by | Aug 4, 2022 | Evangelium

Tuesay 05 th July 2022

 

  1. Antony

Mary Zaccaria

(1502 – 1539)

He was born in Cremona in Lombardy and started by studying medicine, but soon decided to become a priest instead and was ordained in 1528. He founded a religious Congregation, the Barnabites, whose aim was the reform of the clergy and laity.

 

Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 47: 10-11

Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

 

Collect

O God, who in the abasement of your Son, have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin, you bestow eternal gladness. 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 : Hosea 8:4-7,11-13

Thus says the Lord: They have set up kings, but not with my consent, and appointed princes, but without my knowledge. Out of their own silver and gold they have made idols, which are doomed to destruction. I spurn your calf, Samaria, my anger blazes against it. (How long will it be before they purge themselves of this, the sons of Israel?) A workman made the thing, this cannot be God! Yes, the calf of Samaria shall go up in flames. They sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind; their wheat will yield no ear, the ear will yield no flour, or, if it does, foreigners will swallow it. Ephraim has built altar after altar, they have only served him as occasion for sin. Were I to write out the thousand precepts of my Law for him, they would be paid no more attention than those of a stranger. They love sacrificing; right, let them sacrifice! They love meat; right, let them eat it! The Lord takes no pleasure in these. He is now going to remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they will have to go back to Egypt.

 

Psalm 113B:3-10

R/ Sons of Israel, trust in the Lord.

 

  1. Our God, he is in the heavens; he does whatever he wills. The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
  2. They have mouths but they cannot speak; they have eyes but they cannot see; they have ears but they cannot hear; they have nostrils but they cannot smell.
  3. With their hands they cannot feel; with their feet they cannot walk. Their makers will come to be like them and so will all who trust in them.
  4. Sons of Israel, trust in the Lord; he is their help and their shield. Sons of Aaron, trust in the Lord; he is their help and their shield.

 

Gospel Acclamation : cf.Ep1:17,18

Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Matthew 9:32-37

A man was brought to Jesus, a dumb demoniac. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke and the people were amazed. ‘Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel’ they said. But the Pharisees said, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts out devils.’ Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness. And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’

 

Prayer over the Offerings

May this oblation dedicated to your name purify us, O Lord, and day by day bring our conduct closer to the life of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Ps 33: 9

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.

 

Prayer after Communion

Grant, we pray, O Lord, that, having been replenished by such great gifts, we may gain the prize of salvation and never cease to praise you. Through Christ our Lord.

 

 

Meditation

Jesus again heals a man possessed by demons and with this, the Pharisees were provoked and reacted negatively when the crowd was astonished that nothing of such had ever been seen in Israel. Acting with the power of God and having authority over unclean spirits Jesus  healed this man. No man could heal him and that’s why out of jealousy and hatred, they wanted to turn the crowd from believing in God by saying it was by the help of the prince of demon that he drove out demon. Remember that chapter nine of Mathew tells us about the reward of faith in God. How those who place their trust and hope in God are blessed. Those who have no faith in God will not believe that the good things coming to those who believe in God are blessings. They see it as unbelievers and unbelievers do not attribute any good to God.

 

by | Aug 3, 2022 | Agenda Biblique

Jeudi 04 AOÛT 2022

 

St. Jean-Marie Vianney,

Prêtre

 

Jean-Marie Vianney (1786-1859) est, sur le plan humain, un esprit rebelle à l’étude. Mais le Saint-Esprit, auquel il s’ouvre avec une docilité parfaite, par la prière et la pénitence, fait de lui ce prêtre qui attire à Ars une multitude en quête de pardon ou de lumière. Contre ce convertisseur, le démon se déchaine.

 

Antienne  d’ouverture : Ga 6, 14     

Que la croix de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ soit ma seule fierté ; par elle, le monde est à jamais crucifié pour moi, et moi pour le monde.

 

Prière  d’ouverture

Dieu de puissance et de bonté, tu as fait de saint Jean-Marie Vianney un prêtre admirable, passionnément dévoué à son ministère ; accorde-nous, par sa prière et à son exemple, d’avoir pour nos frères une charité qui les gagne au Christ, et d’obtenir avec eux l’éternelle gloire. Par Jésus Christ.

 

1ère lecture : Jr 31,31-34

Voici venir des jours – oracle du Seigneur -, où je conclurai avec la maison d’Israël et avec la maison de Juda une alliance nouvelle. Ce ne sera pas comme l’Alliance que j’ai conclue avec leurs pères, le jour où je les ai pris par la main pour les faire sortir du pays d’Égypte : mon alliance, c’est eux qui l’ont rompue, alors que moi, j’étais leur maître – oracle du Seigneur. Mais voici quelle sera l’Alliance que je conclurai avec la maison d’Israël quand ces jours-là seront passés – oracle du Seigneur. Je mettrai ma Loi au plus profond d’eux-mêmes ; je l’inscrirai sur leur cœur. Je serai leur Dieu, et ils seront mon peuple. Ils n’auront plus à instruire chacun son compagnon, ni chacun son frère en disant : « Apprends à connaître le Seigneur» Car tous me connaîtront, des plus petits jusqu’aux plus grands – oracle du Seigneur. Je pardonnerai leurs fautes, je ne me rappellerai plus leurs péchés.

 

Psaume :  Ps 50,12-15.18-19

R/   Crée en moi un cœur pur, ô mon Dieu !

 

  1. Crée en moi un coeur pur, ô mon Dieu, renouvelle et raffermis au fond de moi mon esprit. Ne me chasse pas loin de ta face, ne me reprends pas ton esprit saint.
  2. Rends-moi la joie d’être sauvé; que l’esprit généreux me soutienne. Aux pécheurs, j’enseignerai tes chemins ; vers toi, reviendront les égarés.
  3. Si j’offre un sacrifice, tu n’en veux pas, tu n’acceptes pas d’holocauste. Le sacrifice qui plaît à Dieu, c’est un esprit brisé ; tu ne repousses pas, ô mon Dieu, un coeur brisé et broyé.

 

Acclamation

Alléluia. Alléluia! Tu es Pierre, et sur cette pierre je bâtirai mon Église; et la puissance de la Mort ne l’emportera pas sur elle. Alléluia! (Mt 16,18)

 

Évangile : Mt 16, 13-23

En ce temps-là, Jésus, arrivé dans la région de Césarée-de-Philippe, demandait à ses disciples : « Au dire des gens, qui est le Fils de l’homme ?» Ils répondirent : « Pour les uns, Jean le Baptiste ; pour d’autres, Élie; pour d’autres encore, Jérémie ou l’un des prophètes. » Jésus leur demanda : « Et vous, que dites-vous ? Pour vous, qui suis-je ? » Alors Simon-Pierre prit la parole et dit : « Tu es le Christ, le Fils du Dieu vivant ! » Prenant la parole à son tour, Jésus lui dit : «Heureux es-tu, Simon fils de Yonas : ce n’est pas la chair et le sang qui t’ont révélé cela, mais mon Père qui est aux cieux. Et moi , je te le déclare : Tu es Pierre, et sur cette pierre je bâtirai mon Église ; et la puissance de la Mort ne l’emportera pas sur elle. Je te donnerai les clés du royaume des Cieux : tout ce que tu auras lié sur la terre sera lié dans les cieux, et tout ce que tu auras délié sur la terre sera délié dans les cieux. » Alors, il ordonna aux disciples de ne dire à personne que c’était lui le Christ. À partir de ce moment, Jésus commença à montrer à ses disciples qu’il lui fallait partir pour Jérusalem, souffrir beaucoup de la part des anciens, des grands prêtres et des scribes, être tué, et le troisième jour ressusciter. Pierre, le prenant à part, se mit à lui faire de vifs reproches : « Dieu t’en garde, Seigneur ! cela ne t’arrivera pas. » Mais lui, se retournant, dit à Pierre: « Passe derrière moi, Satan ! Tu es pour moi une occasion de chute : tes pensées ne sont pas celles de Dieu, mais celles des hommes. »

 

Prière  sur  les  offrandes

Que descende sur cette offrande sainte, Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, la plénitude invisible de l’Esprit ; donne-nous, à la prière de saint Jean-Marie Vianney, d’approcher toujours de ce grand mystère avec un corps chaste et un cœur pur. Par Jésus.

 

Antienne  de  communion : Col 1, 24-25

Je trouve la joie dans les souffrances que je supporte pour vous, car ce qu’il reste à souffrir des épreuves du Christ, je l’accomplis dans ma propre chair, pour son corps qui est l’Église.

 

Prière  après  la  communion

Fortifiés par le pain du ciel, nous te supplions, Seigneur : grâce à cette nourriture, saint Jean-Marie endurait sans faiblir toutes les contradictions; puissions-nous, par ses mérites et comme lui, progresser de jour en jour et parvenir enfin jusqu’à toi. Par Jésus.

 

 

Méditation

« Au dire des gens, qui est le Fils de l’homme ? » La réponse à cette question du Christ déterminera le genre de chrétien que nous sommes. La foi au Christ est une grande espérance qui a ses exigences évangéliques. Nous devons continuellement vérifier notre pratique et notre adhésion au Christ à la lumière de l’évangile. Souvenons-nous de ces propos du Christ : « ce ne sont pas ceux et celles qui disent Seigneur, Seigneur qui entreront dans le royaume des cieux, mais ceux et celles qui font la volonté de mon Père ». Apprenons à connaître le Seigneur, nous dit le prophète

by | Aug 3, 2022 | Evangelium

Monday 04 th July 2022

 

  1. Elizabeth

of Portugal

(1271 – 1336)

 

She was married to King Denis of Portugal, by whom she had two children. She set up hospitals, orphanages, and other institutions, patiently endured her husband’s infidelities. On her husband’s death in 1325 she retired from public affairs and devoted herself to prayer and the service of the poor.

 

Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 47: 10-11

Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

 

Collect

O God, who in the abasement of your Son, have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin, you bestow eternal gladness. 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 : Hosea 2:16,17-18,21-22

It is the Lord who speaks: I am going to lure her and lead her out into the wilderness and speak to her heart. I am going to give her back her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a gateway of hope. There she will respond to me as she did when she was young, as she did when she came out of the land of Egypt. When that day comes – it is the Lord who speaks – she will call me, ‘My husband’, no longer will she call me, ‘My Baal.’  I will betroth you to myself for ever, betroth you with integrity and justice, with tenderness and love; I will betroth you to myself with faithfulness, and you will come to know the Lord.

 

Psalm 144:2-9

R/ The Lord is kind and full of compassion.

 

  1. I will bless you day after day and praise your name for ever. The Lord is great, highly to be praised, his greatness cannot be measured.
  2. Age to age shall proclaim your works, shall declare your mighty deeds, shall speak of your splendour and glory, tell the tale of your wonderful works.
  3. They will speak of your terrible deeds, recount your greatness and might. They will recall your abundant goodness; age to age shall ring out your justice.
  4. The Lord is kind and full of compassion, slow to anger, abounding in love. How good is the Lord to all, compassionate to all his creatures.

 

Gospel Acclamation : cf.Jn6:63,68

Alleluia, alleluia! Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life; you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Matthew 9:18-26

While Jesus was speaking, up came one of the officials, who bowed low in front of him and said, ‘My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and her life will be saved.’ Jesus rose and, with his disciples, followed him. Then from behind him came a woman, who had suffered from a haemorrhage for twelve years, and she touched the fringe of his cloak, for she said to herself, ‘If I can only touch his cloak I shall be well again.’ Jesus turned round and saw her; and he said to her, ‘Courage, my daughter, your faith has restored you to health.’ And from that moment the woman was well again. When Jesus reached the official’s house and saw the flute-players, with the crowd making a commotion he said, ‘Get out of here; the little girl is not dead, she is asleep.’ And they laughed at him. But when the people had been turned out he went inside and took the little girl by the hand; and she stood up. And the news spread all round the countryside.

 

Prayer over the Offerings

May this oblation dedicated to your name purify us, O Lord, and day by day bring our conduct closer to the life of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Ps 33: 9

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.

 

Prayer after Communion

Grant, we pray, O Lord, that, having been replenished by such great gifts, we may gain the prize of salvation and never cease to praise you. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Meditation

Prayer is talking and listening to God and faith is our response and movement towards God. With faith, we come to God in adoration. In the gospel today’s, the official and the woman manifested their faith in God in adoration and in return, their requests were granted. When we come to Him in adoration He will certainly answer us as he said to the woman, “Courage, my daughter, your faith has restored you to health.” The more we praise and adore Him present in the Blessed Sacrament, the more He blesses us because He is great and His greatness cannot be measured. Let nothing hinder your faith.

by | Aug 2, 2022 | Agenda Biblique

Mercredi 03 AOÛT 2022

 

StE Lydie

 

Elle venait de la Grèce d’Asie et s’était installée à Philippe, port de la mer Egée, pour son commerce de tissu et de pourpre. C’est là qu’elle rencontra saint Paul et saint Luc (Ac 16, 11). Ils vinrent habiter chez elle.

 

Antienne  d’ouverture : Ps 69, 2. 6  

Viens me délivrer, Seigneur, Dieu, viens vite à mon secours. Tu es mon aide et mon libérateur, Seigneur, ne tarde pas.

 

Prière  d’ouverture

Assiste tes enfants, Seigneur, et montre à ceux qui t’implorent ton inépuisable bonté. C’est leur fierté de t’avoir pour Créateur et Providence, restaure pour eux ta création, et l’ayant renouvelée, protège-la. Par Jésus Christ.

 

1ère lecture : Jr 31, 1-7

En ce temps-là – oracle du Seigneur –,je serai le Dieu de toutes les familles d’Israël, et elles seront mon peuple. Ainsi parle le Seigneur : Il a trouvé grâce dans le désert, le peuple qui a échappé au  massacre ; Israël est en route vers Celui qui le fait reposer. Depuis les lointains, le Seigneur m’est apparu : Je t’aime d’un amour éternel, aussi je te garde ma fidélité. De nouveau je te bâtirai, et tu seras rebâtie, vierge d’Israël. De nouveau tu prendras tes tambourins de fête pour te mêler aux danses  joyeuses. De nouveau tu planteras des vignes dans les montagnes de Samarie, et ceux qui les  planteront en goûteront le premier fruit. Un jour viendra où les veilleurs crieront dans la montagne d’Éphraïm : « Debout, montons à Sion, vers le Seigneur notre Dieu ! » Car ainsi parle le Seigneur : Poussez des cris de joie pour Jacob, acclamez la première des nations ! Faites résonner vos louanges et criez tous : « Seigneur, sauve ton peuple, le reste d’Israël ! »

 

Cantique : Jr 31, 10, 11-12ab, 13

R/   Le Seigneur nous garde, comme un berger son troupeau.

 

  1. Écoutez, nations, la parole du Seigneur ! Annoncez dans les îles lointaines : « Celui qui dispersa Israël le rassemble, il le garde, comme un berger son troupeau.
  2. « Le Seigneur a libéré Jacob, l’a racheté des mains d’un plus fort. Ils viennent, criant de joie, sur les hauteurs de Sion : ils affluent vers les biens du Seigneur.
  3. « La jeune fille se réjouit, elle danse ; jeunes gens, vieilles gens, tous ensemble !Je change leur deuil en joie, les réjouis, les console après la peine. »

 

Acclamation

Alléluia. Alléluia! Un grand prophète s’est levé parmi nous, et Dieu a visité son peuple. Alléluia! (Lc 7, 16)

 

Évangile : Mt 15, 21-28

En ce temps-là, Jésus se retira dans la région de Tyr et de Sidon. Voici qu’une Cananéenne, venue de ces territoires, disait en criant : « Prends pitié de moi, Seigneur, fils de David ! Ma fille est tourmentée par un démon. » Mais il ne lui répondit pas un mot. Les disciples s’approchèrent pour lui demander : « Renvoie-la, car elle nous poursuit de ses cris ! » Jésus répondit : « Je n’ai été envoyé qu’aux brebis perdues de la maison d’Israël. » Mais elle vint se prosterner devant lui en disant : « Seigneur, viens à mon secours ! » l répondit : « Il n’est pas bien de prendre le pain des enfants et de le jeter aux petits chiens. » Elle reprit : « Oui, Seigneur; mais justement, les petits chiens mangent les miettes qui tombent de la table de leurs maîtres. » Jésus répondit : « Femme, grande est ta foi, que tout se passe pour toi comme tu le veux ! » Et, à l’heure même, sa fille fut guérie.

 

Prière  sur  les  offrandes

Dans ta bonté, Seigneur, sanctifie ces dons. Accepte le sacrifice spirituel de cette eucharistie, et fais de nous-mêmes une éternelle offrande à ta gloire. Par Jésus.

 

Antienne  de  communion : Sg 16, 20

Tu nous donnes, Seigneur, la vraie manne, ce pain venu du ciel qui comble tous les désirs.

 

Prière  après  la  communion

Seigneur, entoure d’une constante protection ceux que tu as renouvelés par le pain du ciel. Puisque tu ne cesses de les réconforter, rends-les dignes de l’éternel salut. Par Jésus.

 

 

Méditation

« Femme, grande est ta foi, que tout se passe pour toi comme tu le veux ! » L’admiration de Jésus pour cette pauvre femme de Canaan nous invite cette semaine à réfléchir  sur nos propres discriminations (car nous en avons tous) et nous présente l’attitude à adopter à l’égard de ceux et celles qui sont différents de nous. Abraham Lincoln disait : « Ne dites jamais que Dieu est de votre côté. Priez plutôt pour être du côté de Dieu ». Se mettre du côté de Dieu c’est considérer tous les êtres humains comme des frères et sœurs ; on peut alors comprendre saint Thomas d’Aquin lorsqu’il affirmait : « celui qui a la foi voit tout avec les yeux de Dieu ».

by | Aug 2, 2022 | Evangelium

sunday 03 rd July 2022

 

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time,

Psalter II

 

Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 47: 10-11

Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

 

Collect

O God, who in the abasement of your Son, have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin, you bestow eternal gladness. 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 66:10-14

Rejoice, Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice for her, all you who mourned her! That you may be suckled, filled, from her consoling breast, that you may savour with delight her glorious breasts. For thus says the Lord: Now towards her I send flowing peace, like a river, and like a stream in spate the glory of the nations. At her breast will her nurslings be carried and fondled in her lap. Like a son comforted by his mother will I comfort you. And by Jerusalem you will be comforted. At the sight your heart will rejoice, and your bones flourish like the grass. To his servants the Lord will reveal his hand.

 

Psalm 65(66):1-7,16,20

R/   Cry out with joy to God, all the earth.

 

  1. Cry out with joy to God all the earth, O sing to the glory of his name. O render him glorious praise. Say to God: ‘How tremendous your deeds!
  2. ‘Before you all the earth shall bow; shall sing to you, sing to your name!’ Come and see the works of God, tremendous his deeds among men.
  3. He turned the sea into dry land, they passed through the river dry-shod. Let our joy then be in him; he rules for ever by his might.
  4. Come and hear, all who fear God. I will tell what he did for my soul: Blessed be God who did not reject my prayer nor withhold his love from me.

 

Second reading : Galatians 6:14-18

The only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not; what matters is for him to become an altogether new creature. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, who form the Israel of God.  I want no more trouble from anybody after this; the marks on my body are those of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, my brothers. Amen.

 

Gospel Acclamation : Jn15:15

Alleluia, alleluia! I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Luke 10:1-12,17-20

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.” But whenever you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into its streets and say, “We wipe off the very dust of your town that clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the kingdom of God is very near.” I tell you, on that day it will not go as hard with Sodom as with that town.’ The seventy-two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said ‘even the devils submit to us when we use your name.’ He said to them, ‘I watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Yes, I have given you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your names are written in heaven.’

 

Prayer over the Offerings

May this oblation dedicated to your name purify us, O Lord, and day by day bring our conduct closer to the life of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Ps 33: 9

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.

 

 

 

 

Prayer after Communion

Grant, we pray, O Lord, that, having been replenished by such great gifts, we may gain the prize of salvation and never cease to praise you. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Meditation

When God calls you, He calls you for a mission and when He sends you on mission, he does not abandon you. He goes with you because it is His mission. One temptation for a Christian on mission is the love of material things.This comes from a fear of being abandoned or of being in want. God always provides for His messengers as the Bible tells us, “Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be given on to you”. The Lord takes care of his workers through his people – “whatever house you enter, stay in it and eat what is served you. However, we must remember that the mission is God’s.