The Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C/ March 3, 2019~~

Octavo domingo de tiempo ordinario, Ano C/ 3 de marzo del 2019

Church of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady 1510 East 233rd Street Bronx, New York 10466

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Rectory 1531 East 233rd St. Bronx, N.Y. 10466

Office: (718) 324-3531 Fax: (718) 798-0628

Parish Email Address: nativityofourblessedladychurch@gmail.com

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady Convent 1534 East 233rd St Bronx, N.Y. 10466

Parish Website: www.nativityofourblessedladychurch.org

Nativity of Our Blessed Lady School 3893 Dyre Ave, Bx., N.Y. 10466

Office: (718) 324-2188 School Website:

www.nativityofourblessedlady.org

MASS SCHEDULE

Sunday: English 10:00 am Spanish 11:30 am Igbo 1:00pm Weekdays: 7:00am Saturday: 9:00 am (followed by Eucharistic Adoration and The Holy Rosary) Rectory (Rectoria) Office Hours/ Horario de Oficina: Monday-Fridays: 9am-1pm Lunes-Viernes: 9am-1pm Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturdays: After the 9:00am Mass Sundays: After the 10:00am and 11:30am Masses Call the rectory outside the scheduled time. Weekly Prayer Groups Wednesdays/Miercoles: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (Spanish/Espanol) Thursdays: 7:00 – 9:00 pm (English)

Parish Clergy Rev. Cyprian Onyeihe, Administrator Rev. George Kuhn, Sunday Mass Associate Pastoral Staff Edna Augusta, Religious Education Coordinator Sacrament of Matrimony A minimum of 6 months is required to begin the process of the Sacrament of Matrimony. Please call the rectory to set up a meeting with the priest to discuss the process. Dates are not reserved by phone contact. Sacrament of Baptism (for Infants): Parents must be active members of our Parish and are required to attend one session of baptismal instruction held on Tuesdays from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Please call the rectory to make the necessary arrangements. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK Please notify the rectory when a family member is sick to set up regular communion visits.

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Weekly Readings and Memorials Sunday, March 3, 2019

Readings: (SIR 27:4-7; 1 COR 15:54-58; LK 6:39-45) 10:00AM- Pearl Blake (+) Req: Nelson Family 11:30AM- Franquita Aguiar Nunez (+) Req: Pedro Aguiar 1:00PM- Thanksgiving to God for Patrick Enweronye (Birthday) Req: Susan Okiro Monday, March 4, 2019 St. Casimir Readings: (SIR 17:20-24; MK 10:17-27) 7:00AM- Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Readings: (SIR 35:1-12; MK 10:28-31) 7:00AM- Valentin Kabore (+) Req: Rosemarie Zongo Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Ash Wednesday Readings: (JL 2:12-18; 2 COR 5:20—6:2; MT 6:1-6, 16-18) 7:00AM- 9:00AM- 7:00PM- Thursday, March 7, 2019 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Sts. Perpetua & Felicity, martyrs/martires Readings: (DT 30:15-20; LK 9:22-25) 7:00AM- Friday, March 8, 2019 Friday after Ash Wednesday St. John of God, religious/religiosa Readings: (IS 58:1-9A; MT 9:14-15) 7:00AM- Saturday, March 9, 2019 Saturday after Ash Wednesday St. Frances of Rome, religious/religiosa Readings: (IS 58:9B-14; LK 5:27-32) 9:00AM- Mary Burke (+) Req: Burke Family

The Sanctuary Lamp

was donated for the Intentions of Mary, Wendy, and Keneth White, for the recovery of

Anne Daniels, Ashley Steadman & Elvin Alvarado

Jennifer Martin In memory of

Neville Nelson, Joan Revan & Pearl Blake

Marcella Bullock, Leon Bullock, John Bullock, Jr.,

Parishioners’ Weekly Contributions

Mass Times Collection Total

10:00am $1,522.00

11:30am $829.25

1:00pm $646.00

Total $2,997.25

Please Pray for the sick: Angela Aguilar, Ángel Alejandro, Rafaelina Almonte;

Elvin Alvarado, Carmen Ávila, Angela Battle, Christopher Berger, Matthew Bell

Brian Bernard, Miguel Borria, Kayshana Brown, Sgt. Tonia Chestnut, Jorge Alberto Carlo, Melissa Carroll-López, Lila Castro,

Leon Daniels, Katy DeProspo Juan Pablo Espinoza, Miguel Felicies, Lori Figueroa,

Rosalina Flores, Rafael Flores, Timothy Georges, Maritza Gonzalez, Christina Graham; Edith & Harvey Harris, Juana Jimenez, Valerie Johnson, Drosula Katsibra, Lisbeth Labral, Norma Lane, Manuel LaSalle, Benjamin López, Michael Martínez, Digna Meléndez,

Herminia Meléndez, Analiza Miranda, Avelino Moreno, Eulalio Moreno, Juana Moreira, Nicole Niles, Gerri Orfei, Juana Becerra

Maldonado and Family, Frank Porter, Justin Quirke, Sattee Ramkissoon, Armando Reyes, Deacon Andy Rivera, Maria Rivera,

Antonia Rodríguez, Shanique Rollins, Eric Roman, Guillermina Rosario, Juan (Pete) Santiago, Ashley Steadman, Theresa Sylvan, Yelena Taveras, Adrienne Thomas, Ethan Robert Thomas, Maria Tobon, Victoria Torres, Cordelia Umeojiako, Andrew “Morris”

Vavrica, Marina Vázquez, Aníbal Vázquez, Iris Velásquez, Lucille Williams

Please call the rectory to submit the name of an ill family

member or friend.

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Children & Youth Rosary/ Rosario con los niños y jóvenes

Saturdays/sabados ~ 12pm

Next Rosary, Saturday, March 9th

Stations of the Cross

Every Friday in Lent at 7pm

Via Crucis Cada viernes en cuaresma a las 7pm

On–Going Activity Reminders -Monthly all-night Eucharistic Adoration every 1st Friday of the month, 7pm (Friday) to 6am (Saturday). -Monthly Healing Mass, every 1st Saturday if the Month- 12pm (noon) -Join us for Weekly Eucharistic Adoration and to pray the Holy Rosary on Saturdays, immediately after the 9:00am Mass. - The Altar Rosary Society welcomes new members. Any ladies interested in joining this group, please come to Saturday prayer of the Rosary after the 9am Mass. -Nativity Kids Group every 2 weeks, Saturdays 12pm-2pm in the church. All ages welcome! Please call Edna for more information, 917-346-5378

-Spanish Charismatic Prayer Group - Wednesdays, 7:00PM-9:00PM. (For more information please contact the Rectory. -Weekly Prayer Group (in English) Thursdays from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the church.

-Weekly Movie Night, Mondays- 7pm-9pm in the church.

Actividades Actuales - Adoración Eucarística durante toda la noche cada primer viernes del mes, 7pm (viernes) hasta 6am (sábado).

-Misa de Sanación, cada primer sábado del mes, 12pm (Mediodía)

-Acompáñenos para Adoración Eucarística y a rezar el Santo Rosario los sábados, inmediatamente después de la Misa de las 9:00 am.

-La Sociedad del Rosario del Altar da la bienvenida a nuevos miembros. Para todas las damas interesadas por favor venga al rezo del santo rosario los sábados después de la Misa de 9:00am.

-El Grupo de Niños, cada dos semanas, los sábados de 12pm-2pm en la iglesia. Todas edades están bienvenidos. Por favor contacte a Edna por más información, 917-346-5378.

-Todos están invitados a asistir a las reuniones de El Grupo de Oración (en español) los miércoles de 7:00 a 9:00pm en la Iglesia. Para más información por favor contacte a la Rectoría.

-Grupo de Oración (en inglés) cada jueves a las 7:00pm en la iglesia.

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Lent Begins Ash Wednesday March 6, 2019

Mass and Ashes Distribution Schedule Misas y Distribución de Cenizas

7:00AM/ 9:00AM/ 7:00PM-

Ash Wednesday is a day of Abstinence, Fasting, and Prayer

Catholics between the ages of 18-59 are asked to eat 1 regular meal and 2 small meals on this

day and all Catholics ages 14 and older are asked to abstain from eating meat.

El Miércoles de Cenizas es un día de

abstinencia, ayuno, y oración Los católicos entre las edades de 18-59 se le pide que comer solo 1 comida regular (y 2 comidas pequeñas) en este día y todos los

católicos las edades 14 y mayores son frecuentes de abstenerse de comer carne.

Lenten Offering (for Adults and Children)

What will be your Lenten Sacrifice and Offering this year? Children can pick up their Lenten

Offering Booklet in the entrance of the Church starting Ash Wednesday.

¿Cuál será su Sacrificio Cuaresmal y Ofreciendo este año? Los niños pueden recoger

su Folleto de Ofrecimiento Cuaresmal en la entrada de la iglesia empezado el Miércoles de

Cenizas.

The Sacrament of Reconciliation during Lent

• Saturdays following the 9am Mass

• Sundays after all Masses

• “Reconciliation Monday”, April 15th (schedule TBA)

• Will be available upon request

El Sacramento de

Reconciliación durante Cuaresma

• Sábados después de la Misa de 9:00am

• Domingos después de cada Misa

• “Lunes de reconciliación” 15 de abril (horario pronto)

• Estará disponible a la solicitud

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Something Funny/ Algo Gracioso (Job 8:21 “He will yet fill your mouth with laughter,

and your lips with shouting.”)

“The Family Tradition”

A bartender notices that every evening, without fail, one of his patrons orders three beers. After several weeks of noticing this

pattern, the bartender asks the man why he always orders three beers. The man says, “I have two brothers who have moved away to different countries. We promised each other

that we would always order an extra two beers whenever we drank as a way of

keeping up the family bond.” Several weeks later, noticing that the man only ordered two beers, the bartender said, “Please accept my

condolences on the death of one of your brothers. You know, the two beers and all…”

The man replied, “You’ll be happy to hear that my two brothers are alive and well… It’s just that I, myself, have decided to give up

drinking for Lent.”

https://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2010/03/my-favorite-lenten-joke/

Reflections on Today’s Readings

First Reading Sirach 27:4–7

In his conversation is the test of the man.

Responsorial Psalm Psalm 92: 2–3,13–16

The just shall flourish like a palm tree.

Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15: 54–58

Thanks be to God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Gospel Reading Luke 6:39–45

Each tree is known by its yield.

Background on the Gospel Reading

The third and final section of Luke’s Sermon on the Plain begins: And he told them a parable. There are actually four parables, three of which we read today.

They are all about how to be a good disciple.

The blind cannot lead the blind. And a disciple cannot be a good disciple unless he or she has learned from the

teacher. Everyone who is fully trained is like the teacher who knows how to cure the blind. Before you can be a good disciple and teach others you must take care of

yourself. Do not try to take a speck out of your brother’s eye until you have taken the board out of your own.

Finally, only when you have purified yourself can you produce the good works that the teacher requires.

Discipleship asks us to produce good deeds. But to produce them requires the integrity and purity of heart found in the teacher. When people see your good deeds

they will know that this is because you have a good heart.

The final parable, which we do not read today, is about

building on the solid foundation of rock and not on sand. This is the only way to face the difficulties a disciple

will encounter and survive.

https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/sunday-connection/eighth-sunday-of-ordinary-time-c-sunday-

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“HOW LENT REMINDS US WE CAN NEVER REPAY GOD”

In one of the most shocking passages of the Gospels, Matthew 5:20-26, Jesus describes the righteousness one needs in order to reach the kingdom of heaven, noting that it must surpass that of the scribes and Pharisees. He discusses the relationship one should have with one’s brother, saying that there is much more to it than simply observing the Old Testament commandment not to kill. It is wrong even to be angry with one’s brother or to call him a fool. Furthermore, Jesus advises us that if we are not at peace with our brother we should make peace with him before offering gifts to God. In this teaching, Christ describes both justice and the interior dispositions that go even further in making one righteous. The cardinal virtue of justice, as St. Thomas Aquinas defines it, is the “habit whereby a man renders to each one his due by a constant and perpetual will.” From this, we can draw out two of the chief characteristics of justice. The first is that it is concerned with other persons. It’s about giving to one distinct from oneself what he or she deserves. Secondly, justice is objective. It is primarily about the thing that is owed. It is not about what the other wants to receive or what you want to give. The commandment “Thou shalt not kill” regards justice, then, in its most proper form. It is a matter of showing due respect for the life God has given to the other man. Jesus gives other examples of unjust behavior to avoid. One owes respect not just to the life of the other but to his dignity as man as well, and so one ought not to disdain him by slandering or committing detraction against him. Christ goes even further than justice properly speaking (i.e., our outward actions) and addresses what can be called justice analogously. That is, He describes how to “be right” with oneself, and this is by overcoming one’s passions, such as anger. If this Gospel passage talks about establishing a just relation with our brother, what about our relationship with God? We might be tempted to think that Lent is about merely establishing a just relationship between ourselves and Him. Perhaps, for example, we think of the penances we undertake simply as a way of “repaying” God for dying on the Cross for us. It does indeed fall within the scope of justice to offer prayers and sacrifices to God, since we owe all we have and even our very existence to Him. We can never really repay God fully, though, either for that existence or for the redemption He worked for us. So we can never have a truly just relationship with Him in that sense. Lent is not about evening things out with God. Since our prayers and sacrifices add nothing to God’s greatness or happiness, they are not primarily for His benefit, but rather for our own. Lent helps us recognize what we owe God, but even beyond that it is about

preparing for the celebration of Christ’s supreme act of charity in suffering His Passion and death for our salvation. The prayer and penances are a means to our growth in charity, which is achieved when obstacles between ourselves and God are removed. As Jesus notes in the Gospel, one of those obstacles often is a lack of peace with our brother. For, “he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 Jn 4:20). This Lent, may the charity of the Just Man fill us with longing for the kingdom of heaven and inspire us to imitate Him. This post was written by Br. Joachim Kenney, O.P., who entered the Order of Preachers in 2010. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville.

https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/how-lent-reminds-us-we-can-never-repay-god/4694/

Saints of the Week/Santos de la Semana

Sts. Perpetua and Felicity/ Santas Felicidad y Perpetua, martyrs/martires

(March 7th)

Perpetua and Felicity lived in Carthage, North Africa, in the third century. It was the time of the fierce persecution of Christians by Emperor Septimus Severus.

Twenty-two-year-old Perpetua was the daughter of a rich nobleman. While growing up, she had received everything she wanted. But she realized that she loved Jesus and her Christian faith more than anything the world could offer. For this she found herself a prisoner on the

way to execution.

Perpetua's father was a pagan. He did everything possible to persuade his daughter to give up her Christian faith. He tried to convince her of the importance of saving her life. But the woman would not give in, even though she knew that she would have to leave behind her husband and baby.

Felicity, Perpetua's Christian maid, had been a slave. She and Perpetua were great friends. They shared their belief in and love for Jesus. Felicity, too, was willing to sacrifice her life for

8th Week of Ordinary Time/ 8 Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2019 (Year C/ Ano C) Jesus and for her faith. For this she also found herself a prisoner on the way to execution.

Felicity was also a young wife. While in prison for her faith, she became a mother as well. Her little baby was adopted by a good Christian woman. Felicity was happy because now she could die a martyr. Hand in hand, Perpetua and Felicity bravely faced martyrdom together. They were charged by wild animals and then beheaded. They died around the year 202.

Reflection: Let us pray today for mothers who are separated from their families and children, especially through injustice and violence.

http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/march/0307.asp http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/Felicidad_y_Perpetua.htm

(Español)

St. Frances of Rome/Santa Francisca Romana, religious/religiosa

(March 9th) St. Frances was born in 1384. Her parents were wealthy, but they taught Frances to be concerned about people and to live a good Christian life. She was an intelligent little girl.

Frances informed her parents when she was eleven that she had made up her mind to be a nun. Her parents encouraged her to think of marriage instead. As was the custom, they selected a good young man to be Frances' husband. The bride was just thirteen.

Frances and her husband, Lorenzo Ponziano, fell in love with each other. Even though their marriage was arranged,

they were happily married for forty years. Lorenzo admired his wife and his sister-in-law, Vannozza. Both women prayed every day and performed penances for Jesus' Church, which had many trials at that time. Frances and Vannozza also visited the poor. They took care of the sick. They brought food and firewood to people who needed it. Other wealthy women were inspired by their example to do more with their lives too. All the while, Frances became more and more prayerful. She really grew close to Jesus and Mary in her everyday life.

Frances and Lorenzo were compassionate people. They knew what it was like to suffer. They lost two of their three children from the plague. This made them even more sensitive to the needs of the poor. During the wars between the legitimate pope and the anti-popes, Lorenzo led the armies that defended the true pope. While he was away at battle, his enemies destroyed his property and possessions. Even then, Frances cleaned up a part of the family villa that had been wrecked and used it for a hospital. As hard as things were for her family, the people out on the street were in greater need. Lorenzo was wounded and came home to be nursed back to health by his loving wife. He died in 1436. Frances spent the remaining four years of her life in the religious congregation she helped to start.

St. Frances of Rome died on March 9, 1440. She was declared a saint by Pope Paul V in 1608.

Reflection: This holy woman kept the delicate balance between her family life, her own relationship with God, and her desire to show compassion to others.

http://www.holyspiritinteractive.net/dailysaint/march/0309.asp http://www.ewtn.com/spanish/Saints/Francisca_Romana.htm

(Español)

St. John of God/ San Juan de Dios

(March 8th) religious/religioso

Se llamaba Juan Ciudad. Nació en 1495 en la

población de Montemor o Novo, de la diócesis de Évora, en el reino de Portugal.

Criado y educado cristianamente, en su adolescencia

fue zagal y pastor de ganados. Su camino lo lleva a Granada, donde ejerce de

vendedor de libros.

Allí oye predicar a San Juan de Ávila, el Maestro Ávila, y

tiene tan extraordinaria conmoción espiritual que da

voces y gritos, lo que le llevaría a ser juzgado por loco y ser recluido en el Hospital Real granadino.

Juan sufre en propia carne el trato que se da a los

internados.

En su encierro toma conciencia de su misión. Logra salir y asume el compromiso de atender a los enfermos, los pobres y todos los necesitado

practicando, a su vez, un intenso apostolado.

Comienza a recibir a pobres y enfermos y a pedir limosnas en Granada para sostenerlo y atendiéndolos con extrema caridad. Se le unen algunos compañeros. Sin embargo, el destino hace que tras rescatar a un muchacho que se estaba ahogando, fuera víctima de una fuerte pulmonía que iba a debilitar gravemente

su salud, por lo que muere el ocho de marzo de 1550.

https://www.sjd.es/?q=biografia-sjd

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Next Week’s Readings

First Sunday of Lent Lectionary: 24 Reading 1 DT 26:4-10

Moses spoke to the people, saying: "The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the LORD, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt with a small household and lived there as an alien. But there he became a nation great, strong, and numerous. When the Egyptians maltreated and oppressed us, imposing hard labor upon us, we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and he heard our cry and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. He brought us out of Egypt with his strong hand and outstretched arm, with terrifying power, with signs and wonders; and bringing us into this country, he gave us this land flowing with milk and honey. Therefore, I have now brought you the firstfruits of the products of the soil which you, O LORD, have given me.' And having set them before the Lord, your God, you shall bow down in his presence." Responsorial PsalmPS 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15.

R. (cf. 15b) Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty, say to the LORD, "My refuge and fortress, my God in whom I trust." R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. No evil shall befall you, nor shall affliction come near your tent, For to his angels he has given command about you, that they guard you in all your ways. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Upon their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the asp and the viper; you shall trample down the lion and the dragon. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Because he clings to me, I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he acknowledges my name. He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in distress; I will deliver him and glorify him. R. Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble.

Reading 2ROM 10:8-13

Brothers and sisters: What does Scripture say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart —that is, the word of faith that we preach—, for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. For the Scripture says, No one who believes in him will be put to shame. For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon him. For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Verse Before The GospelMT 4:4B

One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. GospelLK 4:1-13

Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." Jesus answered him, "It is written, One does not live on bread alone." Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. The devil said to him, "I shall give to you all this power and glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. All this will be yours, if you worship me." Jesus said to him in reply, "It is written: You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him alone shall you serve." Then he led him to Jerusalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, for it is written: He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you, and: With their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone." Jesus said to him in reply,

8th Week of Ordinary Time/ 8 Domingo de Tiempo Ordinario 2019 (Year C/ Ano C) "It also says, You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test." When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time.

Lecturas de la Próxima Semana

I Domingo de Cuaresma Leccionario: 24

Primera lectura Dt 26, 4-10

En aquel tiempo, dijo Moisés al pueblo: "Cuando presentes las primicias de tus cosechas, el sacerdote tomará el cesto de tus manos y lo pondrá ante el altar del Señor, tu Dios. Entonces tú dirás estas palabras ante el Señor, tu Dios: 'Mi padre fue un arameo errante, que bajó a Egipto y se estableció allí con muy pocas personas; pero luego creció hasta convertirse en una gran nación, potente y numerosa. Los egipcios nos maltrataron, nos oprimieron y nos impusieron una dura esclavitud. Entonces clamamos al Señor, Dios de nuestros padres, y el Señor escuchó nuestra voz, miró nuestra humillación, nuestros trabajos y nuestra angustia. El Señor nos sacó de Egipto con mano poderosa y brazo protector, con un terror muy grande, entre señales y portentos; nos trajo a este país y nos dio esta tierra, que mana leche y miel. Por eso ahora yo traigo aquí las primicias de la tierra que tú, Señor, me has dado'. Una vez que hayas dejado tus primicias ante el Señor, te postrarás ante él para adorarlo''.

Salmo Responsorial

Salmo 90, 1-2. 10-11. 12-13. 14-15

R. (cf. 15b) Tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío. Tú, que vivas al amparo del Altísimo y descansas a la sombra del todopoderoso, dile al Señor: "Tu eres mi refugio y fortaleza; tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío". R. Tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío. No te sucederá desgracia alguna, ninguna calamidad caerá sobre tu casa, pues el Señor ha dado a sus ángeles la orden de protegerte a donde quiera que vayas. R. Tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío. Los ángeles de Dios te llevarán en brazos para que no te tropieces con las piedras, podrás pisar los escorpiones y las víboras y dominar las fieras. R. Tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío. "Puesto que tú me conoces y me amas, dice el Señor, yo te libraré y te pondré a salvo. Cuando tú me invoques, yo te escucharé,

y en tus angustias estaré contigo, te libraré de ellas y te colmaré de honores". R. Tú eres mi Dios y en ti confío.

Segunda Lectura Rom 10, 8-13

Hermanos: La Escritura afirma: Muy a tu alcance, en tu boca y en tu corazón, se encuentra la salvación, esto es, el asunto de la fe que predicamos. Porque basta que cada uno declare con su boca que Jesús es el Señor y que crea en su corazón que Dios lo resucitó de entre los muertos, para que pueda salvarse. En efecto, hay que creer con el corazón para alcanzar la santidad y declarar con la boca para alcanzar la salvación. Por eso dice la Escritura: Ninguno que crea en él quedará defraudado, porque no existe diferencia entre judío y no judío, ya que uno mismo es el Señor de todos, espléndido con todos los que lo invocan, pues todo el que invoque al Señor como a su Dios, será salvado por él.

Aclamación antes del Evangelio

Mt 4, 4

R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús. No sólo de pan vive el hombre, sino también de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Dios. R. Honor y gloria a ti, Señor Jesús.

Evangelio Lc 4, 1-13

En aquel tiempo, Jesús, lleno del Espíritu Santo, regresó del Jordán y conducido por el mismo Espíritu, se internó en el desierto, donde permaneció durante cuarenta días y fue tentado por el demonio. No comió nada en aquellos días, y cuando se completaron, sintió hambre. Entonces el diablo le dijo: "Si eres el Hijo de Dios, dile a esta piedra que se convierta en pan". Jesús le contestó: "Está escrito: No sólo de pan vive el hombre". Después lo llevó el diablo a un monte elevado y en un instante le hizo ver todos los reinos de la tierra y le dijo: "A mí me ha sido entregado todo el poder y la gloria de estos reinos, y yo los doy a quien quiero. Todo esto será tuyo, si te arrodillas y me adoras". Jesús le respondió: "Está escrito: Adorarás al Señor, tu Dios, y a él sólo servirás". Entonces lo llevó a Jerusalén, lo puso en la parte más alta del templo y le dijo: "Si eres el Hijo de Dios, arrójate desde aquí, porque está escrito: Los ángeles del Señor tienen órdenes de cuidarte y de sostenerte en sus manos, para que tus pies no tropiecen con las piedras". Pero Jesús le respondió: "También está escrito: No tentarás al Señor, tu Dios". Concluidas las tentaciones, el diablo se retiró de él, hasta que llegara la hora.