அக்டோபர் 2 : முதல் வாசகம்இறைவன் முன் மனிதர் நேர்மையாய் இருப்பதெப்படி?யோபு நூலிலிருந்து வாசகம் 9: 1-12, 14-16

அக்டோபர்  2 : முதல் வாசகம்

இறைவன் முன் மனிதர் நேர்மையாய் இருப்பதெப்படி?

யோபு நூலிலிருந்து வாசகம் 9: 1-12, 14-16

யோபு தன் நண்பர்களுக்குக் கூறிய மறுமொழி:

உண்மையில் இது இவ்வாறு என்று அறிவேன்; ஆனால், மனிதர் இறைவன் முன் நேர்மையாய் இருப்பதெப்படி? ஒருவர் அவருடன் வழக்காட விரும்பினால், ஆயிரத்தில் ஒன்றுக்கேனும் அம்மனிதரால் பதிலளிக்க முடியுமா? இறைவன் உள்ளத்தில் ஞானமுள்ளவர்; ஆற்றலில் வல்லவர்; அவர்க்கு எதிராய்த் தம்மைக் கடினப்படுத்தி, வளமுடன் வாழ்ந்தவர் யார்? அவர் மலைகளை அகற்றுவார்; அவை அதை அறியா; அவர் சீற்றத்தில் அவைகளைத் தலைகீழாக்குவார். அசைப்பார் அவர் நிலத்தை அதனிடத்தினின்று; அதிரும் அதனுடைய தூண்கள். அவர் கட்டளையிடுவார்; கதிரவன் தோன்றான்; அவர் மறைத்திடுவார் விண்மீன்களை. தாமே தனியாய் வானை விரித்தவர். ஆழியின் முதுகை மிதித்து நடந்தவர். வடமீன் குழுவையும், மிருகசீரிடத்தையும், கார்த்திகை விண்மீன்களையும், தென்திசை விண்மீன் குழுக்களையும் அமைத்தவர் அவரே. உணர்ந்திட இயலாப் பெருஞ்செயல்களையும், கணக்கிட முடியா அருஞ்செயல்களையும் ஆற்றுநர் அவரே.

இதோ! என் அருகே அவர் கடந்து செல்கையில் நான் பார்க்க முடியவில்லை. நழுவிச் செல்கையில் நான் உணர முடியவில்லை. இதோ! அவர் பறிப்பாரானால், அவரை மறிப்பார் யார்? யாது செய்கின்றீர் என அவரைக் கேட்பார் யார்? இப்படியிருக்க, எப்படி அவருக்குப் பதிலுரைப்பேன்? எதிர்நின்று அவரோடு எச்சொல் தொடுப்பேன்? நான் நேர்மையாக இருந்தாலும், அவருக்குப் பதிலுரைக்க இயலேன்.

என் நீதிபதியிடம் நான் இரக்கத்தையே கெஞ்சுவேன்; நான் கூப்பிட அவர் பதிலுரைப்பினும், என் வேண்டுதலுக்கு அவர் செவிகொடுப்பார் என்று நம்புவதற்கில்லை.

ஆண்டவரின் அருள்வாக்கு.

October 2nd : Gospel 'I will follow you wherever you go' A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9:57-62

 October 2nd : Gospel 

'I will follow you wherever you go'

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9:57-62 

As Jesus and his disciples travelled along they met a man on the road who said to him, ‘I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus answered, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’

  Another to whom he said, ‘Follow me’, replied, ‘Let me go and bury my father first.’ But he answered, ‘Leave the dead to bury their dead; your duty is to go and spread the news of the kingdom of God.’

  Another said, ‘I will follow you, sir, but first let me go and say goodbye to my people at home.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Once the hand is laid on the plough, no one who looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.’

The Word of the Lord

October 2nd : Responsorial Psalm Psalm 87(88):10-15

 October 2nd  :  Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 87(88):10-15 

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

I call to you, Lord, all the day long;

  to you I stretch out my hands.

Will you work your wonders for the dead?

  Will the shades stand and praise you?

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

Will your love be told in the grave

  or your faithfulness among the dead?

Will your wonders be known in the dark

  or your justice in the land of oblivion?

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

As for me, Lord, I call to you for help:

  in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Lord, why do you reject me?

  Why do you hide your face?

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Ps118:105

Alleluia, alleluia!

Your word is a lamp for my steps

and a light for my path.

Alleluia!

October 2nd : First Reading How can man be in the right against God? A Reading from the Book of Job 9:1-13,14-16

 October 2nd :  First Reading

How can man be in the right against God?

A Reading from the Book of Job 9:1-13,14-16 

Job spoke to his friends:

Indeed, I know it is as you say:

  how can man be in the right against God?

If any were so rash as to challenge him for reasons,

  one in a thousand would be more than they could answer.

His heart is wise, and his strength is great:

  who then can successfully defy him?

He moves the mountains, though they do not know it;

  he throws them down when he is angry.

He shakes the earth, and moves it from its place,

  making all its pillars tremble.

The sun, at his command, forbears to rise,

  and on the stars he sets a seal.

He and no other stretched out the skies,

  and trampled the Sea’s tall waves.

The Bear, Orion too, are of his making,

  the Pleiades and the Mansions of the South.

His works are great, beyond all reckoning,

  his marvels, past all counting.

Were he to pass me, I should not see him,

  nor detect his stealthy movement.

Were he to snatch a prize, who could prevent him,

  or dare to say, ‘What are you doing?’

How dare I plead my cause, then,

  or choose arguments against him?

Suppose I am in the right, what use is my defence?

  For he whom I must sue is judge as well.

If he deigned to answer my citation,

  could I be sure that he would listen to my voice?

The Word of the Lord.

October 1st : Gospel Jesus sets out for JerusalemA Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9:51-56

October 1st : Gospel 

Jesus sets out for Jerusalem

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 9:51-56 

As the time drew near for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely took the road for Jerusalem and sent messengers ahead of him. These set out, and they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him, but the people would not receive him because he was making for Jerusalem. Seeing this, the disciples James and John said, ‘Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to burn them up?’ But he turned and rebuked them, and they went off to another village.

The Word of the Lord.

October 1st : Responsorial PsalmPsalm 87(88):2-8 Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord

October 1st :  Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 87(88):2-8 

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

Lord my God, I call for help by day;

  I cry at night before you.

Let my prayer come into your presence.

  O turn your ear to my cry.

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

For my soul is filled with evils;

  my life is on the brink of the grave.

I am reckoned as one in the tomb:

  I have reached the end of my strength.

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

Like one alone among the dead;

  like the slain lying in their graves;

like those you remember no more,

  cut off, as they are, from your hand.

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

You have laid me in the depths of the tomb,

  in places that are dark, in the depths.

Your anger weighs down upon me:

  I am drowned beneath your waves.

Let my prayer come into your presence, O Lord.

Gospel Acclamation Ps118:36,29

Alleluia, alleluia!

Bend my heart to your will, O Lord,

and teach me your law.

Alleluia!

October 1st : First ReadingWhy did I not perish on the day I was born?A Reading from the Book of Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23

October 1st :  First Reading

Why did I not perish on the day I was born?

A Reading from the Book of Job 3:1-3,11-17,20-23 

Job broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. This is what he said:

May the day perish when I was born,

  and the night that told of a boy conceived.

Why did I not die new-born,

  not perish as I left the womb?

Why were there two knees to receive me,

  two breasts for me to suck?

Had there not been, I should now be lying in peace,

  wrapped in a restful slumber,

with the kings and high viziers of earth

  who build themselves vast vaults,

or with princes who have gold and to spare

  and houses crammed with silver.

Or put away like a still-born child that never came to be,

  like unborn babes that never see the light.

Down there, bad men bustle no more,

  there the weary rest.

Why give light to a man of grief?

  Why give life to those bitter of heart,

who long for a death that never comes,

  and hunt for it more than for a buried treasure?

They would be glad to see the grave-mound

  and shout with joy if they reached the tomb.

Why make this gift of light to a man who does not see his way,

  whom God baulks on every side?

The Word of the Lord.