by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Sep 12, 2021 | Evangelium
Monday
13
September
St. John Chrysostom
(349 – 407)
White
He was born in Antioch. After a thorough education, he took up the ascetic life. He was ordained to the priesthood and became a fruitful and effective preacher.
He was elected Patriarch of Constantinople in 397, and was energetic in reforming the ways of the clergy and the laity alike. He incurred the displeasure of the Emperor and was twice forced into exile. When the second exile, to Armenia, had lasted three years, it was decided that he should be sent still further away, but he died on the journey, worn out by his hardships.
Entrance Antiphon: Dn 12: 3
Those who are wise will shine brightly like the splendour of the firmament and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars for ever.
Collect
O God, strength of those who hope in you, who willed that the Bishop Saint John Chrysostom should be illustrious by his wonderful eloquence and his experience of suffering, grant us, we pray, that, instructed by his teachings, we may be strengthened through the example of his invincible patience. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
First reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-8
My advice is that, first of all, there should be prayers offered for everyone – petitions, intercessions and thanksgiving – and especially for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live religious and reverent lives in peace and quiet. To do this is right, and will please God our saviour: he wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the truth. For there is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and mankind, himself a man, Christ Jesus, who sacrificed himself as a ransom for them all. He is the evidence of this, sent at the appointed time, and I have been named a herald and apostle of it and – I am telling the truth and no lie – a teacher of the faith and the truth to the pagans. In every place, then, I want the men to lift their hands up reverently in prayer, with no anger or argument.
Psalm 27(28):2,7-9
R/ Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard my cry.
1. Hear the voice of my pleading as I call for help, as I lift up my hands in prayer to your holy place.
2. The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts. I was helped, my heart rejoices and I praise him with my song.
3. The Lord is the strength of his people, a fortress where his anointed find salvation. Save your people; bless Israel your heritage. Be their shepherd and carry them for ever.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps118:27
Alleluia, alleluia! Make me grasp the way of your precepts, and I will muse on your wonders. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 7:1-10
When Jesus had come to the end of all he wanted the people to hear, he went into Capernaum. A centurion there had a servant, a favourite of his, who was sick and near death. Having heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and heal his servant. When they came to Jesus they pleaded earnestly with him. ‘He deserves this of you’ they said ‘because he is friendly towards our people; in fact, he is the one who built the synagogue.’ So Jesus went with them, and was not very far from the house when the centurion sent word to him by some friends: ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘do not put yourself to trouble; because I am not worthy to have you under my roof; and for this same reason I did not presume to come to you myself; but give the word and let my servant be cured. For I am under authority myself, and have soldiers under me; and I say to one man: Go, and he goes; to another: Come here, and he comes; to my servant: Do this, and he does it.’ When Jesus heard these words he was astonished at him and, turning round, said to the crowd following him, ‘I tell you, not even in Israel have I found faith like this.’ And when the messengers got back to the house they found the servant in perfect health.
Prayer over the Offerings
May the sacrifice which we gladly present in commemoration of Saint John Chrysostom be pleasing to you, O God, for, taught by him, we, too, give ourselves entirely to you in praise. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cor 1: 23-24
We proclaim Christ crucified; Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, O merciful God, that these mysteries we have received as we commemorate Saint John Chrysostom, may confirm us in your love and enable us to be faithful in confessing your truth. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
One who has experienced the power of God will certainly speak like this centurion: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say a word and I shall be healed.” A commander who has people under him knows what it means to give and to obey commands. The centurion’s faith attracts the attention of the Lord. It is his unconditional faith in Jesus that brought healing to his servant nearing death. The cure from a distance demonstrates how strong the healing power of Jesus is. Let us, like this centurion, believe in the healing power of Jesus.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Sep 11, 2021 | Agenda Biblique
12
septembre
24ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS ORDINAIRE
Psautier IV
Le Saint Nom de Marie
Bx Apollinaire
Vert
Antienne d’ouverture : Si 36, 18
Donne la paix, Seigneur, à ceux qui t’espèrent: ne fais pas mentir les paroles de tes prophètes; Exauce la prière de ton peuple.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu créateur et maître de toutes choses, regarde-nous, Et pour que nous ressentions l’effet de ton amour, accorde-nous de te servir avec un cœur sans partage. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Is 50, 5-9a
Le Seigneur mon Dieu m’a ouvert l’oreille, et moi, je ne me suis pas révolté, je ne me suis pas dérobé. J’ai présenté mon dos à ceux qui me frappaient, et mes joues à ceux qui m’arrachaient la barbe. Je n’ai pas caché ma face devant les outrages et les crachats. Le Seigneur mon Dieu vient à mon secours ; c’est pourquoi je ne suis pas atteint par les outrages, c’est pourquoi j’ai rendu ma face dure comme pierre : je sais que je ne serai pas confondu. Il est proche, Celui qui me justifie. Quelqu’un veut-il l’aider contre moi ? Comparaissons ensemble ! Quelqu’un veut-il m’attaquer en justice ? Qu’il s’avance vers moi ! Voilà le Seigneur mon Dieu, il prend ma défense ; qui donc me condamnera ?
Psaume : 114 (116 A), 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
R/ Je marcherai en présence du Seigneur sur la terre des vivants.
1. J’aime le Seigneur : il entend le cri de ma prière ; il incline vers moi son oreille : toute ma vie, je l’invoquerai.
2. J’étais pris dans les filets de la mort, retenu dans les liens de l’abîme, j’éprouvais la tristesse et l’angoisse ; j’ai invoqué le nom du Seigneur : « Seigneur, je t’en prie, délivre-moi ! »
3. Le Seigneur est justice et pitié, notre Dieu est tendresse. Le Seigneur défend les petits : j’étais faible, il m’a sauvé.
4. Il a sauvé mon âme de la mort, gardé mes yeux des larmes et mes pieds du faux pas. Je marcherai en présence du Seigneur sur la terre des vivants.
2ème lecture : Jc 2, 14-18
Mes frères, si quelqu’un prétend avoir la foi, sans la mettre en œuvre, à quoi cela sert-il ? Sa foi peut-elle le sauver ? Supposons qu’un frère ou une sœur n’ait pas de quoi s’habiller, ni de quoi manger tous les jours ; si l’un de vous leur dit : « Allez en paix ! Mettez-vous au chaud, et mangez à votre faim ! » sans leur donner le nécessaire pour vivre, à quoi cela sert-il ? Ainsi donc, la foi, si elle n’est pas mise en œuvre, est bel et bien morte. En revanche, on va dire : « Toi, tu as la foi ; moi, j’ai les œuvres. Montre-moi donc ta foi sans les œuvres; moi, c’est par mes œuvres que je te montrerai la foi. »
Acclamation :
Alléluia. Alléluia. Que la croix du Seigneur soit ma seule fierté ! Par elle, le monde est crucifié pour moi, et moi pour le monde. Alléluia. (Ga 6, 14)
Evangile : Mc 8, 27-35
En ce temps-là, Jésus s’en alla, ainsi que ses disciples, vers les villages situés aux environs de Césarée-de-Philippe. Chemin faisant, il interrogeait ses disciples : « Au dire des gens, qui suis-je ? » Ils lui répondirent : « Jean le Baptiste ; pour d’autres, Élie ; pour d’autres, un des prophètes. » Et lui les interrogeait : « Et vous, que dites-vous ? Pour vous, qui suis-je ? » Pierre, prenant la parole, lui dit : « Tu es le Christ. » Alors, il leur défendit vivement de parler de lui à personne. Il commença à leur enseigner qu’il fallait que le Fils de l’homme souffre beaucoup, qu’il soit rejeté par les anciens, les grands prêtres et les scribes, qu’il soit tué, et que, trois jours après, il ressuscite. Jésus disait cette parole ouvertement. Pierre, le prenant à part, se mit à lui faire de vifs reproches. Mais Jésus se retourna et, voyant ses disciples, il interpella vivement Pierre : « Passe derrière moi, Satan ! Tes pensées ne sont pas celles de Dieu, mais celles des hommes. » Appelant la foule avec ses disciples, il leur dit : « Si quelqu’un veut marcher à ma suite, qu’il renonce à lui-même, qu’il prenne sa croix et qu’il me suive. Car celui qui veut sauver sa vie la perdra ; mais celui qui perdra sa vie à cause de moi et de l’Évangile la sauvera. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Sois favorable à nos prières, Seigneur, et reçois avec bonté nos offrandes: Que les dons apportés par chacun à la gloire de ton nom servent au salut de tous. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 35, 8
Qu’il est précieux, ton amour, ô mon Dieu! Se lui en abritent les hommes.
Prière après la communion
Que la grâce de cette communion, Seigneur, saisisse nos esprits et nos corps, Afin que son influence, et non pas notre sentiment, domine toujours en nous. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Et vous, que dites-vous ? Pour vous, qui suis-je ? Notre Seigneur Jésus nous pose aujourd’hui cette question fondamentale que tout chrétien devrait constamment se poser. D’abord parce que notre connaissance de Jésus reste celle que nous avons apprise à la catéchèse ou dans divers enseignements ; ensuite, nous centrons notre rapport avec Jésus-Christ sur les faits éclatants, les miracles ; enfin notre foi ne semble être expressive que pendant les grands moments liturgiques. Le Seigneur Jésus attend plutôt de nous une intimité constante et personnelle avec lui. Qu’après ce que nous avons entendu de lui, nous arrivions à l’introduire dans nos cœurs et nos vies au point de sentir sa présence en ce que nous sommes et nous faisons.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Sep 11, 2021 | Evangelium
Sunday
12
Septemer
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalter IV
Bl Mary of Jesus (1560-1640)
Green
Entrance Antiphon: Sir 36: 18
Give peace, O Lord, to those who wait for you, that your prophets be found true. Hear the prayers of your servant, and of your people Israel.
Collect
Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Isaiah 50:5-9
The Lord has opened my ear. For my part, I made no resistance, neither did I turn away. I offered my back to those who struck me, my cheeks to those who tore at my beard; I did not cover my face against insult and spittle. The Lord comes to my help, so that I am untouched by the insults. So, too, I set my face like flint; I know I shall not be shamed. My vindicator is here at hand. Does anyone start proceedings against me? Then let us go to court together. Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach me. The Lord is coming to my help, who will dare to condemn me?
Psalm 114(116):1-6,8-9
R/ I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
1. I love the Lord for he has heard the cry of my appeal; for he turned his ear to me in the day when I called him.
2. They surrounded me, the snares of death, with the anguish of the tomb; they caught me, sorrow and distress. I called on the Lord’s name. O Lord, my God, deliver me!
3. How gracious is the Lord, and just; our God has compassion. The Lord protects the simple hearts; I was helpless so he saved me.
4. He has kept my soul from death, my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling. I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
Second reading: James 2:14-18
Take the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on, and one of you says to them, ‘I wish you well; keep yourself warm and eat plenty,’ without giving them these bare necessities of life, then what good is that? Faith is like that: if good works do not go with it, it is quite dead. This is the way to talk to people of that kind: ‘You say you have faith and I have good deeds; I will prove to you that I have faith by showing you my good deeds – now you prove to me that you have faith without any good deeds to show.’
Gospel Acclamation: Jn14:6
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: Mark 8:27-35
Jesus and his disciples left for the villages round Caesarea Philippi. On the way he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say I am?’ And they told him. ‘John the Baptist,’ they said, ‘others Elijah; others again, one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he asked, ‘who do you say I am?’ Peter spoke up and said to him, ‘You are the Christ.’ And he gave them strict orders not to tell anyone about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of Man was destined to suffer grievously, to be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be put to death, and after three days to rise again; and he said all this quite openly. Then, taking him aside, Peter started to remonstrate with him. But, turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said to him, ‘Get behind me, Satan! Because the way you think is not God’s way but man’s.’ He called the people and his disciples to him and said, ‘If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross and follow me. For anyone who wants to save his life will lose it; but anyone who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.’
Prayer over the Offerings
Look with favour on our supplications, O Lord, and in your kindness accept these, your servants’ offerings, that what each has offered to the honour of your name may serve the salvation of all. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Ps 35: 8
How precious is your mercy, O God! The children of men seek shelter in the shadow of your wings.
Prayer after Communion
May the working of this heavenly gift, O Lord, we pray, take possession of our minds and bodies, so that its effects, and not our own desires, may always prevail in us. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The question of salvation by faith or good deeds brings so much confusion. Can there be faith that is not manifested in good deeds? Or is every good deed a manifestation of faith? The two ought to complement each other Jesus announces to his disciple for the first time how he is going to suffer and die. The Christian life is subject to suffering. Sometimes we try to reject this part of Christianity. The Lord tells us that whoever wants to preserve his life from suffering for his sake will lose it, but he who sacrifices for the sake of the Kingdom of God will have everlasting life.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Sep 10, 2021 | Agenda Biblique
11
septembre
Saint Jean Gabriel
Vert
Membre de la congrégation des pères Lazaristes, il fut envoyé en Chine. Après quatre années de prédication, il fut arrêté en vertu d’une loi de l’empereur Kien-long qui interdisait le christianisme. Après qu’on eût marqué sur son front : « Propagateur d’une secte abominable », il fut fouetté, suspendu par les cheveux à un chevalet, et brûlé vif en 1840.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 118, 137. 124
Tu es juste, Seigneur, et tes jugements sont droits: Agis pour ton serviteur selon ton amour, enseigne-moi tes volontés.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui as envoyé ton Fils pour nous sauver et pour faire de nous tes enfants d’adoption, regarde avec bonté ceux que tu aimes comme un père. Puisque nous croyons au Christ, accorde-nous la vraie liberté et la vie éternelle. Par Jésus Christ.
Première lecture: 1 Tm 1, 15-17
Bien aimé, voici une parole digne de foi, et qui mérite d’être accueillie sans réserve : le Christ Jésus est venu dans le monde pour sauver les pécheurs ; et moi, je suis le premier des pécheurs. Mais s’il m’a été fait miséricorde, c’est afin qu’en moi le premier, le Christ Jésus montre toute sa patience, pour donner un exemple à ceux qui devaient croire en lui, en vue de la vie éternelle. Au roi des siècles, Dieu immortel, invisible et unique, Honneur et gloire pour les siècles des siècles ! Amen.
Psaume : Ps 112 (113), 1-2, 3-4, 5a.6-7
R/ Béni soit le nom du Seigneur, maintenant et pour les siècles des siècles ! ou : Alléluia ! (Ps 112, 2)
1. Louez, serviteurs du Seigneur, louez le nom du Seigneur ! Béni soit le nom du Seigneur, maintenant et pour les siècles des siècles !
2. Du levant au couchant du soleil, loué soit le nom du Seigneur ! Le Seigneur domine tous les peuples, sa gloire domine les cieux.
3. Qui est semblable au Seigneur notre Dieu ? Il abaisse son regard vers le ciel et vers la terre. De la poussière il relève le faible, il retire le pauvre de la cendre.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Si quelqu’un m’aime, il gardera ma parole, dit le Seigneur ; mon Père l’aimera, et nous viendrons vers lui. Alléluia. (Jn 14, 23)
Évangile : Lc 6, 43-49
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Un bon arbre ne donne pas de fruit pourri ; jamais non plus un arbre qui pourrit ne donne de bon fruit. Chaque arbre, en effet, se reconnaît à son fruit : on ne cueille pas des figues sur des épines ; on ne vendange pas non plus du raisin sur des ronces. L’homme bon tire le bien du trésor de son cœur qui est bon ; et l’homme mauvais tire le mal de son cœur qui est mauvais : car ce que dit la bouche, c’est ce qui déborde du cœur. Et pourquoi m’appelez-vous en disant : “Seigneur ! Seigneur !” et ne faites-vous pas ce que je dis ? Quiconque vient à moi, écoute mes paroles et les met en pratique, je vais vous montrer à qui il ressemble. Il ressemble à celui qui construit une maison. Il a creusé très profond et il a posé les fondations sur le roc. Quand est venue l’inondation, le torrent s’est précipité sur cette maison, mais il n’a pas pu l’ébranler parce qu’elle était bien construite. Mais celui qui a écouté et n’a pas mis en pratique ressemble à celui qui a construit sa maison à même le sol, sans fondations. Le torrent s’est précipité sur elle, et aussitôt elle s’est effondrée ; la destruction de cette maison a été complète. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Dieu qui donnes la grâce de te servir avec droiture et de chercher la paix, fais que cette offrande puisse te glorifier, et que notre participation à l’eucharistie renforce les liens de notre unité. Par Jésus..
Antienne de communion : Ps 41, 2-3
Comme une biche languit après l’eau vive, ainsi mon âme languit vers toi, mon Dieu. Mon âme a soif de Dieu, du Dieu vivant.
Prière après la communion
Par ta parole et par ton pain, Seigneur, tu nourris et fortifies tes fidèles : accorde-nous de si bien profiter de ces dons que nous soyons associés pour toujours à la vie de ton Fils. Lui qui.
Méditation
Et pourquoi m’appelez-vous en disant : “Seigneur ! Seigneur !” et ne faites-vous pas ce que je dis ? L’interpellation de notre Seigneur Jésus est claire : celui qui le suit est celui-là aussi qui met ses paroles en pratique. Notre foi ne doit pas être un panier rempli d’abstraction et de paroles vides et désincarnées. Ce sont aussi nos œuvres centrées sur la vie et les paroles de Jésus qui témoignent que nous lui appartenons. Nous savons combien le sang des martyrs est plus parlant et source de conversions. L’exemple exaltant de la mort de saint Jean Gabriel nous en parle mieux, lui le grand prédicateur Lazariste tué en Chine en 1840 après avoir été fouetté, suspendu par les cheveux à un chevalet, et brûlé vif. Pouvons-nous donner totalement notre vie au Christ ? Que par l’intercession de saint Paul et de saint Jean Gabriel nous puissions, par nos paroles et nos actes, rendre honneur et gloire à Dieu.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Sep 10, 2021 | Evangelium
Saturday
11
September
St. Deiniol
(d. 584)
Green / White
He was the first Bishop of Bangor. He may have been consecrated in 545 by St. David.
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 118: 137, 124
You are just, O Lord, and your judgment is right; treat your servant in accord with your merciful love.
Collect
O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom and an everlasting inheritance. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: 1 Timothy 1:15-17
Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. To the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Psalm 112(113):1-7
R/ May the name of the Lord be blessed for evermore!
1. Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both now and for evermore!
2. From the rising of the sun to its setting praised be the name of the Lord! High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens his glory.
3. Who is like the Lord, our God, who has risen on high to his throne yet stoops from the heights to look down, to look down upon heaven and earth? From the dust he lifts up the lowly, from the dung heap he raises the poor.
Gospel Acclamation: Jn14:6
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 6:43-49
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘There is no sound tree that produces rotten fruit, nor again a rotten tree that produces sound fruit. For every tree can be told by its own fruit: people do not pick figs from thorns, nor gather grapes from brambles. A good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart; a bad man draws what is bad from the store of badness. For a man’s words flow out of what fills his heart. Why do you call me, “Lord, Lord,” and not do what I say? Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them – I will show you what he is like. He is like the man who when he built his house dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built. But the one who listens and does nothing is like the man who built his house on soil, with no foundations: as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!’
Prayer over the Offerings
O God, who give us the gift of true prayer and of peace, graciously grant that through this offering, we may do fitting homage to your divine majesty and, by partaking of the sacred mystery, we may be faithfully united in mind and heart. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 41: 2-3
Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God.
Prayer after Communion
Grant that your faithful, O Lord, whom you nourish and endow with life through the food of your Word and heavenly Sacrament, may so benefit from your beloved Son’s great gifts, that we may merit an eternal share in his life. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
When we examine ourselves, we are moved to thank the Lord for his mercies on us. We are called to be merciful to others because of God’s mercy on us. There is so much wickedness in the world and vengeance because we forget so quickly how merciful God has been to us. Those who remember God’s mercy are always good and merciful towards others. By their fruits we shall know them, for a good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart; and a bad man does the same. A man’s words flow out of what fills his heart.
