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25/05/2026

मारिया माला विनती

25/05/2026

Holy Mass || 25th May 2026 || Fr. Prashant Karavallil || Atmadarshan TV

25/05/2026

PRAISE & || B4JESUS WORSHIP MINISTRIES

25/05/2026

रोजाना बाईबल पाठ/Daily Bible reading/25.05.2026/बाईबल सुसमाचार/Hindi Bible reading/Rojana Bible Paat

24/05/2026

Monday May 25, 2026
MARY, MOTHER OF THE CHURCH
(MEMORIAL)
Office: Memorial, Psalter week 4
Mass of the Memorial; preface of B.V.M.
White
Vestment: White
Today’s Rosary: Joyful Mystery

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
The disciples devoted themselves with one accord to prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus

COLLECT
O God, Father of mercies, whose Only Begotten Son, as he hung upon the Cross, chose the Blessed Virgin Mary, his Mother to be our Mother also; grant, we pray, that with her loving help, your church may be more fruitful day by day, and exulting in the holiness of her children, may draw to her embrace all the families of the peoples. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

FIRST READING
‘The offspring of the woman will crush your’
A reading from the book of Genesis 3:9-15, 20

After Adam had eaten of the tree, the Lord God called him and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.” Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat!” The man replied, “The woman whom you put here with me – she gave me fruit from the tree, and so I ate it. “The LORD God then asked the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman answered “The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it.” Then the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all the animals and from all the wild creatures; on your belly shall you crawl, and dirt shall you eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will stride at you head, while you strike at his heel.” The man called his wife Eve, because she became the mother of all those who live..

RESPONSORIAL PSALM - Psalm 86 (87)
R/. Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!

On the holy mountain is his city
cherished by the Lord.
The Lord prefers the gates of Zion
to all Jacob’s dwellings. R/.

Of you are told glorious things,
O city of God!
‘Zion shall be called “Mother”
for all shall be her children R/.

R/. Of you are told glorious things, O city of God!

It is he, the Lord Most High,
who gives each his place.
In his register of peoples he writes:
‘These are her children,’
and while they dance they will sing:
‘In you all find their home,’ R/.

Alleluia
Happy are you, holy Virgin Mary, and most worthy of all praise, for from you arose the sun of justice, Christ our God.

GOSPEL
‘Behold your son. Behold your mother.’
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (John 19:25-34)

Stand by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciples there whom he loved, he said to his mother. “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold you mother,” And from that hour the disciples took her into his home. After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. Jesus said, “I thirst.” There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When Jesus had taken the wine, he said, “It is finished.” And bowing his head he handed over the spirit. Now since it was preparation day, in order that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for the Sabbath day of that week was a solemn one, the Jews asked Pilate that their legs be broken and they be taken down. So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first and them of the other one who was crucified with Jesus. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

The Gospel of the Lord

TODAY’S REFLECTION
Today we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church – MATER ECCLESIAE. Mary’s role in the Church is inseparable from her union with Christ and flows directly from it. This unbreakable union of Mother and Son in the work of salvation is made manifest from the time of Christ’s virginal conception up to His passion and death. Thus the Blessed Mother advanced in her pilgrimage of faith and faithfully persevered in her relationship with her Son the intensity of His suffering. On the cross, our dying plan, enduring with her only son the intensity of His suffering. On the cross, our dying Savior gave His mother to his beloved disciple. This marked the beginning of another level of her relationship with the disciples, up to the Pentecost event and even after Mary, you who are truly the Mother of the Church, pray for us!

PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
Day 25 – Her intercession turns sorrow into hope

1. OPENING: +In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

INTENTIONS: Let us pray,
- For those who mourn;
- For hope in difficult times;
- For personal intentions.

O Mother of Hope, transform our sorrows into faith-filled joy.

2. ACT OF CONTRITION 🌹: O my God because you’re so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against you and by the help of your grace I will not sin again.

3. 📿 ROSARY RECITATION AND LITANY OF BVM (Joyful Mystery)

4. Scripture Reading: – Psalm 126:5
“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy.”

5. REFLECTION:
Mary’s intercession turns despair into renewed faith. Mary’s life reveals the tender heart of faith. She invites us to live with quiet trust and radiant love that points to Christ in all things.

6. CLOSING:
MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Let us pray:
Blessed Mother, guide me to love your Son more deeply. Help me to live with your faith, peace, and humility. Amen.

7. Prayer for the intention of Our Holy Father (one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be)

24/05/2026

माई 25, 202‍6
कुँवारी मरियम, कलीसिया की माता

पहला पाठ
उत्पत्ति-ग्रंथ 3: 9-15
"मैं तेरे वंश में और स्त्री के वंश में शत्रुता उत्पन्न करूँगा।"
जब आदम ने वृक्ष का फल खाया था, तो प्रभु ने उसे पुकार कर कहा, "तुम कहाँ हो ?” उसने उत्तर दिया, "मैं बगीचे में तेरी आवाज सुन कर डर गया, क्योंकि मैं नंगा हूँ और मैं छिप गया"। प्रभु ने कहा, "किसने तुम्हें बताया कि तुम नंगे हो ? क्या तुम ने उस वृक्ष का फल खाया, जिसे खाना मैंने तुम्हें मना किया था ?" मनुष्य ने उत्तर दिया, "मेरे साथ रहने के लिए जिस स्त्री को तूने दिया है, उसी ने मुझे फल दिया और मैंने खा लिया"। प्रभु-ईश्वर ने स्त्री से कहा, "तुम ने क्या किया ?" और उसने उत्तर दिया, "साँप ने मुझे बहका दिया और मैंने खा लिया"। तब प्रभु-ईश्वर ने साँप से कहा, "चूँकि तूने यह किया है, तू सब घरेलू तथा जंगली जानवरों में शापित होगा। तू पेट के बल चलेगा और जीवन-भर मिट्टी खायेगा। मैं तेरे और स्त्री के बीच, तेरे वंश और उसके वंश में शत्रुता उत्पन्न करूँगा । वह तेरा सिर कुचल देगा और तू उसकी एड़ी काटेगा"। पुरुष ने अपनी पत्नी का नाम 'हेवा' रखा, क्योंकि वह सभी मानव प्राणियों की माता है।

प्रभु की वाणी।

वैकल्पिक पहला पाठ
प्रेरित-चरित 1:12-14
"वे सब मिल कर प्रार्थना में लगे रहते थे।"
प्रेरित जैतून नामक पहाड़ से येरुसालेम लौटे। यह पहाड़ येरुसालेम के निकट, विश्राम-दिवस की यात्रा की दूरी पर है। वहाँ पहुँच कर वे अटारी पर चढ़े जहाँ वे ठहरे हुए थे। वे थे पेत्रुस तथा योहन, याकूब तथा अंद्रेयस, फिलिप तथा थोमस, बरथोलोमी तथा मत्ती, अलफाई का पुत्र याकूब, तथा सिमोन जो उत्साही कहलाता था और याकूब का पुत्र यूदस । ये सब एकहृदय हो कर नारियों, येसु की माता तथा उनके भाइयों के साथ प्रार्थना में लगे रहते थे।

प्रभु की वाणी।

भजन : स्तोत्र 87:1-2,3,5-7
अनुवाक्य : ईश्वर के नगर लोग तेरा गुणगान करते हैं।

1.प्रभु ने पवित्र पर्वत पर अपना नगर बसाया है। वह याकूब के अन्य नगरों की अपेक्षा सियोन के फाटकों को अधिक प्यार करता है।

ईश्वर के नगर लोग तेरा गुणगान करते हैं। "सब लोग सियोन को अपनी माता कहेंगे; क्योंकि सब वहीं उत्पन्न हुए हैं। सर्वोच्च प्रभु उसे सुदृढ़ बनाये रखता है।"

प्रभु राष्ट्रों की सूची में उनके विषय में लिखता है कि सियोन उनका जन्मस्थान है। सब-के-सब नृत्य करते हुए सियोन का गुणगान करते हैं।

जयघोष
(अल्लेलूया, अल्लेलूया !) हे सन्त कुँवारी मरियम! आप धन्य हैं। और सब प्रशंसा के योग्य। क्योंकि न्याय का सूर्य मसीह, हमारा ईश्वर आप से उत्पन्न हुआ है। (अल्लेलूया !)

सुसमाचार
योहन के अनुसार पवित्र सुसमाचार 19:25-24
"यह आपका पुत्र है। यह तुम्हारी माता है।"
येसु की माता, उसकी बहन क्लोपस की पत्नी मरियम और मरियम मगदलेना उनके क्रूस के पास खड़ी थीं। येसु ने अपनी माता को और उसके पास अपने शिष्य को, जिसे वह प्यार करते थे, देखा। उन्होंने अपनी माता से कहा, "भद्रे, यह आपका पुत्र है" । इसके बाद उन्होंने उस शिष्य से कहा, "यह तुम्हारी माता है। उस समय से उस शिष्य ने उसे अपने यहाँ आश्रय दिया । ईसा ने यह जान कर कि अब सब कुछ पूरा हो चुका है, धर्मग्रन्थ का लेख पूरा करने के उद्देश्य से कहा, "मैं प्यासा हूँ"। वहाँ खट्ठी अंगूरी से भरा एक पात्र रखा हुआ था। लेागों ने उस में एक पनसोख्ता डुबाया और उसे जूफ़े की डण्डी पर रख कर ईसा के मुख से लगा दिया। ईसा ने खट्ठी अंगूरी चखकर कहा, "सब पूरा हो चुका है"। और सिर झुकाकर प्राण त्याग दिये। वह तैयारी का दिन था। यहूदी यह नहीं चाहते थे कि शव विश्राम के दिन कू्स पर रह जाये क्योंकि उस विश्राम के दिन बड़ा त्यौहार पडता था। उन्होंने पिलातुस से निवेदन किया कि उनकी टाँगें तोड दी जाये और शव हटा दिये जायें। इसलिये सैनिकेां ने आकर ईसा के साथ क्रूस पर चढाये हुये पहले व्यक्ति की टाँगें तोड दी, फिर दूसरे की। जब उन्होंने ईसा के पास आकर देखा कि वह मर चुके हैं तो उन्होंने उनकी टाँगें नहीं तोडी; लेकिन एक सैनिक ने उनकी बगल में भाला मारा और उस में से तुरन्त रक्त और जल बह निकला।

प्रभु का सुसमाचार

मनन-चिंतन
ईश्वर ने हमारे लिए जो ‘सच्चा जीवन’ चाहा है, वह क्या है? क्या वह एक ऐसा जीवन नहीं है जिसमें स्थायी खुशी हो, एक ऐसा जीवन जिसमें कुछ और नहीं चाहिए? अपने पहाड़ी उपदेश में, येसु ने आशीर्वचनों के माध्यम से हमें इस सच्चे जीवन को जीने का तरीका बताया है। आशीर्वाद शब्द का अर्थ है ‘खुशी’ या ‘धन्य होना’, और यह हमारी सच्ची खुशी पाने का ईश्वर का निमंत्रण है। येसु के आशीर्वचनों का उद्देश्य हमारी गहरी खुशी की इच्छा को पूरा करना है। दुनिया कहती है कि खुशी धन, सफलता और भोग में है, लेकिन येसु एक अलग रास्ता दिखाते हैं। वह कहते हैं कि सच्ची खुशी तब मिलती है जब हम ईश्वर की इच्छा के अनुसार जीवन जीते हैं। आत्मा की दरिद्रता, धार्मिकता की भूख, और पाप के लिए शोक - ये सब विरोधाभासी लगते हैं, लेकिन ये हमें ईश्वर की उपस्थिति में पूरी खुशी की ओर ले जाते हैं। ईश्वर ही हमारी अंतिम तृप्ति है। आविला की संत तेरेसा ने कहा था, ‘जिसके पास ईश्वर है, उसे कुछ नहीं चाहिए - ईश्वर ही पर्याप्त है।’ आशीर्वचन दुनिया की खुशी के विचार को चुनौती देते हैं। येसु कहते हैं कि विनम्रता, ईश्वर की इच्छा के लिए लालसा, और पाप पर शोक वह खुशी, स्वतंत्रता और शांति लाती है, जिसे दुनिया नहीं दे सकती। सच्ची खुशी बाहरी सफलता में नहीं, बल्कि हमारे ईश्वर के साथ संबंध में है। सच्चा जीवन, जो ईश्वर ने हमारे लिए चाहा है, वह इस बात में नहीं है कि हम इस पृथ्वी पर क्या प्राप्त करते हैं, बल्कि यह ईश्वर के साथ सामंजस्य में जीने के बारे में है। यह ईश्वर को सबसे पहले ढूंढने का जीवन है, यह जानकर कि केवल वही हमें सच्ची और शाश्वत खुशी देता है। आइए हम प्रार्थना करें कि हमें येसु के आशीर्वचन को अपने जीवन में जीने की कृपा मिले, और हम केवल उसी में अपनी खुशी पाएं।

- - फादर डेन्नीस तिग्गा

REFLECTION
What is the true "good life" that God desires for us? Is it not a life of lasting happiness, a life that leaves nothing more to be desired? In His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shows us how to live this life through the beatitudes. The word beatitude means "happiness" or "blessedness," and it’s God’s invitation for us to find true joy. Jesus’ beatitudes respond to our deepest longing for happiness. The world tells us that happiness comes from wealth, success, and pleasure, but Jesus offers a different path. He promises that true happiness is found in living according to God’s will. Poverty of spirit, hunger for righteousness, and mourning over sin—all these seem paradoxical, but they lead to the fullness of joy in God’s presence. God alone is our ultimate fulfillment. St. Teresa of Avila once said, “Whoever has God lacks nothing—God alone suffices.” The beatitudes challenge the world’s idea of happiness. Jesus says that humility, longing for God’s will, and sorrow for sin bring joy, freedom, and peace that the world cannot give. True happiness is not in external success, but in our relationship with God. The good life, the life God intends for us, is not about what we achieve here on earth, but about living in communion with Him. It is about seeking God above all else, knowing that in Him alone we find true, eternal joy. Let us pray for the grace to follow Jesus’ call, to live the beatitudes, and to find our happiness in Him alone.

- Fr. Dennis Tigga

मनन-चिंतन - 2
कल पेन्तेकोस्त के दिन हमने कलीसिया का जन्मदिन मनाया और आज हम कलीसिया की माता मरियम का पर्व मना रहे हैं। जिस माँ ने संसार के मुक्तिदाता को जन्म दिया वह माँ पेन्तेकोस्त के दिन प्रभु येसु के उन अनुयायों के साथ अटारी में मौजूद थी जिनकी माँ के रूप में उनके प्यारे बेटे ने अब उन्हें उनके सुपुर्द किया था। इसलिए अब वो प्रभु के सारे अनुयायों अर्थात् सारी कलीसिया की माँ है।

आइए हम अपनी स्वर्गीय माता से आज दो बातें सीखें: मातृत्व और कोमलता। माँ मरियम के मातृत्व पर सभी सुसमाचारों में जोर दिया गया है, और कलीसिया उनसे इस सदगुण को आत्मसात करती है। जब-जब कलीसिया से मातृत्व का गुण अनुपस्थित होता है, तब तब वह अपनी मौलिक पहचान खो देती है और एक महज धर्मार्थ-संगठन या फुटबॉल टीम की तरह बन कर रह जाती है। अपने बेटे को जन्म देने और उसकी देखभाल करने में हम माता मरियम की कोमलता के दर्शन करते हैं। संत पापा फ्राँसिस कहते हैं कि कलीसिया जो कि एक माँ की तरह है, वह एक माँ के रूप में माता मरियम की कोमलता का अनुसरण करने के लिए बुलाई गई है । इसलिए, आइये आज कलीसिया की माँ मरियम से प्रेरित होकर हम सब कलीसिया के सदस्य ऐसे लोग बने जो कि सौम्य, कोमल, मुस्कुराते हुए और प्रेम से भरे हों।

- - फादर प्रीतम वसुनिया - इन्दौर धर्मप्रांत

REFLECTION
Today as we celebrate the feast of Mary the mother of the Church. Let us learn two things from our heavenly mother today: motherliness and tenderness. Mary’s motherliness is stressed throughout the Gospels, and the Church receives this attitude from her. When motherliness is absent, the Church loses its identity and becomes like a charitable organization or a football team, but not the Church.

The tenderness of Mary was especially visible when she gave birth to her son and cared for him. Pope Francis says that a Church which is like a mother follows the path of tenderness. Therefore, the members of the Church, influenced by the Mother of the Church, must be people who are gentle, tender, smiling, and full of love.

- Fr. Fr. Preetam Vasuniya - Indore Diocese

मनन-चिंतन -3
3 मार्च 2018, शनिवार के दिन सन्त पापा फ्रांसिस ने कलिसिया की माता मरियम के इस पर्व की घोषणा की थी। कल हमने पेंटेकोस्ट का महापर्व मनाया था जिसमें हमें याद किया कि किस तरह से सभी प्रेरितों पर प्रार्थना करते समय पवित्र आत्मा उतरा और उसके बाद माता कलिसिया का जन्म हुआ। लेकिन कुछ लोग इस बात को अनदेखा कर देते हैं कि उन प्रेरितों को प्रार्थना में एकसूत्र बाँधे रखने वाली माता मरियम ही थी। जब प्रभु येसु स्वर्गारोहित कर लिए गए तो शिष्यों को ढारस बँधाने के लिए माता मरियम एक ममतामयी माता के रूप में सदा उनके साथ थीं। जब प्रभु येसु क्रूस पर आखिरी सांसें ले रहे थे तो उन्होंने अपनी माता को अपने प्रिय शिष्य के हवाले कर दिया ताकि वह उनको संभाले और अपने शिष्य को माता मरियम के हवाले कर दिया ताकि वह उसकी माँ बनकर उसकी देख-भाल करे। वह प्रिय शिष्य अन्य शिष्यों का बल्कि सारी कलिसिया का प्रतिनिधित्व करता है। प्रभु येसु ने अपनी माता को सम्पूर्ण कलिसिया के लिए एक माँ के रूप में प्रदान किया है और इसलिए वह आज भी सारी कलिसिया को एक माँ के रूप में संभालती हैं और अपनी जिम्मेदारी निभाती हैं। लेकिन क्या हम माता मरियम के सच्चे पुत्र-पुत्रियाँ होने का फ़र्ज़ निभाते हैं?

- - फ़ादर जॉन्सन बी. मरिया (ग्वालियर धर्मप्रान्त)

REFLECTION
Pope Francis declared this day as the Feast of Mary Mother of the Church on on Saturday of March 3, 2018. Yesterday we celebrated the Solemnity of Pentecost where we recalled how the Spirit descended upon the apostles when they all gathered and praying in the upper room. The Church was born soon after the descent of the Holy Spirit. But we often ignore the fact that the apostles were kept united in prayer by their and our Mother. When Jesus was taken up into heaven, it was mother Mary who consoled and kept the disciples together in her maternal care. When Jesus was hanging on the cross in his agony, he gave his mother to his beloved disciple and entrusted the disciple to the care of his loving mother. Now on she was his mother and he was her son. That beloved disciple not only represented the disciples then, but also represents the whole Mother Church today. Jesus has given his mother to the whole Church and Mother Mary takes care of us as she took care of Jesus, her son. Do we understand our responsibility of loving and listening to our beloved Mother?

- Fr. Johnson B. Maria (Gwalior Diocese)

मनन-चिंतन -4
आज हमारे समक्ष मॉं मरियम का पर्व है जिसे हम माता मरियम, कलीसिया की माता के रूप में मनाते है। मॉं मरियम को यह सौभाग्य प्राप्त हुआ कि वह येसु-ईश्वर की माता बन सकें। स्वर्गदूत गाब्रिएल मरियम के पास संदेश देेते है कि उनके द्वारा मुक्तिदाता का जन्म होगा। गाब्रिएल के उस कथन पर अपनी सहमति देने के बाद मरियम येसु की माता बनती है-येसु अर्थात् ईश्वर की माता। जब प्रभु येसु कू्रस पर थे तब येसु ने अपनी माता मरियम को हम सभी के लिए मॉं के रूप में दिया, यह सब उस कू्रस के पास हुआ जब येसु ने मॉं मरियम से कहा, ‘‘भद्रे! यह आपका पुत्र है’’ तथा संत योहन से कहा, ‘‘यह तुम्हारी माता है’’।

आज का पर्व हमें बताता है कि मॉ मरियम न केवल हमारी माता है परंतु कलीसिया की भी माता है। प्रभु येसु जो ‘शरीर अर्थात् कलीसिया के शीर्ष है’ (कलो. 1ः18) और हम सब मिलकर मसीह का शरीर हैं (1 कुरिंथ. 12ः27)। यदि मॉं मरियम शरीर के शीर्ष अर्थात् येसु की मॉं है तब वे कलीसिया रूपी शरीर के सभी अंगों की मॉं है। कलीसिया की स्थापना प्रभु येसु ने की तथा यह कलीसिया पेंतेकोस्त के दिन पवित्र आत्मा के आगमन से सामर्थ्य से भर गई। जिस दिन कलीसिया पवित्र आत्मा से परिपूर्ण हो गई उस समय मॉं मरियम उस कलीसिया के साथ थी। इस हेतु हर साल पेंतेकोस्त के पर्व के दूसरे दिन ही हम कलीसिया की मॉं मरियम का पर्व मनाते है।

प्रभु येसु के स्वर्गारोहण के बाद मॉं मरियम ने कलीसिया को सहारा दिया और उस कलीसिया को उस महान शक्ति पवित्र आत्मा को ग्रहण करने के लिए प्रार्थना में संजोय रखा। मॉं मरियम का कलीसिया को सम्भालने, आगे बढ़ाने, प्रार्थना में समय बिताने में अहम् भूमिका रही है। इस हेतु भी मॉं मरियम कलीसिया की मॉं है।

आज जब हम यह पर्व को मनाते है तो हम मॉ मरियम से प्रार्थना करें कि वह सदा अपनी कलीसिया को अपने आश्रय में रखें और निरंतर प्रभु येसु के पथ चिन्हांे पर चलने में मदद करें। आमेन!

-फ़ादर डेनिस तिग्गा
REFLECTION

Today we have the feast of Mother Mary celebrated as Mary, the mother of the Church. It was the blessed fortune of Mother Mary to become the mother of Jesus. Angel Gabriel gave the message to Mary that through him the Saviour will be born. Giving the consent on the sayings of Gabriel Mary becomes the Mother of Jesus i.e Mother of God. When Jesus was crucified on the cross Jesus gave her mother to be our mother, all this happened near the cross when Jesus said to Mary, “Woman, here is your son” and to John he said, “Here is your mother.”

Today’s feast tells us that Mother Mary is not only our mother but also the Mother of the Church. Lord Jesus who is the ‘head of the body, the church’ (Col 1:18) and ‘we are the body of Christ and individually members of it’ (1Cor 12:27). If the Mother Mary is the mother of the head then she is the mother of body-the Church too. Church was established by Jesus and was empowered by the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. When the Church was empowered by the Holy Spirt that time Mother Mary was with the Church. Due to this every year the feast of Mary the Mother of Church is being celebrated the next day to the feast of Pentecost.

After the Ascension of Lord Jesus Mother Mary gave the support to the Church and gathered the Church in prayer to receive the Holy Spirit. The role of Mother Mary in caring the, in the growth of the Church and leading the Church in prayer was eminent. For this reason too she is also the mother of the Church.

When we are celebrating today’s feast Let’s pray to Mother Mary that she may always keep the Church in her shelter and help continually to walk in the path of Jesus Christ. Amen!

- Fr. Dennis Tigga

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Sunday May 24, 2026
PENTECOST SUNDAY (SOLEMNITY)
Office: proper, Te Deum
Mass proper; Gloria. Sequence. Creed.
Preface of Pentecost
Vestment: Red
Today’s Rosary: Glorious Mystery

PENTECOST SUNDAY
Today is a fitting occasion for the sprinkling rite and infant baptism. The Easter candle is lit at all Masses today, and if possible, at Evening Prayer.

THEME OF THE SUNDAY: The Spirit, New Law of the Christian. The first reading and the gospel talk of the descent of the Spirit. The stories of Luke and John complement each other and teach us that the Spirit is the new law, the force that leads us to do good.

The Spirit is the source of unity. It pulls down barriers and wherever it enters it destroys sin. The second reading describes a consequence of the presence of the Spirit. Each of us has been given gifts by the same Spirit and they must not be a source of competition but must rather be put at the service of unity.

ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Wis. 1:7
The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said, alleluia.

COLLECT
O God, who by the mystery of today’s great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more the hearts of believers. Through our Lord...

FIRST READING
“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues.”
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 2:1-11)

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed and resting on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven. And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. And they were amazed and wondered, saying, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us in his own native language? Parthians and Medes and Elamites and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians, we hear them telling in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”

The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm104:1ab.24ac.29bc-30.31and 34 (R. cf. 30)
R/. Lord, send forth your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.
Or: Alleluia.

Bless the Lord, O my soul!
O Lord my God, how great you are.
How many are your works, O Lord!
The earth is full of your creatures. R/.

You take away their breath, they die,
returning to the dust from which they came.
You send forth your spirit, and they are created,
and you renew the face of the earth. R/.

May the glory of the Lord last forever!
May the Lord rejoice in his works!
May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I will rejoice in the Lord. R/.

SECOND READING
“By one Spirit we were all baptised into one body.”
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 12:3b-7. 12-13)

Brethren: No one can say “Jesus is Lord” except by the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptised into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

The word of the Lord.

SEQUENCE (Veni Creator Spiritus) (prose text)
Come, Holy Spirit,
and from heaven direct on man the rays of your light. Come, Father of the poor;
come, giver of God’s gifts; come, light of men’s hearts.
Kindly Paraclete, in your gracious visits to man’s soul you bring relief and consolation.
If it is weary with toil, you bring it ease;
in the heat of temptation, your grace cools it; if sorrowful, your words console it.
Light most blessed, shine on the hearts of your faithful — even into their darkest corners;
for without your aid man can do nothing good, and everything is sinful.
Wash clean the sinful soul,
rain down your grace on the parched soul and heal the injured soul.
Soften the hard heart,
cherish and warm the ice-cold heart, and give direction to the wayward.
Give your seven holy gifts to your faithful, for their trust is in you.
Give them reward for their virtuous acts; give them a death that ensures salvation; give them unending bliss. Amen. Alleluia.

OR THE FOLLOWING

SEQUENCE (Veni Creator Spiritus) (Poetic Text)
Come, Holy Spirit, come! And from thy celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine!
Come, Father of the poor! Come, source of all our store!
Come, within our bosoms shine!
Thou, of comforters the best;
Thou, the soul’s most welcome guest;
Sweet refreshment here below;
In our labour, rest most sweet; Grateful coolness in the heat;
Solace in the midst of woe. O most blessed Light divine,
Shine within these hearts of thine,
And our inmost being fill!
Where thou art not, man has naught,
Nothing good in deed or thought,
Nothing free from taint of ill.
Heal our wounds,
our strength renew;
On our dryness pour thy dew;
Wash the stains of guilt away:
Bend the stubborn heart and will;
Melt the frozen, warm the chill;
Guide the steps that go astray.
On the faithful, who adore
And confess thee, evermore
In thy sev’nfold gift descend;
Give them virtue’s sure reward;
Give them thy salvation,
Lord; Give them joys that never end.
Amen. Alleluia.

ALLELUIA
Alleluia. Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful; and kindle in them the fire of your love. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
“As the Father has sent me, even so I send you. Receive the Holy Spirit.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John (John 20: 19-23)

On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL

Celebrant:
The Holy Spirit is the source of unity, bringing us together for the spread of the Gospel. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to come into our lives, our church and our world and make us all one people of God.

FOR THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH: that the Holy Spirit, who called the Bishops, priests and deacons to his ministry, will form them into one abiding force for the spread of the Good News. Let us pray to the Lord.

FOR OUR NATION AND HER LEADERS: that our country, with her diverse cultural, ethnic and social stratifications, may always be united, and her leaders may strive to promote peace, unity and love. Let us pray to the Lord.

FOR OUR WORSHIPPING COMMUNITY: that we may experience an increase in members and witness harmonious living among families. Let us pray to the Lord.

FOR OTHER INTENTIONS: (the sick, church projects or other activities).

FOR THE DEAD, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF OUR PARISH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY MEMBERS: that they may find eternal rest with the Lord. Let us pray to the Lord.

We pray in silence for our private intentions.

Celebrant:
Heavenly Father, we welcome your spirit into our lives, our families and our world. Grant that we may work by the spirit’s inspiration and build up a loving and peaceful community. Through Christ our Lord.

R/. Amen.

TODAY'S REFLECTION
At Pentecost, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and Mary, giving birth to the church that courageously bears witness to the risen Lord, Jesus’ promise of sending an Advocate to guide his disciples is fulfilled.
The Holy Spirit is sent for a purpose… to remind the disciples of the teachings of Jesus and to instruct them further; to invest the apostles with the authority to forgive sins; to build up the faith and unity of the Christian community through various gifts of the spirit.

Today, there is a major renewal of interest in the Holy Spirit and spiritual charisms. Unfortunately, however, many ‘gifts of the spirit’ are restricted to spectacular, extraordinary and momentary phenomena which often become a cause of rivalry, conflict and division. Charisms that build up faith and unity in the Christian community, and lead to greater understanding, forgiveness and service, are true signs of the presence of the Holy Spirit.

PENTECOST DAY
The purpose of Pentecost is the introduction to God doing something He has never done before, that of filling the faithful with His Holy Spirit. The purpose is that we become witness to His character, presence, power and authority. Pentecost commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles and other disciples following the Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ ( Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2), and it marks the beginning of the Christian church's mission to the world PENTECOST.

My dearly beloved, continue to support the Church's mission of the proclamation and propagation of the word of God to all, with your time and your resources. May the Holy Spirit fall afresh on you today in Jesus Name. Amen
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PERSONAL DEVOTIONAL
Day 24 – In her humility, she found divine greatness

OPENING
1. OPENING PRAYER: +In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

INTENTIONS: Let us pray,
-For humble hearts;
-For leaders to act with justice and compassion;
-For personal intentions.

Mary, teach us the beauty of humility.

2. ACT OF CONTRITION 🌹: O my God because you’re so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against you and by the help of your grace I will not sin again.

3. 📿 ROSARY RECITATION AND LITANY OF BVM (Glorious Mystery)

4. Scripture Reading: – Luke 1:48
“He has looked with favor on His lowly servant.”

5. REFLECTION:
She is heaven’s rose, blooming with eternal beauty. Mary’s life reveals the tender heart of faith. She invites us to live with quiet trust and radiant love that points to Christ in all things.

6. CLOSING:
MEMORARE: Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Let us pray:
Blessed Mother, guide me to love your Son more deeply. Help me to live with your faith, peace, and humility. Amen.

7. Prayer for the intention of Our Holy Father (one Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory be)

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