Today's Catholic Daily Readings

Tuesday October 12, 2021
Weekday (28).
Vestment: Green
Today’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mystery



-FIRST READING-
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 1:16-25
“Although they knew God they did not honour him as God.”

Brethren: I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “He who through faith is righteous shall live.” For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of men who by their wickedness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. Ever since the creation of the world his invisible nature, namely, his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse; for although they knew God they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man or birds or animals or reptiles. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever! Amen.

The word of the Lord.



RESPONSORIAL PSALM psalm 19:2-3.4-5 (R. 2a).
R/. The heavens declare the glory of God.

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the firmament proclaims the work of his hands.
Day unto day conveys the message,
and night unto night imparts the knowledge. R/.

No speech, no word, whose voice goes unheeded;
their sound goes forth through all the earth,
their message to the utmost bounds of the world. R.



ALLELUIA Hebrews 4:12
Alleluia. The word of the Lord is living and active, discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Alleluia.





-GOSPEL-
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 11:37-41
“Give alms; and behold, everything is clean for you.”

At that time: While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.”

The Gospel of the Lord.



Today’s Reflection
Jesus in today’s Gospel does not condemn ritual or external observances but insists that the heart of ritual is faith. The heart of the Church and of religious practices is also faith. If external observances is the end of our religion, than sin become as superficial as the righteousness that such a faith would seek. The heart of our sacramental life in the Church is faith. The Church survives and thrives by faith: your faith, our faith.





Personal Devotional
Reflection on St. Joseph Day 12

To prove the power which St. Joseph possesses in paradise, St. Bernardine of Siena writes thus: “we cannot doubt that Christ accords to St. Joseph, now that he is in heaven, even more perfectly the respect and reverence which he paid to him on earth. Our Lord, who on earth revered St. Joseph as his father, will certainly deny him nothing that he asks in heaven”. Let us then say to him with confidence:

Let Us Pray
St. Joseph, powerful protector of souls, keep us from all sin.



THE MIRACULOUS 54-DAY ROSARY NOVENA
FIRST 27 DAYS IN THANKSGIVING

Day 8: THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES

1. Sign of the Cross:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit Amen

PERSONAL INTENTION: Heavenly Father on this Miraculous 54-Day Rosary Novena, we bow our hearts to you and pray, we give you thanks for all you’ve done especially for the gift of Your son Jesus and his Mother Mary. With thankful hearts, we praise You our God who like a loving parent never denies his children good things. Thank you for hearing all our petitions and granting them. May your name be praised for evermore. Amen.


2. Hail Mary:
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

3. IN THANKSGIVING (Last 27 Days):
Hail, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, my Mother Mary, hail! At thy feet I gratefully kneel to offer thee a Crown of Roses blood red roses to remind thee of the passion of thy divine Son, with Whom thou didst so fully partake of its bitterness each rose recalling to thee a holy mystery; each ten bound together with my petition for a particular grace. O Holy Queen, dispenser of God’s graces, and Mother of all who invoke thee! Thou canst not look upon my gift and fail to see its binding. As thou receivest my gift, so wilt thou receive my thanksgiving; from thy bounty thou hast given me the favor I so earnestly and trustingly sought. I despaired not of what I asked of thee, and thou hast truly shown thyself my Mother.

4. Say:
- The Apostles’ Creed,

- Our Father,

- 3 Hail Mary’s,

- Glory Be.



5. The Agony in the Garden – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of resignation to the will of God and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.

The Scourging at the Pillar – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of mortification and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.

The Crowning with Thorns – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of humility and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.

The Carrying of the Cross – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of patience in adversity and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.

The Crucifixion – Our Father, 10 Hail Mary’s, Glory Be.
Concluding Prayer: I bind these blood red roses with a petition for the virtue of love of our enemies and humbly lay this bouquet at thy feet.



6. Say: The Hail Holy Queen.

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail Our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement O loving O sweet Virgin Mary.


V/. Pray for us oh holy mother of God.

R/. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.



7. Let us pray: O God whose only begotten son by his life death………..

8. Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary (optional)


9. In thanksgiving (last 27 days) Let Us Pray: Sweet Mother Mary, I offer thee this Spiritual Communion to bind my bouquets in a wreath to place upon thy brow in thanksgiving for (specify request) which thou in thy love hast obtained for me. Hail, Mary, etc.



HAIL MARY;
Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee; Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

10. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit amen.





– Promise of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary
Whoever desires to obtain favors from Me should make three novenas of the prayers of the Rosary, and three novenas in thanksgiving.”
- Fr Richard Heilman February 7, 2016



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