2026/07/27 (一) 【平日聖道禮儀】甲年常年期第17周星期一

Monday, 17th Week in Ordinary Time, Year A Readings: A reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 13:1-11 Gospel: A reading from the Gospel of Matthew 13:31-35 Celebrant: Father Fan Zhongguang (Messenger of the Divine Word) Closing Music: The Strength the Lord Gives to His People (Hosanna: p. 114) Duration: 16 minutes 52 seconds ----------------------------------------- [Daily Liturgical Prayer] Leader: Lord! We dedicate our entire lives to you today. Response: Guide our thoughts and actions, so that all may increase your glory and help spread the Gospel. Leader: Lord! Fill our hearts with your grace, so that our actions today may be guided by your will. Response: Help us to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Leader: We are determined to dedicate all our joys and sorrows, successes and failures of this day to You, and we wish to present the Masses celebrated throughout the world to You, for the glory of Your holy name and for the salvation of mankind. Response: We will follow the example of the Virgin Mary and all the saints, serving You throughout our lives. Leader: Lord! Please bathe our bodies and souls in Your grace. Response: We also ask that You extend Your grace to our parents, family, relatives, and all our benefactors; to the leaders of the Church, national leaders, and officials at all levels of government, so that they may serve all people according to Your will. Leader: Almighty and eternal God, grant us the grace of the Holy Spirit. Response: Pour out Your Spirit, the Comforter who imparts the seven gifts, into the hearts of us and all the faithful. Leader: Grant us a Spirit of reverence and filial piety. Response: Amen! Leader: Grant us a Spirit of wisdom and fortitude. Response: Amen! Leader: Grant us a God of foresight and understanding. Response: Amen! Leader: Grant us a God of supreme wisdom. We ask this through our Lord Christ. Response: Amen! Leader: Let us pray: Lord! May all who believe in you cast aside prejudice and remove obstacles, so that the faith in Christ may flourish everywhere. Response: May all Christians walk in one step, and may the vast number of people who have not yet received the Gospel receive your truth and life. Leader: We place the will and hope of all good people in your hands, and pray for them in the name of the Lord Jesus. Response: Our Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; forgive our sins as we forgive others; lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen! (The above prayer is excerpted from the "Prayer Handbook of the Divine Word Society")