by L'équipe de publication | Oct 22, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT John of Capistrano
He was born in Capistrano in the Abruzzi in 1386. He joined the Friars Minor and was ordained. John preached a crusade against the invading Turks in 1456 and took part in the battles that kept Christian Europe safe from Turkish invasion. He died of the Plague in 1456. He is the patron saint of military chaplains.
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Ps 16: 6, 8
To you I call; for you will surely heed me, O God; turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; in the shadow of your wings protect me.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, grant that we may always conform our will to yours and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart. 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: Romans 4:20-25
Since God had made him a promise, Abraham refused either to deny it or even to doubt it, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God, convinced that God had power to do what he had promised. This is the faith that was “considered as justifying him.” Scripture however does not refer only to him but to us as well when it says that his faith was thus “considered”; our faith too will be “considered” if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Jesus who was put to death for our sins and raised to life to justify us.
Psalm Luke 1:69-75
R/ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.
He has raised up for us a mighty saviour in the house of David his servant, as he promised by the lips of holy men, those who were his prophets from of old.
A saviour who would free us from our foes, from the hands of all who hate us. So his love for our fathers is fulfilled and his holy covenant remembered.
He swore to Abraham our father to grant us that free from fear, and saved from the hands of our foes, we might serve him in holiness and justice all the days of our life in his presence.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps24:4,5
Alleluia, alleluia! Teach me your paths, my God, make me walk in your truth. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 12:13-21
A man in the crowd said to Jesus, “Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.” “My friend,” he replied, “who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?” Then he said to them, “Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.” Then he told them a parable: “There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, ‘What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.’ Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?’ So, it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant us, Lord, we pray, a sincere respect for your gifts, that, through the purifying action of your grace, we may be cleansed by the very mysteries we serve. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 32: 18-19
Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, O Lord, we pray, that, benefiting from participation in heavenly things, we may be helped by what you give in this present age and prepared for the gifts that are eternal. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Happiness seems to be the current quest of a whole part of our world. But where and how do they look for it? The key word could be: possession. To have, to own more and more. Always more efficient. We call this the consumer society. Have we found happiness yet? Faced with such a quest, today’s parable uses only one word: “foolish”. Foolishness is what Scripture most seriously fears: that man will lose his sense, that he will take the wrong direction, that he will cease to depend on his Father to be on his own, his point of view, his horizon, his God. But do we really know towards what or towards whom our life is directed? God, you may say. Looking at our life and our choices, is it so obvious? Jesus directs us when he says: “Seek the Kingdom, and the rest will be given to you in addition”. This should be our true quest.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 21, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
29ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS ORDINAIRE
Psautier I
sainte elodie
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 16, 6 .8
Je t’appelle, mon Dieu, car tu peux me répondre. Écoute-moi! Entends ce que je dis. Garde-moi comme la prunelle de l’œil; sois mon abri, protège-moi.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, Fais-nous toujours vouloir ce que tu veux et servir ta gloire d’un cœur sans partage. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Is 45, 1.4-6
Ainsi parle le Seigneur à son messie, à Cyrus, qu’il a pris par la main pour lui soumettre les nations et désarmer les rois, pour lui ouvrir les portes à deux battants, car aucune porte ne restera fermée : « À cause de mon serviteur Jacob, d’Israël mon élu, je t’ai appelé par ton nom, je t’ai donné un titre, alors que tu ne me connaissais pas. Je suis le Seigneur, il n’en est pas d’autre : hors moi, pas de Dieu. Je t’ai rendu puissant, alors que tu ne me connaissais pas, pour que l’on sache, de l’orient à l’occident, qu’il n’y a rien en dehors de moi. Je suis le Seigneur, il n’en est pas d’autre. »
Psaume: 95 (96), 1.3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10ac
R/ Rendez au Seigneur la gloire et la puissance.
Chantez au Seigneur un chant nouveau, chantez au Seigneur, terre entière, racontez à tous les peuples sa gloire, à toutes les nations ses merveilles ! Il est grand, le Seigneur, hautement loué, redoutable au-dessus de tous les dieux : néant, tous les dieux des nations ! Lui, le Seigneur, a fait les cieux.
Rendez au Seigneur, familles des peuples, rendez au Seigneur la gloire et la puissance, rendez au Seigneur la gloire de son nom. Apportez votre offrande, entrez dans ses parvis.
Adorez le Seigneur, éblouissant de sainteté : tremblez devant lui, terre entière. Allez dire aux nations : « Le Seigneur est roi !» Il gouverne les peuples avec droiture.
2ème lecture: 1 Th 1, 1-5b
Paul, Silvain et Timothée, à l’Église de Thessalonique qui est en Dieu le Père et dans le Seigneur Jésus Christ. À vous, la grâce et la paix. À tout moment, nous rendons grâce à Dieu au sujet de vous tous, en faisant mémoire de vous dans nos prières. Sans cesse, nous nous souvenons que votre foi est active, que votre charité se donne de la peine, que votre espérance tient bon en notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, en présence de Dieu notre Père. Nous le savons, frères bien-aimés de Dieu, vous avez été choisis par lui. En effet, notre annonce de l’Évangile n’a pas été, chez vous, simple parole, mais puissance, action de l’Esprit Saint, pleine certitude.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Vous brillez comme des astres dans l’univers en tenant ferme la parole de vie. Alléluia. (Ph 2, 15d.16a)
Évangile : Mt 22, 15-21
En ce temps-là, les pharisiens allèrent tenir conseil pour prendre Jésus au piège en le faisant parler. Ils lui envoient leurs disciples, accompagnés des partisans d’Hérode : « Maître, lui disent-ils, nous le savons : tu es toujours vrai et tu enseignes le chemin de Dieu en vérité ; tu ne te laisses influencer par personne, car ce n’est pas selon l’apparence que tu considères les gens. Alors, donne-nous ton avis : Est-il permis, oui ou non, de payer l’impôt à César, l’empereur ? » Connaissant leur perversité, Jésus dit : « Hypocrites ! Pourquoi voulez-vous me mettre à l’épreuve ? Montrez-moi la monnaie de l’impôt. » Ils lui présentèrent une pièce d’un denier. Il leur dit : « Cette effigie et cette inscription, de qui sont-elles?» Ils répondirent : « De César.» Alors il leur dit : « Rendez donc à César ce qui est à César, et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Accorde-nous, Seigneur, de te servir à cet autel en toute liberté d’esprit. Ainsi ta grâce pourra nous purifier dans le mystère que nous célébrons. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ps 32
Le Seigneur veille sur ceux qui le craignent, sur ceux qui espèrent son amour, pour les préserver de la mort, les garder en vie aux jours de famine.
Prière après la communion
Seigneur, fais-nous trouver des forces neuves dans cette communion aux réalités du ciel. Assure-nous tes bienfaits ici-bas et instruis-nous des richesses de ton Royaume. Par Jésus.
Méditation Nous répartissons volontiers du temps pour les différents domaines de notre vie : du temps pour le travail, celui des loisirs, les temps profanes et les temps sacrés, bref, des domaines où nous « rendons à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu », dans un partage équitable entre le temporel et le spirituel. Mais la question posée à Jésus ne porte que sur un aspect matériel. Jésus nous indique qu’il n’y a qu’un seul absolu, Dieu. Et si chaque chose du temporel a sa place, elle l’acquiert relativement de l’absolu de Dieu. Rendons donc à César ce qui est à César et à Dieu ce qui est à Dieu, et que ce qui est à César devienne pour nous chemin vers Dieu.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 21, 2023 | Evangelium
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalter week I
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Ps 16: 6, 8
To you I call; for you will surely heed me, O God; turn your ear to me; hear my words. Guard me as the apple of your eye; in the shadow of your wings protect me.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, grant that we may always conform our will to yours and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart. 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: Isaiah 45:1,4-6
Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whom he has taken by his right hand to subdue nations before him and strip the loins of kings, to force gateways before him that their gates be closed no more: ‘It is for the sake of my servant Jacob, of Israel my chosen one, that I have called you by your name, conferring a title though you do not know me. I am the Lord, unrivalled; there is no other God besides me. Though you do not know me, I arm you that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that, apart from me, all is nothing.’
Psalm 95(96):1,3-5,7-10
R/ Give the Lord glory and power.
O sing a new song to the Lord, sing to the Lord all the earth. Tell among the nations his glory and his wonders among all the peoples.
The Lord is great and worthy of praise, to be feared above all gods; the gods of the heathens are naught. It was the Lord who made the heavens,
Give the Lord, you families of peoples, give the Lord glory and power; give the Lord the glory of his name. Bring an offering and enter his courts.
Worship the Lord in his temple. O earth, tremble before him. Proclaim to the nations: ‘God is king.’ He will judge the peoples in fairness.
Second reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5
From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown your faith in action, worked for love and persevered through hope, in our Lord Jesus Christ. We know, brothers, that God loves you and that you have been chosen, because when we brought the Good News to you, it came to you not only as words, but as power and as the Holy Spirit and as utter conviction.
Gospel Acclamation: Jn17:17
Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!
Gospel: Matthew 22: 15-21
The Pharisees went away to work out between them how to trap Jesus in what he said. And they sent their disciples to him, together with the Herodians, to say, “Master, we know that you are an honest man and teach the way of God in an honest way, and that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you. Tell us your opinion, then. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” But Jesus was aware of their malice and replied, “You hypocrites! Why do you set this trap for me? Let me see the money you pay the tax with.” They handed him a denarius, and he said, “Whose head is this? Whose name?” “Caesar’s”, they replied. He then said to them, “Very well, give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant us, Lord, we pray, a sincere respect for your gifts, that, through the purifying action of your grace, we may be cleansed by the very mysteries we serve. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 32: 18
Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, who hope in his merciful love, to rescue their souls from death, to keep them alive in famine.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, O Lord, we pray, that, benefiting from participation in heavenly things, we may be helped by what you give in this present age and prepared for the gifts that are eternal. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Have you noticed how fond we are of trying to separate the different areas of our lives? There is work time and leisure time, secular time and sacred time, in short, there is the realm where we “render to Caesar what is Caesar’s” and the realm where we render “to God what is God’s”, in an almost equitable division between the temporal and the spiritual. But isn’t this a rather quick reading of Christ’s words? The question posed to Jesus only concerns a material aspect. Jesus answers on another level: he brings God into the discussion. So, we should not understand his answer in terms of sharing and hierarchy. Jesus thus tells us that there is only one absolute, God. And if each temporal thing has its place, it acquires it in relation to God who is the absolute. So in our daily dealings, let what is Caesar’s become for us a path to God.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 20, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT John of Bridlington
T John Twenge was born near Bridlington, in Yorkshire. In his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation for great holiness and for miraculous powers. After his death the fame of the miracles wrought by his intercession spread rapidly through the land, and he was canonized by Pope Boniface IX in 1404
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 129: 3-4
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.
Collect
May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after and make us always determined to carry out good works. 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: Romans 4:13,16-18
The promise of inheriting the world was not made to Abraham and his descendants on account of any law but on account of the righteousness which consists in faith. That is why what fulfils the promise depends on faith, so that it may be a free gift and be available to all of Abraham’s descendants, not only those who belong to the Law but also those who belong to the faith of Abraham who is the father of all of us. As scripture says: I have made you the ancestor of many nations – Abraham is our father in the eyes of God, in whom he put his faith, and who brings the dead to life and calls into being what does not exist. Though it seemed Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed, and through doing so he did become the father of many nations exactly as he had been promised: Your descendants will be as many as the stars.
Psalm 104(105):6-9,42-43
R/ The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
O children of Abraham, his servant, O sons of the Jacob he chose. He, the Lord, is our God: his judgements prevail in all the earth.
He remembers his covenant for ever, his promise for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
For he remembered his holy word, which he gave to Abraham his servant. So he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.
Gospel Acclamation : 1S3:9,Jn6:68
Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.
Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 12:8-12
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of the angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God’s angels. Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful with the sacrificial offerings, that, through these acts of devotedness, we may pass over to the glory of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 33: 11
The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Prayer after Communion
We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord, that, as you feed us with the nourishment which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, so you may make us sharers of his divine nature. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
Jesus teaches his disciples about what might happen to them in the future. In cases of persecution or non-acceptance of Christ, confessing Him will not be easy. And some will even deny Christ Jesus before men. On the other hand, some will allow themselves to be led by the Holy Spirit and will be able to maintain the confession of faith in Christ. So let us not hesitate to ask the Holy Spirit for all those who profess Christ in spite of the difficulties they must face for Christ’s sake. Moreover, we have the assurance that Christ also perseveres in the profession of faith for us.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 20, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINTE Céline
Très jeune, elle avait épousé Emile, le comte de Laon. Grace à son caractère aimable et modeste, ils vécurent dans une grande union de cœur et de foi chrétienne. Ils prirent grand soin de l’éducation de leurs enfants qui devinrent tous trois prêtres. Le plus connu d’entre eux est saint Remi, archevêque de Reims.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 129
Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, qui donc subsistera? Mais près de toi se trouve le pardon, Dieu fidèle.
Prière d’ouverture
Nous t’en prions, Seigneur, que ta grâce nous devance et qu’elle nous accompagne toujours, pour nous rendre attentifs à faire le bien sans relâche. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Romains 4, 13.16-18
Frères, ce n’est pas en vertu de la Loi que la promesse de recevoir le monde en héritage a été faite à Abraham et à sa descendance, mais en vertu de la justice obtenue par la foi. Voilà pourquoi on devient héritier par la foi : c’est une grâce, et la promesse demeure ferme pour tous les descendants d’Abraham, non pour ceux qui se rattachent à la Loi seulement, mais pour ceux qui se rattachent aussi à la foi d’Abraham, lui qui est notre père à tous. C’est bien ce qui est écrit : J’ai fait de toi le père d’un grand nombre de nations. Il est notre père devant Dieu en qui il a cru, Dieu qui donne la vie aux morts et qui appelle à l’existence ce qui n’existe pas. Espérant contre toute espérance, il a cru ; ainsi est-il devenu le père d’un grand nombre de nations, selon cette parole : Telle sera la descendance que tu auras !
Psaume : 104 (105), 6-7, 8-9, 42-43
R/ Joie pour les cœurs qui cherchent Dieu !
Ou : Alléluia !
Vous, la race d’Abraham son serviteur, les fils de Jacob, qu’il a choisis, le Seigneur, c’est lui notre Dieu : ses jugements font loi pour l’univers.
Il s’est toujours souvenu de son alliance, parole édictée pour mille générations : promesse faite à Abraham, garantie par serment à Isaac,
Il s’est ainsi souvenu de la parole sacrée et d’Abraham, son serviteur ; il a fait sortir en grande fête son peuple, ses élus, avec des cris de joie !
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. L’Esprit de vérité rendra témoignage en ma faveur, dit le Seigneur. Et vous aussi, vous allez rendre témoignage. Alléluia. (cf. Jn 15, 26b.27a)
Évangile : Luc 12, 8-12
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Je vous le dis : Quiconque se sera déclaré pour moi devant les hommes, le Fils de l’homme aussi se déclarera pour lui devant les anges de Dieu. Mais celui qui m’aura renié en face des hommes sera renié à son tour en face des anges de Dieu. Quiconque dira une parole contre le Fils de l’homme, cela lui sera pardonné; mais si quelqu’un blasphème contre l’Esprit Saint, cela ne lui sera pas pardonné. Quand on vous traduira devant les gens des synagogues, les magistrats et les autorités, ne vous inquiétez pas de la façon dont vous vous défendrez ni de ce que vous direz. Car l’Esprit Saint vous enseignera à cette heure-là ce qu’il faudra dire. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Avec ces offrandes, Seigneur, reçois les prières de tes fidèles. Que cette liturgie célébrée avec amour nous fasse passer à la gloire du ciel. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 33,
Le riche est dépourvu, affamé, mais, à la table du Seigneur, celui qui cherche Dieu ne manque de rien.
Prière après la communion
Dieu souverain, nous te le demandons humblement: Rends-nous participants de la nature divine, puisque tu nous as fait communier au corps et au sang du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation
Jésus enseigne ses disciples sur ce qui risque de leur arriver dans l’avenir. En cas de persécution ou de non acceptation du Christ, le confesser ne sera pas facile ni évident. Certains renieront même le Christ Jésus devant les hommes. Par contre, seuls ceux qui se laisseront conduire par l’Esprit Saint confesseront leur foi au Christ. Alors n’hésitons pas à demander l’Esprit saint pour tous ceux qui professent le Christ malgré les difficultés. De plus, nous avons l’assurance que le Christ persévère lui aussi dans la profession de foi pour nous.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 19, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
Bienheureuse Adeline
Elle fut la première abbesse de l’abbaye des « Dames Blanches » à Mortain dans le département de la Manche en Normandie.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 129, 3-4
Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, qui donc subsistera ? Mais près de toi se trouve le pardon, Dieu fidèle.
Prière d’ouverture
Nous t’en prions, Seigneur, que ta grâce nous devance et qu’elle nous accompagne toujours, pour nous rendre attentifs à faire le bien sans relâche. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Romains 4, 1-8
Frères, que dirons-nous d’Abraham, notre ancêtre selon la chair? Qu’a-t-il obtenu ? Si Abraham était devenu un homme juste par la pratique des œuvres, il aurait pu en tirer fierté, mais pas devant Dieu. Or, que dit l’Écriture ? Abraham eut foi en Dieu, et il lui fut accordé d’être juste. Si quelqu’un accomplit un travail, son salaire ne lui est pas accordé comme un don gratuit, mais comme un dû. Au contraire, si quelqu’un, sans rien accomplir, a foi en Celui qui rend juste l’homme impie, il lui est accordé d’être juste par sa foi. C’est ainsi que le psaume de David proclame heureux l’homme à qui Dieu accorde d’être juste, indépendamment de la pratique des œuvres : Heureux ceux dont les offenses ont été remises, et les péchés, effacés. Heureux l’homme dont le péché n’est pas compté par le Seigneur.
Psaume : 31 (32), 1-2, 5ab, 5c.11
R/ Tu es un refuge pour moi ; de chants de délivrance, tu m’as entouré. (31, 7acd)
Heureux l’homme dont la faute est enlevée, et le péché remis ! Heureux l’homme dont le Seigneur ne retient pas l’offense, dont l’esprit est sans fraude !
Je t’ai fait connaître ma faute, je n’ai pas caché mes torts. J’ai dit : « Je rendrai grâce au Seigneur en confessant mes péchés. »
Toi, tu as enlevé l’offense de ma faute. Que le Seigneur soit votre joie ! Exultez, hommes justes ! Hommes droits, chantez votre allégresse !
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Que ton amour, Seigneur, soit sur nous, comme notre espoir est en toi ! Alléluia. (Ps 32, 22)
Évangile : Luc 12, 1-7
En ce temps-là, comme la foule s’était rassemblée par milliers au point qu’on s’écrasait, Jésus, s’adressant d’abord à ses disciples, se mit à dire : « Méfiez-vous du levain des pharisiens, c’est-à-dire de leur hypocrisie. Tout ce qui est couvert d’un voile sera dévoilé, tout ce qui est caché sera connu. Aussi tout ce que vous aurez dit dans les ténèbres sera entendu en pleine lumière, ce que vous aurez dit à l’oreille dans le fond de la maison sera proclamé sur les toits. Je vous le dis, à vous mes amis : Ne craignez pas ceux qui tuent le corps, et après cela ne peuvent rien faire de plus. Je vais vous montrer qui vous devez craindre : craignez celui qui, après avoir tué, a le pouvoir d’envoyer dans la géhenne. Oui, je vous le dis : c’est celui-là que vous devez craindre. Est-ce que l’on ne vend pas cinq moineaux pour deux sous. Or pas un seul n’est oublié au regard de Dieu. À plus forte raison les cheveux de votre tête sont tous comptés. Soyez sans crainte : vous valez plus qu’une multitude de moineaux. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Avec ces offrandes, Seigneur, reçois les prières de tes fidèles. Que cette liturgie célébrée avec amour nous fasse passer à la gloire du ciel. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 33
Le riche est dépourvu, affamé, mais, à la table du Seigneur, celui qui cherche Dieu ne manque de rien.
Prière après la communion
Dieu souverain, nous te le demandons humblement: Rends-nous participants de la nature divine, puisque tu nous as fait communier au corps et au sang du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation
Aux disciples, Jésus recommande de se méfier du levain des Pharisiens : le levain fermente mais corrompt. Saint Paul nous donne un bon éclairage dans sa première lettre aux Corinthiens : « Purifiez-vous du vieux levain pour être une pâte nouvelle, puisque vous êtes sans levain. » Autrement dit : devenez, en actes, ce que vous êtes déjà dans la foi au Christ : un homme nouveau, « créé saint et juste, l’image de Dieu », sans duplicité, sans corruption. A ses amis, il conseille de ne pas craindre la mort corporelle, car gagner la Vie est plus que satisfaire le corps. Jésus est un Maître véritable qui enseigne ce qu’il sait pour l’avoir vécu : celui qui met toute sa confiance en Dieu, vivra de la vie de Dieu, par-delà même la mort du corps. Là est la vie véritable que Jésus veut nous transmettre.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 19, 2023 | Evangelium
Blessed Daudi Okelo
and Jildo Irwa
These two catechists died for their faith on 20 October 1918 at Paimol in Northern Uganda. They were still very young – Daudi was 16, while Jildo was only 12. During the persecutions of Christians, they were dragged outside their hut and killed for the sole reason of teaching the Christian faith.
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 129: 3-4
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.
Collect
May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after and make us always determined to carry out good works. 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: Romans 4:1-8
What shall we say about Abraham, the ancestor from whom we are all descended? If Abraham was justified as a reward for doing something, he would really have had something to boast about, though not in God’s sight because scripture says: Abraham put his faith in God, and this faith was considered as justifying him. If a man has work to show, his wages are not considered as a favour but as his due; but when a man has nothing to show except faith in the one who justifies sinners, then his faith is considered as justifying him. And David says the same: a man is happy if God considers him righteous, irrespective of good deeds: Happy those whose crimes are forgiven,
whose sins are blotted out; happy the man whom the Lord considers sinless.
Psalm 31(32):1-2,5,11
R/ You are my refuge, O Lord; you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Happy the man whose offence is forgiven, whose sin is remitted. O happy the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no guile.
But now I have acknowledged my sins; my guilt I did not hide. I said: ‘I will confess my offence to the Lord.’ And you, Lord, have forgiven the guilt of my sin.
Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord, exult, you just! O come, ring out your joy, all you upright of heart.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps 18: 9
Alleluia, alleluia! Your words gladden the heart, O Lord, they give light to the eyes. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
The people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And Jesus began to speak, first of all to his disciples. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees – that is, their hypocrisy. Everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed on the housetops. To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God’s sight. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful with the sacrificial offerings, that, through these acts of devotedness, we may pass over to the glory of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 33: 11
The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Prayer after Communion
We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord, that, as you feed us with the nourishment which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, so you may make us sharers of his divine nature. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
To the disciples, Jesus recommends that they beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. Leaven is useful, as it causes fermentation, but is also a sign of corruption. Saint Paul gives us a good illustration in his first letter to the Corinthians: “Purify yourselves from the old leaven so that you may be a new dough, since you are unleavened. In other words: become, in deed, what you already are by faith in Christ: a new man, created holy and righteous, the image of God, without duplicity, without corruption… To friends, he advises not to fear bodily death, for life is more than the body. Jesus is a true Master who teaches what he knows because he has lived it: he who puts all his trust in God will live, even beyond the death of the body, with the life of God. This is the true life that Jesus wants to transmit to us.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 18, 2023 | Evangelium
Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions
Between 1642 and 1649 these eight members of the Society of Jesus, who had travelled to North America to preach the true faith, were killed by the native Huron and Iroquois tribes after horrible tortures. Isaac Jogues died on 18 October 1647, and John de Brébeuf on 16 March 1648.
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 129: 3-4
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.
Collect
May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after and make us always determined to carry out good works. 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: Romans 3:21-30
God’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith. In this way God makes his justice known; first, for the past, when sins went unpunished because he held his hand, then, for the present age, by showing positively that he is just, and that he justifies everyone who believes in Jesus. So what becomes of our boasts? There is no room for them. What sort of law excludes them? The sort of law that tells us what to do? On the contrary, it is the law of faith, since, as we see it, a man is justified by faith and not by doing something the Law tells him to do. Is God the God of Jews alone and not of the pagans too? Of the pagans too, most certainly, since there is only one God.
Psalm 129(130):1-6
R/ With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you is found forgiveness: for this we revere you.
My soul is waiting for the Lord. I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord more than watchman for daybreak.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps110:7,8
Alleluia, alleluia! Your precepts, O Lord, are all of them sure; they stand firm for ever and ever.
Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 11:47-54
Jesus said: “Alas for you who build the tombs of the prophets, the men your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building. And that is why the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute, so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet’s blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all. Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves, and have prevented others going in who wanted to.” When he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say.
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful with the sacrificial offerings, that, through these acts of devotedness, we may pass over to the glory of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 33: 11
The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Prayer after Communion
We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord, that, as you feed us with the nourishment which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, so you may make us sharers of his divine nature. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
It is easier to build tombs for prophets when they are dead than to listen to them while they are still alive with us! And to show gratitude to the prophets without taking their teaching into account is to kill them a second time. This is what Jesus tells us today. Those who did not heed the word spoken to them, by not recognizing Jesus the Messiah, did as their fathers did?
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 18, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINTS Jean de Brébeuf
et Isaac Jogues, Prêtres,
et leurs compagnons, Martyrs
Parmi les apôtres qui évangélisèrent le Canada, huit jésuites français, en mission chez les Iroquois et les Hurons, furent martyrisés entre 1642 et 1649 Isaac Jogues (1607-1446), déjà torturé une première fois en 1642, voulut retourner chez les Iroquois : en 1646, un tomahawk lui brisa le crâne ; avec lui mourut Jean de lande, un laïc. En 1649, Jean de Brébeuf fut atrocement mutilé, puis mis à mort. Telles furent les semailles de l’Eglise en Amérique du Nord.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 129, 3-4
Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, qui donc subsistera ? Mais près de toi se trouve le pardon, Dieu fidèle.
Prière d’ouverture
Nous t’en prions, Seigneur, que ta grâce nous devance et qu’elle nous accompagne toujours, pour nous rendre attentifs à faire le bien sans relâche. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Romains 3, 21-30
Frères, aujourd’hui, indépendamment de la Loi, Dieu a manifesté en quoi consiste sa justice : la Loi et les prophètes en sont témoins. Et cette justice de Dieu, donnée par la foi en Jésus Christ, elle est offerte à tous ceux qui croient. En effet, il n’y a pas de différence : tous les hommes ont péché, ils sont privés de la gloire de Dieu, et lui, gratuitement, les fait devenir justes par sa grâce, en vertu de la rédemption accomplie dans le Christ Jésus. Car le projet de Dieu était que le Christ soit instrument de pardon, en son sang, par le moyen de la foi. C’est ainsi que Dieu voulait manifester sa justice, lui qui, dans sa longanimité, avait fermé les yeux sur les péchés commis autrefois. Il voulait manifester, au temps présent, en quoi consiste sa justice, montrer qu’il est juste et rend juste celui qui a foi en Jésus. Alors, y a-t-il de quoi s’enorgueillir? Absolument pas. Par quelle loi? Par celle des œuvres que l’on pratique? Pas du tout. Mais par la loi de la foi. En effet, nous estimons que l’homme devient juste par la foi, indépendamment de la pratique de la loi de Moïse. Ou bien, Dieu serait-il seulement le Dieu des Juifs ? N’est-il pas aussi le Dieu des nations ? Bien sûr, il est aussi le Dieu des nations, puisqu’il n’y a qu’un seul Dieu : il rendra justes en vertu de la foi ceux qui ont reçu la circoncision, et aussi, au moyen de la foi, ceux qui ne l’ont pas reçue.
Psaume : 129 (130), 1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab
R/ Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, Seigneur, qui subsistera ? 129,3
Des profondeurs je crie vers toi, Seigneur, Seigneur, écoute mon appel ! Que ton oreille se fasse attentive au cri de ma prière !
Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, Seigneur, qui subsistera ? Mais près de toi se trouve le pardon pour que l’homme te craigne.
J’espère le Seigneur de toute mon âme ; je l’espère, et j’attends sa parole. Mon âme attend le Seigneur plus qu’un veilleur ne guette l’aurore.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Moi, je suis le Chemin, la Vérité et la Vie, dit le Seigneur. Personne ne va vers le Père sans passer par moi. Alléluia. (Jn 14, 6)
Évangile : Luc 11, 47-54
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait : « Quel malheur pour vous, parce que vous bâtissez les tombeaux des prophètes, alors que vos pères les ont tués. Ainsi vous témoignez que vous approuvez les actes de vos pères, puisque eux-mêmes ont tué les prophètes, et vous, vous bâtissez leurs tombeaux. C’est pourquoi la Sagesse de Dieu elle-même a dit: Je leur enverrai des prophètes et des apôtres ; parmi eux, ils en tueront et en persécuteront. Ainsi cette génération devra rendre compte du sang de tous les prophètes qui a été versé depuis la fondation du monde, depuis le sang d’Abel jusqu’au sang de Zacharie, qui a péri entre l’autel et le sanctuaire. Oui, je vous le déclare: on en demandera compte à cette génération. Quel malheur pour vous, docteurs de la Loi, parce que vous avez enlevé la clé de la connaissance; vous-mêmes n’êtes pas entrés, et ceux qui voulaient entrer, vous les en avez empêchés. » Quand Jésus fut sorti de la maison, les scribes et les pharisiens commencèrent à s’acharner contre lui et à le harceler de questions ; ils lui tendaient des pièges pour traquer la moindre de ses paroles.
Prière sur les offrandes
Avec ces offrandes, Seigneur, reçois les prières de tes fidèles. Que cette liturgie célébrée avec amour nous fasse passer à la gloire du ciel. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 33
Le riche est dépourvu, affamé, mais, à la table du Seigneur, celui qui cherche Dieu ne manque de rien.
Prière après la communion
Dieu souverain, nous te le demandons humblement: Rends-nous participants de la nature divine, puisque tu nous as fait communier au corps et au sang du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation
Il est plus facile de bâtir de tombeaux aux prophètes que de les écouter ! Manifester ainsi de la reconnaissance aux prophètes sans tenir compte de leur enseignement est une manière de les tuer une seconde fois. Voilà ce que nous dit Jésus aujourd’hui. Ceux qui n’ont pas tenu compte de la parole qui leur a été adressée, en ne reconnaissant pas Jésus le Messie, ont fait comme leurs pères. Bâtir les tombeaux des prophètes était un signe de la reconnaissance de la vérité de la parole mais sans les couter. Ne faisons-nous pas bien souvent pareil à l’égard des saints que nous vénérons le plus ?
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 17, 2023 | Evangelium
Saint Luke, Evangelist
Feast
He was a Greek doctor who converted to Christianity. He was a companion of the Apostle Paul, and wrote his Gospel in accordance with Paul’s teaching. He also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, which narrates the early history of the Church up to Paul’s first stay in Rome.
Entrance Antiphon: Is 52: 7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings of peace, bearing good news, announcing salvation!
Collect
Lord God, who chose Saint Luke to reveal by his preaching and writings the mystery of your love for the poor, grant that those who already glory in your name may persevere as one heart and one soul and that all nations may merit to see your salvation. 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: 2 Timothy 4:10-17
Demas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the coppersmith has done me a lot of harm; the Lord will repay him for what he has done. Be on your guard against him yourself, because he has been bitterly contesting everything that we say. The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
Psalm 144(145):10-13a,17-18
R/ Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall repeat their blessing. They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your might, O God.
They make known to men your mighty deeds and the glorious splendour of your reign. Yours is an everlasting kingdom; your rule lasts from age to age.
The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds. He is close to all who call him, who call on him from their hearts.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 15: 16
Alleluia, alleluia! I chose you from the world to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last, says the Lord. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 10: 1-9
The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit. He said to them, “The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. Start off now, but remember, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road. Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, ‘Peace to this house!’ And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house. Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is set before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, ‘The kingdom of God is very near to you.’”
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant through your heavenly gifts that we may serve you in freedom of heart, we pray, O Lord, so that the offerings we make on the feast day of Saint Luke may bring us healing and give us glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Lk 10: 1, 9
The Lord sent out disciples to proclaim throughout the towns: The kingdom of God is at hand for you.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that what we have received from your holy altar may sanctify us and make us strong in the faith of the Gospel which Saint Luke proclaimed. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Jesus does not send twelve apostles, but seventy-two missionaries with the same instructions. He sees that he does not have much time left, so perhaps he wants to reinforce his troops. But he leaves his missionaries with no other means of evangelization than the shining Good News: The Kingdom is at hand! It is very difficult to believe! To make themselves heard, the disciples must perform miracles, not to impress the crowds, but to attract them. The God who is close-by wants to heal them, and what better sign of his presence than his mercy? Mission is not a trap for missionaries either: “If you are not listened to, do not be afraid or ashamed, go your way without asking for anything for yourself…, not even the dust attached to your shoes! It is no less true that God is near, and his peace will return to you.
