Catholic Daily Liturgical Guide 04.10.2024
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FRIDAY, 4TH OCTOBER 2024.
TWENTY SIXTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.
MEMORIAL OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, Religious.
FIRST READING
Have you ever commanded the morning, and entered into the springs of the sea?
JOB 38: 1, 12 – 21; 40: 3 – 5
The Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place, that it might take hold of the skirts of the earth, and the wicked be shaken out of it? It is changed like clay under the seal, and it is dyed like a garment. From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep? Have the gates of death been revealed to you, or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth? Declare, if you know all this. “Where is the way to the dwelling of light, and where is the place of darkness, that you may take it to its territory and that you may discern the paths to its home? You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days is great!” Then Job answered the Lord: “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further.”_*The Word of the Lord.*__*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*_ _Psalm 139: 1 – 3, 7 – 8, 9 – 10, 13 – 14ab (R.) 24b__*R/. Lead me, Lord, in the way everlasting.*_O Lord, you search me and you know me, You yourself know my resting and my rising; you discern my thoughts from afar.You mark when I walk or lie down;you know all my ways through and through. *R/.* O where can I go from your spirit,or where can I flee from your face?If I climb the heavens, you are there.If I lie in the grave, you are there. *R/.*If I take the wings of the dawn or dwell at the sea’s furthest end,even there your hand would lead me; your right hand would hold me fast. *R/.*For it was you who formed my inmost being, knit me together in my mother’s womb.I thank you who wonderfully made me;how wonderful are your works. *R/.*_*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION*_Psalm 95: 7d and 8a Alleluia. _Today, harden not your hearts, but listen to the voice of the Lord._ Alleluia._*GOSPEL*__“He who rejects me, rejects him who sent me.”__*LUKE 10: 13 – 16*_At that time: Jesus said, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable in the judgement for Tyre and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”_*The Gospel of the Lord.
Chishanu 4 Gumiguru – October;
Kurangarira Fransisi weAsisi, Jaya Tsvene –
Chiverengo chokutanga: Jobhu 38,1.12-21; 40,3-5
Inzwai chiverengo chinobva mubhuku raJobhu
1 Tenzi akapindura Jobhu mukati medutu remhepo achiti,
12 “Wati wamboti mangwanani avepo here,
kubvira nokubvira kwoupenyu hwako,
nokupa mambakwedza chinzvimbo chawo,
13 asvike kuti abate kwakaperera nyika,
vakaipa vazunzwemo 14 achiasandura kuva matsvuku,
sekutsvukisa kunoita chidhindo pamunyakwe
ichipindurwa ruvara sehanzu?
15 Vakaipa vanobva vambotorerwa mwenje wavo,
simba ramaoko avo richimbomiswa.
16 Wati wambopinda here muzvisipiti zvegungwa,
kana kufambawo zvako muhwenje hwakadzama?
17 Wati wambozarurirwa here misuo yorufu,
kana kuona makonhi okurima rakati ndoo?
18 Unonyatsozivisisa here iwe upamhi hwenyika?
Nditaurire kana uchiziva.
19 Nzira inoenda kumusha wechiedza ndeipi,
nokunogara rima ndokupi?
20 Waigonaka kutondozviisa kunzvimbo yazvo,
unozivaka iwe nzira yokumusha kwazvo.
21 Unoziva iwe nokuti ipapo wakanga watoberekwa,
nokuti nguva youpenyu hwako yakareba.
3 Jobhu akapindura Tenzi achiti,
4 Ndiri chiiwo zvangu, chii chandingapindurewo?
Changu kungangova kungobata muromo wangu.
5 Ndakataura kamwechete ikako ndikako,
handichapinduri. Ndakaita ruviri, handichaitazve.”
Shoko raTenzi.
Rwiyo rwokutsinhira: Nziyo 139,1-3.7-8.9-10.13-14ab. (D – 24)
(D) – TENZI, nditungamirirei munzira yokugara nokugara.
1 TENZI makandiongorora mukandiziva.
2 Munoziva mafambiro namagariro,
munonzwisisa pfungwa dzangu, imi muri kure zvenyu.
3 Imi munocherechedza kufamba kwangu nokurara kwangu
uye munoziva nzira dzangu dzose.
(D) – TENZI, nditungamirirei munzira yokugara nokugara.
7 Kwandingaende ndokupiko,
kusina Mweya wenyu uye ndingatizire kupiko kwamusiri,
8 nokuti ndikati ndiende kudenga imi muriko?
Ndikati ndiwarire uvato hwangu kunzvimbo yavakafa, imi muriko.
(D) – TENZI, nditungamirirei munzira yokugara nokugara.
9 Ndikati regai ndipepereke nemhepo yorungwanani,
ndichindogara kwakaperera gungwa,
10 kunyange ikoko ruoko rwenyu ndirwo ruchanditungamirira,
makandibata noruoko rwenyu rworudyi.
(D) – TENZI, nditungamirirei munzira yokugara nokugara.
13 Ndimi makaumba nhengo dzangu dzomukati-kati.
Ndimi makandiruka munhumbu maamai vangu.
14 Ndinokurumbidzai nokuti munotyisa, uye munoshamisa.
(D) – TENZI, nditungamirirei munzira yokugara nokugara.
Kupemberera Shoko Rakanaka:
Nziyo 95,7-8
Areruya, Areruya.
Dai nhasi mukangoteererawo zvenyu kuizwi rake.
Musaomese mwoyo yenyu. Areruya.
Shoko Rakanaka:
Ruka 10,13-16
Inzwai Shoko Rakanaka rakanyorwa naRuka
Jesu akati: 13 zvichakuwana zvako iwe Korozeini. Zvichakuwana iwe Bhetisaidha nokuti dai kuri kuti zvishamiso zvakaitwa mamuri zvakaitwa muTire nomuSidhoni, vangadai vakapinduka kare kare. Vangadai vakatopfeka masaga vakagara pamadota. 14 Zvichava nyore pazuva rokutongwa kune guta reTire nereSidhoni panemi. 15 Ko, iwe Kapenaumu, uchasimudzirwa kudenga nhai? Uchatodzikiswa kunzvimbo yavafi.
16 Anokuteererai anoteererawo ini; anokurambai ari kutoramba ini. Uyo anoramba ini anorambawo uyo akandituma.
Shoko Rakanaka raTenzi
GOSPEL REFLECTION: Public Repentance
Friday, October 4, 2024
Jesus said to them, “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.” (Luke 10:13)
Have you ever sat in sackcloth and ashes? In the Gospel passage above, Jesus gives clear indication that doing so is a holy sign of responding to His preaching. He states that the pagan towns of Tyre and Sidon would have certainly sat in sackcloth and ashes if they would have been privileged to witness the mighty deeds done in the Jewish towns of Chorazin and Bethsaida.
“Sackcloth and ashes” were a common sign used to indicate interior repentance and sorrow for sin. There are many times throughout the Old Testament when this happened. Recall, for example, that when Jonah preached to the people of Nineveh, everyone from the king down to the common citizen responded by expressing their repentance in this way (Jonah 3:5–7). Sackcloth was a rough and uncomfortable material usually made out of black goats hair, symbolizing the rejection of the false consolation of sin. Ashes symbolized desolation and destruction resulting from purifying fire. Of course, all of us do sit in ashes every Ash Wednesday as an external manifestation of our desire to repent. And though putting on actual sackcloth for clothing today may not be our literal practice, it is good to see the spiritual fruitfulness of these actions and to consider ways in which these actions can still be performed in our day and age. How might you sit in sackcloth and ashes today? What practical action can you take to publicly manifest your desire to turn from sin and toward the Gospel?
First of all, to properly answer this question, it’s important to recognize the fact that turning from sin should not only be a personal and interior act, it must also be exterior and manifest for others to see. Sin not only does harm to us individually, but it also damages others in varying degrees. Therefore, if your sin has done clear harm to others, it’s important to realize that you not only need to repent to God but that you must also repent in such a way that others see your repentance and sorrow.
So how might you repent in sackcloth and ashes today? There are many ways to do this. The essential quality present in such an act will be that it is clear to others that you are sorry for your sin and that you are attempting to change. If the sin you have committed toward another is grave, then your interior repentance must match the seriousness of your sin, and the exterior manifestation of that repentance must also measure up.
Reflect, today, upon some practical ways in which God is calling you to publicly manifest your “sitting in sackcloth and ashes” as a sign of your sorrow toward those against whom you have sinned. For example, if your sin is that of anger and you have regularly harmed another by that sin, then don’t only repent to God, look also for external ways to manifest your sorrow to them. Perhaps do some form of manifest service for them. Or engage in a public act of penance, such as fasting, as a way of showing them you are sorry. Manifest charitable good works, service, prayer, public penance and the like are all ways that you can spiritually and practically sit “in sackcloth and ashes” today.
PRAYER:
My merciful Lord, You call me to daily repent of my sin and to do so through the manifest signs of sitting “in sackcloth and ashes.” Give me the grace of true sorrow for my sins and help me to sincerely repent as I trust in Your mercy. As I do, please also guide me so that I may humble myself and express my sorrow in manifest ways toward those against whom I have sinned. May this humble act bring healing and unity in You. Jesus, I trust in You.