by | Jul 1, 2022 | Evangelium

Saturday 02 nd  July 2022

 

Bernardino Realino

(1530 – 1616)

He was a Jesuit of Italy. St. Bernardino won widespread recognition as a result of his ceaseless apostolic labors. He was a model confessor, a powerful preacher, a diligent teacher of the Faith to the young, a dedicated shepherd of souls. His kindness brought about the end of vendettas and public scandals that cropped up from time to time.

 

Entrance Antiphon : Ps 46: 2

All peoples, clap your hands. Cry to God with shouts of joy!

 

Collect

O God, who through the grace of adoption, chose us to be children of light; grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth. 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 : Amos 9:11-15

It is the Lord who speaks: ‘That day I will re-erect the tottering hut of David, make good the gaps in it, restore its ruins and rebuild it as it was in the days of old, so that they can conquer the remnant of Edom and all the nations that belonged to me.’ It is the Lord who speaks, and he will carry this out. ‘The days are coming now – it is the Lord who speaks – when harvest will follow directly after ploughing, the treading of grapes soon after sowing, when the mountains will run with new wine and the hills all flow with it. I mean to restore the fortunes of my people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them, plant vineyards and drink their wine, dig gardens and eat their produce. I will plant them in their own country, never to be rooted up again out of the land I have given them, says the Lord, your God.’

 

Psalm 84(85): 9,11-14

R/ The Lord speaks peace to his people.

 

  1. I will hear what the Lord God has to say, a voice that speaks of peace, peace for his people and his friends and those who turn to him in their hearts.
  2. Mercy and faithfulness have met; justice and peace have embraced. Faithfulness shall spring from the earth and justice look down from heaven.
  3. The Lord will make us prosper and our earth shall yield its fruit. Justice shall march before him and peace shall follow his steps.

 

Gospel Acclamation : Ps118:135

Alleluia, alleluia! Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your decrees. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Matthew 9:14-17

John’s disciples came to him and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom’s attendants would never think of mourning as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come for the bridegroom to be taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth on to an old cloak, because the patch pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; if they do, the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the skins are lost. No; they put new wine into fresh skins and both are preserved.’

 

Prayer over the Offerings

O God, who graciously accomplish the effects of your mysteries, grant, we pray, that the deeds by which we serve you may be worthy of these sacred gifts. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Cf. Ps 102: 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name.

 

Prayer after Communion

May this divine sacrifice we have offered and received fill us with life, O Lord, we pray, so that, bound to you in lasting charity, we may bear fruit that lasts for ever. Through Christ our Lord.

 

 

Meditation

The disciples of many Rabbi have fasting as part of their tradition which was not the case with the Master and His own disciples. Jesus made it clear to them that as long as the bridegroom is still with the guests at a wedding party, there is no need for people not to rejoice and be happy. When you are with Jesus, you must be happy. He wants us to be happy with Him because that us one of the reasons God created us. Jesus knew His mission and how it was going to end. He told the disciples clearly that when He will be taken away from them, then there will be need for fasting but now, let them enjoy His presence.

by | Jul 1, 2022 | Agenda Biblique

Samedi 02 juillet 2022

 

ST  Martinien

 

Martinien aurait été le geôlier de saint Pierre. Avec son compagnon Processus, il n’hésita pas à donner sa vie au Christ qu’il avait découvert grâce à son prisonnier.

 

Antienne  d’ouverture : Ps 46, 2

Tous les peuples, battez des mains, acclamez Dieu par vos cris de joie.

 

Prière  d’ouverture

Tu as voulu, Seigneur, qu’en recevant ta grâce nous devenions des fils de lumière; ne permets pas que l’erreur nous plonge dans la nuit, mais accorde-nous d’être toujours rayonnants de ta vérité. Par Jésus Christ.

 

1ère lecture : Am 9, 11-15

Ainsi parle le Seigneur : Ce jour-là, je relèverai la hutte de David, qui s’écroule ; je réparerai ses brèches, je relèverai ses ruines, je la rebâtirai telle qu’aux jours d’autrefois, afin que ses habitants prennent possession du reste d’Édom et de toutes les nations sur lesquelles mon nom fut jadis invoqué, – oracle du Seigneur, qui fera tout cela. Voici venir des jours – oracle du Seigneur– où se suivront de près laboureur et moissonneur, le fouleur de raisins et celui qui jette la semence. Les montagnes laisseront couler le vin nouveau, toutes les collines en seront ruisselantes. Je ramènerai les captifs de mon peuple Israël ; ils rebâtiront les villes dévastées et les habiteront ; ils planteront des vignes et en boiront le vin ; ils cultiveront des jardins et en mangeront les fruits. Je les planterai sur leur sol, et jamais plus ils ne seront arrachés du sol que je leur ai donné. Le Seigneur ton Dieu a parlé.

 

 

Psaume : 84 (85), 9, 11-12, 13-14 , 40.131

R/   Ce que dit le Seigneur, c’est la paix pour son peuple.

 

  1. J’écoute : que dira le Seigneur Dieu ? Ce qu’il dit, c’est la paix pour son peuple et ses fidèles ; qu’ils ne reviennent jamais à leur folie !
  2. Amour et vérité se rencontrent, justice et paix s’embrassent ; la vérité germera de la terre et du ciel se penchera la justice.
  3. Le Seigneur donnera ses bienfaits, et notre terre donnera son fruit. La justice marchera devant lui, et ses pas traceront le chemin.

 

Acclamation

Alléluia. Alléluia! Mes brebis écoutent ma voix, dit le Seigneur; moi, je les connais, et elles me suivent. Alléluia! (Jn 10, 27)

 

Évangile : Mt 9, 14-17

En ce temps-là, les disciples de Jean le Baptiste s’approchèrent de Jésus en disant : « Pourquoi, alors que nous et les pharisiens, nous jeûnons, tes disciples ne jeûnent-ils pas ? » Jésus leur répondit : « Les invités de la noce pourraient-ils donc être en deuil pendant le temps où l’Époux est avec eux ? Mais des jours viendront où l’Époux leur sera enlevé ; alors ils jeûneront. Et personne ne pose une pièce d’étoffe neuve sur un vieux vêtement, car le morceau ajouté tire sur le vêtement, et la déchirure s’agrandit. Et on ne met pas du vin nouveau dans de vieilles outres; autrement, les outres éclatent, le vin se répand, et les outres sont perdues. Mais on met le vin nouveau dans des outres neuves, et le tout se conserve. »

 

Prière  sur  les  offrandes

Dieu qui agis avec puissance dans tes sacrements, Fais que le peuple assemblé pour te servir soit accordé à la sainteté de tes propres dons. Par Jésus.

 

Antienne  de  communion : Ps 102, 2

Bénis le Seigneur, ô mon âme, n’oublie aucun de ses bienfaits.

 

Prière  après  la  communion

Que le corps et le sang de Jésus Christ, offert en sacrifice et reçu en communion, nous donnent la vie, Seigneur: Reliés à toi par une charité qui ne passera jamais, nous porterons des fruits qui demeurent. Par Jésus.

 

 

Méditation

Il y a un temps pour tout ; un temps pour faire la fête, un temps pour jeûner. Mais quoique nous fassions il faut que cela provienne du fond du cœur. Le jeûne n’est pas fait pour lui-même, on vit le jeûne par amour de Dieu, par amour des autres. Jésus nous invite par-là à regarder le fond de notre cœur. Qu’est-ce qui motive notre conduite, le choix de nos actes ? Est-ce la loi ? Est-ce l’amour de Dieu et des autres ? Jésus est venu transformer notre cœur, et dans ce cœur neuf, il faut un vin neuf, c’est-à-dire le vin de son amour et non plus l’amour de l’ancienne loi ou l’on faisait les choses par obligation.

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Evangelium

Thursday 30 th June 2022

 

The First Martyrs

of the See of Rome

 

When the city of Rome had been devastated by fire in the year 64, the Emperor Nero launched a persecution against the Christians, who were thrown to the wild beasts in the arena or soaked in tar and used as living torches. Their deaths are documented in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus and in Pope St Clement’s letter to the Corinthians.

 

 

Entrance Antiphon : Ps 46: 2

All peoples, clap your hands. Cry to God with shouts of joy!

 

Collect

O God, who through the grace of adoption, chose us to be children of light; grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth. 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 : Amos 7:10-17

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel as follows. ‘Amos is plotting against you in the heart of the House of Israel; the country can no longer tolerate what he keeps saying. For this is what he says, “Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel go into exile far from its country.”’ To Amos, Amaziah said, ‘Go away, seer;’ get back to the land of Judah; earn your bread there, do your prophesying there. We want no more prophesying in Bethel; this is the royal sanctuary, the national temple.’ ‘I was no prophet, neither did I belong to any of the brotherhoods of prophets,’ Amos replied to Amaziah ‘I was a shepherd, and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took me from herding the flock, and the Lord who said, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.” So listen to the word of the Lord. ‘You say: ‘“Do not prophesy against Israel, utter no oracles against the House of Isaac.” ‘Very well, this is what the Lord says, ‘“Your wife will be forced to go on the streets, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land be parcelled out by measuring line, and you yourself die on unclean soil and Israel will go into exile far distant from its own land.”’

 

Psalm 18(19):8-11

R/  The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.

 

  1. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.
  2. The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes.
  3. The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.
  4. They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb.

 

Gospel Acclamation : Mt11:25

Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Matthew 9:1-8

Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to his own town. Then some people appeared, bringing him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And at this some scribes said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming.’ Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, ‘Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts? Now, which of these is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”? But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ – he said to the paralytic – ‘get up, and pick up your bed and go off home.’ And the man got up and went home. A feeling of awe came over the crowd when they saw this, and they praised God for giving such power to men.

 

Prayer over the Offerings

O God, who graciously accomplish the effects of your mysteries, grant, we pray, that the deeds by which we serve you may be worthy of these sacred gifts. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Cf. Ps 102: 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name.

 

Prayer after Communion

May this divine sacrifice we have offered and received fill us with life, O Lord, we pray, so that, bound to you in lasting charity, we may bear fruit that lasts for ever. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Meditation

In the face of the necessities of human life, Jesus allows his divine identity to reveal itself: ‘My child, your sins are forgiven you’. The Jews know very well that only God forgives sins. By using this prerogative Jesus tells them in other words that he is God. Their lack of faith and their rejection of this identity makes them see these words as blasphemy, and after Jesus perfoms a miracle, fear invades their hearts. Our interpretation of God’s works is diluted when we fail to believe in him and the wonders he performs in our lives and those of our loved ones. Without faith, these wonders do not bring joy and peace but for fear. May we ask Jesus to increase our faith, so that we may always recognise him as God’s Son and be his witnesses among men.

 

by | Jun 30, 2022 | Agenda Biblique

Vendredi 01 juillet 2022

 

  1. Thierry

Thierry renonça à son mariage le jour même de sa célébration. Il se fit ordonner prêtre et fonda une abbaye qui porta plus tard son nom. Il en fut le premier abbé.

 

Antienne  d’ouverture : Ps 46, 2

Tous les peuples, battez des mains, acclamez Dieu par vos cris de joie.

 

Prière  d’ouverture

Tu as voulu, Seigneur, qu’en recevant ta grâce nous devenions des fils de lumière; ne permets pas que l’erreur nous plonge dans la nuit, mais accorde-nous d’être toujours rayonnants de ta vérité. Par Jésus Christ.

 

1ère lecture : Am 8, 4-6.9-12

Écoutez ceci, vous qui écrasez le malheureux pour anéantir les humbles du pays, car vous dites : « Quand donc la fête de la nouvelle lune sera-t-elle passée, pour que nous puissions vendre notre blé ? Quand donc le sabbat sera-t-il fini, pour que nous puissions écouler notre froment ? Nous allons  diminuer les mesures, augmenter les prix et fausser les balances. Nous pourrons acheter le faible pour un peu d’argent, le malheureux pour une paire de sandales. Nous vendrons jusqu’aux déchets du froment ! » Ce jour-là – oracle du Seigneur Dieu –, je ferai disparaître le soleil en plein midi, en plein jour, j’obscurcirai la lumière sur la terre. Je changerai vos fêtes en deuil, tous vos chants en  lamentations ; je vous obligerai tous à vous vêtir de toile à sac, à vous raser la tête. Je mettrai ce pays en deuil comme pour un fils unique, et, dans la suite des jours, il connaîtra l’amertume. Voici venir des jours – oracle du Seigneur Dieu –, où j’enverrai la famine sur la terre ; ce ne sera pas une faim de pain ni une soif d’eau, mais la faim et la soif d’entendre les paroles du Seigneur. On se traînera d’une mer à l’autre, marchant à l’aventure du nord au levant, pour chercher en tout lieu la parole du Seigneur, mais on ne la trouvera pas.

 

Psaume : 118 (119), 2.10, 20.30, 40.131

R/   L’homme ne vit pas seulement de pain, mais de toute parole qui sort de la bouche de Dieu.

 

  1. Heureux ceux qui gardent les exigences de Dieu, ils le cherchent de tout cœur ! De tout mon cœur, je te cherche, Seigneur ; garde-moi de fuir tes volontés.
  2. Mon âme a brûlé de désir en tout temps pour tes décisions. J’ai choisi la voie de la fidélité, je m’ajuste à tes décisions.
  3. Vois, j’ai désiré tes préceptes: par ta justice fais-moi vivre. La bouche grande ouverte, j’aspire, assoiffé de tes volontés.

 

Acclamation

Alléluia. Alléluia! Venez à moi, vous tous qui peinez sous le poids du fardeau, dit le Seigneur, et moi, je vous procurerai le repos. Alléluia! (Mt 11, 28)

 

Évangile : Mt 9, 9-13

En ce temps-là,  Jésus vit, en passant, un homme, du nom de Matthieu, assis à son bureau de collecteur d’impôt. Il lui dit : « Suis-moi. » L’homme se leva et le suivit. Comme Jésus était à table à la maison, voici que beaucoup de publicains (c’est-à-dire des collecteurs d’impôts) et beaucoup de pécheurs  vinrent prendre place avec lui et ses disciples. Voyant cela, les pharisiens disaient à ses disciples : « Pourquoi votre maître mange-t-il avec les publicains et les pécheurs ? » Jésus, qui avait entendu, déclara : « Ce ne sont pas les gens bien portants qui ont besoin du médecin, mais les malades. Allez apprendre ce que signifie : Je veux la miséricorde, non le sacrifice En effet, je ne suis pas venu appeler des justes, mais des pécheurs. »

 

Prière  sur  les  offrandes

Dieu qui agis avec puissance dans tes sacrements, fais que le peuple assemblé pour te servir soit accordé à la sainteté de tes propres dons. Par Jésus.

 

Antienne  de  communion : Ps 102, 2

Bénis le Seigneur, ô mon âme, n’oublie aucun de ses bienfaits.

 

Prière  après  la  communion

Que le corps et le sang de Jésus Christ, offert en sacrifice et reçu en communion, nous donnent la vie, Seigneur: Reliés à toi par une charité qui ne passera jamais, nous porterons des fruits qui demeurent. Par Jésus.

 

 

Méditation

Ce récit de l’évangile révèle le secret de la mission de Jésus : Il est « venu appeler non pas les justes mais les pécheurs ». Fidèle à sa mission, Jésus trouve Matthieu assis à son bureau de publicain. Juste un regard et une parole, la vie de Matthieu a basculé. Il libère ainsi l’espérance d’un homme dont le destin semblait déjà consommé. Le redoutable collecteur d’impôts est désormais à la suite du Christ. En effet, le Christ va toujours à la recherche du pécheur parce qu’il l’aime. L’important pour Lui est de gagner tout le monde à son royaume. Dans ce sens, Mathieu a saisi la perche et s’est ouvert à la grâce. Cet exemple doit nous stimuler à identifier dans nos vies ce qui nous empêche de suivre le Christ, et ainsi nous rendre disponible à l’appel de Dieu.

 

by | Jun 29, 2022 | Evangelium

Thursday 30 th June 2022

 

The First Martyrs

of the See of Rome

 

When the city of Rome had been devastated by fire in the year 64, the Emperor Nero launched a persecution against the Christians, who were thrown to the wild beasts in the arena or soaked in tar and used as living torches. Their deaths are documented in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus and in Pope St Clement’s letter to the Corinthians.

 

Entrance Antiphon : Ps 46: 2

All peoples, clap your hands. Cry to God with shouts of joy!

 

Collect

O God, who through the grace of adoption, chose us to be children of light; grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth. 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 : Amos 7:10-17

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel as follows. ‘Amos is plotting against you in the heart of the House of Israel; the country can no longer tolerate what he keeps saying. For this is what he says, “Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel go into exile far from its country.”’ To Amos, Amaziah said, ‘Go away, seer;’ get back to the land of Judah; earn your bread there, do your prophesying there. We want no more prophesying in Bethel; this is the royal sanctuary, the national temple.’ ‘I was no prophet, neither did I belong to any of the brotherhoods of prophets,’ Amos replied to Amaziah ‘I was a shepherd, and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took me from herding the flock, and the Lord who said, “Go, prophesy to my people Israel.” So listen to the word of the Lord. ‘You say: ‘“Do not prophesy against Israel, utter no oracles against the House of Isaac.” ‘Very well, this is what the Lord says, ‘“Your wife will be forced to go on the streets, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, your land be parcelled out by measuring line, and you yourself die on unclean soil and Israel will go into exile far distant from its own land.”’

 

Psalm 18(19):8-11

R/  The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.

 

  1. The law of the Lord is perfect, it revives the soul. The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, it gives wisdom to the simple.
  2. The precepts of the Lord are right, they gladden the heart. The command of the Lord is clear, it gives light to the eyes.
  3. The fear of the Lord is holy, abiding for ever. The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.
  4. They are more to be desired than gold, than the purest of gold and sweeter are they than honey, than honey from the comb.

 

Gospel Acclamation : Mt11:25

Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia!

 

Gospel : Matthew 9:1-8

Jesus got in the boat, crossed the water and came to his own town. Then some people appeared, bringing him a paralytic stretched out on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, my child, your sins are forgiven.’ And at this some scribes said to themselves, ‘This man is blaspheming.’ Knowing what was in their minds Jesus said, ‘Why do you have such wicked thoughts in your hearts? Now, which of these is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”? But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ – he said to the paralytic – ‘get up, and pick up your bed and go off home.’ And the man got up and went home. A feeling of awe came over the crowd when they saw this, and they praised God for giving such power to men.

 

Prayer over the Offerings

O God, who graciously accomplish the effects of your mysteries, grant, we pray, that the deeds by which we serve you may be worthy of these sacred gifts. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Communion Antiphon : Cf. Ps 102: 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name.

 

Prayer after Communion

May this divine sacrifice we have offered and received fill us with life, O Lord, we pray, so that, bound to you in lasting charity, we may bear fruit that lasts for ever. Through Christ our Lord.

 

Meditation

In the face of the necessities of human life, Jesus allows his divine identity to reveal itself: ‘My child, your sins are forgiven you’. The Jews know very well that only God forgives sins. By using this prerogative Jesus tells them in other words that he is God. Their lack of faith and their rejection of this identity makes them see these words as blasphemy, and after Jesus perfoms a miracle, fear invades their hearts. Our interpretation of God’s works is diluted when we fail to believe in him and the wonders he performs in our lives and those of our loved ones. Without faith, these wonders do not bring joy and peace but for fear. May we ask Jesus to increase our faith, so that we may always recognise him as God’s Son and be his witnesses among men.