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Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed are You among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!" LK 1:41,42
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Ordinary Time: October 1st
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him" (Matt. 21:31-32). Vigésimo Sexto Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario "En verdad os digo que los publicanos y las prostitutas entran antes que vosotros en el reino de Dios. Cuando Juan vino a vosotros en camino de justicia, no le creísteis; pero los publicanos y las prostitutas Pero aun cuando viste esto, no cambiaste de opinión y le creíste" (Mateo 21:31-32). Weekly Collect Prayer: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us and make those hastening to attain your promises heirs to the treasures of heaven. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Vigésimo sexto domingo del tiempo ordinario: Oh Dios, que manifiestas tu omnipotencia sobre todo perdonando y mostrando misericordia, concede, te rogamos, tu gracia abundantemente sobre nosotros y haz herederos de los tesoros del cielo a aquellos que se apresuran a alcanzar tus promesas. Por nuestro Señor Jesucristo, tu Hijo, que vive y reina contigo en la unidad del Espíritu Santo, Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time- The Understanding Father-Jesus is saying something important in today’s Gospel. He talks about tax collectors and prostitutes who repented after hearing John the Baptist preach. He must have shocked the priests and elders when he said those prostitutes would enter the kingdom of God before them. After all, his listeners had spent their whole lives being faithful to the Law. Yet Jesus was saying that sinners who repented will enter God’s kingdom first. Jesus’ point was not so much about final salvation as about our daily choices. Remember the parable about the two sons. The second son said what his father wanted to hear, with no intention of doing it. The first was honest about not wanting to go to the vineyard, but then decided to do it anyway. I suspect the father of those men knew what each would or would not do. And whom do we want to imitate? The priests and elders said all the right things about obeying God’s laws, but they were more interested in looking important than living a holy life. Are we like that—telling everyone I am a good Christian, going to church every Sunday (or at least on Christmas and Easter), and yet never making any effort to be loving, forgiving, patient, honest, or any of the difficult things that Jesus calls us to be? The tax collectors and sinners knew that they were unworthy, but they listened to the call to repentance and let God make them worthy. Are we honest enough to look at our lives and repent of our hatred, our selfishness, or whatever keeps us in sin, and then to follow Jesus with our whole heart? We may not always like doing what God asks of us, but God is an under-standing Father who can accept our weaknesses and forgive them when we are ready to return to him. (Tom Schmidt)
Today in Ordinary Time...
Pope Francis Prayer Intention for Oct. 2023
For the Synod: We pray for the Church, that she may adopt listening and dialogue as a lifestyle at every level, and allow herself to be guided by the Holy Spirit towards the peripheries of the world. |
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Most merciful Lord, You continuously call us to repentance. We have all sinned against You and do so every day. Please give me the gifts of humility and honesty so that I will be aware of the ways in which I refuse to say yes to Your perfect will and so that I can repent of those sins and daily turn back to You. Jesus, I trust in You. Reflexión Señor misericordioso, Tú nos llamas continuamente al arrepentimiento. Todos hemos pecado contra Ti y lo hacemos todos los días. Por favor, dame los dones de la humildad y la honestidad para que sea consciente de las formas en que me niego a decir sí a Tu perfecta voluntad y para que pueda arrepentirme de esos pecados y volver a Ti diariamente. Jesús, en Ti confío. DAILY MASS READINGS October 1 – October 8, 2023 Sunday, October 1st Readings: Ez 18:25-28; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Phil 2:1-11 or Phil 2:1-5; Mt 21:28-32 Monday, October 2nd Readings: Zec 8:1-8; Ps 102:16-18, 19-21, 29 & 22-23; Mt 18:1-5, 10 Tuesday, October 3rd Readings: Zec 8:20-23; Ps 87:1b-3, 4-5, 6-7; Lk 9:51-56 Wednesday, October 4th Readings: Neh 2:1-8; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Lk 9:57-62 Thursday, October 5th Readings: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Lk 10:1-12 Friday, October 6th Readings: Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Lk 10:13-16 Saturday, October 7th Readings: Bar 4:5-12, 27-29; Ps 69:33-35, 36-37; Lk 10:17-24 Sunday, October 8th Readings: Is 5:1-7; Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20; Phil 4:6-9; Mt 21:33-43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
Please pray for those in our Parish who are ill, homebound or in the nursing home: Ernest Delgado; Pedro Guerrero Margaret Juarez; Mae Blattau; Henry Capello; Marianna Haywood; John Ojeda; Edward Svoboda; Petra Alonzo; Miguel Alonzo III; Sara Alvarez Juanita (Janie) Mojica; Josephine Bruskewitz; Luis Aguilar; Pilar Natal Sr.; Domitila Juarez; Ramona Serrato Richard Mendez; Fr. Adam Martinez; Deacon Guadalupe Aguilar; Dimas Castro; Jesse Garcia IV; Concepcion Trevino.
+May God Comfort & send his healing grace upon them. 
Let us pray for & thank the military men and women who are deployed & who serve our country so bravely. We especially salute and pray for those of our own parish family: 1st Lieutenant Joseph Franco (JD)-US Airforce; 2nd Lieutenant Gabriel Franco-US Airforce; ET2 Ryan Lockhart-USNR; 1st Lieutenant Cristal Trejo-US Army; David Sides-US Army; Sergeant Xavier Benitez-US Army; Major Jonathan Sanders-US Air Force; Sergent Marissa Mendez-US Army; Lance Corporal Phillip Nolan Yanez-US Marines; Sergeant Xavier T. Espinoza USMC; Sergeant Jessica Estrada Nowotny -US Air Force & Lieutenant Colonel Kurt French USAR. May God watch over them & bring them home safely.
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