SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH 2024.

TWENTY-FIFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B.

FIRST READING
“Remember your creator in the days of your youth before the dust returns to the earth and the spirit returns to God.”
ECCLESIASTES 11: 9 – 12: 8

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgement. Remove vexation from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after the rain; in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look through the windows are dimmed, and the doors on the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low; they are afraid also of what is high, and terrors are in the way; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along and desire fails; because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about the streets; before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.

The Word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 90: 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 12 – 13, 14 and 17 (R.) 1

R/. O Lord, you have been our refuge, from generation to generation.

You turn man back to dust,
and say, “Return, O children of men.”
To your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone,
or like a watch in the night. R/.

You sweep them away like a dream,
like grass which is fresh in the morning.
In the morning it sprouts and is fresh;
by evening it withers and fades. R/.

Then teach us to number our days,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Turn back, O Lord! How long?
Show pity to your servants. R/.

At dawn, fill us with your merciful love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Let the favour of the Lord our God be upon us;
give success to the work of our hands.
O give success to the work of our hands. R/.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
2nd Timothy 1: 10

Alleluia.
Our Saviour Jesus Christ abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.
Alleluia.

GOSPEL
“The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men. They were afraid to ask him about this saying.”
LUKE 9: 43b – 45

At that time: While all were marveling at everything Jesus did, he said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

The Gospel of the Lord.

*GOSPEL REFLECTION: A Well-Ordered Soul*_September 28, 2024__“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. (Luke 9:44–46)_This is the second time that Jesus predicts His coming passion to His Apostles. After telling them that He will be handed over, the Gospel relates that “they did not understand this saying.” It also states that “they were afraid to ask him about this saying.” Why did they not understand, and why were they afraid to ask Jesus about His coming passion?The Apostles were deeply attached to our Lord, both on a spiritual level and also through their affections. And this is good. But sometimes our affections can cloud our thinking and make it difficult to understand the deeper spiritual realities in life. Though our affections are natural, they must always be directed by the will of God. For example, if we were to try to understand Jesus’ affections, we’d have to conclude that He both spiritually and affectionately desired to lay down His life for the salvation of souls in accord with the will of the Father. He not only chose this with His will, but He also desired it in His affections, because His affections were perfectly ordered.The Apostles, however, were unable to understand that Jesus had to lay down His life, be rejected, suffer and die, in part because they were very attached to Jesus in an emotional and affectionate way. So in this instance, their human love and attachment to Jesus hindered their ability to understand the greater spiritual good of Jesus laying down His life.Consider, also, our Blessed Mother. How would she have reacted to Jesus saying that He had to be handed over, be rejected, suffer and die? Though this would have grieved her with a holy sorrow, the perfection of her human nature would have led her to not only understand and accept this deep spiritual truth, but she would have also desired this to happen within her affections because she perfectly desired the fulfillment of the will of the Father. There would have been no conflict within her between the will of the Father and what she desired.In our own lives, we will often tend to struggle in the same way that the Apostles struggled. When faced with some challenging cross in life, a cross that the Father calls us to embrace freely, we will often find that our affections resist. When this happens, we become confused and even fearful of the future. Thus, the only way to conquer fear is to work to surrender every emotion, every affection and every human attachment over to the will of the Father so that His will is all we desire with every power of our soul.https://youtu.be/y8llwiNLz18?si=99VRTrvoGvQET-bN*Reflect,* today, upon the interior struggle of these Apostles as they came face-to-face with this the second time Jesus began to prepare them to accept, understand, choose and desire His passion. Consider the interior struggle they went through at that time and even as they saw this unfold. Eventually they understood. Eventually all fear vanished. And eventually they affectionately rejoiced in Jesus’ sacrifice. But it took much time and much surrender. Reflect upon those ways our Lord is inviting you to choose His Cross in your life. Where you see your affections resisting, try to surrender, pray for understanding and seek the courage you need to desire His Cross with all your soul.*PRAYER:*_My revealing Lord, You opened Your divine heart to Your Apostles and invited them to understand and choose Your suffering and death. And though they hesitated and struggled, You continued to invite them to embrace the Father’s will. Give me the grace I need, dear Lord, to embrace every spiritual truth first and foremost and to allow that Truth to free me from fear and fill me with the gift of understanding. Jesus, I trust in You.

*Mugovera 28 Gunyana – September;* *Vhiki 25 regore -**Chiverengo chokutanga:* _Muparidzi 11,9-12,8__Inzwai chiverengo chinobva mubhuku raMuparidzi_9 Iwe wechiduku fara pamazuva ako ouduku,mwoyo wako ngaufare pamazuva ako ouduku,ita zvinoda mwoyo wako uye zvaunofungaasi ziva kuti pana izvozvi zvose Mwari achakutonga.10 Rega kuzvidya mwoyo, bvisa zvose zvinokurwadza muvirinokuti uduku noujaya hazvinzwisisiki.1 Yeuka musiki wako uchiri muduku, mazuva akaipa asati asvika,mazuva auchazoti, “Handiafariri asati asvika;”2 zuva nechiedza nomwedzi nenyenyedzi zvisati zvasviba,makore asati adzoka mushure mokunaya kwemvura;3 pazuva rinenge vachengeti vepamba vongweda kutyamajaya akasimba okombama,vokukuya vorega nokuti vanenge vava vashoma,vachiti kana vatarisa napahwindo maziso anoona rima;4 makonhi ari munzira izvozvo ogara akazarirwaruzha rwezvigayo rwavakuderera,munhu ava kumutswa nokuchema kweshiri dzokutanga,panguva yakunenge kuimba kwaderera,5 kukwira mukwidza kwava kutyisa,kufamba chaiko kwavakutyisawo iwo musoro,muarimondi zvawo kuchena maruva,zvino wava mhashu zvayo kuzvova napasi, havi dzose dzapera,iwe wavakuenda kumusha wako wokusingaperi,vokuchema, vakafa vava kuunganidzana mumigwagwa.6 Tambo yesirivha isati yadambuka,ndiro yendarama isati yapwanyika,chirongo chisati chaputsika patsime.7 Ivhu rodzokera kunyika sezvarakanga riri,mweya wodzokera kuna Mwari akamboupa.8 Kusanzwisisika kwezvisinganzwisisiki,ndozviri kutaura muparidzi, zvose hazvinzwisisiki.*Shoko raTenzi.**Rwiyo rwokutsinhira:* _Nziyo 90,3-4.5-6.12-13.14+17. (D – 1)_*(D) – TENZI ndimi manga muri musha wedu pazvizvarwa zvose.*3 Munopindura munhu kuva huruva, munongoti vanhu,“Dzokerai kune zvamakanga muri.”4 Nokuti churu chamakore kwamuri chakangoita sazuro kana chapfuura,kana sakanguvana kokugaririra usiku.*(D) – TENZI ndimi manga muri musha wedu pazvizvarwa zvose.*5 Munotsvaira vanhu, vakaita sechiroto,vakaita souswa hunosvibirira mangwanani.6 Kumangwanani hunomuka hwakasvibirira,kumanheru hunouna hwosvava.*(D) – TENZI ndimi manga muri musha wedu pazvizvarwa zvose.*12 Tidzidziseiwo kuverenga mazuva edu kuti tingwarire.13 Muchasvika kupiko nhai TENZI?Dzokai zvenyu muitire varanda venyu ngoni.*(D) – TENZI ndimi manga muri musha wedu pazvizvarwa zvose.*14 Tiratidzeiwo mwoyochena wenyu mangwanani,kuti tipembere kufara uye tifare mazuva edu ose.Nyasha dzaTenzi, Mwari wedu, ngadzive patiri.Basa ramaoko edu muite kuti ribudirire.Hongu ngaribudirire basa ramaoko edu.*(D) – TENZI ndimi manga muri musha wedu pazvizvarwa zvose.**Kupemberera Shoko Rakanaka:* _2 Timoti 1,10_*Areruya, Areruya.* Munun*GOSPEL REFLECTION: A Well-Ordered Soul*_September 28, 2024__“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. (Luke 9:44–46)_This is the second time that Jesus predicts His coming passion to His Apostles. After telling them that He will be handed over, the Gospel relates that “they did not understand this saying.” It also states that “they were afraid to ask him about this saying.” Why did they not understand, and why were they afraid to ask Jesus about His coming passion?The Apostles were deeply attached to our Lord, both on a spiritual level and also through their affections. And this is good. But sometimes our affections can cloud our thinking and make it difficult to understand the deeper spiritual realities in life. Though our affections are natural, they must always be directed by the will of God. For example, if we were to try to understand Jesus’ affections, we’d have to conclude that He both spiritually and affectionately desired to lay down His life for the salvation of souls in accord with the will of the Father. He not only chose this with His will, but He also desired it in His affections, because His affections were perfectly ordered.The Apostles, however, were unable to understand that Jesus had to lay down His life, be rejected, suffer and die, in part because they were very attached to Jesus in an emotional and affectionate way. So in this instance, their human love and attachment to Jesus hindered their ability to understand the greater spiritual good of Jesus laying down His life.Consider, also, our Blessed Mother. How would she have reacted to Jesus saying that He had to be handed over, be rejected, suffer and die? Though this would have grieved her with a holy sorrow, the perfection of her human nature would have led her to not only understand and accept this deep spiritual truth, but she would have also desired this to happen within her affections because she perfectly desired the fulfillment of the will of the Father. There would have been no conflict within her between the will of the Father and what she desired.In our own lives, we will often tend to struggle in the same way that the Apostles struggled. When faced with some challenging cross in life, a cross that the Father calls us to embrace freely, we will often find that our affections resist. When this happens, we become confused and even fearful of the future. Thus, the only way to conquer fear is to work to surrender every emotion, every affection and every human attachment over to the will of the Father so that His will is all we desire with every power of our soul.https://youtu.be/y8llwiNLz18?si=99VRTrvoGvQET-bN*Reflect,* today, upon the interior struggle of these Apostles as they came face-to-face with this the second time Jesus began to prepare them to accept, understand, choose and desire His passion. Consider the interior struggle they went through at that time and even as they saw this unfold. Eventually they understood. Eventually all fear vanished. And eventually they affectionately rejoiced in Jesus’ sacrifice. But it took much time and much surrender. Reflect upon those ways our Lord is inviting you to choose His Cross in your life. Where you see your affections resisting, try to surrender, pray for understanding and seek the courage you need to desire His Cross with all your soul.*PRAYER:*_My revealing Lord, You opened Your divine heart to Your Apostles and invited them to understand and choose Your suffering and death. And though they hesitated and struggled, You continued to invite them to embrace the Father’s will. Give me the grace I need, dear Lord, to embrace every spiritual truth first and foremost and to allow that Truth to free me from fear and fill me with the gift of understanding. Jesus, I trust in You._

GOSPEL REFLECTION: A Well-Ordered Soul
September 28, 2024

“Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying. (Luke 9:44–46)

This is the second time that Jesus predicts His coming passion to His Apostles. After telling them that He will be handed over, the Gospel relates that “they did not understand this saying.” It also states that “they were afraid to ask him about this saying.” Why did they not understand, and why were they afraid to ask Jesus about His coming passion?

The Apostles were deeply attached to our Lord, both on a spiritual level and also through their affections. And this is good. But sometimes our affections can cloud our thinking and make it difficult to understand the deeper spiritual realities in life. Though our affections are natural, they must always be directed by the will of God. For example, if we were to try to understand Jesus’ affections, we’d have to conclude that He both spiritually and affectionately desired to lay down His life for the salvation of souls in accord with the will of the Father. He not only chose this with His will, but He also desired it in His affections, because His affections were perfectly ordered.

The Apostles, however, were unable to understand that Jesus had to lay down His life, be rejected, suffer and die, in part because they were very attached to Jesus in an emotional and affectionate way. So in this instance, their human love and attachment to Jesus hindered their ability to understand the greater spiritual good of Jesus laying down His life.

Consider, also, our Blessed Mother. How would she have reacted to Jesus saying that He had to be handed over, be rejected, suffer and die? Though this would have grieved her with a holy sorrow, the perfection of her human nature would have led her to not only understand and accept this deep spiritual truth, but she would have also desired this to happen within her affections because she perfectly desired the fulfillment of the will of the Father. There would have been no conflict within her between the will of the Father and what she desired.

In our own lives, we will often tend to struggle in the same way that the Apostles struggled. When faced with some challenging cross in life, a cross that the Father calls us to embrace freely, we will often find that our affections resist. When this happens, we become confused and even fearful of the future. Thus, the only way to conquer fear is to work to surrender every emotion, every affection and every human attachment over to the will of the Father so that His will is all we desire with every power of our soul.

Reflect, today, upon the interior struggle of these Apostles as they came face-to-face with this the second time Jesus began to prepare them to accept, understand, choose and desire His passion. Consider the interior struggle they went through at that time and even as they saw this unfold. Eventually they understood. Eventually all fear vanished. And eventually they affectionately rejoiced in Jesus’ sacrifice. But it took much time and much surrender. Reflect upon those ways our Lord is inviting you to choose His Cross in your life. Where you see your affections resisting, try to surrender, pray for understanding and seek the courage you need to desire His Cross with all your soul.

PRAYER:
My revealing Lord, You opened Your divine heart to Your Apostles and invited them to understand and choose Your suffering and death. And though they hesitated and struggled, You continued to invite them to embrace the Father’s will. Give me the grace I need, dear Lord, to embrace every spiritual truth first and foremost and to allow that Truth to free me from fear and fill me with the gift of understanding. Jesus, I trust in You.

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