Lectionary: 216
Beloved:
Who indeed is the victor over the world
but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ,
not by water alone, but by water and Blood.
The Spirit is the one who testifies,
and the Spirit is truth.
So there are three who testify,
the Spirit, the water, and the Blood,
and the three are of one accord.
If we accept human testimony,
the testimony of God is surely greater.
Now the testimony of God is this,
that he has testified on behalf of his Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God
has this testimony within himself.
Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar
by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son.
And this is the testimony:
God gave us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
Whoever possesses the Son has life;
whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life.
I write these things to you so that you may know
that you have eternal life,
you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
R. (12a) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;
praise your God, O Zion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;
he has blessed your children within you.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He has granted peace in your borders;
with the best of wheat he fills you.
He sends forth his command to the earth;
swiftly runs his word!
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,
his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
He has not done thus for any other nation;
his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.
or:
R. Alleluia.
t happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where Jesus was;
and when he saw Jesus,
he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said,
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
And the leprosy left him immediately.
Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but
“Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing
what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”
The report about him spread all the more,
and great crowds assembled to listen to him
and to be cured of their ailments,but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
Lectionary: 215
Beloved, we love God because
he first loved us.
If anyone says, “I love God,”
but hates his brother, he is a liar;
for whoever does not love a brother whom he has seen
cannot love God whom he has not seen.
This is the commandment we have from him:
Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God,
and everyone who loves the Father
loves also the one begotten by him.
In this way we know that we love the children of God
when we love God and obey his commandments.
For the love of God is this,
that we keep his commandments.
And his commandments are not burdensome,
for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world.
And the victory that conquers the world is our faith.
R. (see 11) Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
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. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
From fraud and violence, he shall redeem them,
and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
May they be prayed for continually;
day by day shall they bless him.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
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. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit,
and news of him spread throughout the whole region.
He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.
Lectionary: 214
Beloved, if God so loved us,
we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,
and his love is brought to perfection in us.
This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,
that he has given us of his Spirit.
Moreover, we have seen and testify
that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
God remains in him and he in God.
We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.
God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.
In this is love brought to perfection among us,
that we have confidence on the day of judgment
because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love,
but perfect love drives out fear
because fear has to do with punishment,
and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.
R. (see 11) Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
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. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
The kings of Tarshish and the Isles shall offer gifts;
the kings of Arabia and Seba shall bring tribute.
R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.
For 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. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you
After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied,
Jesus made his disciples get into the boat
and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida,
while he dismissed the crowd.
And when he had taken leave of them,
he went off to the mountain to pray.
When it was evening,
the boat was far out on the sea and he was alone on shore.
Then he saw that they were tossed about while rowing,
for the wind was against them.
About the fourth watch of the night,
he came toward them walking on the sea.
He meant to pass by them.
But when they saw him walking on the sea,
they thought it was a ghost and cried out.
They had all seen him and were terrified.
But at once he spoke with them,
“Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”
He got into the boat with them and the wind died down.
They were completely astounded.
They had not understood the incident of the loaves.
On the contrary, their hearts were hardened.
Lectionary: 177
Is 25:6-10a
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.
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.
Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
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.”
Lk 10:21-24
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.”
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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Read MoreOn 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
Friday after Epiphany Lectionary: 216 Reading 1 1 John 5:5-13
Read MoreThursday after Epiphany Lectionary: 215 Reading 1 1 John 4:11-18
Read MoreWednesday after Epiphany Lectionary: 214 Reading 1 1 John 4:11-18
Read MoreWednesday of the First Week of Advent Lectionary: 177 Reading
Read MoreMemorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Lectionary: 176 Reading 1
Read MoreThe church was introduced in Modipane by the Masete’s family
Read MoreOn the 31st of October 2020, the Catholic Church in
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