September 28, 2012
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time.
We hope that today is a good day.
Today's Bible story based on the calendar of the Catholic Church.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendar.php
Most of these contents are things of The World English Bible.
http://ebible.org/web/
We hope that everyone in the peace of the Lord.
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+ Saints: St. Wenceslaus
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+ First Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
1 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:
2 a time to be born,
and a time to die;
a time to plant,
and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill,
and a time to heal;
a time to break down,
and a time to build up;
4 a time to weep,
and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn,
and a time to dance;
5 a time to cast away stones,
and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace,
and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 a time to seek,
and a time to lose;
a time to keep,
and a time to cast away;
7 a time to tear,
and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence,
and a time to speak;
8 a time to love,
and a time to hate;
a time for war,
and a time for peace.
9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?
10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end
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+ Psalm: Psalms 144:1b and 2abc, 3-4
1b Who teaches my hands to war,
and my fingers to battle:
2abc my loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge;
3 Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him?
Or the son of man, that you think of him?
4 Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
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+ Gospel: Luke 9:18-22
18 It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
19 They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
20 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
21 But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."
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+ Today's Reading: Tobit 7:1、9-17、8:4-16
1 And when they arrived at Ecbatane, they came to the house of Raguel, and Sarah met them. And after they had greeted one another, she brought them into the house.
9 So he communicated the matter to Raguel. And Raguel said to Tobias, "Eat and drink, and make merry,
10 for it is fitting that you should marry my daughter. Nevertheless I will declare to you the truth.
11 I have given my daughter in marriage to seven men, who each died on the night that they came in to her. Nevertheless be merry for now." But Tobias said, "I will eat nothing here until we agree and swear one to another."
12 Raguel said, "Then take her from this time forward, according to the custom, for you are her kinsman, and she is yours, and may the merciful God give you good success in all things."
13 Then he called his daughter Sarah, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, "Behold, take her after the Law of Moses, and lead her away to your father." And he blessed them.
14 And he called Edna his wife, and took paper and wrote an instrument of covenants and sealed it.
15 Then they began to eat.
16 Afterwards Raguel called his wife Edna and said to her, "Sister, prepare another room and bring her into it."
17 Then, when she had done as he had asked her, she brought her into it. And she wept and received the tears of her daughter, and she said to her,
8:4 And afterwards, when they were both secluded together, Tobias rose out of the bed and said, "Sister, arise, and let us pray that God will have pity on us."
5 Then Tobias began to say, "Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.
6 You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife as a helper and support; of them came mankind, for you have said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; let us make him a helper like himself.'
7 And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for pleasure, but in righteousness; therefore mercifully ordain that we may grow old together."
8 And she said with him, "Amen."
9 So they both slept that night. And Raguel arose, and went and made a grave,
10 saying, "I am afraid that he too is dead."
11 But when Raguel returned to his house,
12 he said to his wife Edna, "Send one of the maids, and let her see if he is alive. If he is not, then we can bury him, and no one will know of it."
13 So the maid opened the door and went in and found them both asleep.
14 And she came forth and told them that he was alive.
15 Then Raguel praised God and said, "O God, you are worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let your saints praise you with all your creatures, and let all your angels and your elect praise you for ever.
16 You are to be praised, for you have made me joyful; and what I feared has not happened, but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy.
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