• Friday of the Fifth Week of LentMarch 31, 2023

  Reading 1 Jer 20:10-13

  I hear the whisperings of many:
  “Terror on every side!
  Denounce! let us denounce him!”
  All those who were my friends
  are on the watch for any misstep of mine.
  “Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,
  and take our vengeance on him.”
  But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:
  my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.
  In their failure they will be put to utter shame,
  to lasting, unforgettable confusion.
  O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,
  who probe mind and heart,
  Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,
  for to you I have entrusted my cause.
  Sing to the LORD,
  praise the LORD,
  For he has rescued the life of the poor
  from the power of the wicked!
  

  Responsorial Psalm Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7

  R. (see 7)  In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
  I love you, O LORD, my strength,
  O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
  R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
  My God, my rock of refuge,
  my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
  Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
  and I am safe from my enemies.
  R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
  The breakers of death surged round about me,
  the destroying floods overwhelmed me;
  The cords of the nether world enmeshed me,
  the snares of death overtook me.
  R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
  In my distress I called upon the LORD
  and cried out to my God;
  From his temple he heard my voice,
  and my cry to him reached his ears.
  R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.
  

  Verse Before the Gospel See Jn 6:63c, 68c

  Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life;
  you have the words of everlasting life.
  

  Gospel Jn 10:31-42

  The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.
  Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father.
  For which of these are you trying to stone me?”
  The Jews answered him,
  “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.
  You, a man, are making yourself God.”
  Jesus answered them,
  “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, ‘You are gods”‘?
  If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,
  and Scripture cannot be set aside,
  can you say that the one
  whom the Father has consecrated and sent into the world
  blasphemes because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
  If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;
  but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
  believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
  that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
  Then they tried again to arrest him;
  but he escaped from their power.
  
  He went back across the Jordan
  to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.
  Many came to him and said,
  “John performed no sign,
  but everything John said about this man was true.”
  And many there began to believe in him.
  

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• Viernes de la V semana de CuaresmaMarch 31, 2023

  Primera lectura Jer 20, 10-13

  En aquel tiempo, dijo Jeremías:
  “Yo oía el cuchicheo de la gente que decía:
  ‘Denunciemos a Jeremías,
  Denunciemos al profeta del terror’.
  Todos los que eran mis amigos espiaban mis pasos,
  esperaban que tropezara y me cayera, diciendo:
  ‘Si se tropieza y se cae, lo venceremos
  y podremos vengarnos de él’.
  
  Pero el Señor, guerrero poderoso, está a mi lado;
  por eso mis perseguidores caerán por tierra
  y no podrán conmigo;
  quedarán avergonzados de su fracaso
  y su ignominia será eterna e inolvidable.
  
  Señor de los ejércitos, que pones a prueba al justo
  y conoces lo más profundo de los corazones,
  haz que yo vea tu venganza contra ellos,
  porque a ti he encomendado mi causa.
  
  Canten y alaben al Señor,
  porque él ha salvado la vida de su pobre
  de la mano de los malvados’’.
  

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 17, 2-3a. 3bc-4. 5-6. 7

  R. (cf 7) Sálvame, Señor, en el peligro.
  Yo te amo, Señor; tú eres mi fortaleza;
  el Dios que me protege y me libera.
  R. Sálvame, Señor, en el peligro.
  Tu eres mi refugio,
  mi salvación, mi escudo, mi castillo.
  Cuando invoqué al Señor de mi esperanza
  al punto me libró de mi enemigo.
  R. Sálvame, Señor, en el peligro.
  Olas mortales me cercaban,
  torrentes destructores me envolvían;
  me alcanzaban las redes del abismo
  y me ataban los lazos de la muerte.
  R. Sálvame, Señor, en el peligro.
  En el peligro invoqué al Señor,
  en mi angustia le grité a mi Dios;
  desde su templo, él escuchó mi voz,
  y mi grito llegó a sus oídos.
  R. Sálvame, Señor, en el peligro.
  

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Cfr Jn 6, 63. 68

  R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.
  Tus palabras, Señor, son espíritu y vida.
  Tú tienes palabras de vida eterna.
  R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.
  

  Evangelio Jn 10, 31-42

  En aquel tiempo, cuando Jesús terminó de hablar, los judíos cogieron piedras para apedrearlo. Jesús les dijo: “He realizado ante ustedes muchas obras buenas de parte del Padre, ¿por cuál de ellas me quieren apedrear?”
  
  Le contestaron los judíos: “No te queremos apedrear por ninguna obra buena, sino por blasfemo, porque tú, no siendo más que un hombre, pretendes ser Dios”. Jesús les replicó: “¿No está escrito en su ley: Yo les he dicho: Ustedes son dioses? Ahora bien, si ahí se llama dioses a quienes fue dirigida la palabra de Dios (y la Escritura no puede equivocarse), ¿cómo es que a mí, a quien el Padre consagró y envió al mundo, me llaman blasfemo porque he dicho: ‘Soy Hijo de Dios’? Si no hago las obras de mi Padre, no me crean. Pero si las hago, aunque no me crean a mí, crean a las obras, para que puedan comprender que el Padre está en mí y yo en el Padre”. Trataron entonces de apoderarse de él, pero se les escapó de las manos.
  
  Luego regresó Jesús al otro lado del Jordán, al lugar donde Juan había bautizado en un principio y se quedó allí. Muchos acudieron a él y decían: “Juan no hizo ningún signo; pero todo lo que Juan decía de éste, era verdad”. Y muchos creyeron en él allí.
  
  
  

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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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