by L'équipe de publication | Feb 8, 2026 | Agenda Biblique
SAINTE APOLLINE
(Vert)
Martyre à Alexandrie, elle refusa de renier la foi et se jeta elle-même dans le bûcher qui avait été préparé pour elle.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 94, 6-7
Venez, inclinez-vous, prosternez-vous: adorons le Seigneur qui nous a faits: oui, il est notre Dieu.
Prière d’ouverture
Dans ton amour inlassable, Seigneur, veille sur ta famille; Et puisque ta grâce est notre unique espoir, garde-nous sous ta constante protection. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : 1 R 8, 1-7.9-13
En ces jours-là, Salomon rassembla auprès de lui à Jérusalem les anciens d’Israël et tous les chefs des tribus, les chefs de famille des fils d’Israël, pour aller chercher l’arche de l’Alliance du Seigneur dans la Cité de David, c’est-à-dire à Sion. Tous les hommes d’Israël se rassemblèrent auprès du roi Salomon au septième mois, durant la fête des Tentes. Quand tous les anciens d’Israël furent arrivés, les prêtres se chargèrent de l’Arche. Ils emportèrent l’arche du Seigneur et la tente de la Rencontre avec tous les objets sacrés qui s’y trouvaient; ce sont les prêtres et les lévites qui les transportèrent. Le roi Salomon et, avec lui, toute la communauté d’Israël qu’il avait convoquée auprès de lui devant l’Arche offrirent en sacrifice des moutons et des bœufs: il y en avait un si grand nombre qu’on ne pouvait ni le compter ni l’évaluer. Puis les prêtres transportèrent l’Arche à sa place, dans la Chambre sainte que l’on appelle le Saint des Saints, sous les ailes des kéroubim. Ceux-ci, en effet, étendaient leurs ailes au-dessus de l’emplacement de l’Arche: ils protégeaient l’Arche et ses barres. Dans l’Arche, il n’y avait rien, sinon les deux tables de pierre que Moïse y avait placées au mont Horeb, quand le Seigneur avait conclu alliance avec les fils d’Israël, à leur sortie du pays d’Égypte. Quand les prêtres sortirent du sanctuaire, la nuée remplit la maison du Seigneur, et, à cause d’elle, les prêtres durent interrompre le service divin: la gloire du Seigneur remplissait la maison du Seigneur! Alors Salomon s’écria: « Le Seigneur déclare demeurer dans la nuée obscure. Et maintenant, je t’ai construit, Seigneur, une maison somptueuse, un lieu où tu habiteras éternellement. »
Psaume : 131 (132), 1a.2b.4a.5a, 6-7, 9-10
R/ Monte, Seigneur, vers le lieu de ton repos, toi, et l’arche de ta force !
- Souviens-toi, Seigneur, de David, de sa promesse au Puissant de Jacob: « J’interdirai tout sommeil à mes yeux avant d’avoir trouvé un lieu pour le Seigneur. »
- Voici qu’on nous l’annonce à Éphrata, nous l’avons trouvée près de Yagar. Entrons dans la demeure de Dieu, prosternons-nous aux pieds de son trône.
- Que tes prêtres soient vêtus de justice, que tes fidèles crient de joie ! Pour l’amour de David, ton serviteur, ne repousse pas la face de ton messie.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Jésus proclamait l’Évangile du Royaume et guérissait toute infirmité dans le peuple. Alléluia. (cf. Mt 4, 23)
Évangile : Mc 6, 53-56
En ce temps-là, après la traversée, abordant à Génésareth Jésus et ses disciples accostèrent. Ils sortirent de la barque, et aussitôt les gens reconnurent Jésus: ils parcoururent toute la région, et se mirent à apporter les malades sur des brancards là où l’on apprenait que Jésus se trouvait. Et dans tous les endroits où il se rendait, dans les villages, les villes ou les campagnes, on déposait les infirmes sur les places. Ils le suppliaient de leur laisser toucher ne serait-ce que la frange de son manteau. Et tous ceux qui la touchèrent étaient sauvés.
Prière sur les offrandes
Seigneur notre Dieu, tu as voulu choisir dans ta création le pain et le vin qui refont chaque jour nos forces: Fais qu’ils deviennent aussi pour nous le sacrement de la vie éternelle. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 106, 8-9
Proclamons l’amour du Seigneur, ses merveilles pour les hommes: Il a rassasié ceux qui avaient faim, et désaltéré ceux qui avaient soif.
Prière après la communion
Tu as voulu, Seigneur, que nous partagions un même pain et que nous buvions à la même coupe: Accorde-nous de vivre tellement unis dans le Christ que nous portions du fruit pour le salut du monde. Par Jésus.
Méditation
L’attitude de foi qui transparait dans les présents textes est celle de toute personne qui sait ressentir un besoin. Lorsque notre chair à un besoin, nous sommes portés à le satisfaire au moyen de beaucoup d’éffort pour certains. Il doit en etre de même pour notre âme. Une âme qui manque de soin se meurt. Et le soin que nous devons donnér à notre âme se trouve en Christ que nous devons chercher chaque jour. Autant nous sommes prompt à ne pas passer une journée sans manger pour les plus aisé et les moins aisés, autant nous devons veiller à ne pas passer une journée sans abreuver notre âme à la source de la vie.
by L'équipe de publication | Feb 8, 2026 | Evangelium
SAINT APOLLINIA, VIRGIN AND MARTYR
Psalter I | GREEN
“She was a Christian deaconess in Alexandria during the Roman Empire’s persecutions of Christians. She was arrested during an uprising against Christians and tortured, having her teeth broken with pincers. Refusing to renounce her faith, she was burned alive.”
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 94: 6-7
O come, let us worship God and bow low before the God who made us, for he is the Lord our God.
Collect
Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care, that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace, they may be defended always by your protection. 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 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13
The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the City of David, which is Zion. All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark; they carried the ark of the Lord and the meeting tent with all the sacred vessels that were in the tent. (The priests and Levites carried them.) King Solomon and the entire community of Israel present for the occasion sacrificed before the ark sheep and oxen too many to number or count. The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place beneath the wings of the cherubim in the sanctuary, the holy of holies of the temple. The cherubim had their wings spread out over the place of the ark, sheltering the ark and its poles from above. There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets which Moses had put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel at their departure from the land of Egypt. When the priests left the holy place, the cloud filled the temple of the Lord so that the priests could no longer minister because of the cloud, since the Lord’s glory had filled the temple of the Lord. Then Solomon said, “The Lord intends to dwell in the dark cloud; I have truly built you a princely house, a dwelling where you may abide forever.”
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 132:6-7, 8-10
R/ Lord, go up to the place of your rest!
- Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar. Let us enter into his dwelling, let us worship at his footstool.
- Advance, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your majesty. May your priests be clothed with justice; let your faithful ones shout merrily for joy. For the sake of David your servant, reject not the plea of your anointed.
Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 4:23
Alleluia, alleluia. Jesus preached the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Mark 6:53-56
After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed.
Prayer over the Offerings
O Lord, our God, who once established these created things to sustain us in our frailty, grant, we pray, that they may become for us now the Sacrament of eternal life. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 106: 8-9
Let them thank the Lord for his mercy, his wonders for the children of men, for he satisfies the thirsty soul, and the hungry he fills with good things.
Prayer after Communion
O God, who have willed that we be partakers in the one Bread and the one Chalice, grant us, we pray, so to live that, made one in Christ, we may joyfully bear fruit for the salvation of the world. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
“They brought the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.” King Solomon built a Temple for the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Temple became a sign of God’s presence among the people of Israel. It contained the Ark of the Covenant, and after its dedication a cloud filled it, and this showed that God was indeed among his people. Through our baptism we become temples of the Holy Spirit, which means that God abides in us and through us he is present in the world. We therefore have to make the world feel God’s presence and action through us. We learn from the Gospel that one effective way of doing this is by taking people to Jesus. The Gospel tells us that wherever people heard Jesus was, they took the sick to him so that he could heal them. We should also take our sick friends and relations to Jesus for healing through our prayers of intercession and our words of encouragement. We should encourage those who are spiritually lukewarm or indifferent to turn to Jesus and seek an encounter with him. We should be among those who draw people closer to Jesus, and not among those who send people away from him.
by L'équipe de publication | Feb 7, 2026 | Evangelium
5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
SAINT JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
Psalter IV | GREEN
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 94: 6-7
O come, let us worship God and bow low before the God who made us, for he is the Lord our God.
Collect
Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care, that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace, they may be defended always by your protection. 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: Isaiah 58:7-10
Thus says the Lord: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry for help, and he will say: Here I am! If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R/ The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
- Light shines through the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and merciful and just. Well for the man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
- He shall never be moved; the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance. An evil report he shall not fear; his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord.
- His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear. Lavishly he gives to the poor; his justice shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery of God, I did not come with sublimity of words or of wisdom. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear and much trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of Spirit and power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
Gospel Acclamation: John 8:12
Alleluia, alleluia. I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of life. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
Prayer over the Offerings
O Lord, our God, who once established these created things to sustain us in our frailty, grant, we pray, that they may become for us now the Sacrament of eternal life. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 106: 8-9
Let them thank the Lord for his mercy, his wonders for the children of men, for he satisfies the thirsty soul, and the hungry he fills with good things.
Prayer after Communion
O God, who have willed that we be partakers in the one Bread and the one Chalice, grant us, we pray, so to live that, made one in Christ, we may joyfully bear fruit for the salvation of the world. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
“You are the salt of the earth; you are the light of the world.” We believe in Jesus who died and rose again and made us children of God. This Jesus, whom we worship as our Lord and our God, wants us to transform the world in the manner of salt and light. Salt gives taste to food; we should give meaning to the lives of others through our acts of charity. Light dispels darkness and shows the way; we should point the right direction to others by defending justice. Charity and justice have to be hallmarks of our lives. We give the love of God to the world by providing for the needy to the best of our abilities. We become agents of justice by defending the oppressed and acting with honesty and fairness at all times. Jesus wants to transform the world, and he needs us to accomplish this. Let us be the voices, hands and feet that he uses to make the world a place in which love and justice prevail.
by L'équipe de publication | Feb 7, 2026 | Agenda Biblique
5ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS ORDINAIRE, SAINTE JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
(Vert)
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 94, 6-7
Venez, inclinez-vous, prosternez-vous: adorons le Seigneur qui nous a faits: oui, il est notre Dieu.
Prière d’ouverture
Dans ton amour inlassable, Seigneur, veille sur ta famille; Et puisque ta grâce est notre unique espoir, garde-nous sous ta constante protection. Par Jésus Christ.
Première lecture : Is 58, 7-10
Lecture du livre du prophète Isaïe. Ainsi parle le Seigneur: Partage ton pain avec celui qui a faim, accueille chez toi les pauvres sans abri, couvre celui que tu verras sans vêtement, ne te dérobe pas à ton semblable. Alors ta lumière jaillira comme l’aurore, et tes forces reviendront vite. Devant toi marchera ta justice, et la gloire du Seigneur fermera la marche. Alors, si tu appelles, le Seigneur répondra ; si tu cries, il dira: «Me voici.» Si tu fais disparaître de chez toi le joug, le geste accusateur, la parole malfaisante, si tu donnes à celui qui a faim ce que toi, tu désires, et si tu combles les désirs du malheureux, ta lumière se lèvera dans les ténèbres et ton obscurité sera lumière de midi. – Parole du Seigneur.
Psaume : 111 (112) 4-5, 6-7, 8a.9
R/ Lumière des cœurs droits, le juste s’est levé dans les ténèbres. ou : Alléluia ! (cf. Ps 111, 4)
- Lumière des cœurs droits, il s’est levé dans les ténèbres, homme de justice, de tendresse et de pitié. L’homme de bien a pitié, il partage ; il mène ses affaires avec droiture.
- Cet homme jamais ne tombera ; toujours on fera mémoire du juste. Il ne craint pas l’annonce d’un malheur : le cœur ferme, il s’appuie sur le Seigneur.
- Son cœur est confiant, il ne craint pas. À pleines mains, il donne au pauvre ; à jamais se maintiendra sa justice, sa puissance grandira, et sa gloire!
Deuxième lecture : 1 Co 2, 1-5
« Je suis venu vous annoncer le mystère du Christ crucifié »
Frères, quand je suis venu chez vous, je ne suis pas venu vous annoncer le mystère de Dieu avec le prestige du langage ou de la sagesse. Parmi vous, je n’ai rien voulu connaître d’autre que Jésus Christ, ce Messie crucifié. Et c’est dans la faiblesse, craintif et tout tremblant, que je me suis présenté à vous. Mon langage, ma proclamation de l’Évangile, n’avaient rien d’un langage de sagesse qui veut convaincre ; mais c’est l’Esprit et sa puissance qui se manifestaient, pour que votre foi repose, non pas sur la sagesse des hommes, mais sur la puissance de Dieu.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Moi, je suis la lumière du monde, dit le Seigneur. Celui qui me suit aura la lumière de la vie. Alléluia. (cf. Jn 8, 12)
Évangile : Mt 5, 13-16
« Vous êtes la lumière du monde »
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Vous êtes le sel de la terre. Mais si le sel devient fade, comment lui rendre de la saveur ? Il ne vaut plus rien : on le jette dehors et il est piétiné par les gens. Vous êtes la lumière du monde. Une ville située sur une montagne ne peut être cachée. Et l’on n’allume pas une lampe pour la mettre sous le boisseau ; on la met sur le lampadaire, et elle brille pour tous ceux qui sont dans la maison. De même, que votre lumière brille devant les hommes : alors, voyant ce que vous faites de bien, ils rendront gloire à votre Père qui est aux cieux. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Seigneur notre Dieu, tu as voulu choisir dans ta création le pain et le vin qui refont chaque jour nos forces: Fais qu’ils deviennent aussi pour nous le sacrement de la vie éternelle. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 106, 8-9
Proclamons l’amour du Seigneur, ses merveilles pour les hommes: Il a rassasié ceux qui avaient faim, et désaltéré ceux qui avaient soif.
Prière après la communion
Tu as voulu, Seigneur, que nous partagions un même pain et que nous buvions à la même coupe: Accorde-nous de vivre tellement unis dans le Christ que nous portions du fruit pour le salut du monde. Par Jésus.
Méditation
La charité est lumière; lumière pour les coeurs endurcie, lumière pour ceux et celle qui traverse les ténèbres terrestre. Même un sourire est un acte charitable capable de briser les coeurs rocailleux de ceux qui trempant leurs lèvres dans les vicissitudes de la vie ont oublié qu’il y a un Dieu de bonté. Le Christ nous invite en ce jour à faire prévue de bonté envers nos semblables. “Nul n’est trop pauvre pour n’avoir rien à partager et nul n’est trop riche pour n’avoir rien à recevoir.”(Jean Rodhain) Ce faisant, il ne faut pas manqué d’y ajouter une dose d’humilité.
by L'équipe de publication | Feb 6, 2026 | Evangelium
SAINT PIUS IX, POPE
Psalter IV | GREEN
“He was the longest‑reigning Pope in history. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2000. His reign was marked by significant theological developments, including the declaration of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the First Vatican Council, which defined papal infallibility. He also faced the loss of the Papal States to the Kingdom of Italy, leading him to declare himself a “prisoner in the Vatican”.”
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 105: 47
Save us, O Lord our God! And gather us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and make it our glory to praise you.
Collect
Grant us, Lord our God, that we may honour you with all our mind, and love everyone in truth of heart. 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 Kings 3:4-13
Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the most renowned high place. Upon its altar Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” Solomon answered: “You have shown great favor to your servant, my father David, because he behaved faithfully toward you, with justice and an upright heart; and you have continued this great favor toward him, even today, seating a son of his on his throne. O Lord, my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request. So God said to him: “Because you have asked for this—not for a long life for yourself, nor for riches, nor for the life of your enemies, but for understanding so that you may know what is right— I do as you requested. I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no one to equal you. In addition, I give you what you have not asked for, such riches and glory that among kings there is not your like.”
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
R/ Lord, teach me your statutes.
- How shall a young man be faultless in his way? By keeping to your words.
- With all my heart I seek you; let me not stray from your commands.
- Within my heart I treasure your promise, that I may not sin against you.
- Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes.
- With my lips I declare all the ordinances of your mouth.
- In the way of your decrees I rejoice, as much as in all riches.
Gospel Acclamation: John 10:27
Alleluia, alleluia. My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Mark 6:30-34
The Apostles gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. People saw them leaving and many came to know about it. They hastened there on foot from all the towns and arrived at the place before them. When Jesus disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.
Prayer over the Offerings
O Lord, we bring to your altar these offerings of our service: be pleased to receive them, we pray, and transform them into the Sacrament of our redemption. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 30: 17-18
Let your face shine on your servant. Save me in your merciful love. O Lord, let me never be put to shame, for I call on you.
Prayer after Communion
Nourished by these redeeming gifts, we pray, O Lord, that through this help to eternal salvation true faith may ever increase. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
“Lord, teach me your statutes.” Solomon asked God to give him wisdom, so that he would be able to distinguish right from wrong and rule well. When Jesus saw the great crowd of people, he began to teach them many things. Just as we need to be taught Mathematics, Chemistry and Geography, we need to be taught the Word of God. It is this Word that enables us to distinguish good from evil; it is what will make us live a life without fault; it is what will empower us to rule our families, communities and countries with wisdom. Jesus wants to teach us the statutes of God. He teaches us through his written Word and through the Church. Let us pray for the grace to be good disciples who, like Solomon, listen to God’s Word and follow it. Let us allow Jesus to teach us by reading Holy Scripture daily and listening to the pastors he gives us: our priests, bishops, deacons, catechists, and every other person who teaches us. Let us pray that he may enlighten the leaders of the Church, so that they may be good teachers who guide us with sound doctrine.
