• Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary TimeAugust 30, 2025

  Reading 1 1 Thessalonians 4:9-11

  Brothers and sisters:
  On the subject of fraternal charity
  you have no need for anyone to write you,
  for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
  Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia.
  Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more,
  and to aspire to live a tranquil life,
  to mind your own affairs,
  and to work with your own hands,
  as we instructed you.

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 98:1, 7-8, 9

  R. (9) The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.
  Sing to the LORD a new song,
  for he has done wondrous deeds;
  His right hand has won victory for him,
  his holy arm.
  R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.
  Let the sea and what fills it resound,
  the world and those who dwell in it;
  Let the rivers clap their hands,
  the mountains shout with them for joy.
  R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.
  Before the LORD, for he comes,
  for he comes to rule the earth;
  He will rule the world with justice
  and the peoples with equity.
  R. The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice.

  Alleluia John 13:34

  R. Alleluia, alleluia.
  I give you a new commandment:
  love one another as I have loved you.
  R. Alleluia, alleluia.

  Gospel Matthew 25:14-30

  Jesus told his disciples this parable:
  “A man going on a journey
  called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them.
  To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one–
  to each according to his ability.
  Then he went away.
  Immediately the one who received five talents went and traded with them,
  and made another five.
  Likewise, the one who received two made another two.
  But the man who received one went off and dug a hole in the ground
  and buried his master’s money.
  After a long time
  the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
  The one who had received five talents
  came forward bringing the additional five.
  He said, ‘Master, you gave me five talents.
  See, I have made five more.’
  His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.
  Since you were faithful in small matters,
  I will give you great responsibilities.
  Come, share your master’s joy.’
  Then the one who had received two talents also came forward and said,
  ‘Master, you gave me two talents.
  See, I have made two more.’
  His master said to him, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.
  Since you were faithful in small matters,
  I will give you great responsibilities.
  Come, share your master’s joy.’
  Then the one who had received the one talent came forward and said,
  ‘Master, I knew you were a demanding person,
  harvesting where you did not plant
  and gathering where you did not scatter;
  so out of fear I went off and buried your talent in the ground.
  Here it is back.’
  His master said to him in reply, ‘You wicked, lazy servant!
  So you knew that I harvest where I did not plant
  and gather where I did not scatter?
  Should you not then have put my money in the bank
  so that I could have got it back with interest on my return?
  Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.
  For to everyone who has,
  more will be given and he will grow rich;
  but from the one who has not,
  even what he has will be taken away.
  And throw this useless servant into the darkness outside,
  where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.'”
  
   

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• Sábado de la XXI semana del Tiempo ordinarioAugust 30, 2025

  Primera lectura 1 Tesalonicenses 4, 9-11

  Hermanos: En cuanto al amor fraterno, no necesitan que les escribamos, puesto que ustedes mismos han sido instruidos por Dios para amarse los unos a los otros. Y ya lo practican bien con los hermanos de toda Macedonia. Pero los exhortamos a que lo practiquen cada día más y a que procuren vivir en paz unos con otros, ocupándose cada cual de sus asuntos y trabajando cada quien con sus propias manos, como se lo hemos ordenado a ustedes.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 97, 1. 7-8. 9

  R. (9) Cantemos al Señor con alegría.
  Cantemos al Señor un canto nuevo,
  pues ha hecho maravillas.
  Su diestra y su santo brazo
  le han dado la victoria.
  R. Cantemos al Señor con alegría.
  Alégrense el mar y el mundo submarino,
  el orbe y todos los que en él habitan.
  Que los ríos estallen en aplausos
  y las montañas salten de alegría.
  R. Cantemos al Señor con alegría.
  Regocíjese todo ante el Señor,
  porque ya viene a gobernar el orbe.
  Justicia y rectitud serán las normas
  con las que rija a todas las naciones.
  R. Cantemos al Señor con alegría.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Juan 13, 34

  R. Aleluya, aleluya.
  Les doy un mandamiento nuevo, dice el Señor,
  que se amen los unos a los otros, como yo los he amado.
  R. Aleluya.

  Evangelio Mateo 25, 14-30

  En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo a sus discípulos esta parábola: “El Reino de los cielos se parece también a un hombre que iba a salir de viaje a tierras lejanas; llamó a sus servidores de confianza y les encargó sus bienes. A uno le dio cinco talentos; a otro, dos; y a un tercero, uno, según la capacidad de cada uno, y luego se fue.
  
  El que recibió cinco talentos fue enseguida a negociar con ellos y ganó otros cinco. El que recibió dos hizo lo mismo y ganó otros dos. En cambio, el que recibió un talento hizo un hoyo en la tierra y allí escondió el dinero de su señor.
  
  Después de mucho tiempo regresó aquel hombre y llamó a cuentas a sus servidores.
  
  Se acercó el que había recibido cinco talentos y le presentó otros cinco, diciendo: ‘Señor, cinco talentos me dejaste; aquí tienes otros cinco, que con ellos he ganado’. Su señor le dijo: ‘Te felicito, siervo bueno y fiel. Puesto que has sido fiel en cosas de poco valor, te confiaré cosas de mucho valor. Entra a tomar parte en la alegría de tu señor’.
  
  Se acercó luego el que había recibido dos talentos y le dijo: ‘Señor, dos talentos me dejaste; aquí tienes otros dos, que con ellos he ganado’. Su señor le dijo: ‘Te felicito, siervo bueno y fiel. Puesto que has sido fiel en cosas de poco valor, te confiaré cosas de mucho valor. Entra a tomar parte en la alegría de tu señor’.
  
  Finalmente, se acercó el que había recibido un talento y le dijo: ‘Señor, yo sabía que eres un hombre duro, que quieres cosechar lo que no has plantado y recoger lo que no has sembrado. Por eso tuve miedo y fui a esconder tu talento bajo tierra. Aquí tienes lo tuyo’.
  
  El señor le respondió: ‘Siervo malo y perezoso. Sabías que cosecho lo que no he plantado y recojo lo que no he sembrado. ¿Por qué, entonces, no pusiste mi dinero en el banco, para que a mi regreso lo recibiera yo con intereses? Quítenle el talento y dénselo al que tiene diez. Pues al que tiene se le dará y le sobrará; pero al que tiene poco, se le quitará aun eso poco que tiene.
  
  Y a este hombre inútil, échenlo fuera, a las tinieblas. Allí será el llanto y la desesperación’ “.
  
   

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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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