Daily Reading for Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

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Reading 1, Micah 5:1-4

¹ But you (Bethlehem) Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, from you will come for me a future ruler of Israel whose origins go back to the distant past, to the days of old.
² Hence Yahweh will abandon them only until she who is in labour gives birth, and then those who survive of his race will be reunited to the Israelites.
³ He will take his stand and he will shepherd them with the power of Yahweh, with the majesty of the name of his God, and they will be secure, for his greatness will extend henceforth to the most distant parts of the country.
⁴ He himself will be peace! Should the Assyrian invade our country, should he set foot in our land, we shall raise seven shepherds against him, eight leaders of men;

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 13:6, 6

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Gospel, Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23

¹ Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:
² Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers,
³ Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
⁴ Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon,
⁵ Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
⁶ and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
⁷ Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah, Abijah fathered Asa,
⁸ Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram, Joram fathered Uzziah,
⁹ Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz fathered Hezekiah,
¹⁰ Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon, Amon fathered Josiah;
¹¹ and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place.
¹² After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
¹³ Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim, Eliakim fathered Azor,
¹⁴ Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim fathered Eliud,
¹⁵ Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan, Matthan fathered Jacob;
¹⁶ and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her was born Jesus who is called Christ.
¹⁸ This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
¹⁹ Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
²⁰ He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit.
²¹ She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
²² Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet:
²³ Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.

St. Adrian

Short Cuts

Facts

Feastday: September 8
Patron of plague, epilepsy, arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers
Death: 306

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According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, he declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was put to death. His young wife, Natalia, who was present at his death, comforted him in his agony, recovered one of his severed hands, and took it to Argyropolis near Constantinople, where she fled to escape the importunities of an imperial official of Nicomedia who wanted to marry her. She died there peacefully on December 1. Adrian is the patron of soldiers and butchers.

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Prayer of the Day for Tuesday, September 8, 2015

A Prayer for Grandparents.

 

 

Jesus our Savior As your grandson. I know that every period Of our lives Has its responsibilities As well as its joys.
Today, it seems That grandparents Have either too little Use or too much; Either we are shunted aside To do nothing, Or we are called upon To do everything.
Help me to know Just where my duties lie In my particular situation And to carry them out as best I can.
Take care of my family, My children, and their children. Inspire them all To follow your Grandson And lead truly Christian lives.
Keep all of us In your loving care, Never let us turn away from Jesus, And help us in the end To receive the joy Of entering into your Grandsons� Glorious presence forever.
Good St. Ann pray for us grandparents.
Amen.

Dear St. Ann, You were truly twice blessed To have our blessed Mother As your daughter And

Prayer of the Day for Monday, September 7, 2015

Prayer When Using Holy Water By this holy water
and by Your Precious Blood,
wash away all my sins, O Lord.

Daily Reading for Monday, September 7th, 2015

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Reading 1, Colossians 1:24--2:3

²⁴ It makes me happy to be suffering for you now, and in my own body to make up all the hardships that still have to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church,
²⁵ of which I was made a servant with the responsibility towards you that God gave to me, that of completing God's message,
²⁶ the message which was a mystery hidden for generations and centuries and has now been revealed to his holy people.
²⁷ It was God's purpose to reveal to them how rich is the glory of this mystery among the gentiles; it is Christ among you, your hope of glory:
²⁸ this is the Christ we are proclaiming, admonishing and instructing everyone in all wisdom, to make everyone perfect in Christ.
²⁹ And it is for this reason that I labour, striving with his energy which works in me mightily.
¹ I want you to know, then, what a struggle I am having on your behalf and on behalf of those in Laodicea, and on behalf of so many others who have never seen me face to face.
² It is all to bind them together in love and to encourage their resolution until they are rich in the assurance of their complete understanding and have knowledge of the mystery of God
³ in which all the jewels of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 62:6-7, 9

⁶ He alone is my rock, my safety, my stronghold, so that I stand unwavering.
⁷ In God is my safety and my glory, the rock of my strength. In God is my refuge;
⁹ Ordinary people are a mere puff of wind, important people a delusion; set both on the scales together, and they are lighter than a puff of wind.

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Gospel, Luke 6:6-11

⁶ Now on another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and began to teach, and a man was present, and his right hand was withered.
⁷ The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him to see if he would cure somebody on the Sabbath, hoping to find something to charge him with.
⁸ But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man with the withered hand, 'Get up and stand out in the middle!' And he came forward and stood there.
⁹ Then Jesus said to them, 'I put it to you: is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good, or to do evil; to save life, or to destroy it?'
¹⁰ Then he looked round at them all and said to the man, 'Stretch out your hand.' He did so, and his hand was restored.
¹¹ But they were furious and began to discuss the best way of dealing with Jesus.

St. Cloud

Short Cuts

Facts

Feastday: September 7
Patron of against carbuncles; nail makers; Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Birth: 522
Death: 560

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On the death of Clovis, King of the Franks, in the year 511 his kingdom was divided between his four sons, of whom the second was Clodomir. Thirteen years later he was killed fighting against his cousin, Gondomar, leaving three sons to share his dominions. The youngest of these sons of Clodomir was St. Clodoald, a name more familiar to English people under its French form of Cloud from the town of Saint-Cloud near Versailles. When Cloud was eight years old, his uncle Childebert plotted with his brother, to get rid of the boys and divide their kingdom. The eldest boy, Theodoald was stabbed to death. The second, Gunther fled in terror, but was caught and also killed. Cloud escaped and was taken for safety into Provence or elsewhere.
Childebert and his brother Clotaire shared the fruits of their crime, and Cloud made no attempt to recover his kingdom when he came of age. He put himself under the discipline of St. Severinus, a recluse who lived near Paris, and he afterwards went to Nogent on the Seine and had his heritage where is now Saint-Cloud. St. Cloud was indefatigable in instructing the people of the neighboring country, and ended his days at Nogent about the year 560 when he was some thirty-six years old. St. Cloud's feast day is September 7th.

Farijianeni ninyi kwa ninyi kwa maneno na matendo mema, wala siyo porojo

Papa Francis katika adhimisho la misa - ANSA

Tarehe 1 Septemba Baba mtakatifu Francis ameanza maadhimisho ya misa ya kila Siku katika Kanisa dogo  la Mtakatifu  Marta mjini Vatican baada ya kusitisha karibia kwa kipindi cha miezi miwili.
katika mahubiri yake amegusia juu nguvu ya mkristo anaiyopata kutoka kwa Yesu mwenyewe, kwasababu matumaini ya kukutana na Yesu mwishoni inakufanya utie   juhudi kati ya wakristo wenyewe kwa wenyewe katika  kufarijiana  kwa maneno mema na matendo , na wala siyo porojo zisizo faa .
Aliyasema hayo akichambua  jumuiya ya kale ya Watesalonike katika somo la liturjia ya siku ambapo Mtakatifu Paulo alikuwa akiwaelekeza kutokana na mahangaiko ya maswali mengi juu ya ujio wa Yesu, hadi kufikia kukaa bila kazi, na mtakatifu Paulo akawahasa yakuwa asiyefanya kazi na hasile
Mtakatifu Paulo anaeleza ya kuwa siku ya Bwana itakuja kwa ghafla , kama vile mwizi,pia anaongeza Yesu atakuja kuleta wokovu  kwa yule  anaye mwamini; kwahiyo alitoa wito wa kufarijiana mmoja kwa mwingine.Papa aliongeza , hiyo ndiyo faraja ambayo inaleta matumaini.
 Aidha aliendelea ; huo ndiyo ushauri wa kufarijiana, mmoja kwa mwingine, Vilevile papa aliuliza maswali;  je wote tunafanya hivyo kusubiri ujio wa Bwana ambaye atakuja kukutana nasi?  au ni kuongelea juu ya mambo mengi na hata ya teolojia , mambo ya kanisa, ya mapadre ya  watawa , ya munsinyo na yote hayo , je  Ndiyo faraja ya  matumaini yetu?
Papa alikazia , farijianeni katika Jumuiya na katika maparokia, lakini je ujio wa Bwana unaongelewa katika maparokia na katika jumuiya zetu au ni kupiga porojo za hiki na kile kwaajili ya kupitisha wakati?
Papa alikumbusha  kiitikio cha zaburi "nina uhakika wa kuuona wema wa Bwana katika nchi ya walio hai. Je una uhakika wa kutafakari wema wa Bwana? 
Lakini upo Mmano wa kuigwa wa  Ayubu pamoja na matukio yake aliyoyapata , yeye  aliweza  kutamka  ya kuwa "ninatambua ya kuwa  Mungu yu hai, nitamwona, na kwa macho  yangu haya  nitamwona".
Papa alisema ni ndiyo hakika Yeye atakuja kuhukumu , na tunapokwenda kwenye Kanisa la makumbusho la Sistina  upo mchoro mzuri sana  wa hukumu ya mwisho ni wa kweli , lakini je tunafikiria juu ya ujio wake ambapo atatukuja,  na sisi tutamwona kwa macho yetu , tutamkubatia daima. Ndiyo matumaini ya Mtume Paulo anayotuleza kufarijiana  kwa matendo mema , na  kwa manufaa ya kila mmoja
Alimalizia akisema ,tuombe neema hii ya kwamba mbegu iliyo pandwa mioyoni mwetu ikue na hatimaye ipate kukutana na Yeye