_*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH 2024.*__*TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.*__*FIRST READING*_     _“Cleanse out the old leaven, for Christ, our paschal lamb, has been sacrificed.”__*1ST CORINTHIANS 5: 1 – 8*_Brethren: It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. For though absent in body I am present in spirit, and as if present, I have already pronounced judgement in the name of the Lord Jesus on the man who has done such a thing. When you are assembled, and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens all the dough? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be new dough, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Paschal Lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us, therefore, celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth._*The Word of the Lord.*__*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*_   _Psalm 5: 5 – 6, 7, 12 (R.) 9a__*R/. Lead me, Lord, in your justice.*_You are no God who delights in evil;no sinner is your guest.The boastful shall not stand their groundbefore your eyes. *R/.*All who do evil you despise;all who lie you destroy.The deceitful and those who shed blood,the Lord detests. *R/.*All who take refuge in you shall be glad,and ever cry out their joy.You shelter them; in you they rejoice,those who love your name. *R/.*_*GOSPEL ACCLAMATION*_ John 10: 27Alleluia. _My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; and I know them, and they follow me._Alleluia._*GOSPEL*__“They watched him to see if he would heal on the sabbath.”__*LUKE 6: 6 – 11*_It happened that, on a sabbath, when Jesus entered the synagogue and taught, a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” And he looked around on them all, and said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus._*The Gospel of the Lord.

*Muvhuro 9 Gunyana – September;* *Kurangarira Peter Claver muPristi,* *Mutsvene muchengeti weHarare Archdiocese* *Chiverengo chokutanga:* _1 VaKorinde 5,1-8_ _Inzwai chiverengo chinobva mutsamba yokutanga yaPauro kuvaKorinde_ 1 Hama, “Ndiri kunzwa zvechokwadi kuti pakati penyu pari kuitwa unzenza husingatombowanikwi kunyange pakati pavasiri vanamati. Pano murume ari kutorana nomudzimai wababa vake. 2 Asi imi motozvikudza imi, musingatozvichema kuti munhu akaita izvi abviswe pakati penyu. 3 Ichokwadi zvazvo kuti handiko ikoko, asi mwoyo wangu uri ikoko, sokunge ndiri ikoko. Munhu akaita izvozvo ndatomubata nemhosva, 4 muzita raTenzi Jesu. Pamunenge maungana, ndinemiwo mupfungwa dzangu. Nesimba raTenzi wedu Jesu, 5 munofanira kuturira munhu iyeyo kuna Satani, kuti muviri wake uparadzwe, kuti mweya wake uponeswe nezuva raTenzi Jesu. 6 Kuzvikudza kwenyu hakuna kunaka. Hamuzivi here kuti mbiriso shomanana inofutisa mukanyiwa wose? 7Bvisai mbiriso yakare kuti muve mukanyiwa mutsva. Izvo zviri izvowo chaizvo zvamuri zvokuti hamuna kufutiswa, nokuti Kristu hwayana yedu yePasika yakaitwa chibayiro. 8 Naizvozvo ngatichengetei zuva guru kwete nembiriso yakare, mbiriso yokuipa mwoyo nezviito zvakaipa, asi kuva nechingwa chisina mbiriso chokuva pachokwadi, uye chine chokwadi.” *Shoko raTenzi.* *Rwiyo rwokutsinhira:* _Nziyo 5,4-5.6.11. (D – 8)_ *(D) – Nditungamirirei TENZI, nokururama kwenyu.* 4 Nokuti hamusi Mwari anofarira uipi, uipi haugone kuita musha pamwechete nemi. 5 Vanozvikudza havangagoni kumira pamberi penyu, munovenga vaiti vose vezvakaipa. *(D) – Nditungamirirei TENZI, nokururama kwenyu.* 6 Munoparadza vanotaura nhema, TENZI anovenga vanhu vanoda kudeura ropa, navanhu vanonyengedza. *(D) – Nditungamirirei TENZI, nokururama kwenyu.* Asi vanopotera mamuri ngavafare, varambe vachiimba nomufaro. Imiwo vadzivirirei, kuitira kuti vanoda zita renyu, vapembere nokufara mamuri. *(D) – Nditungamirirei TENZI, nokururama kwenyu.**Kupemberera Shoko Rakanaka:* _Johani 10,27_ *Areruya, Areruya.* Jesu anoti: “Hwai dzangu dzinonzwa izwi rangu, ndinodziziva uye dzinonditevera.” *Areruya.* *Shoko Rakanaka:* _Ruka 6,6-11_ _Inzwai Shoko Rakanaka rakanyorwa naRuka_ 6 Zvakaitika kuti nerimwe Sabata Jesu akapinda musinagogu akadzidzisa. Imomo maiva nomunhu akanga anoruoko rworudyi rwakakokonyara. 7Nyanzvi dzoMutemo navaFarisei, vakanyatsomutarisisa vachida kuona kuti angaporese here nezuva reSabata, kuti vawane mhosva yokumubata nayo. 8 Asi iye akaziva zvavaifunga ndokuti kumunhu uya akanga ano ruoko rwakakokonyara, “Simuka umire apa.” Munhu uya ndiye kwanyanu, omira. 9 Zvino Jesu akati kwavari, “Ndinoda kumbokubvunzai, zvinobvumirwa here, pamusi weSabata, kuita zvakanaka kana kuita zvakaipa, kuponesa upenyu hwomunhu kana kuti kuhuparadza?” 10Akaringa-ringa achitarisa vose ndokuti kumunhu uya, “Tambanudza ruoko rwako.” Akabva aita saizvozvo; ruoko rwake rukabva rwatasamuka. 11Asi ivo vakashatirwa zvikuru chaizvo vakarangana kuti vangaitei naJesu. *Shoko Rakanaka raTenzi.

*GOSPEL REFLECTION: Perceiving the Intentions of Others*_September 9, 2024__On a certain sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught, and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the sabbath so that they might discover a reason to accuse him. But he realized their intentions… (Luke 6:6–8)_Jesus had a gift. Of course, He had every good gift to perfection. But in today’s Gospel, we see one of Jesus’ gifts made manifest. Namely, Jesus was able to realize the intentions of those He daily encountered.Normally, we can only know another’s intentions if they were to tell us their intentions. We cannot read minds and hearts. But our Lord could. He had the divine ability to read every soul and know every heart. For that reason, when someone came to Him with great faith, He knew it. And when someone came to Him with evil intent, He knew it.When Jesus perceived the ill intentions of the scribes and Pharisees, He used that knowledge to manifest their intentions. They intended to find a reason to accuse Jesus, so He gave them one. Jesus cured a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath, and the scribes and Pharisees “became enraged and discussed together what they might do to Jesus.” They thought miracles were violations of the law of Sabbath rest. Jesus knew they would apply their twisted logic to this miraculous healing, and He knew they would become enraged at Him on account of their envy. So, in a sense, Jesus provoked them so that that which was in their hearts would come forth for them to see.All of our interior intentions and thoughts are known by God and must become manifest to us in the presence of God. By provoking the scribes and Pharisees in charity, Jesus forces them to face that which was within them. They had to choose to either continue down the path of envy or to realize the foolishness of their interior thoughts. Sadly, for the scribes and Pharisees, it appears that many of them became more hardened in their sin. But this was a choice only they could make.https://youtu.be/9RYIvHsjX10?si=CxndhqMMwCb_nV_G*Reflect,* today, upon your own interior intentions and thoughts. Why do you do the things you do? What hidden motivations are in your heart? Is there some person, or a certain situation you find yourself in that causes you to obsess in anger interiorly? Or is it true charity that resides within you and is the source of your actions? Is there a profound faith? A supernatural hope? Or is it primarily some sin with which you struggle? Know that Jesus knows your heart, and He wants you also to see clearly those things hidden in your heart. He wants you to see your intentions as clearly as He sees them. Allow Him to reveal the depths of your heart to you so that you can turn away from the sins you find and rejoice in the virtues by which you live.*PRAYER:*_My glorious Lord, you know all thoughts and probe the depths of every heart. You know me, Lord, through and through. Please open my eyes to see that which is within me so that I can discern the ill intentions I have and rejoice in the virtues given to me by You. May I always be attentive to You, dear Lord, so that I become aware of all that You wish to reveal to me. Jesus, I trust in You._