Mass Saint
Introduction - Fr. Mark
Intro
Mass
Sat. 11 Oct 2014
Today is the new
feast day of St John XXIII. It is so recent it hasn't been included in
this year's calendar. Interestingly, today is the anniversary of the
opening of the Second Vatican Council. Significantly, the Synod of
Bishops on the Family is meeting at this time to try and resolve some of the
problems facing married people today just as Vatican II attempted to bring the
Church into the modern world fifty years ago.
In
this Saturday's gospel reading we hear a woman in the crowd praising the mother
of Jesus. We are perhaps still a little put out by Jesus' reply to
the woman even though we know he is not in fact being disrespectful of
his mother. Our Lord wants to emphasise that his family involves more
than a physical bond. Everyone who listens to his word is part of
his family. We know from Luke's gospel that Mary is a perfect mother and
a true disciple. She more than anyone knows how to listen, to understand
and follow what he has come to teach us.
Penitential Rite
1 Lord, you give us your word to teach
and save
us.
Lord, have mercy.
2 By believing in your word, we receive
knowledge of eternal
life. Christ, have mercy.
3 Lord, in our obedience to you we are
given fullness of
life.
Lord, have mercy.
SATURDAY 11th"
COMMUNION
ANTIPHON Cf. Lk 11:27
Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.
PRAYER
AFTER COMMUNION
As we receive this heavenly Sacrament, we beseech, 0 Lord, your mercy,
that we, who rejoice in commemorating
the Blessed Virgin Mary, may by imitating her
serve worthily the mystery of our redemption. Through Christ our Lord .
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MEDITATION OF THE DAY
SAINT JOHN XXIII
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Blessed
Is the Womb
My thoughts turn once more to the words of the humble daughter of Israel
who still speaks for our own hearts and lips, words which we repeat with
enthusiasm to the Blessed Mother of Jesus, who is our own Mother too: Beata,
beata viscera Marire Virginis quos portaverunt /Eterni Patris Filium! 0
blessed indeed the womb that bore you! And I place my confident trust in the reply
of Jesus which is the renewed assurance for you, children of the Catholic
Church, that we may find here below on earth, as a pledge of our eternal happiness
in heaven, prosperity, joy, and peace, in proportion to our unconquerable
fidelity to the teaching of the divine Word, always better understood arid
better guarded: Blessed rather are those who hear the Word of God and keep it.
O Mary, Mother of Jesus and our Mother too! We hail you with this cry that
all generations of men repeat, contemplating the mysteries of your life and
the splendour of your Assumption. Once more we hail you as blessed, beata; intercede
for us, 0 glorious Queen of the world, and be ever mindful of us, particularly
in the dangers and needs of the present hour.
O Jesus, Son of Mary, our Brother and our Saviour, by the mystery of the
body and blood which you deigned to assume from the Virgin's pure womb and which
we today renew on our altar, preserve for us the gift of faith for the salvation
of our souls, for the prosperity and greatness of our people and for the glory
of your name, which will be at the same time our glory and our joy, in this
present life and in eternity. Amen.
Saint John XXIII (+
1963) reigned os pope from 1958 until 1963.
John XXIII (Saint) . From Days of Devotion, Dorothy White, Tr. 0 2008,
Viking Publishing, Penguin Group, (USA) Inc .• New York, NY.
Viking Publishing, Penguin Group, (USA) Inc .• New York, NY.
1. Paintings of Saint John Paul II and Saint John XXIII - YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQedaSk4A1E
19 May 2014 - Uploaded by catholicnewsagency
Anna Gulak, a young polish sculptor and painter, has made a series of portraits of the two pope saints. These ...
