December 4, 2024
Readings for the Wednesday of the First Week of Advent Wednesday of the First Week of…
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Readings for the Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Lectionary: 177
On this mountain the LORD of hosts
will provide for all peoples
A feast of rich food and choice wines,
juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.
On this mountain he will destroy
the veil that veils all peoples,
The web that is woven over all nations;
he will destroy death forever.
The Lord GOD will wipe away
the tears from all faces;
The reproach of his people he will remove
from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.
On that day it will be said:
“Behold our God, to whom we looked to save us!
This is the LORD for whom we looked;
let us rejoice and be glad that he has saved us!”
For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain.
R. (6cd) I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
He guides me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. I shall live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Behold, the Lord comes to save his people;
blessed are those prepared to meet him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
At that time:
Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee,
went up on the mountain, and sat down there.
Great crowds came to him,
having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute,
and many others.
They placed them at his feet, and he cured them.
The crowds were amazed when they saw the mute speaking,
the deformed made whole,
the lame walking,
and the blind able to see,
and they glorified the God of Israel. Jesus summoned his disciples and said,
“My heart is moved with pity for the crowd,
for they have been with me now for three days
and have nothing to eat.
I do not want to send them away hungry,
for fear they may collapse on the way.”
The disciples said to him,
“Where could we ever get enough bread in this deserted place
to satisfy such a crowd?”
Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?”
“Seven,” they replied, “and a few fish.”
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,
gave thanks, broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied.
They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full.
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R. (see 7) Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
-O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king’s son;
He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
-Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
-He shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
-May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Behold, our Lord shall come with power;
he will enlighten the eyes of his servants.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
“I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
and who the Father is except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”
Turning to the disciples in private he said,
“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
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The church was introduced in Modipane by the Masete’s family in 1964. Mr.Masete worked as an Agricultural demonstrator in the village and the church services were hosted at his house.
Modipane is an outstation to Tlokweng Parish (Tsholofelong).
Here are some of the pictures of the opening and blessing of the Holy Family Catholic Church this past Sunday.
On the 31st of October 2020, the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Gaborone came together under the shadow of the Covid-19 Pandemic to Ordain Her Son Deacon Kefentse Eustine Monko to the Order of the Priesthood. Bishop Frank Nabuasah presided over the a Rite of Ordination, an ancient ceremony that bestowed up the Deacon, the Dignity of the Priesthood.
The ordination was a bright moment for the Diocese and for the country during this challenging times of the Pandemic. All present wore masks and maintained the prescribed social distancing. For Catholics in the Diocese, Ordinations are normally the highlight of the Diocesan calendar but due to the health restrictions, only 50 people could be attend. Attendance was limited only to a close circle of family members and clergy and a few dignitaries led by the Paramount Chief of Balete, Kgosi Mosadi Seboko.
In his Homily, Bishop Frank reminded him that to be a Priest, he [Kefentse ] had taken a very long path to arrive at the altar. “Your ordination is a fulfillment of your boyhood dreams, from the Minor Seminary to Zambia and ultimately to Rome ” Bishop Frank said of the long and sometimes difficult journey made by Father Kefentse to reach this moment. “”As a Priest, you ought to remain a disciple of Christ, to follow Christ and not to preceed him. In following Christ, you will then be able to imitate him, teach like him and be able to lead a life consistent with what he teaches.” Father Kefentse, dovetailed into the remarks of the Bishop by Choosing John 6. 38 as his crowing ordination verse ” For I have come, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Fr Kefentse is the last born in a family of 4 brothers. A product of the Diocesan Minor Seminary in Kgale, he read for His Philosophy Degree in Lusaka, Zambia before proceeding to Italy Rome for his Degree in Theology. He was ordained a Deacon on the 23rd March 2019.He becomes the 3rd Priest to be ordained by Bishop Frank Nubuasah in the Diocese of Gaborone and with his ordination, becomes the 19th Diocesan Priest in the same Diocese.
To help bridge the gap in distance, the ordination was streamed live through social media using the powerful modern means of communication
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The ordination was a bright moment for the Diocese and for the country during this challenging times of the Pandemic. All present wore masks and maintained the prescribed social distancing. For Catholics in the Diocese, Ordinations are normally the highlight of the Diocesan calendar but due to the health restrictions, only 50 people could be attend. Attendance was limited only to a close circle of family members and clergy and a few dignitaries led by the Paramount Chief of Balete, Kgosi Mosadi Seboko.
In his Homily, Bishop Frank reminded him that to be a Priest, he [Kefentse ] had taken a very long path to arrive at the altar. “Your ordination is a fulfillment of your boyhood dreams, from the Minor Seminary to Zambia and ultimately to Rome ” Bishop Frank said of the long and sometimes difficult journey made by Father Kefentse to reach this moment. “”As a Priest, you ought to remain a disciple of Christ, to follow Christ and not to preceed him. In following Christ, you will then be able to imitate him, teach like him and be able to lead a life consistent with what he teaches.” Father Kefentse, dovetailed into the remarks of the Bishop by Choosing John 6. 38 as his crowing ordination verse ” For I have come, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Fr Kefentse is the last born in a family of 4 brothers. A product of the Diocesan Minor Seminary in Kgale, he read for His Philosophy Degree in Lusaka, Zambia before proceeding to Italy Rome for his Degree in Theology. He was ordained a Deacon on the 23rd March 2019.He becomes the 3rd Priest to be ordained by Bishop Frank Nubuasah in the Diocese of Gaborone and with his ordination, becomes the 19th Diocesan Priest in the same Diocese.
To help bridge the gap in distance, the ordination was streamed live through social media using the powerful modern means of communication
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