by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Jan 5, 2023 | Evangelium
FRIday 06 January
SAINT André Bessette
He was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous healings.
Entrance Antiphon : Ps 111: 4
A light has risen in the darkness for the upright of heart; the Lord is generous, merciful and just.
Collect
Cast your kindly light upon your faithful, Lord, we pray, and with the splendour of your glory set their hearts ever aflame, that they may never cease to acknowledge their Saviour and may truly hold fast to him. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : 1 John 5: 5-13
Who can overcome the world? Only the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God: Jesus Christ who came by water and blood, not with water only, but with water and blood; with the Spirit as another witness – since the Spirit is the truth – so that there are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water and the blood, and all three of them agree. We accept the testimony of human witnesses, but God’s testimony is much greater, and this is God’s testimony, given as evidence for his Son. Everybody who believes in the Son of God has this testimony inside him; and anyone who will not believe God is making God out to be a liar, because he has not trusted the testimony God has given about his Son. This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life and this life is in his Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have life. I have written all this to you so that you who believe in the name of the Son of God may be sure that you have eternal life.
Psalm 147:12-15,19-20
R/ O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Zion, praise your God! He has strengthened the bars of your gates he has blessed the children within you.
He established peace on your borders, he feeds you with finest wheat. He sends out his word to the earth and swiftly runs his command.
He makes his word known to Jacob, to Israel his laws and decrees. He has not dealt thus with other nations; he has not taught them his decrees.
Gospel Acclamation : cf. Mk 9: 6
Alléluia, alléluia! The heavens opened and the Father’s voice resounded ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him. Alléluia.
Gospel : Mark 1:6-11
In the course of his preaching John said: “Someone is following me, someone who is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to kneel down and undo the strap of his sandals. I have baptised you with water, but he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit.” It was at this time that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised in the Jordan by John. No sooner had he come up out of the water than he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit, like a dove, descending on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; my favour rests on you.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Receive with favour, O Lord, we pray, the offerings of your people, that what they profess with devotion and faith may be theirs through these heavenly mysteries. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: 1 Jn 4: 9
By this the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his Only Begotten Son into the world, so that we might have life through him.
Prayer after Communion
O God, who touch us through our partaking of your Sacrament, work, we pray, the effects of its power in our hearts, that we may be made fit to receive your gift through this very gift itself. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
John the Baptist presents Jesus to us today in all humility… he who baptises in the Spirit. It is righteous to feel unworthy before the Lord; to recognize that we are nothing without him and that in him, the beloved Son in whom the Father finds joy, we have the fullness of life. Today’s Gospel gives us the opportunity for meditation; to ask ourselves whether we remember that God chooses us to manifest Christ in our lives through our Baptism.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Jan 5, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
VENDREDI 06 JANVIER
Balthazar, Gaspard, Melchior
rois mages
Ces noms sont donnés aux mages au VIe siècle. Les crèches les représentent en magnifiques costumes imaginés orientaux, avec des chameaux et des serviteurs. D’abord Arabes ou Persans, ils sont ensuite représentés comme appartenant à trois peuples différents ou aux trois continents alors connus : l’Asie, l’Europe et l’Afrique. Ils représentent maintenant toute l’humanité.
Antienne d’ouverture
Dieu a envoyé son Fils, né d’une femme, pour faire de nous ses fils.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, par la naissance de ton Fils unique, tu as voulu te manifester dans une lumière nouvelle ; Puisqu’il s’est associé à la vie des hommes, en devenant l’enfant de la Vierge, accorde-nous d’avoir part à sa vie dans le Royaume. Lui qui.
1ère lecture : 1 Jn 5, 5-13
Bien-aimés, qui donc est vainqueur du monde ? N’est-ce pas celui qui croit que Jésus est le Fils de Dieu ? C’est lui, Jésus Christ, qui est venu par l’eau et par le sang : non pas seulement avec l’eau, mais avec l’eau et avec le sang. Et celui qui rend témoignage, c’est l’Esprit, car l’Esprit est la vérité. En effet, ils sont trois qui rendent témoignage, l’Esprit, l’eau et le sang, et les trois n’en font qu’un. Nous acceptons bien le témoignage des hommes ; or, le témoignage de Dieu a plus de valeur, puisque le témoignage de Dieu, c’est celui qu’il rend à son Fils. Celui qui met sa foi dans le Fils de Dieu possède en lui-même ce témoignage. Celui qui ne croit pas Dieu, celui-là fait de Dieu un menteur, puisqu’il n’a pas mis sa foi dans le témoignage que Dieu rend à son Fils. Et ce témoignage, le voici : Dieu nous a donné la vie éternelle, et cette vie est dans son Fils. Celui qui a le Fils possède la vie; celui qui n’a pas le Fils de Dieu ne possède pas la vie. Je vous ai écrit cela pour que vous sachiez que vous avez la vie éternelle, vous qui mettez votre foi dans le nom du Fils de Dieu.
Psaume : 147 (147b), 12-13, 14-15, 19-20
R/ Glorifie le Seigneur, Jérusalem ! Célèbre ton Dieu, ô Sion !
Ou : Alléluia.
Glorifie le Seigneur, Jérusalem! Célèbre ton Dieu, ô Sion ! Il a consolidé les barres de tes portes, dans tes murs il a béni tes enfants.
Il fait régner la paix à tes frontières, et d’un pain de froment te rassasie. Il envoie sa parole sur la terre : rapide, son verbe la parcourt.
Il révèle sa parole à Jacob, ses volontés et ses lois à Israël. Pas un peuple qu’il ait ainsi traité ; nul autre n’a connu ses volontés.
Acclamation
Alléluia, alléluia! Le ciel s’est ouvert, la voix du Père a retenti: « Celui-ci est Fils bien-aimé : écoutez-le ! ». Alléluia. (cf. Mc 9, 7)
Évangile : Mc 1, 7-11
En ce temps-là, Jean le Baptiste proclamait : « Voici venir derrière moi celui qui est plus fort que moi; je ne suis pas digne de m’abaisser pour défaire la courroie de ses sandales. Moi, je vous ai baptisés avec de l’eau ; lui vous baptisera dans l’Esprit Saint. » En ces jours-là, Jésus vint de Nazareth, ville de Galilée, et il fut baptisé par Jean dans le Jourdain. Et aussitôt, en remontant de l’eau, il vit les cieux se déchirer et l’Esprit descendre sur lui comme une colombe. Il y eut une voix venant des cieux : « Tu es mon Fils bien-aimé ; en toi, je trouve ma joie. »
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 la communion
Dieu a tant aimé le monde qu’il a donné le Fils unique : ainsi, celui qui croit en lui ne périra pas, mais il obtiendra la vie éternelle.
Prière après la communion
Ton peuple, Seigneur, a besoin de multiples secours pour sa traversée d’ici-bas, que ta bonté les lui donne aujourd’hui et demain : trouvant alors la force nécessaire dans les biens qui passent, il recherchera les biens éternels avec plus de confiance. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Jean le Baptiste nous présente aujourd’hui en toute humilité Jésus qui baptise dans l’Esprit. Ce sentir indigne devant le Seigneur c’est reconnaître que nous ne sommes rien sans lui et qu’en lui, le Fils bien-aimé en qui le Père trouve sa joie, nous avons la plénitude de la vie. L’Évangile de ce jour nous donne, pour notre méditation, de nous poser la question de savoir si nous nous rappelons que par notre baptême nous sommes élus par Dieu pour manifester le Christ dans nos vies.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Jan 4, 2023 | Evangelium
THURSday 05 January
SAINT John Neumann
This American saint was born in Bohemia in 1811. John was appointed bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. Fluent in many languages, he was dedicated to helping the poor and most abandoned. John died on January 5, 1860 at the age of 48.
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Jn 1: 1
In the beginning and before all ages, the Word was God and he humbled himself to be born the Saviour of the world.
Collect
O God, who by the Nativity of your Only Begotten Son wondrously began for your people the work of redemption, grant, we pray, to your servants such firmness of faith, that by his guidance they may attain the glorious prize you have promised. 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 John 3: 11-21 This is the message as you heard it from the beginning: that we are to love one another; not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and cut his brother’s throat; cut his brother’s throat simply for this reason, that his own life was evil and his brother lived a good life. You must not be surprised, brothers, when the world hates you; we have passed out of death and into life, and of this we can be sure because we love our brothers. If you refuse to love, you must remain dead; to hate your brother is to be a murderer, and murderers, as you know, do not have eternal life in them. This has taught us love – that he gave up his life for us; and we, too, ought to give up our lives for our brothers. If a man who was rich enough in this world’s goods saw that one of his brothers was in need, but closed his heart to him, how could the love of God be living in him? My children, our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active; only by this can we be certain that we are children of the truth and be able to quieten our conscience in his presence, whatever accusations it may raise against us, because God is greater than our conscience and he knows everything. My dear people, if we cannot be condemned by our own conscience, we need not be afraid in God’s presence.
Psalm 99(100)
R/ Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before him, singing for joy.
Know that he, the Lord, is God. He made us, we belong to him. We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
Go within his gates, giving thanks. Enter his courts with songs of praise. Give thanks to him and bless his name.
Indeed, how good is the Lord, eternal his merciful love. He is faithful from age to age.
Gospel Acclamation: Heb1:1-2
Alléluia, alléluia! alleluia! At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our own time, the last days, he has spoken to us through his Son. Alléluia.
Gospel: John 1:43-51
After Jesus had decided to leave for Galilee, he met Philip and said, “Follow me.” Philip came from the same town, Bethsaida, as Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote: he is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” “From Nazareth?” said Nathanael. “Can anything good come from that place?” “Come and see”, replied Philip. When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, “There is an Israelite who deserves the name, incapable of deceit.” “How do you know me?” said Nathanael. “Before Philip came to call you,” said Jesus “I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.” Jesus replied, “You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” And then he added “I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Receive our oblation, O Lord, by which is brought about a glorious exchange, that, by offering what you have given, we may merit to receive your very self. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
God so loved the world that he gave his Only Begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, by the power of these holy mysteries, our life may be constantly sustained. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The Word of God on this day distinguishes between two realities: being a disciple of Christ and becoming a disciple of Christ. To be a disciple of Christ is to accept to follow him as Philip did, beyond geographical movement; it is to introduce Christ to those with whom we live and work, and help others find him. To become a disciple of Christ, like Nathanael, is to go to the Lord as we are and to believe in him who knows us long before we are conceived. Let us strive every day to be among those who believe and follow the Lord who assures us of eternal life.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Jan 4, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
JEUDI 05 JANVIER
Saint Edouard le confesseur,
Saint JEAN Neumann
Prince de la maison de Wessex. Il règne sur le royaume d’Angleterre de 1042 jusqu’à sa mort. Son règne est marqué par la paix et la prospérité. Sa grande piété lui vaut son surnom et le fait d’être ensuite canonisé en 1161. Trente-six ans après sa mort, on aurait ouvert son tombeau sans constater la moindre trace de décomposition du corps.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 111, 4
Une lumière s’est levée dans les ténèbres pour les hommes au cœur droit : c’est le Seigneur miséricordieux juste et plein de piété.
Prière d’ouverture
Seigneur, sois la lumière de ton peuple et brûle toujours son cœur aux splendeurs de ta gloire ; alors il n’hésitera pas à reconnaître son Sauveur et pourra se donner à lui en toute vérité.
1ère lecture : 1 Jn 3, 11-21
Bien-aimés, tel est le message que vous avez entendu depuis le commencement : aimons-nous les uns les autres. Ne soyons pas comme Caïn : il appartenait au Mauvais et il égorgea son frère. Et pourquoi l’a-t-il égorgé ? Parce que ses œuvres étaient mauvaises : au contraire, celles de son frère étaient justes. Ne soyez pas étonnés, frères, si le monde a de la haine contre vous. Nous, nous savons que nous sommes passés de la mort à la vie, parce que nous aimons nos frères. Celui qui n’aime pas demeure dans la mort. Quiconque a de la haine contre son frère est un meurtrier, et vous savez que pas un meurtrier n’a la vie éternelle demeurant en lui. Voici comment nous avons reconnu l’amour : lui, Jésus, a donné sa vie pour nous. Nous aussi, nous devons donner notre vie pour nos frères. Celui qui a de quoi vivre en ce monde, s’il voit son frère dans le besoin sans faire preuve de compassion, comment l’amour de Dieu pourrait-il demeurer en lui ? Petits enfants, n’aimons pas en paroles ni par des discours, mais par des actes et en vérité. Voilà comment nous reconnaîtrons que nous appartenons à la vérité, et devant Dieu nous apaiserons notre cœur ; car si notre cœur nous accuse, Dieu est plus grand que notre cœur, et il connaît toutes choses. Bien-aimés, si notre cœur ne nous accuse pas, nous avons de l’assurance devant Dieu.
Psaume : 99 (100), 1-2, 3, 4, 5
R/ Acclamez le Seigneur, terre entière !
Acclamez le Seigneur, terre entière, servez le Seigneur dans l’allégresse, venez à lui avec des chants de joie !
Reconnaissez que le Seigneur est Dieu : il nous a faits, et nous sommes à lui, nous, son peuple, son troupeau.
Venez dans sa maison lui rendre grâce, dans sa demeure chanter ses louanges; rendez-lui grâce et bénissez son nom !
Oui, le Seigneur est bon, éternel est son amour, sa fidélité demeure d’âge en âge.
Acclamation
Alléluia, alléluia! Aujourd’hui la lumière a brillé sur la terre. Peuples de l’univers, entrez dans la clarté de Dieu. Venez tous adorer le Seigneur . Alléluia.
Évangile : Jn 1, 43-51
En ce temps-là, Jésus décida de partir pour la Galilée. Il trouve Philippe, et lui dit : « Suis-moi. » Philippe était de Bethsaïde, le village d’André et de Pierre. Philippe trouve Nathanaël et lui dit : « Celui dont il est écrit dans la loi de Moïse et chez les Prophètes, nous l’avons trouvé: c’est Jésus fils de Joseph, de Nazareth. » Nathanaël répliqua : « De Nazareth peut-il sortir quelque chose de bon ? » Philippe répond : « Viens, et vois. » Lorsque Jésus voit Nathanaël venir à lui, il déclare à son sujet : « Voici vraiment un Israélite : il n’y a pas de ruse en lui. » Nathanaël lui demande : « D’où me connais-tu ? » Jésus lui répond: « Avant que Philippe t’appelle, quand tu étais sous le figuier, je t’ai vu. » Nathanaël lui dit : « Rabbi, c’est toi le Fils de Dieu ! C’est toi le roi d’Israël ! » Jésus reprend : « Je te dis que je t’ai vu sous le figuier, et c’est pour cela que tu crois ! Tu verras des choses plus grandes encore. » Et il ajoute : « Amen, amen, je vous le dis : vous verrez le ciel ouvert, et les anges de Dieu monter et descendre au-dessus du Fils de l’homme. ».
Prière sur les offrandes
Accepte, Seigneur notre Dieu, ce que nous présentons pour cette eucharistie où s’accomplit un admirable échange: En offrant ce que tu nous as donné, puissions-nous te recevoir toi-même. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : 1 Jn 4, 9
Voici comment Dieu a manifesté son amour pour nous : Dieu a envoyé son Fils unique dans le monde afin que nous vivions par lui.
Prière après la communion
Dieu tout-puissant, nous t’en prions : fais que la communion à tes mystères sacrés soutienne constamment notre vie. Par Jésus.
Méditation
La Parole de Dieu en ce jour fait le distinguo sur deux réalités que sont : être disciple du Christ ; et devenir disciple du Christ. Être disciple du Christ c’est accepter de le suivre comme Philippe, au-delà du mouvement géographique, de présenter le Christ à ceux avec qui nous vivons et travaillons, et d’aider les autres à le trouver. Devenir disciple du Christ, comme Nathanaël, c’est aller au Seigneur tel que nous sommes et de croire en lui qui nous connait déjà bien avant notre conception. Efforçons nous chaque jour à faire partie de ceux qui croient et suivent le Seigneur, lui qui nous assure la vie éternelle.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh | Jan 3, 2023 | Evangelium
WEDNESday 04 January
SAINT Elizabeth Ann Seton
She was born in New York into an Episcopalian family, who ostracized her and left her penniless when she became a Catholic in 1805. Seton was the first native born American to be canonized by the Catholic Church.
Entrance Antiphon : Is 9:1
A people who walked in darkness has seen a great light; for those dwelling in a land of deep gloom, a light has shone.
Collect
Grant us, almighty God, that the bringer of your salvation, who for the world’s redemption came forth with newness of heavenly light, may dawn afresh in our hearts and bring us constant renewal. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever..
First reading: 1 John 3:7-10
My children, do not let anyone lead you astray: to live a holy life is to be holy just as he is holy; to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil, since the devil was a sinner from the beginning. It was to undo all that the devil has done that the Son of God appeared. No one who has been begotten by God sins; because God’s seed remains inside him, he cannot sin when he has been begotten by God. In this way we distinguish the children of God from the children of the devil: anybody not living a holy life and not loving his brother is no child of God’s.
Psalm 97(98):1,7-9
R/ All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation.
Let the sea and all within it, thunder; the world, and all its peoples. Let the rivers clap their hands and the hills ring out their joy
At the presence of the Lord: for he comes, he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 1: 14, 12
Alléluia, alléluia! The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. To all who received him he gave power to become children of God Alléluia.
Gospel: John 1: 35-42
As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, “Look, there is the lamb of God.” Hearing this, the two disciples followed Jesus. Jesus turned round, saw them following and said, “What do you want?” They answered, “Rabbi,” – which means Teacher – “where do you live?” “Come and see”, he replied; so they went and saw where he lived, and stayed with him the rest of that day. It was about the tenth hour. One of these two who became followers of Jesus after hearing what John had said was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. Early next morning, Andrew met his brother and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” – which means the Christ – and he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked hard at him and said, “You are Simon, son of John; you are to be called Cephas” – meaning Rock.
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: 1 Jn 1: 2
That life which was with the Father became visible, and has appeared to us.
Prayer after Communion
May your people, O Lord, whom you guide and sustain in many ways, experience, both now and in the future, the remedies which you bestow, that, with the needed solace of things that pass away, they may strive with ever deepened trust for things eternal. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks a question that is apparently ordinary but of profound significance: “What do you want?” This question is put to us for our meditation and requires an answer from within us. The two disciples of John the Baptist, who had just heard of Christ as the Lamb of God, answered this question by asking another: “Where do you live, Lord?” Thus, they expressed their desire to dwell with him. In answering this same question that Jesus asks us today, may we also courageously express our desire to stay with him, for the person who dwells with the Lord lacks nothing and brings others to him.
