NOVENA CLOSURE MASS READINGS

25 DAYS NOVENA FOR TRUST AND PROVIDENCE

CLOSURE MASS THEME: CELEBRATING THE PROVISION OF GOD

FIRST READING
“I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly.”

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah (Zephaniah 2:3; 3: 12-13)

Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his commands; seek righteousness,
seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the wrath of the Lord. “For I will
leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name
of the Loco, those who are left in Israel; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall
there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall pasture and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.”
The word of the Lord.

ZABURI YA KUITIKIZANA

K: Bwana, wewe una maneno ya uzima wa milele

Sheria ya Bwana ni kamilifu, yaituliza roho
Maagizo ya Bwana ni imara, yamletea mjinga hekima
K: Bwana, wewe una maneno ya uzima wa milele
Amri za Bwana ni za haki, zaufurahisha moyo
Agizo la Bwana ni safi, layatia macho mwanagaza
K: Bwana, wewe una maneno ya uzima wa milele
Uchaji wa Bwana ni safi, hudumu hata milele,
Hukumu za Bwana ni kweli, zote ni haki kamili
K: Bwana, wewe una maneno ya uzima wa milele

Zatamanika kuliko dhahabu, kuliko wingi wa dhahabu safi
Ni tamu kuliko asali, kuliko sega la asali
K: Bwana, wewe una maneno ya uzima wa milele

SECOND READING

“God chose what is weak in the world.”

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)

Consider your call, brethren; not many of you were wise according to the flesh, not many
were powerful, not many were of noble birth; but God chose what is foolish in the world
to shame the wise, God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong, God chose
what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no flesh might boast in the presence of God. He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom, our righteousness and sanctification and redemption; therefore, as it is written, “Let hint who boasts, boast of the Lord.”
The word of the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION: Matthew 5:12A

Alleluia,
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven,
Alleluia.

GOSPEL
John 6: 1-14

After this, Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee [of Tiberias]. A large crowd followed him, because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. The Jewish feast of Passover was near. When Jesus raised his eyes and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, he said to
Philip, “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?” He said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do. Philip answered him, “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough for each of them to have a little [bit].” One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him, “There is a boy here who has
five barley loaves* and two fish; but what good are these for so many?” Jesus said, “Have the people recline.” Now there was a great deal of grass* in that place. So the men
reclined, about five thousand in number. Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks, and
distributed them to those who were reclining, and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments left over, so
that nothing will be wasted.” So they collected them, and filled twelve wicker baskets* with fragments from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat. When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, “This is truly the Prophet,* the one who is to come into the world.”
The Gospel of the Lord

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