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SAINT QUOTE OF THE DAY : Saturday - August 21, 2021


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Saturday - August 21, 2021

I will attempt day by day to break my will into pieces. I want to do God's Holy Will, not my own!

--Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother

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August 21, 2021

Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope
Lectionary: 424

 

Reading 1                                                     Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17

Naomi had a prominent kinsman named Boaz,

of the clan of her husband Elimelech.

Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,

“Let me go and glean ears of grain in the field

of anyone who will allow me that favor.”

Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter,” and she went.

The field she entered to glean after the harvesters

happened to be the section belonging to Boaz

of the clan of Elimelech.

 

Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter!

Do not go to glean in anyone else’s field;

you are not to leave here.

Stay here with my women servants.

Watch to see which field is to be harvested, and follow them;

I have commanded the young men to do you no harm.

When you are thirsty, you may go and drink from the vessels

the young men have filled.”

Casting herself prostrate upon the ground, Ruth said to him,

“Why should I, a foreigner, be favored with your notice?”

Boaz answered her:

“I have had a complete account of what you have done

for your mother-in-law after your husband’s death;

you have left your father and your mother and the land of your birth,

and have come to a people whom you did not know previously.”

 

Boaz took Ruth.

When they came together as man and wife,

the LORD enabled her to conceive and she bore a son.

Then the women said to Naomi,

“Blessed is the LORD who has not failed

to provide you today with an heir!

May he become famous in Israel!

He will be your comfort and the support of your old age,

for his mother is the daughter-in-law who loves you.

She is worth more to you than seven sons!”

Naomi took the child, placed him on her lap, and became his nurse.

And the neighbor women gave him his name,

at the news that a grandson had been born to Naomi.

They called him Obed.

He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

 

Responsorial Psalm                                              128:1b-2, 3, 4, 5

 

R. (4) See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

 

Blessed are you who fear the LORD,

who walk in his ways!

For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork;

blessed shall you be, and favored.

R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

You wife shall be like a fruitful vine

in the recesses of your home;

Your children like olive plants

around your table.

R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

Behold, thus is the man blessed

who fears the LORD.

R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

The LORD bless you from Zion:

may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem

all the days of your life.

R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

 

Alleluia                                                                      Mt 23:9b, 10b

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

You have but one Father in heaven;

you have but one master, the Christ.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

 

Gospel                                                                       Mt 23:1-12

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,

“The scribes and the Pharisees

have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.

Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,

but do not follow their example.

For they preach but they do not practice.

They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry

and lay them on people’s shoulders,

but they will not lift a finger to move them.

All their works are performed to be seen.

They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,

greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’

As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’

You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.

Call no one on earth your father;

you have but one Father in heaven.

Do not be called ‘Master’;

you have but one master, the Christ.

The greatest among you must be your servant.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;

but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

 

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Hidden Acts of Kindness

     Lord Jesus, today I place myself in your presence and I ask you to open my heart so that I can let your word penetrate more deeply. In this meditation, I want to conform my life to your Gospel, to your ideal for me. I want to overcome my own pharisaical attitudes, and take on the attitudes of your kingdom. Let me approach the Scriptures with humility, so that I can change what needs to be changed. Let these words be the nourishment I need to be able to grow and mature spiritually, to let go of my childish ways of seeing the world. Opening Prayer:



    Encountering Christ:

    1. We want to be the kind of people who lift our fingers to help others with their burdens, right? We must, therefore, learn to be with others, to feel with them, to put ourselves in their shoes so that we can understand what their burdens feel like. Our hearts need to feel real empathy. We are Pharisees when we look upon others’ sins or lack of faith and judge them. We are Christs for others when we put judgment of others aside, pray for them, listen to them, accompany them, and strive to lift their burdens. Not Lifting a Finger: 

    2. People who do works to be seen are pharisaical. There is no room for these kinds of people in the kingdom of God. When we strive to impress those around us or, worse yet, prove that we are better than they are, we are enslaved by sin. By contrast, when we are able to serve another person in a hidden way, it keeps our love for God something truly personal and intimate—just between God and us. As this intimacy with Christ fills our hearts, he can free us from the desire to be seen by others. Works to Be Seen: 

    3. How many opportunities we have each day to be the least, and the servant of others! Day after day we find ourselves disgruntled because of a terse discussion, because someone doesn’t respect our opinion, or because they think they know more than we do. We feel belittled in some way. The injustice can hurt, but Christ invites us to offer these moments as a fragrant gift to him, which will strengthen us to be humble servants to others. The Greatest Is a Servant to Others: 

      Lord, take away my proud spirit. Help me to be a servant of others. Help me to let go of the opinions of myself that drive me to want to be at the top and be seen by others. Help me to live only for you. I know you see me.Conversing with Christ: 

       Lord, today by your grace I will do a hidden act of service for someone.Resolution:
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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!”
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