21 DAYS NOVENA FOR MOTHERS AND GRANDMOTHERS: CLOSURE MASS | MAIN CELEBRANT: REV. FATHER CK
Channel: Father Charles Kinyua Foundation
Date: 2023-10-06

Theme: Mothers as beacons of hope: Inspiring resilience and perseverance

Dear Lord,

Bless every mother and every grandmother with the finest of your spiritual blessings today. Confirm in her heart and spirit the work of her hands and the love that she has so freely given to those children under Your care. Validate her worth daily so she has no reason to doubt whether she is loved, valued, and cherished in the eyes of her Heavenly Father.

Readings 

FIRST READING: PROVERBS 31: 10-31

Who can find a woman of worth? Far beyond jewels is her value.
Her husband trusts her judgment; he does not lack income.
She brings him profit, not loss, all the days of her life.
She seeks out wool and flax and weaves with skillful hands.
Like a merchant fleet, she secures her provisions from afar.
She rises while it is still night, and distributes food to her household,
a portion to her maidservants. She picks out a field and acquires it;
from her earnings she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength;
she exerts her arms with vigor. She enjoys the profit from her dealings;
her lamp is never extinguished at night. She puts her hands to the distaff,
and her fingers ply the spindle. She reaches out her hands to the poor,
and extends her arms to the needy. She is not concerned for her household when it snows—
all her charges are doubly clothed. She makes her own coverlets;
fine linen and purple are her clothing. Her husband is prominent at the city gates
as he sits with the elders of the land. She makes garments and sells them,
and stocks the merchants with belts. She is clothed with strength and dignity,
and laughs at the days to come. She opens her mouth in wisdom;
kindly instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household,
and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband, too, praises her: “Many are the women of proven worth,
but you have excelled them all.” Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting;
the woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Acclaim her for the work of her hands,
and let her deeds praise her at the city gates.

The Word of the Lord

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS: ZABURI 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18

(K) Bwana yu karibu na wote wamwitao.
Kila siku nitakuhimidi,
Nitalisifu jina lako milele na milele.
Bwana ndiye mkuu mwenye kusifiwa sana,
Wala ukuu wake hautambulikani.
(K) Bwana yu karibu na wote wamwitao.
Bwana ana fadhili ni mwingi wa huruma,
Si mwepesi wa hasira, ni mwingi wa rehema.
Bwana ni mwema kwa watu wote;
Na rehema zake zi juu ya kazi zake zote.
(K) Bwana yu karibu na wote wamwitao.
Bwana ni mwenye haki katika njia zake zote,
Na mwenye fadhili juu ya kazi zake zote.
Bwana yu karibu na wote wamwitao,
Wote wamwitao kwa uaminifu.
(K) Bwana yu karibu na wote wamwitao.

SECOND READING: GALATIANS 4: 4--7
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption. As proof that you are children,
God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” So, you are no longer a 
slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God.
The Word of the Lord

GOSPEL: MATTHEW 20: 20-23

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached him with her sons and did him homage, 
wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, 
“Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your 
kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking.* Can you drink the cup that 
I am going to drink?” They said to him, “We can.” He replied, “My cup you will indeed drink, but 
to sit at my right and at my left [, this] is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been 
prepared by my Father.”

The Gospel of the Lord

*THIS DAY*

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Thank you for giving me a chance to minister to you and your family. I assure you of my prayers today and always. Remain Eternally Blessed.

Fr CK, Your Priest and Servant.