• Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and MartyrJanuary 21, 2025
  • Readings for the Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

  Reading 1 Hebrews 6:10-20

  Brothers and sisters:
  God is not unjust so as to overlook your work
  and the love you have demonstrated for his name
  by having served and continuing to serve the holy ones.
  We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness
  for the fulfillment of hope until the end,
  so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who,
  through faith and patience, are inheriting the promises.

  When God made the promise to Abraham,
  since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,
  and said, I will indeed bless you and multiply you.
  And so, after patient waiting, Abraham obtained the promise.
  Now, men swear by someone greater than themselves;
  for them an oath serves as a guarantee
  and puts an end to all argument.
  So when God wanted to give the heirs of his promise
  an even clearer demonstration of the immutability of his purpose,
  he intervened with an oath,
  so that by two immutable things,
  in which it was impossible for God to lie,
  we who have taken refuge might be strongly encouraged
  to hold fast to the hope that lies before us.
  This we have as an anchor of the soul,
  sure and firm, which reaches into the interior behind the veil,
  where Jesus has entered on our behalf as forerunner,
  becoming high priest forever
  according to the order of Melchizedek.

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 111:1-2, 4-5, 9, 10c

  R.    (5)  The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R.    Alleluia.
  I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart
      in the company and assembly of the just.
  Great are the works of the LORD,
      exquisite in all their delights.
  R.    The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R.    Alleluia.
  He has won renown for his wondrous deeds;
      gracious and merciful is the LORD.
  He has given food to those who fear him;
      he will forever be mindful of his covenant.
  R.    The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R.    Alleluia.
  He has sent deliverance to his people;
      he has ratified his covenant forever;
      holy and awesome is his name.
      His praise endures forever.
  R.    The Lord will remember his covenant for ever.
  or:
  R.    Alleluia.

  Alleluia Ephesians 1:17-18

  R. Alleluia, alleluia.
  May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
  enlighten the eyes of our hearts,
  that we may know what is the hope
  that belongs to our call.
  R. Alleluia, alleluia.

  Gospel Mark 2:23-28

  As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath,
  his disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain.
  At this the Pharisees said to him,
  “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?”
  He said to them,
  “Have you never read what David did
  when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry?
  How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest
  and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat,
  and shared it with his companions?”
  Then he said to them,
  “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
  That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”

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• Memoria de santa Inés, virgen y mártirJanuary 21, 2025
  • Readings for the Memoria de Santa Inés, virgen y mártir

  Primera lectura Hebreos 6, 10-20

  Hermanos: Dios no es injusto para olvidar los trabajos de ustedes y el amor que le han mostrado al servir a sus hermanos en la fe, como lo siguen haciendo hasta hoy. Deseamos, sin embargo, que todos y cada uno de ustedes mantenga hasta el fin el mismo fervor y diligencia, para alcanzar la plenitud de su esperanza. Así, lejos de volverse negligentes, serán ustedes imitadores de aquellos que, por la fe y la paciencia, heredan lo prometido por Dios.

  En efecto, cuando Dios hizo la promesa a Abraham, como no había nada superior por lo cual jurar, juró por sí mismo, diciendo: Te colmaré de bendiciones y te daré una descendencia innumerable. Por este motivo, Abraham perseveró en la paciencia y alcanzó lo prometido por Dios. Cuando los hombres juran, lo hacen por alguien superior a ellos, y el juramento pone fin a toda discusión. También Dios, cuando quiso mostrar con plenitud a los herederos de la promesa lo irrevocable de su decisión, se comprometió con un juramento.

  Así pues, mediante estos dos actos irrevocables, promesa y juramento, en los cuales Dios no puede mentir, tenemos un consuelo poderoso los que buscamos un refugio en la esperanza de lo prometido. Esta esperanza nos mantiene firmes y seguros, porque está anclada en el interior del santuario, ahí donde Jesús entró, precediéndonos, constituido sumo sacerdote, como Melquisedec.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 110, 1. 2. 4-5. 9 y 10c

  R. (5b) El Señor se recuerda siempre de su alianza.
  Quiero alabar a Dios, de corazón,
  en las reuniones de los justos. 
  Grandiosas son las obras del Señor,
  y para todo fiel, dignos de estudio. 
  R. El Señor se recuerda siempre de su alianza.
  Ha hecho inolvidables sus prodigios.
  El Señor es piadoso y es clemente.
  Acordándose siempre de su alianza,
  él le da de comer al que lo teme.
  R. El Señor se recuerda siempre de su alianza.
  El redimió a su pueblo,
  y estableció su alianza para siempre.
  Dios es santo y terrible
  y su gloria perdura eternamente. 
  R. El Señor se recuerda siempre de su alianza.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Cfr Efesios 1, 17-18

  R. Aleluya, aleluya.
  Que el Padre de nuestro Señor Jesucristo
  ilumine nuestras mentes,
  para que podamos comprender cuál es la esperanza
  que nos da su llamamiento.
  R. Aleluya.

  Evangelio Marcos 2,23-28

  Un sábado, Jesús iba caminando entre los sembrados, y sus discípulos comenzaron a arrancar espigas al pasar. Entonces los fariseos le preguntaron: “¿Por qué hacen tus discípulos algo que no está permitido hacer en sábado?”

  Él les respondió: “¿No han leído acaso lo que hizo David una vez que tuvo necesidad y padecían hambre él y sus compañeros? Entró en la casa de Dios, en tiempos del sumo sacerdote Abiatar, comió de los panes sagrados, que sólo podían comer los sacerdotes, y les dio también a sus compañeros”.

  Luego añadió Jesús: “El sábado se hizo para el hombre, y no el hombre para el sábado. Y el Hijo del hombre también es dueño del sábado”.

  – – –
  

  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

Sunday, January 17th – II Sunday of Ordinary Time

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