• Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeSeptember 18, 2025

  Reading 1 1 Timothy 4:12-16

  Beloved:
  Let no one have contempt for your youth,
  but set an example for those who believe,
  in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.
  Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.
  Do not neglect the gift you have,
  which was conferred on you through the prophetic word
  with the imposition of hands by the presbyterate.
  Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them,
  so that your progress may be evident to everyone.
  Attend to yourself and to your teaching;
  persevere in both tasks,
  for by doing so you will save
  both yourself and those who listen to you.

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 111:7-8, 9, 10

  R.(2) How great are the works of the Lord!
  The works of his hands are faithful and just;
  sure are all his precepts,
  Reliable forever and ever,
  wrought in truth and equity.
  R. How great are the works of the Lord!
  He has sent deliverance to his people;
  he has ratified his covenant forever;
  holy and awesome is his name.
  R. How great are the works of the Lord!
  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
  prudent are all who live by it.
  His praise endures forever.
  R. How great are the works of the Lord!

  Alleluia Matthew 11:28

  R. Alleluia, alleluia.
  Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
  and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
  R. Alleluia, alleluia.

  Gospel Luke 7:36-50

  A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,
  and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
  Now there was a sinful woman in the city
  who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
  Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,
  she stood behind him at his feet weeping
  and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
  Then she wiped them with her hair,
  kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.
  When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself,
  “If this man were a prophet,
  he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
  that she is a sinner.”
  Jesus said to him in reply,
  “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
  “Tell me, teacher,” he said.
  “Two people were in debt to a certain creditor;
  one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty.
  Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both.
  Which of them will love him more?”
  Simon said in reply,
  “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”
  He said to him, “You have judged rightly.”
  Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon,
  “Do you see this woman?
  When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet,
  but she has bathed them with her tears
  and wiped them with her hair.
  You did not give me a kiss,
  but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.
  You did not anoint my head with oil,
  but she anointed my feet with ointment.
  So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;
  hence, she has shown great love.
  But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
  He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
  The others at table said to themselves,
  “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
  But he said to the woman,
  “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

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• Jueves de la XXIV semana del Tiempo ordinarioSeptember 18, 2025

  Primera lectura 1 Timoteo 4, 12-16

  Querido hermano: Que nadie te desprecie por tu juventud. Procura ser un modelo para los fieles en tu modo de hablar y en tu conducta, en el amor, en la fe y en la castidad. Mientras llego, preocúpate de leer públicamente la palabra de Dios, de exhortar a los hermanos y de enseñarlos.
  
  No descuides el don que posees. Recuerda que se te confirió cuando, a instancias del Espíritu, los presbíteros te impusieron las manos. Pon interés en todas estas cosas y dedícate a ellas, de modo que todos vean tu progreso. Cuida de tu conducta y de tu enseñanza y sé perseverante, pues obrando así, te salvarás a ti mismo y a los que te escuchen.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 110, 7-8. 9. 10

  R. (2a) Los mandamientos del Señor son dignos de confianza.
  Justas y verdaderas son las obras del Señor;
  son dignos de confianza sus mandatos,
  pues nunca pierden su valor
  y exigen ser fielmente ejecutados.
  R. Los mandamientos del Señor son dignos de confianza.
  El redimió a su pueblo
  y estableció su alianza para siempre.
  Dios es santo y terrible.
  R. Los mandamientos del Señor son dignos de confianza.
  El temor del Señor es el principio de la sabiduría
  y los que viven de acuerdo con él son sensatos.
  La gloria del Señor perdura eternamente.
  R.  Los mandamientos del Señor son dignos de confianza.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Mateo 11, 28

  R. Aleluya, aleluya.
  Vengan a mí, todos los que están fatigados
  y agobiados por la carga, y yo les daré alivio, dice el Señor.
  R. Aleluya.

  Evangelio Lucas 7, 36-50

  En aquel tiempo, un fariseo invitó a Jesús a comer con él. Jesús fue a la casa del fariseo y se sentó a la mesa. Una mujer de mala vida en aquella ciudad, cuando supo que Jesús iba a comer ese día en casa del fariseo, tomó consigo un frasco de alabastro con perfume, fue y se puso detrás de Jesús, y comenzó a llorar, y con sus lágrimas bañaba sus pies; los enjugó con su cabellera, los besó y los ungió con el perfume.
  
  Viendo esto, el fariseo que lo había invitado comenzó a pensar: “Si este hombre fuera profeta, sabría qué clase de mujer es la que lo está tocando; sabría que es una pecadora”.
  
  Entonces Jesús le dijo: “Simón, tengo algo que decirte”. El fariseo contestó: “Dímelo, Maestro”. El le dijo: “Dos hombres le debían dinero a un prestamista. Uno le debía quinientos denarios, y el otro, cincuenta. Como no tenían con qué pagarle, les perdonó la deuda a los dos. ¿Cuál de ellos lo amará más?” Simón le respondió: “Supongo que aquel a quien le perdonó más”.
  
  Entonces Jesús le dijo: “Has juzgado bien”. Luego, señalando a la mujer, dijo a Simón: “¿Ves a esta mujer? Entré en tu casa y tú no me ofreciste agua para los pies, mientras que ella me los ha bañado con sus lágrimas y me los ha enjugado con sus cabellos. Tú no me diste el beso de saludo; ella, en cambio, desde que entró, no ha dejado de besar mis pies. Tú no ungiste con aceite mi cabeza; ella, en cambio, me ha ungido los pies con perfume. Por lo cual, yo te digo: sus pecados, que son muchos, le han quedado perdonados, porque ha amado mucho. En cambio, al que poco se le perdona, poco ama”. Luego le dijo a la mujer: “Tus pecados te han quedado perdonados”.
  
  Los invitados empezaron a preguntarse a sí mismos: “¿Quién es éste que hasta los pecados perdona?” Jesús le dijo a la mujer: “Tu fe te ha salvado; vete en paz”.
  
   

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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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