Maccabees to victory, and rescues the body of Moses from the envious grasp of the Evil One. Ever since Christ's coming, the Church venerates St. Michael as her special patron and protector. She invokes him by name in her confession of sin, summons him to her children's side in the agony of death, and chooses him as their escort from the chastening flames of purgatory to the realms of holy light. When the Antichrist sets up a kingdom on earth, St. Michael will unfurl the standard of the Cross, sound the last trumpet, and binding together the false prophet and the beast, hurl them into the fire for eternity.
St. Gabriel Archangel - Feast()
Saint Gabriel Archangel(Feast) Saint Gabriel's name means "God's strength." His task was communicating revelation and the coming of the Messiah. He is mentioned four times in the Bible. In Daniel 8, St. Gabriel explains the vision of the horned ram as portending the destruction of the Persian Empire by the Macedonian Alexander the Great; after whose death the kingdom will be divided up among his generals, from one of whom will spring Antiochus Epiphanes.In chapter 9, after Daniel prayed for Israel, we read that "the man Gabriel . . . flying swiftly touched me" and he communicated to him the mysterious prophecy of the "seventy weeks" of years which should elapse before the coming of Christ. Most significant are Gabriel's two mentions in the New Testament: to announce the birth of John the Baptist to his father Zacharias and to foretell to Mary the Incarnation of the Word in her womb. He is the patron saint of messengers and communication workers.
St. Raphael Archangel - Feast()
Saint Raphael Archangel(Feast) St. Raphael the Archangel is venerated in the Book of Tobit for miracles of healing, protection and holy encounters. For these reasons, he is invoked by Christians, especially for encounters leading to marriage. Raphael's name means, "God has healed." In the Book of Tobit, St. Raphael appears disguised in human form as the travelling companion of the younger Tobias, calling himself "Azarias, the son of the great Ananias." During the journey, the protective influence of St. Raphael is shown in many ways, including the binding "in the desert of upper Egypt" of the demon who had previously slain seven husbands of Sara, daughter of Raguel. After their return and the healing of the blindness of the elder Tobias, Azarias makes himself known as "the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord" (Tobit 12:15).
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