DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FRIDAY - MEMORIAL OF SAINTS ANDREW KIM TAE-GŎN, PRIEST, AND PAUL CHŎNG HA-SANG, AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

FIRST READING

1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-20 OR (WISDOM 3:1-9 / ROMANS 8:31-39)

12 Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied. 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

PSALMS 16(17):1, 6-8, 15 OR (PSALMS 126:1-6)

Response: Lord, when thy glory appears, my joy will be full.

Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

R. Lord, when thy glory appears, my joy will be full.

I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God;
incline thy ear to me, hear my words.
Wondrously show thy steadfast love,
O savior of those who seek refuge
from their adversaries at thy right hand.

R. Lord, when thy glory appears, my joy will be full.

Keep me as the apple of the eye;
hide me in the shadow of thy wings.
As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with beholding thy form.

R. Lord, when thy glory appears, my joy will be full.
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GOSPEL

The women provided for Jesus

LUKE 8:1-3 OR (LUKE 9:23-26)

1 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, 3 and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means.

The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION

DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS

Everyone has something to give, by Augustine of Hippo, 354-430 A.D.

"Frankly, even the poor have something they can share with others. Let one lend feet to the lame, another become the eyes of the blind, another visit the sick, and another bury the dead. These are the things that everyone can do. Lastly, bear one another's burdens, and so you shall fulfill the law of Christ."

(excerpt from Sermon 41,9)
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