• Saturday of the Third Week of LentMarch 29, 2025

  Reading I Hosea 6:1-6

  “Come, let us return to the LORD,
      it is he who has rent, but he will heal us;
      he has struck us, but he will bind our wounds.
  He will revive us after two days;
      on the third day he will raise us up,
      to live in his presence.
  Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD;
      as certain as the dawn is his coming,
      and his judgment shines forth like the light of day!
  He will come to us like the rain,
      like spring rain that waters the earth.”

  What can I do with you, Ephraim?
  What can I do with you, Judah?
  Your piety is like a morning cloud,
      like the dew that early passes away.
  For this reason I smote them through the prophets,
      I slew them by the words of my mouth;
  For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice,
      and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab

  R.    (see Hosea 6:6)  It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
      in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
  Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
      and of my sin cleanse me.
  R.    It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
      should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
  My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
      a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
  R.    It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.
  Be bountiful, O LORD, to Zion in your kindness
      by rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem;
  Then shall you be pleased with due sacrifices,
      burnt offerings and holocausts.
  R.    It is mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.

  Verse before the Gospel Psalm 95:8

  If today you hear his voice,
  harden not your hearts.

  Gospel Luke 18:9-14

  Jesus addressed this parable
  to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
  and despised everyone else.
  “Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
  one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
  The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
  ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — 
  greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector.
  I fast twice a week,
  and I pay tithes on my whole income.’
  But the tax collector stood off at a distance
  and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
  but beat his breast and prayed,
  ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’
  I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
  for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled,
  and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

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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.

• Sábado de la III semana de CuaresmaMarch 29, 2025

  Primera Lectura Oseas 6, 1-6

  Esto dice el Señor:
   “En su aflicción, mi pueblo me buscará
  y se dirán unos a otros: ‘Vengan, volvámonos al Señor;
  él nos ha desgarrado y él nos curará;
  él nos ha herido y él nos vendará.
  En dos días nos devolverá la vida,
  y al tercero, nos levantará
  y viviremos en su presencia.

  Esforcémonos por conocer al Señor;
  tan cierta como la aurora es su aparición
  y su juicio surge como la luz;
  bajará sobre nosotros como lluvia temprana,
  como lluvia de primavera que empapa la tierra’.

  ¿Qué voy a hacer contigo, Efraín?
  ¿Qué voy a hacer contigo, Judá?
  Su amor es nube mañanera,
  es rocío matinal que se evapora.
  Por eso los he azotado por medio de los profetas
  y les he dado muerte con mis palabras.
  Porque yo quiero misericordia y no sacrificios,
  conocimiento de Dios, más que holocaustos”.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 50, 3-4. 18-19. 20-21ab

  R. (cf  Os 6,6)  Misericordia quiero, no sacrificios, dice el Señor.
  Por tu inmensa compasión y misericordia. 
  Señor, apiádate de mí y olvida mis ofensas.
  Lávame bien de todos mis delitos,
  y purifícame de mis pecados. R.
  R. Misericordia quiero, no sacrificios, dice el Señor.
  Tú, Señor, no te complaces en los sacrificios 
  y si te ofreciera un holocausto, no te agradaría.
  Un corazón contrito te presento
  Y un corazón contrito, tú nunca lo desprecias. R.
  R. Misericordia quiero, no sacrificios, dice el Señor.
  Señor, por tu bondad, apiádate de Sión,
  edifica de nuevo sus murallas.
  Te agradarán entonces los sacrificios justos,
  ofrendas y holocaustos. R.
  R. Misericordia quiero, no sacrificios, dice el Señor.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Cfr Salmo 94, 8

  R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.
  Hagámosle caso al Señor, que nos dice:
  “No endurezcan su corazón”.
  R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.

  Evangelio Lucas 18, 9-14

  En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo esta parábola sobre algunos que se 
  tenían por justos y despreciaban a los demás:

  “Dos hombres subieron al templo para orar: uno era fariseo y el otro, publicano. El fariseo, erguido, oraba así en su interior: ‘Dios mío, te doy gracias porque no soy como los demás hombres: ladrones, injustos y adúlteros; tampoco soy como ese publicano. Ayuno dos veces por semana y pago el diezmo de todas mis ganancias’.

  El publicano, en cambio, se quedó lejos y no se atrevía a levantar los ojos al cielo. Lo único que hacía era golpearse el pecho, diciendo: ‘Dios mío, apiádate de mí, que soy un pecador’.

  Pues bien, yo les aseguro que éste bajó a su casa justificado y aquél no; porque todo el que se enaltece será humillado y el que se humilla será enaltecido’’.

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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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