Wednesday, September 8 : Psalms 13(12),6ab.6cd.
Though I trusted in your mercy,
let my heart rejoice in your salvation. Let me sing of the LORD,
“He has been good to me.”
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THE DAILY GOSPEL
Wednesday, September 8 : Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 1,1-16.18-23.
The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse,
Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.
Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph.
Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah.
Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah.
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile.
After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor,
Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud,
Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah.
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.”
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Wednesday, September 8 : Saint John Damascene
Come, you nations; come, all peoples of every race and language, every age and rank. Joyfully let us celebrate the nativity of the whole world’s joy! If even the pagans honor the birthday of their king (…) what ought not we to do to honor that of the Mother of God, through whom all humanity has been transformed and the pain of Eve, our first mother, has been turned to joy? For Eve heard God’s sentence: “You will bring forth children in pain” (Gn 3:16), but Mary: “Rejoice, most highly favored (…), the Lord is with you” (Lk 1:28). (…) Let all creation celebrate and sing the holy childbirth of a holy woman, for she has brought a lasting treasure into the world. (…) Through her the creative Word of God has been united to the whole creation and we celebrate the ending of human barrenness, the ending of the sickness that kept us from possessing all our good. (…) Nature has given way to grace (…). As the Virgin Mother of God had to be born of barren Anna, so nature remained without fruit until grace had produced its own. It was to open the womb of its mother, she who would give birth to “The Firstborn of all creation” in whom “all things hold together” (Col 1:15,17). O blessed couple, Joachim and Anne! All creation owes you thanks; through you it has offered the Creator the best of all his gifts: a mother worthy of veneration, the only mother worthy of the one who created her.
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Wednesday, September 8 : Book of Micah 5,1-4a.
The LORD says : You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah, too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel ; Whose origin is from of old, from ancient times.
(Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the time when she who is to give birth has borne, And the rest of his brethren shall return to the children of Israel.)
He shall stand firm and shepherd his flock by the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD, his God; And they shall remain, for now his greatness shall reach to the ends of the earth;
he shall be peace.
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Tuesday, September 7 : Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 7,11-16.
And it came to pass afterwards that Jesus went into a city that is called Naim: and there went with him his disciples and a great multitude.
And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow. And a great multitude of the city was with her.
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.
And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise.
And he that was dead sat up and begun to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
And there came a fear upon them all: and they glorified God saying: A great prophet is risen up among us: and, God hath visited his people.
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Tuesday, September 7 : Epistle to the Galatians 5,25-26.6,1-10.
Brethren, if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Brethren, and if a man be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Bear ye one another’s burdens: and so you shall fulfil the law of Christ.
For if any man think himself to be some thing, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But let every one prove his own work: and so he shall have glory in himself only and not in another.
For every one shall bear his own burden.
And let him that is instructed in the word communicate to him that instructeth him, in all good things.
Be not deceived: God is not mocked.
For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh of the flesh also shall reap corruption. But he that soweth in the spirit of the spirit shall reap life everlasting.
And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing.
Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
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Martes, 7 De Septiembre : Evangelio según San Lucas 6,12-19.
Jesús se retiró a una montaña para orar, y pasó toda la noche en oración con Dios.
Cuando se hizo de día, llamó a sus discípulos y eligió a doce de ellos, a los que dio el nombre de Apóstoles:
Simón, a quien puso el sobrenombre de Pedro, Andrés, su hermano, Santiago, Juan, Felipe, Bartolomé,
Mateo, Tomás, Santiago, hijo de Alfeo, Simón, llamado el Zelote,
Judas, hijo de Santiago, y Judas Iscariote, que fue el traidor.
Al bajar con ellos se detuvo en una llanura. Estaban allí muchos de sus discípulos y una gran muchedumbre que había llegado de toda la Judea, de Jerusalén y de la región costera de Tiro y Sidón,
para escucharlo y hacerse curar de sus enfermedades. Los que estaban atormentados por espíritus impuros quedaban curados;
y toda la gente quería tocarlo, porque salía de él una fuerza que sanaba a todos.
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Martes, 7 De Septiembre : Santa Teresa de Calcuta
A Dios no lo podemos encontrar en medio del ruido y la agitación. (…) En el silencio Él nos escucha; en el silencio Él habla a nuestras almas. En el silencio se nos concede el privilegio de escuchar su voz. Silencio de los ojos, Silencio de los oídos, Silencio de la boca, Silencio de la mente. En el silencio del corazón Dios habla. Es necesario el silencio del corazón para poder oír a Dios en todas partes, en la puerta que se cierra, en la persona que nos necesita, en los pájaros que cantan, en las flores, en los animales. Si cuidamos el silencio será fácil orar. En las historias y escritos hay demasiadas palabras, demasiada repetición, demasiada machaconería. Nuestra vida de oración sufre mucho porque nuestro corazón no está en silencio. Guardaré el silencio de mi corazón con mayor cuidado para oír sus palabras de consuelo en el silencio y para consolar a Jesús en su sufridor disfraz de pobre desde la plenitud de mi corazón.
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Martes, 7 De Septiembre : Salmo 145(144),1-2.8-9.10-11.
Te alabaré, Dios mío, a ti, el único Rey, y bendeciré tu Nombre eternamente;
día tras día te bendeciré, y alabaré tu Nombre sin cesar. El Señor es bondadoso y compasivo, lento para enojarse y de gran misericordia;
el Señor es bueno con todos y tiene compasión de todas sus criaturas. Que todas tus obras te den gracias, Señor, y tus fieles te bendigan;
que anuncien la gloria de tu reino y proclamen tu poder.
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Martes, 7 De Septiembre : Carta de San Pablo a los Colosenses 2,6-15.
Vivan en Cristo Jesús, el Señor, tal como ustedes lo han recibido,
arraigados y edificados en él, apoyándose en la fe que les fue enseñada y dando gracias constantemente.
No se dejen esclavizar por nadie con la vacuidad de una engañosa filosofía, inspirada en tradiciones puramente humanas y en los elementos del mundo, y no en Cristo.
Porque en él habita corporalmente toda la plenitud de la divinidad,
y ustedes participan de esa plenitud de Cristo, que es la Cabeza de todo Principado y de toda Potestad.
En él fueron circuncidados, no por mano de hombre, sino por una circuncisión que los despoja del cuerpo carnal, la circuncisión de Cristo.
En el bautismo, ustedes fueron sepultados con él, y con él resucitaron, por la fe en el poder de Dios que lo resucitó de entre los muertos.
Ustedes estaban muertos a causa de sus pecados y de la incircuncisión de su carne, pero Cristo los hizo revivir con él, perdonando todas nuestras faltas.
El canceló el acta de condenación que nos era contraria, con todas sus cláusulas, y la hizo desaparecer clavándola en la cruz.
En cuanto a los Principados y a las Potestades, los despojó y los expuso públicamente a la burla, incorporándolos a su cortejo triunfal.
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