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Our Lady of Sorrows of Friday September 15, 2023

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September 15, 2023

(Cf. Luke 2:34-35)
Simeon said to Mary: Behold, this child is destined for the ruin and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign of contradiction; and your own soul a sword will pierce.

Texts of the day

Texts of the day

Friday September 15, 2023 Other dates
First reading

Reading  (1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14)

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, to Timothy, my true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I am grateful...

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Psalm

Responsorial Psalm  (Psalm 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11)

Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;     I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you." O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,     you it is who hold fast my lot. R....

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Gospel

Gospel

An alternate reading follows. Gospel  (John 19:25-27) Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved...

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comment

“You will show me the path to life…” (Psalm 16:11).

Thanks to a poor sense of direction, I have wandered through parking lots in the rain and snow searching for my car. I have even looked in vain on the wrong level of a parking garage. Out of desperation, I...

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