• Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary TimeSeptember 10, 2025

  Reading 1 Colossians 3:1-11

  Brothers and sisters:
  If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
  where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
  Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
  For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  When Christ your life appears,
  then you too will appear with him in glory.
  
  Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly:
  immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire,
  and the greed that is idolatry.
  Because of these the wrath of God is coming upon the disobedient.
  By these you too once conducted yourselves, when you lived in that way.
  But now you must put them all away:
  anger, fury, malice, slander,
  and obscene language out of your mouths.
  Stop lying to one another,
  since you have taken off the old self with its practices
  and have put on the new self,
  which is being renewed, for knowledge,
  in the image of its creator.
  Here there is not Greek and Jew,
  circumcision and uncircumcision,
  barbarian, Scythian, slave, free;
  but Christ is all and in all.

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:2-3, 10-11, 12-13ab

  R. (9) The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
  Every day will I bless you,
  and I will praise your name forever and ever.
  Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
  his greatness is unsearchable.
  R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
  Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
  and let your faithful ones bless you.
  Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
  and speak of your might.
  R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.
  Making known to men your might
  and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
  Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,
  and your dominion endures through all generations.
  R. The Lord is compassionate toward all his works.

  Alleluia Luke 6:23ab

  R. Alleluia, alleluia.
  Rejoice and leap for joy!
  Your reward will be great in heaven.
  R. Alleluia, alleluia.

  Gospel Luke 6:20-26

  Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
  
  “Blessed are you who are poor,
  for the Kingdom of God is yours.
  Blessed are you who are now hungry,
  for you will be satisfied.
  Blessed are you who are now weeping,
  for you will laugh.
  Blessed are you when people hate you,
  and when they exclude and insult you,
  and denounce your name as evil
  on account of the Son of Man.
  
  “Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!
  Behold, your reward will be great in heaven.
  For their ancestors treated the prophets
  in the same way.
  But woe to you who are rich,
  for you have received your consolation.
  But woe to you who are filled now,
  for you will be hungry.
  Woe to you who laugh now,
  for you will grieve and weep.
  Woe to you when all speak well of you,
  for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way.”

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  Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

• Miércoles de la XXIII semana del Tiempo ordinarioSeptember 10, 2025

  Primera lectura Colosenses 3, 1-11

  Hermanos: Puesto que ustedes han resucitado con Cristo, busquen los bienes de arriba, donde está Cristo, sentado a la derecha de Dios. Pongan todo el corazón en los bienes del cielo, no en los de la tierra, porque han muerto y su vida está escondida con Cristo en Dios. Cuando se manifieste Cristo, vida de ustedes, entonces también ustedes se manifestarán gloriosos juntamente con él.
  
  Den muerte, pues, a todo lo malo que hay en ustedes: la fornicación, la impureza, las pasiones desordenadas, los malos deseos y la avaricia, que es una forma de idolatría. Esto es lo que atrae el castigo de Dios sobre aquellos que no lo obedecen.
  
  Todo esto lo hacían también ustedes en su vida anterior. Pero ahora dejen a un lado todas estas cosas: la ira, el rencor, la maldad, las blasfemias y las palabras obscenas. No sigan engañándose unos a otros; despójense del modo de actuar del viejo yo y revístanse del nuevo yo, el que se va renovando conforme va adquiriendo el conocimiento de Dios, que lo creó a su propia imagen.
  
  En este orden nuevo ya no hay distinción entre judíos y no judíos, israelitas y paganos, bárbaros y extranjeros, esclavos y libres; sino que Cristo es todo en todos.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 144, 2-3. 10-11. 12-13ab

  R. (9a) El Señor es bueno con todos.
  Un día tras otro bendeciré tu nombre
  y no cesará mi boca de alabarlo.
  Muy digno de alabanza es el Señor,
  por su grandeza incalculable.
  R. El Señor es bueno con todos.
  Que te alaben, Señor, todas tus obras
  y que todos tus fieles te bendigan.
  Que proclamen la gloria de tu reino
  y narren tus proezas a los hombres.
  R. El Señor es bueno con todos.
  Que muestren a los hombres tus proezas,
  el esplendor y la gloria de tu reino.
  Tu reino, Señor, es para siempre
  y tu imperio, por todas las generaciones.
  R. El Señor es bueno con todos.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Lucas 6, 23

  R. Aleluya, aleluya.
  Alégrense ese día y salten de gozo,
  porque su recompensa será grande en el cielo.
  R. Aleluya.

  Evangelio Lucas 6, 20-26

  En aquel tiempo, mirando Jesús a sus discípulos, les dijo:
  “Dichosos ustedes los pobres,
  porque de ustedes es el Reino de Dios.
  Dichosos ustedes los que ahora tienen hambre,
  porque serán saciados.
  Dichosos ustedes los que lloran ahora,
  porque al fin reirán.
  
  Dichosos serán ustedes cuando los hombres los aborrezcan y los expulsen de entre ellos, y cuando los insulten y maldigan por causa del Hijo del hombre. Alégrense ese día y salten de gozo, porque su recompensa será grande en el cielo. Pues así trataron sus padres a los profetas.
  
  Pero, ¡ay de ustedes, los ricos,
  porque ya tienen ahora su consuelo!
  ¡Ay de ustedes, los que se hartan ahora,
  porque después tendrán hambre!
  ¡Ay de ustedes, los que ríen ahora,
  porque llorarán de pena!
  ¡Ay de ustedes, cuando todo el mundo los alabe,
  porque de ese modo trataron sus padres a los falsos profetas!”

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  Los textos de la Sagrada Escritura utilizados en esta obra han sido tomados de los Leccionarios I, II y III, propiedad de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia Episcopal Mexicana, copyright © 1987, quinta edición de septiembre de 2004. Utilizados con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. Debido a cuestiones de permisos de impresión, los Salmos Responsoriales que se incluyen aquí son los del Leccionario que se utiliza en México. Su parroquia podría usar un texto diferente.

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. 
I embrace You as if You were already there 
and unite myself wholly to You. 
Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Spiritual Communion Prayer

At Thy feet, O my Jesus, I prostrate myself and I offer Thee repentance of my contrite heart, which is humbled in its nothingness and in Thy holy presence. I adore Thee in the Sacrament of Thy love, the ineffable Eucharist. I desire to receive Thee into the poor dwelling that my heart offers Thee. While waiting for the happiness of sacramental communion, I wish to possess Thee in spirit. Come to me, O my Jesus, since I, for my part, am coming to Thee! May Thy love embrace my whole being in life and in death. I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee. Amen.

Servant of God Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val

Anima Christi Prayer

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from Christ’s side, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
In the hour of my death call me.
And bid me come unto Thee.
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints.
Forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion

Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank You, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, You have fed me with the Precious Body & Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. 

May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the One true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with You.

And I pray that You will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with Your Son and holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. grant this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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