Greetings on this the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Readings: 1 Tm 1:1-2, 12-14; Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 11; Jn 19:25-27
Notes: Humanity, Mother, Son. All of us!
For my Jewish friends: Shanah Tovah!
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Friday, September 15, 2023 this year. It ends at sundown on Sunday, September 17, 2023. The name of the holiday in Hebrew literally translates to the “head of the year.” Rosh Hashanah is the first of the Jewish High Holidays, followed by Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement. Whether you’re new to Judaism, celebrating Rosh Hashanah for the first time, or want to wish a colleague, friend, or loved one a happy Jewish New Year, you may be wondering about the best Rosh Hashanah greetings to use.
Is it appropriate to wish someone a Happy Rosh Hashanah?
While Rosh Hashanah is a celebratory holiday, it is also a solemn one. For Jews around the world, it is a time to reflect on the good and the bad of the past year and prepare to improve themselves and their communities in the year to come. That being said, yes — you can wish those observing Rosh Hashanah a happy, good, or sweet new year. Here are a few easy Rosh Hashanah greetings you can say or send in English:
Happy Rosh Hashanah!
Have a sweet new year!
Have a good and sweet new year.
Wishing you a happy and healthy new year.
Source: https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/rosh-hashana-2023
Source: https://www.womansday.com/life/a44892051/rosh-hashanah-greetings/
Gospel of John Chapter 19 BEHOLD (in Greek: be sure to see)! See, Reflect, Understand!
“Behold, the man” is directly about the Suffering Servant (Isa 52:14) more generally can be translated: “Behold, Man“.
So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, “Behold, the man!” (Jn 19:5).
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” (Jn 19:26).
Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. (Jn 19:27).
If ever we need to see one another as brother and sister it is in the Sorrow of our common Mother.
- Our common agonies.
- His pain and death.
- Her sorrow.
Today I ask you to contemplate the psalmist hope.
The situation, Mary at the foot of the Cross. Her only Son dying before her eyes.
Everything she loves in life is being challenged and removed at the most core level, child.
Yet this psalm is her psalm. She stands resolute with the salvation purpose.
- Psalm 22 is from Jesus and for Jesus and for us. Martyr.
- Psalm 16 is from Mary and for Mary and for us. Dry Martyr.
First Reading
[For all of us, this blessing]
My true child in faith: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Responsorial
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.
Sequence
http://deacongerrypalermo.blog/2022/09/15/stabat-mater/
Gospel Acclamation
Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary; without dying you won the martyr’s crown beneath the Cross of the Lord.
Gospel
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Peace be with you,
Deacon Gerry
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