Thoughts on Catholic Gospel Reading for 9.30.18

Mass Readings

Catholic Republic of ireland

Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, second March, 2022
Léachtaí Gaeilge
Adjacent Sunday'south Readings

The Gospel reminds u.s. how to approach this Lenten season of renewal of our lives. Information technology puts before us an agenda of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. 'Fasting is the soul of prayer, and mercy, the lifeblood of fasting.' … St Peter Chrysologus.

Beginning READING

A reading from the prophet Joel                 2: 12-18
Theme: Let your hearts be cleaved, not your garments torn.

'Northward ow, at present' – information technology is the Lord who speaks –
'come back to me with all your eye,
fasting, weeping, mourning.

50et your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,
plough to the Lord your God again,
for he is all tenderness and compassion,
slow to anger, rich in graciousness,
and ready to relent.
Who knows if he will not turn again, will non relent,
will non leave a approving equally he passes,
oblation and libation
for the Lord your God?
Sound the trumpet in Zion!
Order a fast,
proclaim a solemn assembly,
phone call the people together,
summon the community,
get together the elders,
get together the children,
even the infants at the breast.

Let the bridegroom leave his bedroom
and the helpmate her alcove.
Between vestibule and altar let the priests,
the ministers of the Lord, complaining.
Let them say,
"Spare your people, Lord!
Do not brand your heritage a matter of shame,
a byword for the nations.
Why should it be said among the nations,
"Where is their God?"'
Then the Lord, jealous on behalf of his land,
took pity on his people."

The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God

Responsorial Psalm Ps l
Response Take mercy on us, O Lord, for we accept sinned.

ane. Accept mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
In your pity blot out my offence.
O wash me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin. Response

ii. My offences truly I know them;
my sin is e'er before me.
Against you, y'all alone, have I sinned:
what is evil in your sight I take done. Response

three. A pure heart create for me, O God,
put a steadfast spirit inside me.
Practise not cast me away from your presence,
nor deprive me of your holy spirit. Response

4. Give me again the joy of your assistance;
with a spirit of fervour sustain me.
O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare your praise. Response

SECOND READING

A reading from the second letter of St Paul to theCorinthiansfive: twenty-6: 2
Theme : Be reconciled to God…now is the favourable time.

West e are ambassadors for Christ; information technology is every bit though God were appealing through usa, and the appeal that we make in Christ's proper noun is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God made the sinless i into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God. Every bit his fellow workers, nosotros beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: 'At the favourable fourth dimension, I have listened to y'all; on the mean solar day of salvation I came to your help.'

Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation.

The Give-and-take of the Lord. Thanks exist to God

Gospel Acclamation Ps 50: 12
Praise to Yous, O Christ, male monarch of eternal celebrity!
A pure eye create for me, O God,
and give me again the joy of your help.
Praise to you, O Christ, king of eternal celebrity !

or  Ps 94: 8
Praise to you lot, O Christ, rex of eternal  glory!
Harden not your hearts today,
but listen to the vocalism of the Lord.
Praise to yous, O Christ, male monarch of eternal celebrity!

GOSPEL

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to  Matthew half-dozen: 1-6. 16-18 Glory to you, O Lord
Theme: Your Father who sees all that is done in secret volition reward y'all.

J esus said to his disciples:
'Be careful not to parade your adept deeds before men to concenter their notice; by doing this y'all will lose all reward from your Begetter in heaven. And so when you requite alms, practise not have it trumpeted before you; this is what the hypocrites exercise in the synagogues and in the streets to win men'southward admiration. I tell you solemnly, they accept had their reward. But when you give alms, your left hand must not know what your correct is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is washed in secret volition reward you.

'And when yous pray, exercise not imitate the hypocrites: they dearest to say their prayers standing up in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell yous solemnly, they have had their reward. But when you pray, go to your individual room and, when you accept close your door, pray to your Father who is in that hush-hush place, and your Begetter who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.

'Westwardhen you lot fast practice not put on a gloomy wait every bit the hypocrites practise: they pull long faces to let men know they are fasting. I tell you solemnly, they take had their reward. Merely when yous fast, put oil on your caput and launder your face up, so that no one will know you are fasting except your Male parent who sees all that is done in surreptitious; and your Father who sees all that is done in clandestine volition reward you.'

The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you , Lord Jesus Christ.

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Gospel Reflection Ash Wed Matthew 6:i-half-dozen, 16-18

The first line of the first reading for the flavor of Lent is in the grade of an invitation from God, 'Come back to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning … turn to the Lord your God again, for he is all tenderness and compassion.' We are hearing there the key call of Lent. The call involves firstly a recognition that nosotros are sinners, that in various ways we accept turned abroad from God. Information technology also involves a recognition that the God we have turned away from is a God of tenderness and compassion who longs for our render. In today'south 2nd reading Saint Paul goes further and reminds the states that the God from whom we have turned away has sought u.s. out and continues to seek us out in the person of his Son Jesus. 'For our sake, God make the sinless ane into sin, and so that in him we might become the goodness of God.' What a powerful statement that is! God sent his Son to become like us so that we might get like God. God in his Son journeyed towards our sinful condition so that we might journeying towards God's goodness.

T he ashes that we habiliment on this twenty-four hours tell the globe that we are sinners. Yet, those ashes we received are in the shape of a cantankerous, which proclaims that we believe in a God whose love is stronger than our sin. As Paul declares in his letter of the alphabet to the Romans, 'God demonstrates his love for us, in that while nosotros notwithstanding were sinners, Christ died for us.' The iii practices of almsgiving, prayer and fasting that Jesus speaks virtually in the gospel reading are 3 traditional means of responding to God's love for us in Christ, three ways of journeying towards God who has journeyed towards u.s.. They are three ways of responding to that telephone call of God at the beginning of the first reading, 'Come dorsum to me with all your centre'. These three Lenten practices are closely interlinked. Fasting is in the service of prayer and almsgiving. Nosotros die to ourselves and so as to live more fully towards God and our boyfriend man beings.

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The scripture readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible , published by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and used with the permission of the publishers.  http://dltbooks.com/
The Gospel reflection comes to us with thanks from Reflections on the Weekday Readings 2021-2022: My Words Volition Non Pass Away by Martin Hogan and published past Messenger Publications  c/fwww.messenger.ie/bookshop /

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