by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Dec 31, 2019 | Agenda Biblique
Mercredi 01 Janvier 2020
Solennité
Sainte Marie Mère de Dieu
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Huit jours après la Nativité de notre Seigneur et sauveur Jésus-Christ, nous célébrons sa Mère, celle qui lui a donné son essence humaine avec la puissance du Saint-Esprit. C’est pourquoi le concile d’Ephèse en 431 la proclama Theotokos, la Mère de Dieu, puisque son Fils est Dieu.
Antienne d’ouverture
«Nous te saluons, Mère très sainte: tu as mis au monde le Roi qui gouverne le ciel et la terre pour les siècles sans fin».
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu tout-puissant, par la maternité virginale de la bienheureuse Marie, tu as offert au genre humain les trésors du salut éternel; accorde-nous de sentir qu’intervient en notre faveur celle qui nous permit d’accueillir l’auteur de la vie, Jésus Christ, ton Fils, notre Seigneur. Lui qui…
1er lecture: Nb 6, 22-27
Le Seigneur parla à Moïse. Il dit: «Parle à Aaron et à ses fils. Tu leur diras: Voici en quels termes vous bénirez les fils d’Israël: “Que le Seigneur te bénisse et te garde! Que le Seigneur fasse briller sur toi son visage, qu’il te prenne en grâce! Que le Seigneur tourne vers toi son visage, qu’il t’apporte la paix!” Ils invoqueront ainsi mon nom sur les fils d’Israël, et moi, je les bénirai.»
Psaume 66 (67), 2-3, 5, 6.8
R/ Que Dieu nous prenne en grâce et qu’il nous bénisse!
- Que son visage s’illumine pour nous; et ton chemin sera connu sur la terre, ton salut, parmi toutes les nations.
- Que les nations chantent leur joie, car tu gouvernes le monde avec justice ; sur la terre, tu conduis les nations.
- La terre a donné son fruit; Dieu, notre Dieu, nous bénit. Que la terre tout entière l’adore !
2e lecture: Ga 4, 4-7
Frères, lorsqu’est venue la plénitude des temps, Dieu a envoyé son Fils, né d’une femme et soumis à la loi de Moïse, afin de racheter ceux qui étaient soumis à la Loi et pour que nous soyons adoptés comme fils. Et voici la preuve que vous êtes des fils : Dieu a envoyé l’Esprit de son Fils dans nos cœurs, et cet Esprit crie «Abba!», C’est-à-dire: Père ! Ainsi tu n’es plus esclave, mais fils, et puisque tu es fils, tu es aussi héritier: c’est l’œuvre de Dieu.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. À bien des reprises, Dieu, dans le passé, a parlé à nos pères par les prophètes; à la fin, en ces jours où nous sommes, il nous a parlé par son Fils. Alléluia.
Évangile: Lc 2, 16-21
En ce temps-là, les bergers se hâtèrent d’aller à Bethléem, et ils découvrirent Marie et Joseph, avec le nouveau-né couché dans la mangeoire. Après avoir vu, ils racontèrent ce qui leur avait été annoncé au sujet de cet enfant. Et tous ceux qui entendirent s’étonnaient de ce que leur racontaient les bergers. Marie, cependant, retenait tous ces événements et les méditait dans son cœur. Les bergers repartirent; ils glorifiaient et louaient Dieu pour tout ce qu’ils avaient entendu et vu, selon ce qui leur avait été annoncé. Quand fut arrivé le huitième jour, celui de la circoncision, l’enfant reçut le nom de Jésus, le nom que l’ange lui avait donné avant sa conception.
Prière sur les offrandes
Tu es à l’origine de tous les biens, Seigneur, et tu les mènes à leur plein développement ; puisque cette de Marie, Mère de Dieu, nous fait célébrer notre salut dans son germe, donne-nous la joie d’en recueillir tous les fruits. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion: He 13, 8
Jésus Christ est le même hier, aujourd’hui et pour les siècles
Prière après la communion
Nous avons communié à ton sacrement, Seigneur, en ce jour où nous saluons avec fierté, dans la bienheureuse Vierge Marie, La Mère de ton Fils, et la Mère de l’Église ; que cette communion fasse grandir en nous la vie éternelle. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Quoi de plus beau que de commencer l’année avec la Vierge Marie, la Mère de Dieu. Parmi les multiples résolutions que nous prenons en début d’année, nous pourrions vouloir vivre cette année à l’école de Marie. L’évangile de ce jour nous donne une double attitude de Marie : elle est là, aux côtés de Jésus, d’une part ; elle retient tous ces événements et les médite dans son cœur. Etre aux côtés de Jésus tous les jours signifie pour nous fréquenter sa parole et ses sacrements. Cela signifie aussi être proche de tous ceux qui auront besoin de nous, car, à travers eux, Jésus est présent. Retenir toutes les actions de Dieu dans nos vies et les méditer nous permettra alors d’admirer les bienfaits de Dieu. Nous pourrons alors vivre cette année en présence de Jésus. C’est ainsi que nous serons, à l’exemple de Marie, ses véritables disciples.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Dec 31, 2019 | Evangelium
Wednesday 01 JANUARY 2020
Solemnity Mary, Mother of God
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From antiquity, Mary has been called “God-Bearer”. The word in Greek is “Theotokos”. The term was used as part of the popular piety of the early first millennium church.
Entrance Antiphon
Hail, Holy Mother, who gave birth to the King, who rules heaven and earth forever.
Collect
O God, who through the fruitful virginity of Blessed Mary bestowed on the human race the grace of eternal salvation, grant, we pray, that we may experience the intercession of her, through whom we were found worthy to receive the author of life, our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
First Reading: Numbers 6:22-27
The Lord spoke to Moses and said, ‘Say this to Aaron and his sons: “This is how you are to bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord let his face shine on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord uncover his face to you and bring you peace.” This is how they are to call down my name on the sons of Israel, and I will bless them.’
Psalm 66:2-3.5.6.8
R/ O God, be gracious and bless us.
- O God, be gracious and bless us, and let your face shed its light upon us. So will your ways be known upon earth, and all nations learn your saving help.
- Let the nations be glad and exult, for you rule the world with justice. With fairness you rule the peoples, you guide the nations on earth.
- Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all peoples praise you. May God still give us his blessing, till the ends of the earth revere him.
Second Reading: Galatians 4:4-7
When the appointed time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law, to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons. The proof that you are sons is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts: the Spirit that cries, ‘Abba, Father,’ and it is this that makes you a son, you are not a slave anymore; and if God has made you son, then he has made you heir.
Gospel Acclamation : Hebrews 1:1-2
Alleluia, alleluia! At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 2:16-21
The shepherds hurried away to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. When they saw the child they repeated what they had been told about him, and everyone who heard it was astonished at what the shepherds had to say. As for Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; it was exactly as they had been told. When the eighth day came and the child was to be circumcised, they gave him the name Jesus, the name the angel had given him before his conception.
Prayer over the Offerings
O God, who in your kindness begin all good things and bring them to fulfilment, grant to us, who find joy in the Solemnity of the holy Mother of God, that, just as we glory in the beginnings of your grace, so one day we may rejoice in its completion. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Hebrew 13: 8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and for ever.
Prayer after Communion
We have received this heavenly Sacrament with joy, O Lord: grant, we pray, that it may lead us to eternal life, for we rejoice to proclaim the blessed ever-Virgin Mary Mother of your Son and Mother of the Church. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Today, we celebrate the glorious truth that Mary is the Mother of God. We know that Mary is the Mother of Jesus. We also know that Jesus is both God and Man. She is rightly called the Mother of the God-Man. Mary did not give birth to Jesus as God. She is not God or a goddess. We simply maintain that she was the Mother of Jesus who was both God and Man. Since she is the Mother of the God-Man, she is the Mother of every one of us. We belong to the Church, the family of God. Jesus is the Head of that family. His Mother is our Mother. Without a mother, human life cannot begin. Even Jesus had to have a mother. If every human life begins with a mother, then every phase of life, a New Year, for instance, begins with a mother, the Mother of God. Mary greets us at the beginning of a New Year. She bends over us to take care of us in every way. Mary makes the New Year worthwhile for us.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Dec 30, 2019 | Agenda Biblique
Mardi 31 Décembre 2019
Saint Sylvestre 1er, pape
Sylvestre gouverna l’Église de Rome au lendemain de la paix constantinienne, de 314 à 335. Il consacra la basilique du Latran, et ce fut sous son pontificat que le 1er concile de Nicée (325) condamna l’hérésie arienne. La protection de Constantin s’exprimait par une ingérence de l’empereur dans les affaires ecclésiastiques, ce qui n’était pas pour faciliter la tâche du pape. Constantin fut généreux pour l’Église, mais sa célèbre Donation à sylvestre n’est qu’un document apocryphe du 8e siècle, destinée à justifier la souveraineté temporelle des papes à l’époque où furent constitués les états pontificaux.
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Antienne d’ouverture
Un enfant nous est né, un fils nous a été donné ; l’insigne du pouvoir est sur son épaule ; on l’appelle Messager de Dieu.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, tu as voulu que tout effort de l’homme vers toi trouve son origine et son achèvement dans l’incarnation de ton Fils ; Accorde-nous d’être comptés dans la part du Christ qui résume en lui la part du genre humain. Lui qui.
Première lecture : 1 Jean 2, 18-21
Mes enfants, c’est la dernière heure et, comme vous l’avez appris, un anti-Christ, un adversaire du Christ, doit venir ; or, il y a dès maintenant beaucoup d’anti-Christs ; nous savons ainsi que c’est la dernière heure. Ils sont sortis de chez nous mais ils n’étaient pas des nôtres ; s’ils avaient été des nôtres, ils seraient demeurés avec nous. Mais pas un d’entre eux n’est des nôtres, et cela devait être manifesté. Quant à vous, c’est de celui qui est saint que vous tenez l’onction, et vous avez tous la connaissance. Je ne vous ai pas écrit que vous ignorez la vérité, mais que vous la connaissez, et que de la vérité ne vient aucun mensonge.
Psaume 95 (96), 1-2a, 11-12a, 12b- 13ab
R/ Joie au ciel ! Exulte la terre ! 95, 11
- Chantez au Seigneur un chant nouveau, chantez au Seigneur, terre entière, chantez au Seigneur et bénissez son nom !
- Joie au ciel ! Exulte la terre ! Les masses de la mer mugissent, la campagne tout entière est en fête.
- Les arbres des forêts dansent de joie devant la face du Seigneur, car il vient, car il vient pour juger la terre.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Le Verbe s’est fait chair, cf. il a établi parmi nous sa demeure. À tous ceux qui l’ont reçu, il a donné de pouvoir devenir enfants de Dieu. Alléluia. (Jn 1, 14a.12a)
Évangile : Jean 1, 1-18
Au commencement était le Verbe, et le Verbe était auprès de Dieu, et le Verbe était Dieu. Il était au commencement auprès de Dieu. C’est par lui que tout est venu à l’existence, et rien de ce qui s’est fait ne s’est fait sans lui. En lui était la vie, et la vie était la lumière des hommes ; la lumière brille dans les ténèbres, et les ténèbres ne l’ont pas arrêtée. Il y eut un homme envoyé par Dieu ; son nom était Jean. Il est venu comme témoin, pour rendre témoignage à la Lumière, afin que tous croient par lui. Cet homme n’était pas la Lumière, mais il était là pour rendre témoignage à la Lumière. Le Verbe était la vraie Lumière, qui éclaire tout homme en venant dans le monde. Il était dans le monde, et le monde était venu par lui à l’existence, mais le monde ne l’a pas reconnu. Il est venu chez lui, et les siens ne l’ont pas reçu. Mais à tous ceux qui l’ont reçu, il a donné de pouvoir devenir enfants de Dieu, eux qui croient en son nom. Ils ne sont pas nés du sang, ni d’une volonté charnelle, ni d’une volonté d’homme : ils sont nés de Dieu. Et le Verbe s’est fait chair, il a habité parmi nous, et nous avons vu sa gloire, la gloire qu’il tient de son Père comme Fils unique, plein de grâce et de vérité. Jean le Baptiste lui rend témoignage en proclamant : « C’est de lui que j’ai dit : Celui qui vient derrière moi est passé devant moi, car avant moi il était. » Tous nous avons eu part à sa plénitude, nous avons reçu grâce après grâce ; car la Loi fut donnée par Moïse, la grâce et la vérité sont venues par Jésus Christ. Dieu, personne ne l’a jamais vu ; le Fils unique, lui qui est Dieu, lui qui est dans le sein du Père, c’est lui qui l’a fait connaître.
Prière sur les offrandes
Dieu qui donnes la grâce de te servir avec droiture et de chercher la paix, fais que cette offrande puisse te glorifier, et que notre participation à l’eucharistie renforce les liens de notre unité. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion
Dieu a envoyé son Fils unique dans le monde pour que nous vivions par lui.
Prière après la communion
Ton peuple, Seigneur, a besoin de multiples secours pour sa traversée d’ici-bas ; que ta bonté les lui donne aujourd’hui et demain : trouvant alors la force nécessaire dans les biens qui passent, il recherchera les biens éternels avec plus de confiance. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Dieu nous parle par son Fils ; contemplons sa parole d’amour. Le verbe s’est fait chair, Dieu a envoyé son Fils comme Sauveur du monde. Nul n’a jamais vu Dieu, mais dans ce Fils, en Jésus, sa tendresse, sa bonté, son amour pour nous sont devenus visibles et palpables. Comme il est grand, l’amour dont la Père nous a comblés. Lorsque le Fils paraîtra, nous lui serons semblables parce que nous le verrons tel qu’il est. Avec une telle espérance, demeurons en Jésus et aimons comme lui a aimé. Voici venue la dernière heure de cette année, l’occasion de penser à la dernière heure du monde, à notre dernière heure, à l’instant où l’éternité fera irruption dans notre vie. Le vrai bilan de cette année n’est celui de nos calculatrices, mais celui qui s’est imprimé au jour le jour sur la bande de l’histoire qui part du sein de Père au sein du Père en traversant chacune de nos journées. Alors, hâte-toi, aujourd’hui dans l’humilité et l’action de grâce, de reprendre cette année en offrande à l’infinie Miséricorde.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Dec 30, 2019 | Evangelium
Tuesday 31 December 2019
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Pope St Sylvester I (d. 335)
He was made Pope in 314 and ruled the Church during the reign of the newly-converted Emperor Constantine. His life has been so accredited with pious legends that very little else is known about him for certain, but his reign as Pope is the eighth longest on record.
White/ Solemnity
Entrance Antiphon: Is 9: 5
A child is born for us, and a son is given to us; his sceptre of power rests upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Messenger of great counsel.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who in the Nativity of your Son established the beginning and fulfillment of all religion, grant, we pray, that we may be numbered among those who belong to him, in whom is the fullness of human salvation. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: 1 John 2:18-21
Children, these are the last days; you were told that an Antichrist must come, and now several antichrists have already appeared; we know from this that these are the last days. Those rivals of Christ came out of our own number, but they had never really belonged; if they had belonged, they would have stayed with us; but they left us, to prove that not one of them ever belonged to us. But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and have all received the knowledge. It is not because you do not know the truth that I am writing to you but rather because you know it already and know that no lie can come from the truth.
Psalm 95 (96):1-2, 11-13
R/ Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.
1) sing a new song to the Lord, sing to the Lord all the earth. O sing to the Lord, bless his name. Proclaim his help day by day,.
2) Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad, let the sea and all within it thunder praise, let the land and all it bears rejoice, all the trees of the wood shout for joy at the presence of the Lord for he comes, he comes to rule the earth..
3) With justice he will rule the world, he will judge the peoples with his truth.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia! A hallowed day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations, worship the Lord, for today a great light has shone down upon the earth. Alleluia!
Gospel: John 1:1-18+
In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things came to be, not one thing had its being but through him. All that came to be had life in him and that life was the light of men, a light that shines in the dark, a light that darkness could not overpower. A man came, sent by God. His name was John. He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, so that everyone might believe through him. He was not the light, only a witness to speak for the light. The Word was the true light that enlightens all men; and he was coming into the world. He was in the world that had its being through him, and the world did not know him. He came to his own domain and his own people did not accept him. But to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to all who believe in the name of him who was born not out of human stock or urge of the flesh or will of man but of God himself. The Word was made flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory, the glory that is his as the only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. John appears as his witness. He proclaims: ‘This is the one of whom I said: He who comes after me ranks before me because he existed before me.’ Indeed, from his fullness we have, all of us, received – yes, grace in return for grace, since, though the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; it is the only Son, who is nearest to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.
Prayer over the Offerings
O God, who give us the gift of true prayer and of peace, graciously grant that, through this offering, we may do fitting homage to your divine majesty and, by partaking of the sacred mystery, we may be faithfully united in mind and heart. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: 1 Jn 4: 9
God sent his Only Begotten Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.
Prayer after Communion
May your people, O Lord, whom you guide and sustain in many ways, experience, both now and in the future, the remedies which you bestow, that, with the needed solace of things that pass away, they may strive with ever deepened trust for things eternal. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Today, the last day of the year, is a good day to take stock of the year now ending and to make resolutions for the year about to begin. This is the right moment to reflect on our actions over the past year and see if we have been, like John the Baptist, a light to others, or have been a source of darkness for them. We ask God for pardon for whatever sin of commission or of omission we might have committed, especially our failure to love one another and to share what we received freely from God with the poor and the needy around us. Let us make good use of the graces God has in store for us during this new year. Whenever we meet challenges, may we turn them into victories by turning to God always and starting anew with a good confession. We make our prayer through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Dec 29, 2019 | Evangelium
Monday 30 December 2019
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St. Anysia
Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the poor. A soldier accosted her in the street and tried to drag her to a pagan sacrifice. Anysia resisted and was killed when the soldier attacked her with his sword.
White/ Solemnity
Entrance Antiphon: Wis 18: 14-15
When a profound silence covered all things and night was in the middle of its course, your all-powerful Word, O Lord, bounded from heaven’s royal throne.
Collect
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that the newness of the Nativity in the flesh of your Only Begotten Son may set us free, for ancient servitude holds us bound beneath the yoke of sin. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: 1 John 2:12-17
I am writing to you, my own children, whose sins have already been forgiven through his name; I am writing to you, fathers, who have come to know the one who has existed since the beginning; I am writing to you, young men, who have already overcome the Evil One; I have written to you, children, because you already know the Father; I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know the one who has existed since the beginning; I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and God’s word has made its home in you, and you have overcome the Evil One. You must not love this passing world or anything that is in the world. The love of the Father cannot be in any man who loves the world, because nothing the world has to offer – the sensual body, the lustful eye, pride in possessions – could ever come from the Father but only from the world; and the world, with all it craves for, is coming to an end; but anyone who does the will of God remains for ever.
Psalm 95 (96):7-10
R/ Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad.
1) Give the Lord, you families of peoples, give the Lord glory and power; give the Lord the glory of his name.
2) Bring an offering and enter his courts, worship the Lord in his temple. O earth, tremble before him.
3) Proclaim to the nations: ‘God is king.’ The world he made firm in its place; he will judge the peoples in fairness.
Gospel Acclamation: Heb 1:1-2
Alleluia, alleluia! At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 2:36-40
There was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over, she had been married for seven years before becoming a widow. She was now eighty-four years old and never left the Temple, serving God night and day with fasting and prayer. She came by just at that moment and began to praise God; and she spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem. When they had done everything the Law of the Lord required, they went back to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. Meanwhile the child grew to maturity, and he was filled with wisdom; and God’s favour was with him.
Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favour, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Jn 1: 16
From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
Prayer after Communion
O God, who touch us through our partaking of your Sacrament, work, we pray, the effects of its power in our hearts, that we may be made fit to receive your gift through this very gift itself. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The birth of our Lord is revealed by three kinds of witnesses in three different ways. First, there are the shepherds, who are the first to hear of the birth of the Redeemer from the angel. Then there are the Three Wise men from the East, the Magi, who follow a star to Bethlehem; it is they who announce to an astonished king and his court the birth of the Messiah. Third, we have Simeon, the righteous and devout man, and the prophetess Anna, whom the Holy Spirit lead to the Lord. All these witnesses, no matter how insignificant their lives may seem in human eyes, become instruments the Holy Spirit uses to make Christ known to the world. In his plan of redemption God sometimes uses simple souls to do much good to mankind.
