Wednesday, September 30, 2009

OCTOBER 1 SAINT THÈRÉSE OF THE CHILD JESUS

OCTOBER 1

649 SAINT THÈRÉSE OF THE CHILD JESUS,
VIRGIN AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH MEMORIAL

CCC Cross Reference:
Is 66:13 239, 370
Ps 131:2 239; Ps 131:2-3 370
Mt 18:3-4 526; Mt 18:3 2785

From the Common for Virgins, p. 1869, or the Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious, p. 1880,

OR

FIRST READING
Isaiah 66:10-14c

Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her,
all you who love her;
Exult, exult with her,
all you who were mourning over her!
Oh, that you may suck fully
of the milk of her comfort,
That you may nurse with delight
at her abundant breasts!
For thus says the LORD:
Lo, I will spread prosperity over her like a river,
and the wealth of the nations like
an overflowing torrent.
As nurslings, you shall be carried in her arms,
and fondled in her lap;
As a mother comforts her son,
so will I comfort you;
in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort.

When you see this, your heart shall rejoice,
and your bodies flourish like the grass;
The LORD'S power shall be known to his servants.


RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 131:1bcde, 2, 3

R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.

O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.

Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother's lap,
so is my soul within me.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.

O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.


GOSPEL
Matthew 18:1-4

The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."

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