_*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH 2024.*__*TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.*__*FIRST READING*__“We hunger and thirst, we are poorly clothed.”__*1ST CORINTHIANS 4: 6b – 15*_Brethren: May you learn by me and Apollos not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favour of one against another. For who sees anything different in you? What have you that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if it were not a gift? Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honour, but we in disrepute. To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly clothed and buffeted and homeless, and we labour, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the refuse of the world, the dregs of all things. I do not write this to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel._*The Word of the Lord.*__*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*_ _Psalm 145: 17 – 18, 19 – 20, 21 (R.) 18a__*R/. The Lord is close to all who call him.*_The Lord is just in all his ways,and holy in all his deeds.The Lord is close to all who call him,who call on him in truth. *R/.*He fulfils the desires of those who fear him;he hears their cry and he saves them.The Loan keeps watch over all who love him;the wicked he will utterly destroy. *R/.*Let my mouth speak the praise of the Lord;let all flesh bless his holy name forever,for ages unending. *R/.*_*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION*_John 14: 6Alleluia. _I am the way, and the truth, and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, but by me._ Alleluia._*GOSPEL*_        _“Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.’’__*LUKE 6: 1 – 5*_On a sabbath, While Jesus was going through the grain fields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the sabbath?” And Jesus answered, “Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him: how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to those with him?” And he said to them, “The Son of man is lord of the sabbath.”_*The Gospel of the Lord.

*Mugovera 7 Gunyana – September;* ,*Vhiki 22 regore -* *Chiverengo chokutanga:* _1 VaKorinde 4,6-15_ _Inzwai chiverengo chinobva mutsamba yokutanga yaPauro kuvaKorinde_ 6 Ndichiitira kuti zvikubatsirei hama, ndazvitora ini naAporosi somuenzaniso, ndichiitira kuti imi mudzidze patiri kuti munhu ngaarege kupfuuridza pane zvakanyorwa, kuti pasave naanozvikudza nomunhu uyu kana nouyo. 7 Nokuti akazoti uri mukuru pana vamwe ndiani? Chii chaunacho iwe chausina kutopiwa? Ko kana wakaita zvokutopiwa, unozvikudzireiko sokunge chisiri chipo? 8 Imika zvenyu, mune zvakakwana kare. Makatova vapfumika imi. Munotova madzimambo isu tisiri mazviri. Dai zvaingoitika kuti mutonge, kuti isu titongewo nemi. 9 Ndinofunga kuti Mwari, isu vapositori, akatiisa kokupedzisira achitiratidza kunyika savanhu vanofanira kuuraiwa, nokuti tatove chinhu chokuyevewa nenyika yose navatumwa navanhu. 10Tiri mapenzi zvawo pamusana paKristu, asi imi makangwara muna Kristu. Isu hatina simba asi imi makasimba. Munoremekedzwa, asi isu tinoshorwa. 11 Kutaura kuno, tine nzara nenyota, uye takapfeka marengenya. Tinorohwa uye hatina musha. 12 Tinozvishandira namaoko edu. Kana tikatukwa, isu tinoti ngavakomborerwe. Tikashushwa, tinotirira. 13 Kana tikareverwa makuhwa, tinopindura zvinoyananisa. Iye zvino tiri marara zvawo apa￾nyika namagufu azvose. 14 Handisi kukunyorerai izvi kuti ndikunyadzisei, asi kuti ndikutsiurei savana vangu vapamwoyo, 15 nokuti kunyange muna vadzidzisi vakazanirana munaKristu, asi hamuna vanababa vakawanda. Ini ndakava baba venyu muna Kristu nokuda kweShoko Rakanaka.” *Shoko raTenzi.* *Rwiyo rwokutsinhira:* _Nziyo 145,17-21. (D – 18)_ *(D) – TENZI ari pedyo navanodanidzira kwaari.* 17 TENZI akarurama panzira dzake dzose, uye ane mwoyochena pane zvose zvaanoita. 18 TENZI ari pedyo navanodanidzira kwaari, kuna vose vanodanidzira kwaari muchokwadi. *(D) – TENZI ari pedyo navanodanidzira kwaari.* 19 Anozadzisa zvido zvavanomutya, uye anonzwa kuchema kwavo achivaponesa. 20 TENZI anochengetedza vose vanomuda, asi vakaipa vose anovaparadza. *(D) – TENZI ari pedyo navanodanidzira kwaari.* 21 Muromo wangu uchataura uchirumbidza TENZI vanhu vose ngavarumbidze zita rake rinoera narini narini. *(D) – TENZI ari pedyo navanodanidzira kwaari.* *Kupemberera Shoko Rakanaka:* _Johani 14,6_ *Areruya, Areruya.* Tenzi anoti: “Ndini nzira nechokwadi noupenyu. Hapana anosvika kuna Baba asina kuuya nokwandiri.” *Areruya.* *Shoko Rakanaka:* _Ruka 6,1-5_ _Inzwai Shoko Rakanaka rakanyorwa naRuka_ 1 Zvakazoitika kuti nomumwe musi weSabata Jesu aifamba napakati peminda yekoroni, vadzidzi vake vaipurura hura dzekoroni vachidzipukutira mumaoko vachidya. 2 Vamwe vavaFarisei vakati, “Munoitirei zvisingabvumirwi nomusi weSabata?” 3 Jesu akavapindura akati, “Hamuna kurava here zvakaitwa naDhavhidhi musi uya waakanga oziya iye navanhu vaaiva navo, 4 kuti akapinda mumba yaMwari akatora zvingwa zvakasumwa kuna Mwari akazvidya akapawo vaaiva navo kunyange zvisingabvumirwi kudyiwa naani zvake kusiya vapristi voga?” 5 Ndokuti kwavari, “Mwanakomana womunhu ndiMambo weSabata.” *Shoko Rakanaka raTenzi.

*GOSPEL REFLECTION: The Divine Law of Our Lord*_September 7, 2024__“The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.” (Luke 6:5)_This short yet powerful statement by Jesus was spoken in response to the Pharisees who questioned Jesus as to why His disciples were apparently doing what was unlawful on the sabbath. They were walking through a field of grain, picking grain as they walked, and eating it for nourishment on their journey from one town to another.This challenge from the Pharisees highlights their scrupulous approach to the moral law. Recall the Third Commandment given through Moses: “Remember the sabbath day—keep it holy. Six days you may labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God. You shall not do any work…” (Exodus 20:8–10). From this Commandment, the Pharisees had developed a complex commentary which went into great detail about what kind of work was forbidden on the Sabbath in their view. One such regulation was to pick and mill grain. Thus, they judged that this was what the disciples were doing and were, therefore, violating the Third Commandment.The laws of God, as they are given by God, must be followed perfectly. His divine Law refreshes us, enlivens us and enables us to live in union with Him. The Pharisees, however, deeply struggled with a need to control the lives of the people through their human interpretation of the divine Law. By saying that “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath,” Jesus made it clear that this scrupulous interpretation of the Third Commandment taught by the Pharisees did not align with the truths of that divine Law.One lesson to learn from this encounter is that each one of us can easily fall into a similar trap. It’s easy to replace God’s true Law with our perception of faith and morality. We are weak human beings, and there are many things that affect our thinking and our convictions in life. Emotions, habits, family relationships, friendships, media and so many other things affect us in powerful ways. Sometimes for good and sometimes for ill. We can easily arrive at certain judgments of faith and morality that are slightly erroneous, being based on subtle errors. As a result, we can easily begin to get off track in our thinking and convictions and, over time, can find that we have deviated far from the truths of God. When this happens, it can be difficult to humbly admit it and change our convictions.https://youtu.be/y0nACKGtgZw?si=wBu_rBlewm_SF5vt*Reflect,* today, upon the humble truth that Jesus and Jesus alone is Lord of the divine Law. This means that we must perpetually remain open to changing our opinions when we hear our Lord speak to us. Ponder any way in which you have become overly attached to your own opinions. If they bring forth peace, joy, charity and the like, then they are most likely in union with God. If they are burdensome, a cause of confusion, contention or frustration, then you may need to step back and humbly reexamine the convictions you hold, so that He Who is Lord of all will be able to speak His divine Law to you more clearly.*PRAYER:*_Lord of all Truth, You and You alone are the guide of my life. You and You alone are the Truth. Help me to be humble, dear Lord, so that I can recognize any error in my convictions and turn to You and Your divine Law as the one and only guide for my life. Jesus, I trust in You._