SAINT QUOTE OF THE DAY : Saturday - September 26, 2020

Saturday - September 26, 2020

Do something good for someone 

you like least today.

-Saint Anthony of Padua

September 26, 2020

Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1

ECCL 11:9—12:8

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young

and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.

Follow the ways of your heart,

the vision of your eyes;

Yet understand that as regards all this

God will bring you to judgment.

Ward off grief from your heart

and put away trouble from your presence,

though the dawn of youth is fleeting.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth,

before the evil days come

And the years approach of which you will say,

I have no pleasure in them;

Before the sun is darkened,

and the light, and the moon, and the stars,

while the clouds return after the rain;

When the guardians of the house tremble,

and the strong men are bent,

And the grinders are idle because they are few,

and they who look through the windows grow blind;

When the doors to the street are shut,

and the sound of the mill is low;

When one waits for the chirp of a bird,

but all the daughters of song are suppressed;

And one fears heights,

and perils in the street;

When the almond tree blooms,

and the locust grows sluggish

and the caper berry is without effect,

Because man goes to his lasting home,

and mourners go about the streets;

Before the silver cord is snapped

and the golden bowl is broken,

And the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

and the broken pulley falls into the well,

And the dust returns to the earth as it once was,

and the life breath returns to God who gave it.

Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,

all things are vanity!

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Responsorial Psalm

PS 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 AND 17

R. (1) In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

You turn man back to dust,

saying, “Return, O children of men.”

For a thousand years in your sight

are as yesterday, now that it is past,

or as a watch of the night.

R. In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

You make an end of them in their sleep;

the next morning they are like the changing grass,

Which at dawn springs up anew,

but by evening wilts and fades.

R. In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

Teach us to number our days aright,

that we may gain wisdom of heart.

Return, O LORD! How long?

Have pity on your servants!

R. In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,

that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.

And may the gracious care of the LORD our God be ours;

prosper the work of our hands for us!

Prosper the work of our hands!

R. In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.

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Alleluia

2 TIMOTHY 1:10

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Our Savior Christ Jesus destroyed death

and brought life to light through the Gospel.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

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GOSPEL

LUKE 9:43B-45

While they were all amazed at his every deed,

Jesus said to his disciples,

“Pay attention to what I am telling you.

The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”

But they did not understand this saying;

its meaning was hidden from them

so that they should not understand it,

and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.    

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Whole-hearted Faith  

Jesus calls us to whole-heartedness. What does that look like?

Total surrender, throwing ourselves and our lives at the feet of Christ so he can do whatever he pleases with us. Jesus accomplishes much with (in and through) those who are totally available to him. God calls us to this life of surrender and whole-hearted love, worship, adoration and ministry right where we are, in our ordinary lives, in our struggles and sufferings and imperfections. 

When God invites us to do anything, we must give him our "yes", even if we doubt we can do it, otherwise we sin. Any "no" we say to God has ramifications that are not good.

When we feel spiritually dry or confused or blocked, or if it seems like we're in a battle with demonic forces and our victory is elusive or temporary, it's often because we've said "no" to God somewhere, sometime, perhaps a long time ago.

When you're invited to do something good, do it! The Lord will work out the details. God equips us for success based on our "yes", not on our "maybe after I feel ready for it". Not sure if the invitation is from God? Say yes anyway! He'll protect you from doing what he is not asking you to do (if you're listening).

What do you need to repent from in order to give God your 100 percent very best? Go to the Sacrament of Confession for this before it's too late. All of this Saturday's readings remind us of the reality of death. Time is short. Why not give God your very best -- all the time, every day while he is still giving you time on earth to make a difference?

We could die at any moment. Even if we live to a very old age, will we be able to say that we gave God our very best? Time is precious, because the "now" moment is gone before we can finish saying the word "now".

This moment right now is a gift from God. And the next and the next and all the way until we reach eternity. Why not commit your life whole-heartedly to giving God your very best today? Right now!

Giving God our best starts with a personal relationship with Jesus as our Savior and Redeemer. But that is just the beginning. We also need to have a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit because this is the Person of God that Jesus gave us to empower us to be holy. The Holy Spirit guides us in our calling to continue the mission of Christ using. The Holy Spirit helps us to excel in the use of the gifts and talents and resources that God has given us.

Come Holy Spirit, renew me!
Come Holy Spirit, fill me.
Come Holy Spirit, help me to become whole-hearted in my faith.
Come Holy Spirit, You have my permission to change me.
Amen!

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God Bless You.....

The Rosary Family

The mother of Jesus promised St. Dominic that, “one day through the rosary & the scapular I shall save the world!”