Maoni yangu binafsi juu ya masuala mbalimbali yanayoendelea duniani

Maoni yangu binafsi juu ya masuala mbalimbali yanayoendelea duniani

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH 2023

THIRTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A

MEMORIAL OF ALL SAINTS OF AFRICA

FIRST READING
God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy
ROMANS 11: 29 - 36

Brethren: The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you were once disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may receive mercy. For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon all. O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counsellor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory for ever. Amen.

The Word of the Lord.


RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 69: 30 - 31, 33 - 34, 36 - 37 (R.) 14c

R/. In your great mercy, answer me, O Lord.

As for me in my poverty and pain,
Let your salvation, O God, raise me up.
Then I will praise God’s name with a song;
I will glorify him with thanksgiving. R/.

The poor when they see it will be glad,
and God-seeking hearts will revive;
for the Lord listens to the needy,
and does not spurn his own in their chains. R/.

For God will bring salvation to Sion,
and rebuild the cities of Judah,
and they shall dwell there in possession.
The children of his servants shall inherit it;
those who love his name shall dwell there. R/.


GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
John 8: 31b - 32

Alleluia.
If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, says the Lord.
Alleluia.


GOSPEL
Do not invite your friends, but the poor and the maimed.
LUKE 14: 12 - 14

At that time: Jesus said to the ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich neighbours, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they can not repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

The Gospel of the Lord.
 
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH 2023

THIRTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A

FIRST READING
We are individually members one of another.
ROMANS 12: 5 - 16a

Brethren: We, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honour. Never flag in zeal, be aglow with the Spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in your hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints, practise hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another.

The Word of the Lord.


RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 131: 1, 2, 3

R/. Keep my soul in peace at your side, O Lord.

O Lord, my heart is not proud,
nor haughty my eyes.
I have not gone after things too great,
nor marvels beyond me. R/.

Truly, I have set my soul
in tranquillity and silence.
As a weaned child on its mother,
as a weaned child is my soul within me. R/.

O Israel, wait for the Lord,
both now and forever. R/.


GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Matthew 11: 28

Alleluia.
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
Alleluia.


GOSPEL
Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.
LUKE 14: 15 - 24

At that time: One of those who sat at table with Jesus said to him, “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” But he said to him, “A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come; for all is now ready.’ “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; please, have me excused.’ “And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; please, have me excused.’ “And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ “So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.’ “And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.’ “And the master said to the servant, ' Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled. For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.”’

The Gospel of the Lord.
 
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