This Week’s Gospel Message

Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

This week’s Gospel message for Sunday, September 5th is from Mark 7:31-37.

“And people brought to [Jesus] a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, ‘Ephphatha!”—that is, ‘Be opened’—And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly…They were exceedingly astonished and they said, ‘He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.’”

“It is noteworthy that the first words the man in the Gospel hears, presumably in his entire life, were the words of Jesus. His ears have been opened to hear God’s word and his tongue has been loosened to proclaim God’s grace. The Ephphetha rite in the sacrament of baptism recalls this event. By virtue of our baptism we are all this man, touched by God’s grace, made ready to speak God’s word to the world.” SOURCE: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2021

DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK

“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17

Monday Col 1:24—2:3; Luke 6:6-11

Tuesday  Col 2:6-15; Luke 6:12-19

Wednesday  Micah 5:1-4a; Matt 1:1-16, 18-23

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Feast)“This feast originated in the Eastern Church and was commemorated in the West as early as the fifth century. Although no one is certain where Mary was born, one ancient tradition cites Nazareth and another, Jerusalem. An occasion for praise and thanksgiving, the feast celebrates Mary’s personal sanctity and vocation as the mother of Jesus.”

Thursday Col 3:12-17; Luke 6:27-38

Saint Peter Claver, Priest (Memorial)“Born in Spain, Peter joined the Jesuits. He went to the missions in Cartegena, in Colombia, which was then the center of the slave trade. Peter ministered for nearly forty years to the newly arrived Africans with food, water, and medicine.”

Friday 1 Tim 1:1-2, 12-14; Luke 6:39-42

Saturday 1 Tim 1:15-17; Luke 6:43-49

SOURCE: Living With Christ, September 2021

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