This Week’s Gospel Message for Sunday, September 9th is from Mark 7:31-37.
“He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
“In the Gospel, Jesus displays [the] transformative power [of God] and tender mercy in his healing of a deaf man. The witnesses to this act cannot help but proclaim Christ’s power and compassion.”
Source: Pastoral Patterns, Autumn 2018
DAILY READINGS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 1 Cor 5:1-8; Luke 6:6-11
Tuesday 1 Cor 6:1-11; Luke 6:12-19
Wednesday 1 Cor 7:25-31; Luke 6:20-26
Thursday 1 Cor 8:1b-7, 11-13; Luke 6:27-38 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
Friday Num 21:4b-9; Phil 2:6-11; John 3:13-17 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Feast)
Saturday 1 Cor 10:14-22; John 19:25-27 Our Lady of Sorrows (Memorial)
FEASTS AND MEMORIALS
Saint John Chrysostom
Memorial: September 13
Saint John Chrysostom, as archbishop of Constantinople, began a program of reform. Because he was uncompromising in political and ecclesiastical affairs, his enemies contrived to have him exiled, despite the efforts of the Holy See. To avoid an uprising, John was taken away in secret but died on the journey.”
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Feast: September 14
“This feast commemorates the finding of the true cross by Emperor Constantine’s mother, Helen, the dedication of the original Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 335, and Christ’s victory over death by his crucifixion and resurrection.”
Our Lady of Sorrows
Memorial: September 15
“…this memorial was started in 1668 by the Servite Friars. In 1814, Pope Pius VII extended the celebration to the whole Western Church. The seven sorrows are: Simeon’s prophecy at the presentation of Jesus in the temple, the flight into Egypt, the disappearance of the boy Jesus in Jerusalem, the road to Calvary, the crucifixion, the removal from the cross, and the entombment.”
Source: Living With Christ, September 2018