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September
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SAINT TERESA MARGARET REDIOF THE SACRED HEARTvirgin
O.C.D.:Mem. O.Carm.:O.M.
INTRODUCTORY
RITES
God
is love, and whoever lives in love, lives in God, and God in him.
(1 Jn. 4:16) OPENING PRAYER Let
us pray [to
be one with Christ through the prayers of
St Teresa Margaret Redi] Pause
for silent prayer Father, you
enabled St Teresa Margaret Redi to
draw untold resources of humility and charity from
the fountain-head, our Saviour. Through
her prayers may
we never be separated from
the love of Christ. Grant
this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who
lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one
God, for ever and ever. FIRST READING
A
reading from the letter of St Paul to the Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-21 To
know the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge. I,
who am less than the least of all the saints, have been entrusted with this
special grace, not only of proclaiming to the pagans the infinite treasure of
Christ but also of explaining how the mystery is to be dispensed. Through all
the ages, this has been kept hidden in God, the creator of everything. Why? So
that the Sovereignties and Powers should learn only now, through the Church, how
comprehensive God's wisdom really is, exactly according to the plan which he had
had from all eternity in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is why we are bold enough
to approach God in complete confidence, through our faith in him. This,
then, is what I pray, kneeling before the Father, from whom every family,
whether spiritual or natural, takes its name: Out
of his infinite glory, may he give you the power through his Spirit for your
hidden self to grow strong, so that Christ may live in your hearts through
faith, and then, planted in love and built on love, you will with all the saints
have strength to grasp the breadth and the length, the height and the depth;
until, knowing the love of Christ, which is beyond all knowledge, you are filled
with the utter fullness of God. Glory
be to him whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or
imagine; glory be to him from generation to generation in the Church and in
Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen. The
word of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Ps. 33, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (R. 9a) R
Taste and see that the Lord is good. 2.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my lips; 3.
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
The humble shall hear and be glad. R 4.
Glorify the Lord with me.
Together let us praise his name. 5.
I sought the Lord and he answered me;
from all my terrors he set me free.
R 6.
Look towards him and be radiant;
let your faces not be abashed. 7.
This poor man called; the Lord heard him
and rescued him from all his distress.
R 8.
The angel of the Lord is encamped
around those who revere him, to rescue them. 9.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
He is happy who seeks refuge in him.
R ALLELUIA
I Jn 2:5 R
Alleluia. V
Whoever keeps the word of Christ
grows perfect in the love of God.
R Alleluia. GOSPEL
A
reading from the holy Gospel according to John
15:9-17 Remain in my love. Jesus
said to his disciples: 'As
the Father has loved me, so
I have loved you. Remain
in my love. If
you keep my commandments you
will remain in my love, just
as I have kept my Father's commandments and
remain in his love. I
have told you this so
that my own joy may be in you and
your joy be complete. This
is my commandment: love
one another as
I have loved you. A
man can have no greater love than
to lay down his life for his friends. You
are my friends, if
you do what I command you. I
shall not call you servants any more, because
a servant does not know his
master's business; I
call you friends, because
I have made known to you everything
I have learnt from my Father. You
did not choose me, no,
I chose you; and
I commissioned you to
go out and bear fruit, fruit
that will last; and
then the Father will give you anything
you ask him in my name. What
I command you is
to love one another.' The
Gospel of the Lord. PRAYER OVER
THE GIFTS
Pray,
brethren . . . Lord, receive
these gifts in
memory of St Teresa Margaret Redi. By
this perfect sacrifice make
us grow in unselfish love for you and
for our brethren. We
ask this through Christ our Lord. COMMUNION RITE
Your
life is hidden now with Christ in God. When Christ,
your life, appears, then you too will appear with
him in glory. (Col. 3:3-4) PRAYER AFTER
COMMUNION
Let
us pray. Pause
for silent prayer, if this has not preceded. Lord, may
our reception
of the body and blood of your Son keep
us from harmful things. Help
us by the example
of St Teresa Margaret Redi to
grow in your love on earth that
we may rejoice for ever in heaven. We
ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord.
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