CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9.30.18 – Heart of the Nation (Wisconsin)

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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30, 2018, from Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings]

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“Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds” – Catholic Divine Office/ Liturgy of the Hours

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[The Divine Office begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, led into by an antiphon. For Sunday of Week II in the Four-Week Psalter, such as the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time on Sept. 30, 2018, the antiphon is “Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds,” which is, of course, reminiscent of some of the themes in Psalm 95 itself.]

[Prior to the Psalm is an introductory phrase taken from Psalm 51 and a quote from the Letter to the Hebrews]

Lord, open my lips.

— And my mouth will proclaim Your Praise.
Encourage each other daily, while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13)

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

Come, let us sing to the Lord
and shout with joy to the Rock Who Saves us.
Let us approach Him with Praise and Thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs to the Lord.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

The Lord is God, the Mighty God,
the Great King over all the gods,
He holds in His Hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well.
He made the sea; it belongs to Him,
the dry land, too, for it was formed by His Hands.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

Come then, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord, our Maker.
For He is our God, and we are His People,
the Flock He Shepherds.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

Today, listen to the Voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did
in the wilderness,
when at Meribah and Massah
they challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

Forty years I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a People whose hearts go astray
and they do not know My Ways.”
So I swore in my anger,
“The shall not enter into my rest.”

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord, For We Are His People, the Flock He Shepherds.

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[The Divine Office also indicates that Psalm 100, Psalm 67 or Psalm 24 may be used, providing translations for those psalms as well. And it indicates that the psalm may be omitted when the Invitatory precedes Morning Prayer. An added note provides that, in individual recitation, the antiphon may be said once, at the beginning, rather than with each strophe.]

[As can be seen, the psalm presents a a wide-ranging encounter with God’s Greatness and our Relationship to Him. We are exhorted to approach God, to sing and shout with joy, praise and thanksgiving. God is Almighty and our Creator, indeed holding creation in His Hands.

We are to worship and follow Him in His Greatness. Yet He also is a Person Whose Voice we are to listen to and follow, Who Shepherds us as His Flock. At times, there are those who stubbornly failed to follow him, challenging Him and provoking His Wrath. In particular, with the reference to Meribah and Massah, the psalm recalls the Israelites grumbling and challenging God at points during their exodus in the desert.]

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9.30.18 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)

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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30, 2018, from Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings]

CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9.30.18 – Archdiocese of Toronto

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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30, 2018, from the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9.30.18 – Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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Catholic TV Mass for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 30, 2018, from the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [can take a moment to load] [Click here for Mass Readings]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 9.30.18 – USCCB/NABRE

Historic Bible

“… ‘Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in Your Name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.’ Jesus replied, ‘Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in My Name who can at the same time speak ill of Me. For whoever is not against us is for us. * * * Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. …”

CATHOLIC DEVOTIONS: Saint Michael the Archangel Chaplet

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel With Sword Raised, Stomping on the Devil

“In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

O God, come to my Assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end, Amen.

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Seraphim, may the Lord make us worthy to burn with the Fire of perfect Charity. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Cherubim, may the Lord grant us the Grace to leave the ways of sin and run in the paths of Christian Perfection. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Thrones, May the Lord fill us with a true Spirit of Humility. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Dominions, May the Lord grant us the Grace to govern our senses and subdue any unruly passions. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Powers, May the Lord protect our Souls against the wickedness and snares of the devil. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Virtues, May the Lord protect us from evil, and from falling into temptation. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Principalities, May the Lord fill us with a true Spirit of Obedience to God. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Principalities, May the Lord fill us with a true Spirit of Obedience to God. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Archangels, May the Lord grant us Perseverence in Faith and in all Good Works, so that we may attain the Glory of Paradise. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

By the intercession of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Celestial Choir of Angels, May the Lord grant us to be protected by them in this mortal, and conducted in the Life to Come to Heaven. Amen.

[Our Father, three Hail Marys]

Pray one “Our Father” each, in honor of …

  • Saint Michael the Archangel
  • Saint Gabriel the Archangel
  • Saint Raphael the Archangel
  • One’s Guardian Angel

O Glorious Saint Michael the Archangel, Chief and Commander of the Heavenly Hosts, Guardian of Souls, Vanquisher of rebel spirits, Servant in the House of the Divine God and our Admirable Conductor, you who shine with Excellence and Superhuman Virtue, deliver us from all evil, we who turn to you with confidence, and enable us by your gracious Protection, to serve God more and more Faithfully every day.

Almighty and Everlasting God, Who by a prodigy of Goodness and a Merciful desire for the Salvation of all Men, has appointed the most glorious Archangel Saint Michael Prince of Your Church, grant we beseech Thee, that we may be delivered from all our enemies, that none of them may harass us at the hour of death, but that we may be conducted by him into Your Presence.

This we ask through the Merits of Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our Lord, Amen.”


Additional Thoughts

Some printings have the four Our Fathers earlier, right after the “Glory Be.”

It is possible to obtain a Rosary-like set of beads designed to facilitate the praying of this Chaplet (such as depicted by the images shown to the right above, which link to some ads). Typically they include a Saint Michael the Archangel medal, with the Blessed Mother or a Guardian Angel on the reverse, four beads for the (first/last) four Our Fathers, and then nine subsets of beads, going around in a circle, corresponding to the nine subparts of the Chaplet.

EWTN traces the Saint Michael the Archangel Chaplet to Antonia d’Astonac, who had a vision of St. Michael the Archangel telling her to honor him with nine salutations to the nine Choirs of Angels.

Saint Michael the Archangel promised continual assistance to those reciting this Chaplet daily, as well as promising, for anyone reciting it, an escort of Holy Angels when that person receives Holy Communion.

Note, of course, that a focus of the Chaplet is to ask from God the various virtues and other intentions the Chaplet sets out, and to seek Angelic intercession and assistance.

In addition, there are the other requests prayed for in its various prayers, including the intentions always sought within the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary themselves. For example, in each Our Father we ask God the Father to forgive our sins, provide our daily bread and so forth.

Saint Michael the Archangel is referenced in Revelation 12 as leading an Army of Holy Angels in victory over the powers of evil. He also is referenced in Daniel 10 and Jude 1.

CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels, Saturday 9.29.18 – USCCB/NABRE

Historic Bible

“War broke out in Heaven; Michael and his Angels battled against the dragon. The dragon and its angels fought back,
but they did not prevail and there was no longer any place for them …. I heard a loud voice in Heaven say: ‘Now have Salvation and Power come, and the Kingdom of our God and the Authority of His Anointed. For the accuser of our brothers is cast out …. They conquered him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their Testimony ….'”

“Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels” – Catholic Divine Office/ Liturgy of the Hours

Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel With Sword Raised, Stomping on the Devil

[The Divine Office begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, separated by an antiphon. For the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels, Sept. 29, the antiphon is “Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.“]

[Prior to the Psalm is an introductory phrase taken from Psalm 51 and a quote from the Letter to the Hebrews]

Lord, open my lips.

— And my mouth will proclaim Your Praise.
Encourage each other daily, while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13)

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

Come, let us sing to the Lord
and shout with joy to the Rock Who Saves us.
Let us approach Him with Praise and Thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs to the Lord.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

The Lord is God, the Mighty God,
the Great King over all the gods,
He holds in His Hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well.
He made the sea; it belongs to Him,
the dry land, too, for it was formed by His Hands.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

Come then, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord, our Maker.
For He is our God, and we are His People,
the Flock He Shepherds.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

Today, listen to the Voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did
in the wilderness,
when at Meribah and Massah
they challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

Forty years I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a People whose hearts go astray
and they do not know My Ways.”
So I swore in my anger,
“The shall not enter into my rest.”

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen.

Come, Let Us Worship the Lord in the Company of His Angels.

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[The Divine Office also indicates that Psalm 100, Psalm 67 or Psalm 24 may be used, providing translations for those psalms as well. And it indicates that the psalm may be omitted when the Invitatory precedes Morning Prayer. An added note provides that, in individual recitation, the antiphon may be said once, at the beginning, rather than with each strophe.]

[As can be seen, the psalm presents a a wide-ranging encounter with God’s Greatness and our Relationship to Him. We are exhorted to approach God, to sing and shout with joy, praise and thanksgiving. God is Almighty and our Creator, indeed holding creation in His Hands.

We are to worship and follow Him in His Greatness. Yet He also is a Person Whose Voice we are to listen to and follow, Who Shepherds us as His Flock. At times, there are those who stubbornly failed to follow him, challenging Him and provoking His Wrath. In particular, with the reference to Meribah and Massah, the psalm recalls the Israelites grumbling and challenging God at points during their exodus in the desert.]

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