by L'équipe de publication | Jan 8, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Adrian,
Abbot
Psalter: Week II
White
Born in Africa, Adrian became abbot of the monastery at Nerida, near Naples. He died on January 9 in Canterbury, and his tomb soon became famous for the miracles wrought there.
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 through your Son raised up your eternal light for all nations, grant that your people may come to acknowledge the full splendour of their Redeemer, that, bathed ever more in his radiance, they may reach everlasting glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
First reading : 1 John 4:19-5:4
We are to love, because God loved us first. Anyone who says, ‘I love God’, and hates his brother, is a liar, since a man who does not love the brother that he can see cannot love God, whom he has never seen. So this is the commandment that he has given us, that anyone who loves God must also love his brother. Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten by God; and whoever loves the Father that begot him loves the child whom he begets. We can be sure that we love God’s children if we love God himself and do what he has commanded us; this is what loving God is – keeping his commandments; and his commandments are not difficult, because anyone who has been begotten by God has already overcome the world; this is the victory over the world – our faith.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 71(72):1-2,14-15,17
R/ All nations shall fall prostrate before you, O Lord.
O God, give your judgement to the king, to a king’s son your justice, that he may judge your people in justice and your poor in right judgement.
From oppression he will rescue their lives, to him their blood is dear. (Long may he live, may the gold of Sheba be given him.) They shall pray for him without ceasing and bless him all the day.
May his name be blessed forever and endure like the sun. Every tribe shall be blessed in him, all nations bless his name.
Gospel Acclamation : Lk7:16
Alleluia, alleluia! A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 4:14-22
Jesus, with the power of the Spirit in him, returned to Galilee; and his reputation spread throughout the countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone praised him. He came to Nazara, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day as he usually did. He stood up to read and they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll he found the place where it is written: The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for he has anointed me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favour. He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the assistant and sat down. And all eyes in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to speak to them, ‘This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.’ And he won the approval of all, and they were astonished by the gracious words that came from his lips.
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 : Jn 3: 16
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 Our Gospel presents a pivotal moment in Jesus’ life as He returns to Nazareth, His hometown, and enters the synagogue where he grew up and worshipped with His family and friends. After reading the prophecy of Isaiah, He makes a powerful announcement: “This text is being fulfilled today even as you listen.” With this pronouncement, He identifies himself as the Messiah whose mission is to bring good news to the poor, proclaim liberty to the captives, and open the eyes of the blind. He asserts that He has come to fulfil all the prophecies about the arrival of a saviour, an astonishing and even blasphemous assertion to the ears of His fellow Jews. For us today, Jesus represents the source of hope and healing in our lives. Just as He opened the eyes of the blind in the Gospel, He has the power to open our own eyes to the truth of God’s love. He breaks the chains that bind us and sets us free. To experience this transformation, we must develop a renewed faith in Jesus Christ and believe that He is the one who makes our lives whole.
by L'équipe de publication | Jan 7, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Thorfinn of Hamar
Psalter: Week II
White
Thorfinn of Hamar (died 1285) was the Bishop of the Ancient Diocese of Hamar in medieval Norway. Archival records depict him as a kind, patient, generous man, whose mild exterior covered a firm will against whatever he esteemed to be evil and ungodly.
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
O God, who bestow light on all the nations, grant your peoples the gladness of lasting peace and pour into our hearts that brilliant light by which you purified the minds of our fathers in faith. 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 4:11-18
My dear people, since God has loved us so much, we too should love one another. No one has ever seen God; but as long as we love one another God will live in us and his love will be complete in us. We can know that we are living in him and he is living in us because he lets us share his Spirit. We ourselves saw and we testify that the Father sent his Son as saviour of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God. We ourselves have known and put our faith in God’s love towards ourselves. God is love and anyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in him. Love will come to its perfection in us when we can face the day of Judgement without fear; because even in this world we have become as he is. In love there can be no fear, but fear is driven out by perfect love: because to fear is to expect punishment, and anyone who is afraid is still imperfect in love.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 71(72):1-2,10-13
R/ All nations shall fall prostrate before you, O Lord.
O God, give your judgement to the king, to a king’s son your justice, that he may judge your people in justice and your poor in right judgement.
The kings of Tarshish and the sea coasts shall pay him tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring him gifts. Before him all kings shall fall prostrate, all nations shall serve him.
For he shall save the poor when they cry and the needy who are helpless, He will have pity on the weak and save the lives of the poor.
Gospel Acclamation : Lk 4:17
Alleluia, alleluia! The Lord has sent me to bring the good news to the poor to proclaim liberty to captives. Alleluia!
Gospel : Mark 6:45-52
After the five thousand had eaten and were filled, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the crowd away. After saying goodbye to them he went off into the hills to pray. When evening came, the boat was far out on the lake, and he was alone on the land. He could see they were worn out with rowing, for the wind was against them; and about the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the lake. He was going to pass them by, but when they saw him walking on the lake they thought it was a ghost and cried out; for they had all seen him and were terrified. But he at once spoke to them, and said, ‘Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid.’ Then he got into the boat with them, and the wind dropped. They were utterly and completely dumbfounded, because they had not seen what the miracle of the loaves meant; their minds were closed.
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
The disciples’ struggle against the wind and waves on Lake Galilee serves as a metaphor for our battles against life’s adversities, difficulties, and temptations. Life for a Christian often feels like rowing against the wind. We endure persecutions for our convictions. We are sometimes forced into conflicts with people when we stand against injustice and oppression. Amid these storms, Jesus comes to us and tells us, “Courage! It is I! Do not be afraid”. If we welcome Him into our lives and trust Him, He will calm the storms, providing the strength for us to move forward and overcome all our difficulties. In reality, a dream or epiphany can turn into a nightmare when seen through the lens of fear; a stepping-stone can become a stumbling block, becoming a barricade when seen through the prism of horror. Fear is the only reason Jesus appears to His followers as a ghost. However, for those who allow Jesus into their boat, even the approach of death becomes an assurance of salvation.
by L'équipe de publication | Jan 7, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
Saint lucien de beauvais
Psautier: II
Blanc
On pense qu’il fut l’un des prêtres romains qui vinrent évangéliser la Gaule au début du IIIe siècle et qui donnèrent leur vie pour le Christ. Lucien évangélisa la région de Beauvais et son action fut si grande qu’elle permit à la légende de la rendre plus vivante. Il serait mort en 290.
Antienne d’ouverture
Le peuple qui marchait dans les ténèbres a vu se lever une grande lumière ; sur ceux qui habitaient le pays de l’ombre une lumière a resplendi.
Prière d’ouverture
Accorde-nous,Seigneur, dáttendre sans faiblir la venue de ton Fils, pour qu’an jour où il viendra frapper ànotre porte, il nous trouve vigilants dans la prière, heureux de chanter sa louange. Lui qui.
1ère lecture : 1 Jn 4, 11-18
Bien-aimés, puisque Dieu nous a tellement aimés, nous devons, nous aussi, nous aimer les uns les autres. Dieu, personne ne l’a jamais vu. Mais si nous nous aimons les uns les autres, Dieu demeure en nous, et, en nous, son amour atteint la perfection. Voici comment nous reconnaissons que nous demeurons en lui et lui en nous : il nous a donné part à son Esprit. Quant à nous, nous avons vu et nous attestons que le Père a envoyé son Fils comme Sauveur du monde. Celui qui proclame que Jésus est le Fils de Dieu, Dieu demeure en lui, et lui en Dieu. Et nous, nous avons reconnu l’amour que Dieu a pour nous, et nous y avons cru. Dieu est amour : qui demeure dans l’amour demeure en Dieu, et Dieu demeure en lui. Voici comment l’amour atteint, chez nous, sa perfection : avoir de l’assurance au jour du jugement ; comme Jésus, en effet, nous ne manquons pas d’assurance en ce monde. Il n’y a pas de crainte dans l’amour, l’amour parfait bannit la crainte ; car la crainte implique un châtiment, et celui qui reste dans la crainte n’a pas atteint la perfection de l’amour.
Psaume : 71 (72), 1-2, 10-11, 12-13
R/ Tous les rois se prosterneront devant lui, tous les pays le serviront. 71, 11
Dieu, donne au roi tes pouvoirs, à ce fils de roi ta justice. Qu’il gouverne ton peuple avec justice, qu’il fasse droit aux malheureux !
Les rois de Tarsis et des Îles apporteront des présents. Les rois de Saba et de Seba feront leur offrande. Tous les rois se prosterneront devant lui, tous les pays le serviront.
Il délivrera le pauvre qui appelle et le malheureux sans recours. Il aura souci du faible et du pauvre, du pauvre dont il sauve la vie.
Acclamation
Alléluia, alléluia! Louange à toi, Jésus Christ, manifesté dans la chair, proclamé parmi les nations, reconnu dans le monde. Alléluia. (cf. 1 Tm 3, 16)
Évangile : Mc 6, 45-52
Aussitôt après avoir nourri les cinq mille hommes, Jésus obligea ses disciples à monter dans la barque et à le précéder sur l’autre rive, vers Bethsaïde, pendant que lui-même renvoyait la foule. Quand il les eut congédiés, il s’en alla sur la montagne pour prier. Le soir venu, la barque était au milieu de la mer et lui, tout seul, à terre. Voyant qu’ils peinaient à ramer, car le vent leur était contraire, il vient à eux vers la fin de la nuit en marchant sur la mer, et il voulait les dépasser. En le voyant marcher sur la mer, les disciples pensèrent que c’était un fantôme et ils se mirent à pousser des cris. Tous, en effet, l’avaient vu et ils étaient bouleversés. Mais aussitôt Jésus parla avec eux et leur dit : « Confiance ! c’est moi ; n’ayez pas peur ! » Il monta ensuite avec eux dans la barque et le vent tomba; et en eux-mêmes ils étaient au comble de la stupeur, car ils n’avaient rien compris au sujet des pains : leur cœur était endurci.
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 : E1 Jn 1,2
La Vie, qui était auprès du Père, s’est manifestée, elle nous est apparue.
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
L’homme a été fait à l’image de Dieu et Dieu, en Jésus-Christ, s’est fait homme. Il y a ici une double convergence entre la divinité et l’humanité. Le second mystère (incarnation) permet à l’homme de trouver à la fois le prototype de cette image et la modalité de cet accomplissement qui ne peut être effective sans Dieu. Un appel à cultiver la pleine assurance en Dieu et en son amour qui ne doit faire aucune place à la crainte, à aucun doute sous quelque forme que soit. La houle, les tempêtes, les angoisses et les autres agitations ne devraient normalement plus nous ébranler. Croyons-nous vraiment que Jésus est vainqueur ? Cela nous met-il vraiment en confiance et en état de sérénité ?
by L'équipe de publication | Jan 6, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Raymond of Penyafort,
Priest
(1117 – 1275)
Psalter: Week II
White
Raymond of Pennafort was a Spanish Dominican friar in the 13th-century, who compiled a collection of canon laws that remained a major part of Church law until the 20th century. He is the patron saint of lawyers, especially canon lawyers.
Entrance Antiphon : Ps 117: 26-27
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord: The Lord is God and has given us light.
Collect
O God, whose Only Begotten Son has appeared in our very flesh, grant, we pray, that we may be inwardly transformed through him whom we recognize as outwardly like ourselves. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : 1 John 4:7-10
My dear people, let us love one another since love comes from God and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Anyone who fails to love can never have known God, because God is love. God’s love for us was revealed when God sent into the world his only Son so that we could have life through him; this is the love I mean: not our love for God, but God’s love for us when he sent his Son to be the sacrifice that takes our sins away.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 71(72):1-4,7-8
R/ All nations shall fall prostrate before you, O Lord.
O God, give your judgement to the king, to a king’s son your justice, that he may judge your people in justice and your poor in right judgement.
May the mountains bring forth peace for the people and the hills, justice. May he defend the poor of the people and save the children of the needy.
In his days justice shall flourish and peace till the moon fails He shall rule from sea to sea, from the Great River to earth’s bounds.
Gospel Acclamation : Mt 4:23
Alleluia, alleluia! Jesus proclaimed the Good News of the kingdom and cured all kinds of diseases among the people. Alleluia!
Gospel : Mark 6:34-44
As Jesus stepped ashore he saw a large crowd; and he took pity on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he set himself to teach them at some length. By now it was getting very late, and his disciples came up to him and said, ‘This is a lonely place and it is getting very late. So send them away, and they can go to the farms and villages round about, to buy themselves something to eat.’ He replied, ‘Give them something to eat yourselves.’ They answered, ‘Are we to go and spend two hundred denarii on bread for them to eat?’ ‘How many loaves have you?’ he asked. ‘Go and see.’ And when they had found out they said, ‘Five, and two fish.’ Then he ordered them to get all the people together in groups on the green grass, and they sat down on the ground in squares of hundreds and fifties. Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing; then he broke the loaves and handed them to his disciples to distribute among the people. He also shared out the two fish among them all. They all ate as much as they wanted. They collected twelve basketfuls of scraps of bread and pieces of fish. Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
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 : Eph 2: 4; Rm 8: 3
Because of that great love of his with which God loved us, he sent his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.
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
A mission that attends to both the spiritual and physical needs of the congregation is no longer common in our era. However, this is precisely the message Jesus conveys in today’s gospel reading. His teaching is the expression of the compassion He feels for the crowd. This passage resonates with echoes from the Old Testament. The fact that Jesus takes upon himself the role of shepherd of this flock echoes the Mosaic motive found in the book of Numbers 27:17. The nature of this ‘gift miracle’ is reminiscent of Elijah (cf. 1Kings 17:8-16; 2 Kings 4:1-7; 2 Kings 4:42-44), particularly evident in the correlation between Mark 6:34-44 and 2 Kings 4:42-44. Yet, in the case of Jesus, there is an eschatological significance; it prefigures the forthcoming eschatological feast in the kingdom of God. Notably, Jesus gives thanks to God for the little he has and which he shares with the multitude. In examining the Gospel of John 6:1-13, we discover the source of the materials for the miracle – a small boy presents the bread and the fish. This episode underscores the transformative power of the little we have when offered in an unselfish sacrifice.
by L'équipe de publication | Jan 6, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
Saint raymond de penyafort,
Pretre Dominicain
Psautier: II
Blanc
Maître général des Dominicains. Il fut l’un des grands maîtres de la théologie morale et du droit canonique. Il rédige, à la demande du pape Grégoire IX, une « Somme des cas pénitentiaux » et les « Décrétales » qui serviront de Code de Droit canonique à l’Église jusqu’en 1917. Il fut canonisé en 1601 par Clément VIII
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 117, 26-27
Béni soit au nom du Seigneur celui qui vient : Dieu le Seigneur, nous donne sa lumière.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel, c’est dans la réalité de notre chair que ton Fils unique est apparu. Puisque nous reconnaissons que son humanité fut semblable à la nôtre, donne-nous d’être transformés par lui au plus intime de notre cœur. Par Jésus, le Christ, notre Seigneur.
1ère lecture : 1 Jn 4, 7-10
Bien-aimés, aimons-nous les uns les autres, puisque l’amour vient de Dieu. Celui qui aime est né de Dieu et connaît Dieu. Celui qui n’aime pas n’a pas connu Dieu, car Dieu est amour. Voici comment l’amour de Dieu s’est manifesté parmi nous: Dieu a envoyé son Fils unique dans le monde pour que nous vivions par lui. Voici en quoi consiste l’amour: ce n’est pas nous qui avons aimé Dieu, c’est lui qui nous a aimés, et il a envoyé son Fils en sacrifice de pardon pour nos péchés.
Psaume : 71 (72), 1-2, 3-4, 7-8
R/ Tous les rois se prosterneront devant lui, tous les pays le serviront.
Dieu, donne au roi tes pouvoirs, à ce fils de roi ta justice. Qu’il gouverne ton peuple avec justice, qu’il fasse droit aux malheureux !
Montagnes, portez au peuple la paix, collines, portez-lui la justice !
Qu’il fasse droit aux malheureux de son peuple, qu’il sauve les pauvres gens, qu’il écrase l’oppresseur !
En ces jours-là, fleurira la justice, grande paix jusqu’à la fin des lunes!
Qu’il domine de la mer à la mer, et du Fleuve jusqu’au bout de la terre!
Acclamation
Alléluia, alléluia! Le Seigneur m’a envoyé porter la Bonne Nouvelle aux pauvres, annoncer aux captifs leur libération. Alléluia. (Lc 4, 18cd)
Évangile : Mc 6, 34-44
En ce temps-là, Jésus vit une grande foule. Il fut saisi de compassion envers eux, parce qu’ils étaient comme des brebis sans berger. Alors, il se mit à les enseigner longuement. Déjà l’heure était avancée ; s’étant approchés de lui, ses disciples disaient : «L’endroit est désert et déjà l’heure est tardive. Renvoie-les : qu’ils aillent dans les campagnes et les villages des environs s’acheter de quoi manger.» Il leur répondit : « Donnez-leur vous-mêmes à manger. » Ils répliquent : « Irons-nous dépenser le salaire de deux cents journées pour acheter des pains et leur donner à manger ? » Jésus leur demande : « Combien de pains avez-vous ? Allez voir. » S’étant informés, ils lui disent: «Cinq, et deux poissons. » Il leur ordonna de les faire tous asseoir par groupes sur l’herbe verte. Ils se disposèrent par carrés de cent et de cinquante. Jésus prit les cinq pains et les deux poissons, et, levant les yeux au ciel, il prononça la bénédiction et rompit les pains; il les donnait aux disciples pour qu’ils les distribuent à la foule. Il partagea aussi les deux poissons entre eux tous. Ils mangèrent tous et ils furent rassasiés. Et l’on ramassa les morceaux de pain qui restaient, de quoi remplir douze paniers, ainsi que les restes des poissons. Ceux qui avaient mangé les pains étaient au nombre de cinq mille hommes.
Prière sur les offrandes
Reçois favorablement, Seigneur, les offrandes de ton peuple, Pour qu’il obtienne dans le mystère eucharistique les biens auxquels il croit de tout son cœur. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ep 2, 4; Rom 8, 3; Hb 4, 15
À cause du grand amour dont il nous a aimés, Dieu a envoyé son Fils partager notre condition humaine en toute chose, excepté le péché.
Prière après la communion
Quand nous allons communier, Seigneur, tu viens à notre rencontre ; Produis en nos cœurs le fruit de ce sacrement, car seule ta grâce peut nous préparer à recevoir tes grâces. Par Jésus.
Méditation
« S’il me manque l’amour, je ne suis rien », nous dit Saint Paul dans sa première aux Corinthiens. Si le chrétien par définition se dit d’une personne qui croit en Christ et s’engage à le refléter dans sa vie, comment pensons-nous nous l’assumer si nous nous accommodons à faire fleurir le péché dans nos vies ? La foi nous rend responsables les uns des autres. Pour cela, redonnons place à la compassion, à la sensibilité à l’endroit de nos prochains, au partage. Le jeune homme aux pains et aux poissons aurait pu garder ses provisions pour lui seul, ainsi que nous le voyons couramment de nos jours dans nos familles et dans notre monde. Nos cœurs s’assèchent de plus en plus au vent de l’égoïsme, de l’indifférence et de l’individualisme. Demandons la grâce au Seigneur d’habiter de nouveau une humanité plus ouverte et sensible à nos prochains.
