by L'équipe de publication | Oct 17, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINT Luc, Evangéliste
Ce laïc était médecin. Ami de Paul, il l’accompagna durant une partie de ses voyages. La tradition lui attribue le troisième évangile et les Actes des Apôtres. Ces deux livres forment les volets d’un diptyque. L’Evangile présente Jésus comme le Sauveur universel, et sa vie comme une montée vers Jérusalem où, par sa mort et sa résurrection, il accomplit sa mission de salut.
Antienne d’ouverture : Is 52,7
Comme il est beau de voir courir sur les montagnes le messager qui annonce la paix, le messager de la Bonne Nouvelle, qui annonce le salut.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui as choisi saint Luc pour révéler, par sa parole et ses écrits, le mystère de ton amour envers les pauvres, accorde à ceux qui se réclament de ton nom d’être un seul cœur et une seule âme, et, à tous les peuples du monde, la grâce de voir ton salut. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : 2 Tm 4, 10-17b
Bien-aimé, Démas m’a abandonné par amour de ce monde, et il est parti pour Thessalonique. Crescent est parti pour la Galatie, et Tite pour la Dalmatie. Luc est seul avec moi. Amène Marc avec toi, il m’est très utile pour le ministère. J’ai envoyé Tychique à Éphèse. En venant, rapporte-moi le manteau que j’ai laissé à Troas chez Carpos. Apporte-moi aussi mes livres, surtout les parchemins. Alexandre, le forgeron, m’a fait beaucoup de mal. Le Seigneur lui rendra selon ses œuvres. Toi aussi, prends garde à cet individu, car il s’est violemment opposé à nos paroles. La première fois que j’ai présenté ma défense, personne ne m’a soutenu : tous m’ont abandonné. Que cela ne soit pas retenu contre eux. Le Seigneur, lui, m’a assisté. Il m’a rempli de force pour que, par moi, la proclamation de l’Évangile s’accomplisse jusqu’au bout et que toutes les nations l’entendent.
Psaume : 144 (145), 10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18
R/ Que tes fidèles, Seigneur, disent la gloire de ton règne.
Que tes œuvres, Seigneur, te rendent grâce et que tes fidèles te bénissent ! Ils diront la gloire de ton règne, ils parleront de tes exploits,
Ils annonceront aux hommes tes exploits, la gloire et l’éclat de ton règne : ton règne, un règne éternel, ton empire, pour les âges des âges.
Le Seigneur est juste en toutes ses voies, fidèle en tout ce qu’il fait. Il est proche de ceux qui l’invoquent, de tous ceux qui l’invoquent en vérité.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. C’est moi qui vous ai choisis du milieu du monde, afin que vous alliez, que vous portiez du fruit, et que votre fruit demeure, dit le Seigneur. Alléluia. (cf. Jn 15, 16)
Evangile : Lc 10, 1-9
En ce temps-là, parmi les disciples, le Seigneur en désigna encore soixante-douze, et il les envoya deux par deux, en avant de lui, en toute ville et localité où lui-même allait se rendre. Il leur dit : « La moisson est abondante, mais les ouvriers sont peu nombreux. Priez donc le maître de la moisson d’envoyer des ouvriers pour sa moisson. Allez ! Voici que je vous envoie comme des agneaux au milieu des loups. Ne portez ni bourse, ni sac, ni sandales, et ne saluez personne en chemin. Mais dans toute maison où vous entrerez, dites d’abord : ‘Paix à cette maison.’ S’il y a là un ami de la paix, votre paix ira reposer sur lui ; sinon, elle reviendra sur vous. Restez dans cette maison, mangeant et buvant ce que l’on vous sert ; car l’ouvrier mérite son salaire. Ne passez pas de maison en maison. Dans toute ville où vous entrerez et où vous serez accueillis, mangez ce qui vous est présenté. Guérissez les malades qui s’y trouvent et dites-leur : ‘Le règne de Dieu s’est approché de vous.’ »
Prière sur les offrandes
Par ta grâce divine, accorde-nous Seigneur, de te servir avec un cœur libéré, afin que nos offrandes, présentées en la fête de saint Luc, nous procurent la guérison et la gloire. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Lc 10
Le Seigneur envoya ses disciples pour annoncer dans les villes : « Le Règne de Dieu est arrivé jusqu’à vous. »
Prière après la communion
Permets, Dieu tout-Puissant, que le sacrement reçu à ton autel nous sanctifie: qu’il nous donne de croire plus fermement à la Bonne Nouvelle que saint Luc nous a transmise. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Jésus envoie non plus douze apôtres, mais soixante-douze missionnaires avec les mêmes consignes. Jésus voit qu’il n’a plus beaucoup de temps devant lui, aussi veut-il peut-être renforcer ses troupes. Il laisse cependant ses missionnaires démunis de tout autre moyen d’évangélisation que l’éclatante bonne nouvelle : le Royaume est tout proche ! Pour mieux se faire entendre, les disciples doivent accomplir des « miracles ». Non pas pour épater les foules mais pour les attirer. Le Dieu tout proche veut les guérir, et quel meilleur signe de sa présence que sa miséricorde ? La mission n’est pas non plus un piège pour les missionnaires : « Si on ne vous écoute pas, n’ayez ni peur ni honte, allez votre chemin sans rien demander pour vous…, pas même la poussière attachée à vos chaussures ! Il n’en est pas moins vrai que Dieu est tout proche, et sa paix vous reviendra. »
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 16, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT Ignatius of Antioch
He was the second bishop of Antioch after St Peter. He was arrested, condemned to death and transported to Rome to be thrown to the wild beasts in the arena. He was martyred in 107 and his feast was already being celebrated on this day in fourth-century Antioch.
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Gal 2: 19
I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. I live by faith in the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself up for me.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who adorn the sacred body of your Church with the confessions of holy Martyrs, grant, we pray, that, just as the glorious passion of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, which we celebrate today, brought him eternal splendour, so it may be for us unending protection. 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 1:16-25
I am not ashamed of the Good News: it is the power of God saving all who have faith – Jews first, but Greeks as well – since this is what reveals the justice of God to us: it shows how faith leads to faith, or as scripture says: The upright man finds life through faith. The anger of God is being revealed from heaven against all the impiety and depravity of men who keep truth imprisoned in their wickedness. For what can be known about God is perfectly plain to them since God himself has made it plain. Ever since God created the world his everlasting power and deity – however invisible – have been there for the mind to see in the things he has made. That is why such people are without excuse: they knew God and yet refused to honour him as God or to thank him; instead, they made nonsense out of logic and their empty minds were darkened. The more they called themselves philosophers, the more stupid they grew, until they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for a worthless imitation, for the image of mortal man, of birds, of quadrupeds and reptiles. That is why God left them to their filthy enjoyments and the practices with which they dishonour their own bodies, since they have given up divine truth for a lie and have worshipped and served creatures instead of the creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen!
Psalm 18(19):2-5
R/ The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament shows forth the work of his hands.
Day unto day takes up the story and night unto night makes known the message.
No speech, no word, no voice is heard yet their span extends through all the earth, their words to the utmost bounds of the world.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps118:135
Alleluia, alleluia! Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your decrees. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 11:37-41
Jesus had just finished speaking when a Pharisee invited him to dine at his house. He went in and sat down at the table. The Pharisee saw this and was surprised that he had not first washed before the meal. But the Lord said to him, “Oh, you Pharisees! You clean the outside of cup and plate, while inside yourselves you are filled with extortion and wickedness. Fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside too? Instead, give alms from what you have and then indeed everything will be clean for you.”
Prayer over the Offerings
May this oblation and our homage be pleasing to you, O Lord, just as you accepted Saint Ignatius, the wheat of Christ, made pure bread through his martyrdom and passion. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
I am the wheat of Christ to be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may be found to be pure bread.
Prayer after Communion
May the heavenly Bread we have received, O Lord, on the feast day of Saint Ignatius renew us, we pray, and make us Christians in name and in deed. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The end of the Gospel can also be translated as: “Give what is inside as alms.” This is curious. What is inside? In the dish? In the heart? Is it enough to share one’s food with the hungry? To be pure and to be able to approach God? “If I distribute all my goods in alms, if I have no charity, it is of no use to me.” So, can one give the heart full of greed and wickedness in alms? Yes, for the sacrifice that pleases God is a broken spirit, he does not repel a heart that regrets evil, but cleanses it of all sin, fills it with charity and comes to dwell in it. Then all will be pure for us.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 16, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINT Ignace d’Antioche,
évêque et martyr
L’historien Eusèbe écrit, au début du 4e siècle : ‘’Ignace avait été élu évêque d’Antioche et était le second successeur de Pierre. On dit qu’il avait été envoyé de Syrie à Rome pour y être dévoré par les bêtes à cause du témoignage pour le Christ. Il fit ce voyage à travers l’Asie(…).
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 1, 16-25
Frères, je n’ai pas honte de l’Évangile, car il est puissance de Dieu pour le salut de quiconque est devenu croyant, le Juif d’abord, et le païen. Dans cet Évangile se révèle la justice donnée par Dieu, celle qui vient de la foi et conduit à la foi, comme il est écrit : Celui qui est juste par la foi, vivra. Or la colère de Dieu se révèle du haut du ciel contre toute impiété et contre toute injustice des hommes qui, par leur injustice, font obstacle à la vérité. En effet, ce que l’on peut connaître de Dieu est clair pour eux, car Dieu le leur a montré clairement. Depuis la création du monde, on peut voir avec l’intelligence, à travers les œuvres de Dieu, ce qui de lui est invisible: sa puissance éternelle et sa divinité. Ils n’ont donc pas d’excuse, puisque, malgré leur connaissance de Dieu, ils ne lui ont pas rendu la gloire et l’action de grâce que l’on doit à Dieu. Ils se sont laissé aller à des raisonnements sans valeur, et les ténèbres ont rempli leurs cœurs privés d’intelligence. Ces soi-disant sages sont devenus fous ; ils ont échangé la gloire du Dieu impérissable contre des idoles représentant l’être humain périssable ou bien des volatiles, des quadrupèdes et des reptiles. Voilà pourquoi, à cause des convoitises de leurs cœurs, Dieu les a livrés à l’impureté, de sorte qu’ils déshonorent eux-mêmes leur corps. Ils ont échangé la vérité de Dieu contre le mensonge ; ils ont vénéré la création et lui ont rendu un culte plutôt qu’à son Créateur, lui qui est béni éternellement. Amen
Psaume : 18a (19), 2-3, 4-5ab
R/ Les cieux proclament la gloire de Dieu.
Les cieux proclament la gloire de Dieu, le firmament raconte l’ouvrage de ses mains. Le jour au jour en livre le récit et la nuit à la nuit en donne connaissance.
Pas de paroles dans ce récit, pas de voix qui s’entende ; mais sur toute la terre en paraît le message et la nouvelle, aux limites du monde.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Elle est vivante, énergique, la parole de Dieu ; elle juge des intentions et des pensées du cœur. Alléluia. (cf. He 4, 12)
Évangile : Luc 11, 37-41
En ce temps-là, pendant que Jésus parlait, un pharisien l’invita pour le repas de midi. Jésus entra chez lui et prit place. Le pharisien fut étonné en voyant qu’il n’avait pas fait d’abord les ablutions précédant le repas. Le Seigneur lui dit : « Bien sûr, vous les pharisiens, vous purifiez l’extérieur de la coupe et du plat, mais à l’intérieur de vous-mêmes vous êtes remplis de cupidité et de méchanceté. Insensés ! Celui qui a fait l’extérieur n’a-t-il pas fait aussi l’intérieur ? Donnez plutôt en aumône ce que vous avez, et alors tout sera pur pour vous. »
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, 11
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
On peut aussi comprendre la fin de l’évangile comme tel : « donnez plutôt en aumône ce qui est à l’intérieur. » Voilà qui est curieux. De quel intérieur s’agit-il ? Suffit-il de partager sa nourriture avec qui a faim pour être pur et pouvoir s’approcher de Dieu ? « Quand je distribuerais tous mes biens en aumônes, si je n’ai pas la charité, cela ne me sert de rien. » Alors peut-on donner en aumône le cœur rempli de cupidité et de méchanceté ? Le sacrifice qui plaît à Dieu, c’est un esprit brisé, il ne repousse pas un cœur qui regrette le mal, mais le purifie de tout péché, l’emplit de charité et vient y habiter. Alors tout sera pur pour nous.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 15, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT Margaret Mary Alacoque
She joined the Visitation Sisters at Paray-le-Monial. She made rapid progress along the way of perfection and was given mystical visions as a result of which she worked hard to institute devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Church.
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 1:1-7
From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures. This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead. Through him we received grace and our apostolic mission to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations in honour of his name. You are one of these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, then, who are God’s beloved in Rome, called to be saints, may God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send grace and peace.
Psalm 97(98):1-4
R/ The Lord has made known his salvation.
Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His right hand and his holy arm
have brought salvation.
The Lord has made known his salvation; has shown his justice to the nations. He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, ring out your joy.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps118:88
Alleluia, alleluia! Because of your love give me life, and I will do your will. Alleluia!
Gospel Luke 11:29-32
The crowds got even bigger, and Jesus addressed them: “This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. On Judgement day the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here. On Judgement day the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation and condemn it, because when Jonah preached they repented; and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
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’ rebuke is severe. What more does this generation need from him? He, the Son of God, is there in their midst, and they want more. In fact, it is not a sign that they want, but proof, which is quite different. Proof leaves no room for freedom, not even for trust, it is imposed and cannot be discussed. To be effective, a sign requires recognition, a responsible act of faith. What use is an indication on a path if we refuse to follow it? God does not impose himself in our lives, he gives us discreet signs of his presence, signs that we must recognise and welcome. Signs that show us a path, that of conversion of the eyes and the heart. It is up to us to set out freely.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 14, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
28ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS ORDINAIRE
Psautier IV
SAINTE THERESE D’AVILA
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 : Is 25, 6-10a
Le Seigneur de l’univers préparera pour tous les peuples, sur sa montagne, un festin de viandes grasses et de vins capiteux, un festin de viandes succulentes et de vins décantés. Sur cette montagne, il fera disparaître le voile de deuil qui enveloppe tous les peuples et le linceul qui couvre toutes les nations. Il fera disparaître la mort pour toujours. Le Seigneur Dieu essuiera les larmes sur tous les visages, et par toute la terre il effacera l’humiliation de son peuple. Le Seigneur a parlé. Et ce jour-là, on dira : « Voici notre Dieu, en lui nous espérions, et il nous a sauvés ; c’est lui le Seigneur, en lui nous espérions ; exultons, réjouissons-nous : il nous a sauvés !» Car la main du Seigneur reposera sur cette montagne.
Psaume : 22 (23), 1-2ab, 2c-3, 4, 5, 6
R/ J’habiterai la maison du Seigneur pour la durée de mes jours.
Le Seigneur est mon berger : je ne manque de rien. Sur des prés d’herbe fraîche, il me fait reposer. Il me mène vers les eaux tranquilles et me fait revivre ; il me conduit par le juste chemin pour l’honneur de son nom.
Si je traverse les ravins de la mort, je ne crains aucun mal, car tu es avec moi, ton bâton me guide et me rassure.
Tu prépares la table pour moi devant mes ennemis ; tu répands le parfum sur ma tête, ma coupe est débordante.
Grâce et bonheur m’accompagnent tous les jours de ma vie; j’habiterai la maison du Seigneur pour la durée de mes jours.
2èrme lecture : Ph 4, 12-14.19-20
Frères, je sais vivre de peu, je sais aussi être dans l’abondance. J’ai été formé à tout et pour tout : à être rassasié et à souffrir la faim, à être dans l’abondance et dans les privations. Je peux tout en celui qui me donne la force. Cependant, vous avez bien fait de vous montrer solidaires quand j’étais dans la gêne. Et mon Dieu comblera tous vos besoins selon sa richesse, magnifiquement, dans le Christ Jésus. Gloire à Dieu notre Père pour les siècles des siècles. Amen.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Que le Père de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ ouvre à sa lumière les yeux de notre cœur, pour que nous percevions l’espérance que donne son appel. Alléluia. (cf. Ep 1, 17-18)
Évangile: Mt 22, 1-14
En ce temps-là, Jésus se mit de nouveau à parler aux grands prêtres et aux pharisiens, et il leur dit en paraboles : « Le royaume des Cieux est comparable à un roi qui célébra les noces de son fils. Il envoya ses serviteurs appeler à la noce les invités, mais ceux-ci ne voulaient pas venir. Il envoya encore d’autres serviteurs dire aux invités : ‘Voilà : j’ai préparé mon banquet, mes bœufs et mes bêtes grasses sont égorgés ; tout est prêt : venez à la noce.’ Mais ils n’en tinrent aucun compte et s’en allèrent, l’un à son champ, l’autre à son commerce; les autres empoignèrent les serviteurs, les maltraitèrent et les tuèrent. Le roi se mit en colère, il envoya ses troupes, fit périr les meurtriers et incendia leur ville. Alors il dit à ses serviteurs : ‘Le repas de noce est prêt, mais les invités n’en étaient pas dignes. Allez donc aux croisées des chemins : tous ceux que vous trouverez, invitez-les à la noce.’ Les serviteurs allèrent sur les chemins, rassemblèrent tous ceux qu’ils trouvèrent, les mauvais comme les bons, et la salle de noce fut remplie de convives.
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
Un festin de noces royal : voilà l’image que Jésus nous présente pour exprimer le bonheur que Dieu veut partager avec nous pour l’éternité. Déjà apparaissait avec le prophète Isaïe l’espérance que Dieu enlèverait le voile de deuil qui recouvre la terre. L’homme n’est pas un être-pour-la-mort ; il a été créé pour vivre avec Dieu dans un amour nuptial. Et c’est Jésus ressuscité qui nous donne accès à la salle des noces. Voici l’Epoux, venez à sa rencontre ! Dieu nous appelle ; dans son amour miséricordieux, il nous revêt de la robe nuptiale pour célébrer la Pâque de son Fils bien-aimé ; le festin du Royaume, comme dès ici-bas dans l’Eucharistie. Nous sommes tous invités, attendus au festin des noces de l’Agneau.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 14, 2023 | Evangelium
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalter week IV
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: Isaiah 25:6-10
On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoples a banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines, of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines. On this mountain he will remove the mourning veil covering all peoples, and the shroud enwrapping all nations, he will destroy Death for ever. The Lord will wipe away the tears from every cheek; he will take away his people’s shame everywhere on earth, for the Lord has said so. That day, it will be said: See, this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; the Lord is the one in whom we hoped. We exult and we rejoice that he has saved us; for the hand of the Lord rests on this mountain.
Psalm 22(23)
R/ In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose. Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit.
He guides me along the right path; he is true to his name. If I should walk in the valley of darkness no evil would I fear. You are there with your crook and your staff; with these you give me comfort.
You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have anointed with oil; my cup is overflowing.
Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever.
Second reading: Philippians 4:12-14,19-20
I know how to be poor and I know how to be rich too. I have been through my initiation and now I am ready for anything anywhere: full stomach or empty stomach, poverty or plenty. There is nothing I cannot master with the help of the One who gives me strength. All the same, it was good of you to share with me in my hardships. In return my God will fulfil all your needs, in Christ Jesus, as lavishly as only God can. Glory to God, our Father, for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel Acclamation: Jn1:14,12
Alleluia, alleluia! The Word was made flesh and lived among us: to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God. Alleluia!
Gospel: Matthew 22:1-14
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a feast for his son’s wedding. He sent his servants to call those who had been invited, but they would not come. Next he sent some more servants. ‘Tell those who have been invited’ he said, ‘that I have my banquet all prepared, my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, everything is ready. Come to the wedding.’ But they were not interested: one went off to his farm, another to his business, and the rest seized his servants, maltreated them and killed them. The king was furious. He despatched his troops, destroyed those murderers and burnt their town. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready; but as those who were invited proved to be unworthy, go to the crossroads in the town and invite everyone you can find to the wedding.’ So these servants went out on to the roads and collected together everyone they could find, bad and good alike; and the wedding hall was filled with guests. When the king came in to look at the guests he noticed one man who was not wearing a wedding garment, and said to him, ‘How did you get in here, my friend, without a wedding garment?’ And the man was silent. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.’
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
A royal wedding feast: this is the image that Jesus presents to us to express the happiness that God wants to share with us for eternity. Already with the prophet Isaiah, there appeared the hope that God would remove the veil of mourning that covers the earth. Man is not meant for death; he was created to live with God in a nuptial love. And it is the risen Jesus who gives us access to the wedding hall. Here is the Bridegroom, come and meet him! God calls us; in his merciful love, he clothes us in the wedding dress to celebrate the Passover of his beloved Son; the feast of the Kingdom, as already here below in the Eucharist. We are all invited, awaited at the wedding feast of the Lamb.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 13, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT Callistus I, Pope
From a weakened ex-slave in receipt of an invalidity pension, Callistus rose to be archdeacon, had charge of the Roman catacomb which now bears his name, and ended up as Pope. He lived in a time of peace under the emperor Alexander Severus, whose mother was a Christian, he may have been killed in a riot.
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Est 4: 17
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, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Joel 4: 12-21
The Lord says this: “Let the nations rouse themselves, let them march to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for I am going to sit in judgement there on all the nations round. Put the sickle in: the harvest is ripe; come and tread: the winepress is full, the vats are overflowing, so great is their wickedness!” Host on host in the Valley of Decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the Valley of Decision! Sun and moon grow dark, the stars lose their brilliance. The Lord roars from Zion, makes his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth tremble. But the Lord will be a shelter for his people, a stronghold for the sons of Israel. “You will learn then that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be a holy place, no alien will ever pass through it again.” When that day comes, the mountains will run with new wine and the hills flow with milk, and all the river beds of Judah will run with water. A fountain will spring from the house of the Lord to water the wadi of Acacias. Egypt will become a desolation, Edom a desert waste on account of the violence done to the sons of Judah whose innocent blood they shed in their country. But Judah will be inhabited for ever, Jerusalem from age to age. “I will avenge their blood and let none go unpunished”, and the Lord shall make his home in Zion.
Psalm 96(97):1-2,5-6,11-12
R/ Rejoice, you just, in the Lord.
The Lord is king, let earth rejoice, let all the coastlands be glad. Cloud and darkness are his raiment; his throne, justice and right.
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The skies proclaim his justice; all peoples see his glory.
Light shines forth for the just and joy for the upright of heart. Rejoice, you just, in the Lord; give glory to his holy name.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 14: 23
Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 11:27-28
As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!” But he replied, “Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
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
The woman who, in the midst of the crowd, proclaims Mary blessed because she gave birth to and nourished Jesus, restricts the scope of this beatitude happy… She makes it something small and transitory, granted to a single person. There is a certain envy in her cry. But God’s measure is good, packed, shaken, overflowing, and Jesus offers this woman and all of us eternal bliss. Those who hear the word of God and keep it are happy, for they are loved by God who comes to make his home in them. Didn’t Jesus say: “If anyone loves me, he will remain faithful to my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and dwell with him?”
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 12, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINT Edouard, Le Confesseur
Dernier roi à régner sur l’Angleterre avant la conquête de ce pays par les Normands de Guillaume le Conquérant, il avait horreur du sang versé. Aussi éminent par sa piété que par sa générosité, il sut se faire l’ami des petites gens et fut vite l’objet d’un culte populaire. Mais, en réalité, il n’était pas fait pour être roi.
Antienne d’ouverture : Est 13, 9
Tout dépend de ta volonté, Seigneur, et rien ne peut lui résister : C’est toi qui as fait le ciel et la terre et les merveilles qu’ils contiennent. Tu es le Maître de l’univers.
Prière d’ouverture
Dans ton amour inépuisable, Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, tu combles ceux qui t’implorent, bien au-delà de leurs mérites et de leurs désirs. Répands sur nous ta miséricorde en délivrant notre conscience de ce qui l’inquiète et en donnant plus que nous n’osons demander. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Joël 1, 13-15 ; 2, 1-2
Prêtres, mettez un vêtement de deuil, et pleurez ! Serviteurs de l’autel, faites entendre des lamentations! Venez, serviteurs de mon Dieu, passez la nuit vêtus de toile à sac ! Car la maison de votre Dieu ne reçoit plus ni offrandes ni libations. Prescrivez un jeûne sacré, annoncez une fête solennelle, réunissez les anciens et tous les habitants du pays dans la maison du Seigneur votre Dieu. Criez vers le Seigneur : « Ah ! jour de malheur ! » Le jour du Seigneur est proche, il vient du Puissant comme un fléau. Sonnez du cor dans Sion, faites retentir la clameur sur ma montagne sainte ! Qu’ils tremblent, tous les habitants du pays, car voici venir le jour du Seigneur, il est tout proche. Jour de ténèbres et d’obscurité, jour de nuages et de sombres nuées. Comme la nuit qui envahit les montagnes, voici un peuple nombreux et fort ; il n’y en a jamais eu de pareil et il n’y en aura plus dans les générations à venir.
Psaume : 9a, 2-3, 6.16, 8-9
R/ Dieu jugera le monde avec justice.
De tout mon cœur, Seigneur, je rendrai grâce, je dirai tes innombrables merveilles ; pour toi, j’exulterai, je danserai, je fêterai ton nom, Dieu Très-Haut.
Tu menaces les nations, tu fais périr les méchants, à tout jamais tu effaces leur nom. Ils sont tombés, les païens, dans la fosse qu’ils creusaient ; aux filets qu’ils ont tendus, leurs pieds se sont pris.
Mais il siège, le Seigneur, à jamais: pour juger, il affermit son trône; il juge le monde avec justice et gouverne les peuples avec droiture.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Maintenant le prince de ce monde va être jeté dehors, dit le Seigneur ; et moi, quand j’aurai été élevé de terre, j’attirerai à moi tous les hommes. Alléluia. (Jn 12, 31b-32)
Évangile : Luc 11, 15-26
En ce temps-là, comme Jésus avait expulsé un démon, certains dirent: « C’est par Béelzéboul, le chef des démons, qu’il expulse les démons.» D’autres, pour le mettre à l’épreuve, cherchaient à obtenir de lui un signe venant du ciel. Jésus, connaissant leurs pensées, leur dit: « Tout royaume divisé contre lui-même devient désert, ses maisons s’écroulent les unes sur les autres. Si Satan, lui aussi, est divisé contre lui-même, comment son royaume tiendra-t-il ? Vous dites en effet que c’est par Béelzéboul que j’expulse les démons. Mais si c’est par Béelzéboul que moi, je les expulse, vos disciples, par qui les expulsent-ils ? Dès lors, ils seront eux-mêmes vos juges. En revanche, si c’est par le doigt de Dieu que j’expulse les démons, c’est donc que le règne de Dieu est venu jusqu’à vous. Quand l’homme fort, et bien armé, garde son palais, tout ce qui lui appartient est en sécurité. Mais si un plus fort survient et triomphe de lui, il lui enlève son armement auquel il se fiait, et il distribue tout ce dont il l’a dépouillé. Celui qui n’est pas avec moi est contre moi ; celui qui ne rassemble pas avec moi disperse. Quand l’esprit impur est sorti de l’homme, il parcourt des lieux arides en cherchant où se reposer. Et il ne trouve pas. Alors il se dit: “Je vais retourner dans ma maison, d’où je suis sorti.” En arrivant, il la trouve balayée et bien rangée. Alors il s’en va, et il prend d’autres esprits encore plus mauvais que lui, au nombre de sept ; ils entrent et s’y installent. Ainsi, l’état de cet homme-là est pire à la fin qu’au début. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Accepte, Seigneur, le sacrifice que tu nous as donné. Dans les mystères que nous célébrons pour te rendre grâce, sanctifie les hommes que tu as sauvés par ton Fils. Lui qui.
Antienne de communion : Lm 3, 25
Le Seigneur est bon pour ceux qui se tournent vers lui, pour ceux qui le recherchent.
Prière après la communion
Accorde-nous, Seigneur notre Dieu, de trouver dans cette communion notre force et notre joie, afin que nous puissions devenir ce que nous avons reçu: le corps du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation
Quand Jésus manifeste sa puissance et que parole et geste s’accordent, les esprits tordus refusent de voir ce qui est véritablement manifesté et se concentrent sur ce qui n’est pas. Ils attribuent à Satan les délivrances opérées par Jésus. Or attribuer au mal une guérison, une libération, est un pur non-sens. Il s’agit ici du combat entre Dieu et Satan, qui a pour terrain le cœur de l’homme. Jésus nous met en garde contre les « risques de rechute » : il ne suffit pas d’avoir bénéficié de la délivrance ou d’une grande grâce spirituelle pour se croire débarrassé des attaques du Malin… Si nous ne veillons pas à entretenir la flamme de notre foi en Jésus Sauveur par l’écoute de la Parole, la prière et la vie sacramentelle, ceci attirera toutes sortes de « démons » indésirables, à commencer par les pensées négatives. C’est pourquoi il nous faut pratiquer la vigilance du cœur jusqu’au bout, avec assiduité, comme nous dit Jésus.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 12, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT Edward the Confessor
He became King of England in 1042. He was regarded as a saint during his lifetime, renowned for his generosity to the Church and to the poor and for his readiness to listen to his subjects’ grievances. He died on 5 January 1066.
Entrance Antiphon: Est 4: 17
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, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Joel 1: 13-15, 2:1-2
Priests, put on sackcloth and lament. Ministers of the altar, wail. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God. For the house of our God has been deprived of oblation and libation. Order a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly; elders, call together all the inhabitants of the country to the house of the Lord your God. Cry out to the Lord, “Oh, what a day! For the day of the Lord is near, it comes as a devastation from Shaddai.” Sound the trumpet in Zion, give the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the country tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming, yes, it is near. Day of darkness and gloom, day of cloud and blackness. Like the dawn there spreads across the mountains a vast and mighty host, such as has never been before, such as will never be again to the remotest ages.
Psalm 9a (9): 2-3, 6, 16, 8-9
R/ The Lord will judge the world with justice.
I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will recount all your wonders. I will rejoice in you and be glad, and sing psalms to your name, O Most High.
You have checked the nations, destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their name for ever and ever. The nations have fallen in the pit which they made, their feet caught in the snare they laid.
But the Lord sits enthroned for ever. He has set up his throne for judgement; he will judge the world with justice, he will judge the peoples with his truth.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 10: 27
Alleluia, alleluia! The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 11:15-26
When Jesus had cast out a devil, some of the people said, “It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.” Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? – since you assert that it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be your judges then. But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you. So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are undisturbed; but when someone stronger than he is attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil. “He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters. When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and not finding one it says, ‘I will go back to the home I came from.’ But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied, it then goes off and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, so that the man ends up by being worse than he was before.”
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
When Jesus manifests his power, when word and deed agree, twisted minds refuse to see what is truly manifested and seek to see what is not. They attribute to Satan the deliverances wrought by Jesus. They ask for proof of the doctor’s good faith! But to attribute a healing, a liberation, to evil is pure nonsense. This is the battle between God and Satan, which is fought in the human heart. Faced with him, it is impossible to remain neutral, we must choose our side! Jesus warns us against the risks of relapse: it is not enough to have benefited from deliverance or a great spiritual grace to believe that we have been rid of the attacks of the Evil One… If we do not take care to protect the Divine Presence in us, to keep the flame of our faith in Jesus the Saviour alive by listening to the Word, prayer and sacramental life, then the emptiness that gradually sets in attracts all sorts of undesirable demons, starting with negative thoughts.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 11, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT Wilfrid
Wilfrid was born in Northumbria in 634. He took part in the Synod of Whitby (664), where he promoted Rome’s way of calculating the date of Easter, and the Roman form of Christian worship. He was missionary, evangelist, monk and bishop. He died in Oundle, in October 709.
Entrance Antiphon: Est 4: 17
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, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Malachi 3:13-20
You say harsh things about me, says the Lord. You ask, “What have we said against you?” You say, “It is useless to serve God; what is the good of keeping his commands or of walking mournfully before the Lord of Hosts? Now we have reached the point when we call the arrogant blessed; yes, they prosper, these evil-doers; they try God’s patience and yet go free.” This is what those who fear the Lord used to say to one another. But the Lord took note and heard them: a book of remembrance was written in his presence recording those who fear him and take refuge in his name. On the day which I am preparing, says the Lord of Hosts, they are going to be my own special possession. I will make allowances for them as a man makes allowances for the son who obeys him. Then once again you will see the difference between an upright man and a wicked one, between the one who serves God and the one who does not serve him. For the day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving them neither root nor stalk. But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness will shine out with healing in its rays.
Psalm 1:1-4,6
R/ Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord.
Happy indeed is the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked; nor lingers in the way of sinners nor sits in the company of scorners, but whose delight is the law of the Lord and who ponders his law, day and night.
He is like a tree that is planted beside the flowing waters, that yields its fruit in due season
and whose leaves shall never fade; and all that he does shall prosper.
Not so are the wicked, not so! For they like winnowed chaff shall be driven away by the wind:
for the Lord guards the way of the just but the way of the wicked leads to doom.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 14: 6
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; No one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him”; and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up to give it you.” I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for friendship’s sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his friend all he wants. “So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
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
Does God not hear? Why doesn’t he answer? But Jesus, by telling this parable of the unwelcome friend, wants to show that God always answers our prayers, that he always answers them and that we must believe in the effectiveness of prayer; our heavenly Father is more welcoming than a friend, more loving than a father on earth. That is why he will never grant a request that is contrary to our good, he will never give a snake or a scorpion instead of a fish or an egg. Jesus accumulates words to encourage us to pray with perseverance and trust: ask, knock, seek… God our Father, who knows what we need even before we ask him, wants, in his love, to hear our prayers and to give us what he has best: his Holy Spirit.
