Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

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September 6, 2009 – (9/6/2009)

And people brought a deaf man who had a speech impediment to Jesus and begged him to lay his hand on him.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak

Sunday September 6 2009 is the Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Is 35:4-7a

Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10

Jas 2:1-5

Mk 7:31-37

Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!

Here is your God

he comes with vindication;
with divine recompense
he comes to save you.

Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,

the ears of the deaf be cleared;

then will the lame leap like a stag,

then the tongue of the mute will sing.

Streams will burst forth in the desert,
and rivers in the steppe.

The burning sands will become pools,
and the thirsty ground, springs of water.

Praise the Lord, my soul!

Listen to the Word of God

And offer praise to the Lord

Lord I offer you my life

My brothers and sisters, show no partiality
as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

For if a man with gold rings and fine clothes
comes into your assembly,

and a poor person in shabby clothes
also comes in,
and you pay attention
to the one
wearing the fine clothes

and say

“Sit here, please,”
while you say to the poor one,

“Stand there,” or “Sit at my feet,”
have you not made distinctions
among yourselves and become
judges with evil designs?

Did not God choose those who are poor in the world
to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
that he promised to those who love him?

“Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!” —
And immediately the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.

 

 

 

 

Lord, I offer my life to you…

Use it for your glory

They were exceedingly astonished and they said,
“He has done all things well.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

Listen to the Word of God and always speak the Truth…Be Opened…Ears Open…Speak Clearly

AMEN
and
AMEN

GOD BLESS YOU

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Mass Preparation for this Sunday
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/b_ot_23.pdf
http://www.lifeteen.com/RSS/podcasts/sunday/LifeTeenPresentsSundaySundaySunday-09_06_09.mp3
http://www.catholicdoors.com/homilies/2009/090906.htm
http://www.loyolapress.com/23rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time-b-sunday-connection.htm
http://www.wellsprings.org.uk/weekly_wellsprings/year_b/sunday_23.htm
http://www.saintjames-nb.org/n23otb03.htm

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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August 30, 2009 – (8/30/2009)

Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.
All good giving and every perfect gift is from above…He willed to give us birth by the word of truth that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.

Observe the commands of the whole of God’s law carefully

 

Dt 4:1-2, 6-8

Ps 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5

Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27

Mk 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
and is able to save your souls.

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves.

Religion that is

pure

and

undefiled before God and the Father is this:

to care for
orphans and widows
in their affliction
and to
keep oneself
unstained by the world.

 

Sunday August 30 2009 is the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

“From within people, from their hearts,
come evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder,
adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.
All these evils come from within and they defile.”

One who does justice

will live
in the presence of the Lord.

Whoever walks blamelessly

and does justice;

who thinks the truth in his heart
and slanders not with his tongue.

When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem
gathered around Jesus,
they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals
with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.

—For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews,
do not eat without carefully washing their hands,
keeping the tradition of the elders.
And on coming from the marketplace
they do not eat without purifying themselves.
And there are many other things that they have traditionally observed,
the purification of cups and jugs and kettles and beds. —
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him,
“Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders
but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?”
He responded,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written:
This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.”

God of Justice

Catholic Social Teaching Prayer Slideshow

Keep REAL the WORD of TRUTH

AMEN
and
AMEN

GOD BLESS YOU

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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

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August 23, 2009 – (8/23/2009)

Jos 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b

Ps 34:2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21

Eph 5:21-32 or 5:2a, 25-32

Jn 6:60-69

 

Jesus told his disciples that “there are some of you who do not believe.”

 

Jesus: “Do you also want to leave?”

Simon Peter: “Master, to whom shall we go?
You have the words of eternal life.

We have come to believe and are convinced

that you are the

Holy One of God.”

Joshua addressed all the people:
“If it does not please you to serve the LORD, decide
today
whom
you will
serve…

the gods your fathers served
beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites
in whose country
you are now dwelling. As for me and my household,
we will serve the LORD.” But the people answered,
Far be it from us to forsake the LORD
for the service of other gods.

Sunday August 23 2009 is the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

For it was the LORD, our God,
who brought us and our fathers
up out of the land of Egypt,
out of a state of slavery.

He performed those
great miracles
before our
very eyes
and
protected
us
along our
entire journey and among the peoples
through whom we passed. Therefore we also
will serve the LORD,
for he is our God. Jesus said,
“just as the living Father sent me and I have life
because of the Father,
so also the one who
feeds on me
will have life
because of me.” The disciples said,

“This saying is hard; who can accept it?”  

 Jesus said,

“It is the spirit that gives life, while the flesh is of no avail.”

“The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and life.”

Taste and see

the goodness
of the Lord

When the just cry out,
the LORD hears them,
and from all their distress he rescues them.

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted;

and those who are

crushed in spirit

he saves.

Wives should be subordinate
to their husbands
as to the Lord.

For the husband
is head of his wife

just as Christ is head of the church,

he himself the savior of the body.
As the church is subordinate to Christ,

so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

Husbands, love your wives,

even as Christ LOVED THE CHURCH
and handed himself over for her to sanctify her,

He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no one hates his own flesh
but rather nourishes and cherishes it,
even as Christ does

THE CHURCH,

because we are

MEMBERS of HIS BODY.

For this reason a man shall
leave his father and his mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.

This is a great mystery,
but I speak
in reference to
CHRIST AND THE CHURCH

The words I have spoken to you are
Spirit and Life.

But there are some of you

who do not

believe.

Jesus knew from the beginning

the ones who
would not
believe

and the one
who would
betray him.

And he said,
“For this reason
I have told you
that no one can come to me
unless
it is granted him
by my Father.”

As a result of this,
many of his disciples returned
to their former way of life
and
no longer
accompanied him.

Jesus then said to the Twelve,
“Do you also want to leave?”

Simon Peter answered him,
“Master, to whom shall we go?”

“You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe
and are convinced that you
are the Holy One of God.”

AMEN
and
AMEN

GOD BLESS YOU

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Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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August 16, 2009 – (8/16/2009)

Prv 9:1-6

Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7

Eph 5:15-20

Jn 6:51-58

Jesus said to the crowds:
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven;

whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

Sunday August 16 2009 is the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven columns; she has dressed her meat, mixed her wine, yes, she has spread her table.

Taste and see

the goodness
of the Lord
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears. Watch carefully how you live, not as foolish persons but as wise, making the most of the opportunity,

because the days are

EVIL.

Therefore,

do not continue in ignorance,

but try to understand what is the will of the Lord.

And do not get drunk on wine,

in which lies debauchery,

but be filled with the Spirit,

addressing one another in

psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts,

giving thanks always and for everything

in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father.

“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,

 

you do not have life within you.

For my flesh is true food,

and my blood is true drink.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my

blood remains in me and I in him. 

 AMEN
and
AMEN

GOD BLESS YOU

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