Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask. 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: Genesis 2:18–24
The Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ So from the soil the Lord God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give it. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of heaven and all the wild beasts. But no helpmate suitable for man was found for him. So the Lord God made the man fall into a deep sleep. And while he slept, he took one of his ribs and enclosed it in flesh. The Lord God built the rib he had taken from the man into a woman, and brought her to the man. The man exclaimed: ‘This at last is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh! This is to be called woman, for this was taken from man.’ This is why a man leaves his father and mother and joins himself to his wife, and they become one body.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 127:1-5
R/ May the Lord bless us all the days of our life.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord and walk in his ways! By the labour of your hands you shall eat. You will be happy and prosper.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the heart of your house; your children like shoots of the olive, around your table.
Indeed thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion in a happy Jerusalem all the days of your life! May you see your children’s children. On Israel, Peace.
Second Reading : Hebrews 2:9-11
We see in Jesus one who was for a short while made lower than the angels and is now crowned with glory and splendour because he submitted to death; by God’s grace he had to experience death for all mankind. As it was his purpose to bring a great many of his sons into glory, it was appropriate that God, for whom everything exists and through whom everything exists, should make perfect, through suffering, the leader who would take them to their salvation. For the one who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock; that is why he openly calls them brothers.
Gospel Acclamation: Jn 17:17
Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!
Gospel : Mark 10:2-16
Some Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, ‘Is it against the law for a man to divorce his wife?’ They were testing him. He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ ‘Moses allowed us’ they said ‘to draw up a writ of dismissal and so to divorce.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘It was because you were so unteachable that he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. This is why a man must leave father and mother, and the two become one body. They are no longer two, therefore, but one body. So then, what God has united, man must not divide.’ Back in the house the disciples questioned him again about this, and he said to them, ‘The man who divorces his wife and marries another is guilty of adultery against her. And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another she is guilty of adultery too.’ People were bringing little children to him, for him to touch them. The disciples turned them away, but when Jesus saw this he was indignant and said to them, ‘Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. I tell you solemnly, anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’ Then he put his arms round them, laid his hands on them and gave them his blessing.
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted by your commands, and, through the sacred mysteries which we celebrate with dutiful service, graciously complete the sanctifying work by which you are pleased to redeem us. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Lam 3: 25
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Prayer after Communion
Grant us, almighty God, that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament which we have received, so as to be transformed into what we consume. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Generally, when young people are in school, they dream of completing their studies and getting a job. The sacrament of marriage offers another dimension in which one goes to school again, where they learn to love and forgive. Today, such authentic commitments are a hard-to-find treasure. Today’s readings allow us to relook at and rediscover the meaning of radical commitment in every human relationship, marriage being the relationship par excellence. The couple’s fidelity to each other symbolises and reflects the faithfulness of God to his people and the faithfulness of Christ to the Church. Marriage is not a matter of mere feelings. It is a gift of the whole person to the other: «it is not good that man should be alone.» God carefully founded this relationship and endowed it with his own initiative. Therefore, for it to be truly authentic, each relationship must be founded on the love God has bestowed. Thus, we must respect marriage as an institution which only God can break, and no man can split apart. The words of Jesus underline the seriousness of marriage, and anyone who tries to attack the institution of marriage is like attacking the bond of God’s commitment to us – God’s love for his people.
Ce 05 octobre 2024, journée internationale des enseignants fut aussi une journée spéciale pour Saint Claret Relief Acade, Santa. C’était établissement à eu la messe d’ouverture qui inaugurait l’année scolaire 2024/2025. Plus de 500 élèves, 50 enseignants et plusieurs parents d’élèves ont participé à cette cérémonie.
Le célébrant, le révérend père Frédéric Kpoumié, cmf, préfet d’apostolat des Missionnaires Clarétains au Cameroun a remercié les élèves, les enseignants ainsi que les parents qui font tout, malgré la situation sociopolitique qui sévit dans la région pour garantir un avenir meilleur à la jeunesse Camerounaise.
Le principal de l’établissement a réitéré sa gratitude à l’endroit du conseil de la Délégation sans oublier les enseignants et les parents qui veillent à la continuité de cette école. Le père Joseph Viseme, cmf a également encouragé ses élèves à étudier avec assiduité pour une année scolaire couronnée de succès.
La cérémonie s’est achevée par la Bénédiction des élèves et leurs enseignants. C’était aussi une occasion de fêter la journée des enseignants avec ceux qui sont venus nombreux pour représenter le corps professoral de l’établissement.
October 5, 2024, was a day of extraordinary significance for Saint Claret Relief Academy Santa. Not only was it the International Day for Teachers, but it was also the Eucharistic Celebration, marking the grand opening of the 2024/2025 academic year. This unique combination of events drew over 500 students, over 50 teachers, and numerous parents who gathered to express their gratitude for God’s blessings. The students, in particular, were the heart of this event, their vibrant and colourful liturgy adding a special touch to the celebration.
Father Frederic Kpoumie, cmf, prefect of Apostolate, who presided over the Mass, not only thanked the parents, staff, and students for their love and support for the institution but also inspired them with his words. He encouraged them to pray and offer their studies for God’s protection, instilling a sense of purpose and dedication in their hearts.
In the Homily, Father Melvin Neba, cmf, beaconed all to hold fast to prayers and always implore God’s blessings in their studies, trusting that everything is possible with God and no project is above Him. The homilist also encouraged the students to root their studies in Christ in Christ to record success at the end of the academic year.
Father Joseph Viseme, cmf, the school’s principal, took a moment to appreciate the council members’ presence and to thank all the teachers for their dedicated service. He then turned to the students, urging them to approach their studies with seriousness and dedication. He concluded with a heartfelt prayer for a smooth and successful academic year.
The presence of the Claretians in Saint Claret Academy is a powerful testament to their unwavering commitment to the community. The claretians, who have always risen above challenges to serve those in need, are a constant source of inspiration in Santa. Their presence in this zone is not just a reminder of the enduring spirit of service and encouragement, but also a reassurance of the school’s strong mission and values.
Sister Faustina was a young, uneducated, nun in a convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland during the 1930’s. She received extraordinary revelations on God’s loving message of Divine Mercy. Saint Faustina’s revelations are a constant reminder of the message to trust in Jesus’ endless mercy, and to live life mercifully toward others.
Entrance Antiphon: Dn 3: 31, 29, 30, 43, 42
All that you have done to us, O Lord, you have done with true judgement, for we have sinned against you and not obeyed your commandments. But give glory to your name and deal with us according to the bounty of your mercy.
Collect
O God, who manifest your almighty power above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us and make those hastening to attain your promises heirs to the treasures of heaven. 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 : Job 42:1-3,5-6,12-17
This was the answer Job gave to the Lord: I know that you are all-powerful: what you conceive, you can perform. I am the man who obscured your designs with my empty-headed words. I have been holding forth on matters I cannot understand, on marvels beyond me and my knowledge. I knew you then only by hearsay; but now, having seen you with my own eyes, I retract all I have said, and in dust and ashes I repent. The Lord blessed Job’s new fortune even more than his first one. He came to own fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she-donkeys. He had seven sons and three daughters; his first daughter he called ‘Turtledove’, the second ‘Cassia’ and the third ‘Mascara.’ Throughout the land there were no women as beautiful as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them inheritance rights like their brothers. After his trials, Job lived on until he was a hundred and forty years old, and saw his children and his children’s children up to the fourth generation. Then Job died, an old man and full of days.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm
118(119):66,71,75,91,125,130
R/ Let your face shine on your servant, O Lord.
Teach me discernment and knowledge for I trust in your commands. It was good for me to be afflicted, to learn your statutes.
Lord, I know that your decrees are right, that you afflicted me justly. By your decree it endures to this day; for all things serve you.
I am your servant, give me knowledge; then I shall know your will. The unfolding of your word gives light and teaches the simple.
Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel : Luke 10:17-24
The seventy-two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said ‘even the devils submit to us when we use your name.’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Yes, I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your names are written in heaven.’ It was then that, filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, he said: ‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’ Then turning to his disciples he spoke to them in private, ‘Happy the eyes that see what you see, for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never heard it.’
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant us, O merciful God, that this our offering may find acceptance with you and that through it the wellspring of all blessing may be laid open before us. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 118: 49-50
Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.
Prayer after Communion
May this heavenly mystery, O Lord, restore us in mind and body, that we may be coheirs in glory with Christ, to whose suffering we are united whenever we proclaim his Death. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
At the beginning of chapter 10 of the Gospel, according to Luke, we saw how Jesus had sent his 72 disciples out to all the places where he would visit. Today, we see them returning full of joy and satisfaction. “Lord, even the devils submit to us when we use your name.” They discovered that, in his name, they could do the same things that Jesus did. The power of the evil one is being reversed, and he assures them: “I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions … nothing shall ever hurt you”. Nothing, as Paul says, can separate us from the love of God, that is, the love that God extends to us at every moment of every day. Jesus tells his disciples the real reason why they should be happy. It is not because they have special powers over evil spirits but because their names are written in heaven. They have been chosen as the instruments for God to do his work, to make the Kingdom a reality. That blessedness granted to the apostles is granted to us today, also. Let us, therefore, count our blessings daily as we continue to receive such uncountable blessings from our God.
Canonisée par Jean Paul II le 30 avril 2000, sœur Marie Faustine Kowalska était un apôtre irréductible de la Miséricorde Divine.
Antienne d’ouverture
Tu nous as traités, Seigneur, en toute justice, car nous avons péché, nous n’avons pas écouté tes commandements. Mais, pour lhonneur de ton nom, traite-nous selon la richesse de ta miséricorde
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui donnes la preuve suprême de ta puissance, lorsque tu patientes et prends pitié, sans te lasser, accorde-nous ta parviendrons au bonheur du ciel. Par Jésus Christ
1ère lecture : Jb 42, 1-3.5-6.12-17
Job s’adressa au Seigneur et dit : « Je sais que tu peux tout et que nul projet pour toi n’est impossible. Quel est celui qui déforme tes plans sans rien y connaître ? De fait, j’ai parlé, sans les comprendre, de merveilles hors de ma portée, dont je ne savais rien. C’est par ouï-dire que je te connaissais, mais maintenant mes yeux t’ont vu. C’est pourquoi je me rétracte et me repens sur la poussière et sur la cendre. » Le Seigneur bénit la nouvelle situation de Job plus encore que l’ancienne. Job posséda quatorze mille moutons et six mille chameaux, mille paires de bœufs et mille ânesses. Il eut encore sept fils et trois filles. Il nomma la première Colombe, la deuxième Fleur-de-Laurier, et la troisième Ombre-du-regard. On ne trouvait pas dans tout le pays de femmes aussi belles que les filles de Job. Leur père leur donna une part d’héritage avec leurs frères. Après cela, Job vécut encore cent quarante ans, et il vit ses fils et les fils de ses fils : quatre générations. Et Job mourut âgé, rassasié de jours.
Psaume : 118 (119), 66.71, 75.91, 125.130
R/ Pour ton serviteur, que ton visage s’illumine !
Apprends-moi à bien saisir, à bien juger : je me fie à tes volontés. C’est pour mon bien que j’ai souffert, ainsi, ai-je appris tes commandements.
Seigneur, je le sais, tes décisions sont justes ; tu es fidèle quand tu m’éprouves. Jusqu’à ce jour, le monde tient par tes décisions: toute chose est ta servante.
Je suis ton serviteur, éclaire-moi: je connaîtrai tes exigences. Déchiffrer ta parole illumine et les simples comprennent.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Tu es béni, Père, Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, tu as révélé aux tout-petits les mystères du Royaume ! Alléluia. (cf. Mt 11, 25)
Évangile : Lc 10, 17-24
En ce temps-là, les 72 disciples que Jésus avait envoyés revinrent tout joyeux, en disant : « Seigneur, même les démons nous sont soumis en ton nom. » Jésus leur dit : « Je regardais Satan tomber du ciel comme l’éclair. Voici que je vous ai donné le pouvoir d’écraser serpents et scorpions, et sur toute la puissance de l’Ennemi : absolument rien ne pourra vous nuire. Toutefois, ne vous réjouissez pas parce que les esprits vous sont soumis ; mais réjouissez-vous parce que vos noms se trouvent inscrits dans les cieux. » À l’heure même, Jésus exulta de joie sous l’action de l’Esprit Saint, et il dit : « Père, Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, je proclame ta louange : ce que tu as caché aux sages et aux savants, tu l’as révélé aux tout-petits. Oui, Père, tu l’as voulu ainsi dans ta bienveillance. Tout m’a été remis par mon Père. Personne ne connaît qui est le Fils, sinon le Père; et personne ne connaît qui est le Père, sinon le Fils et celui à qui le Fils veut le révéler.» Puis il se tourna vers ses disciples et leur dit en particulier : « Heureux les yeux qui voient ce que vous voyez ! Car, je vous le déclare : beaucoup de prophètes et de rois ont voulu voir ce que vous-mêmes voyez, et ne l’ont pas vu, entendre ce que vous entendez, et ne l’ont pas entendu.
Prière sur les offrandes
Dieu de miséricorde, accepte notre offrande : quéelle ouvre largement pour nous la source de toute bénédiction . Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Lm 3, 25
Souviens-toi Seigneur, de la parole que tu m’as donné; en elle j’ai mis mon espoir, et, dans ma misère, elle est pour moi un réconfort.
Prière après la communion
Que cette eucharistie, Seigneur, renouvelle nos esprits et nos corps, et nous donne part à lhéritage glorieux de celui qui nous unit à son sacrifice lorsque nous proclamons sa mort. Lui qui.
Méditation L’essence de la joie du Chrétien c’est de partager éternellement la vie de Dieu . Notre vie quotienne nous offre des succès . Un élève qui réussit son examen de baccalauréat , un jeune fonctionnaire qui perçoit son tout premier salaire , un politicien qui gagne une élection , une femme qui se marie à l’église par exemple . Ces succès offre la joie et sont motif de joie parceque nous voyons arriver à leur accomplissement un but visé. C’est ce qui arrive aux 72 disciples du Christ qui participent déjà de sa mission . Ils font des prouesses avec le nom de leur maître et les esprits malveillants leur sont soumis. Ils ne trouvent pas leur joie dans le nom de leur maître mais dans les effets que produit ce nom à savoir la soumission des esprits. Cher frères et sœurs c’est le Christ qui est notre joie parfaite pour le croyant. Ne nous laissons pas obnubiler par les joies ou un certain confort que nos efforts quotidiens nous offrent en nous détachant de celui qui est la source de tout bien . Gardons nos yeux fixés sur lui et nous serons toujours joyeux .
