by L'équipe de publication | Oct 18, 2024 | Evangelium
Saints John de Brébeuf,
Isaac Jogues and Companions
Red
Between 1642 and 1649 these eight members of the Society of Jesus, who had travelled to North America to preach the true faith, were killed by the native Huron and Iroquois tribes after horrible tortures. Isaac Jogues died on 18 October 1647, and John de Brébeuf on 16 March 1648.
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 129: 3-4
If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But with you is found forgiveness, O God of Israel.
Collect
May your grace, O Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after and make us always determined to carry out good works. 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 : Ephesians 1:15-23
I, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love that you show towards all the saints, have never failed to remember you in my prayers and to thank God for you. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give you a spirit of wisdom and perception of what is revealed, to bring you to full knowledge of him. May he enlighten the eyes of your mind so that you can see what hope his call holds for you, what rich glories he has promised the saints will inherit and how infinitely great is the power that he has exercised for us believers. This you can tell from the strength of his power at work in Christ, when he used it to raise him from the dead and to make him sit at his right hand, in heaven, far above every Sovereignty, Authority, Power, or Domination, or any other name that can be named not only in this age but also in the age to come. He has put all things under his feet and made him, as the ruler of everything, the head of the Church; which is his body, the fullness of him who fills the whole creation.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 8:2-7
R/ You gave your Son power over the works of your hand.
How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth! Your majesty is praised above the heavens; on the lips of children and of babes you have found praise to foil your enemy, to silence the foe and the rebel.
When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind, mortal man that you care for him?
Yet you have made him little less than a god; with glory and honour you crowned him, gave him power over the works of your hand, put all things under his feet.
Gospel Acclamation : 1S3:9,Jn6:68
Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 12:8-12
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for him in the presence of the angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God’s angels. ‘Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. ‘When they take you before synagogues and magistrates and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say, because when the time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you must say.’
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, the prayers of your faithful with the sacrificial offerings, that, through these acts of devotedness, we may pass over to the glory of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 33: 11
The rich suffer want and go hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.
Prayer after Communion
We entreat your majesty most humbly, O Lord, that, as you feed us with the nourishment which comes from the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, so you may make us sharers of his divine nature. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
The craze for modern trends in our society is gradually making many Christians lose the taste of their doctrine and belief content. Most often, Christians, out of the fear of being socially ostracized, find it difficult to declare their belief openly. Perhaps, to do the sign of the cross in a pub or party house might be extremely difficult for most Catholics of our present age. We must not be ashamed to declare Christ before people since He was never ashamed to call us his friends, though we have always been unworthy. We should consistently be bold to declare Him before men so that He would declare us before His Father on the last day.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 17, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Saint Luc, Evangéliste
Rouge
Ce laïc était médecin. Ami de Paul, il l’accompagna durant une partie de ses voyages. La tradition lui attribue le troisième évangile et les Actes des Apôtres. Ces deux livres forment les volets d’un diptyque. L’Evangile présente Jésus comme le Sauveur universel, et sa vie comme une montée vers Jérusalem où, par sa mort et sa résurrection, il accomplit sa mission de salut.
Antienne d’ouverture : Is 52,7
Comme il est beau de voir courir sur les montagnes le messager qui annonce la paix, le messager de la Bonne Nouvelle, qui annonce le salut.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui as choisi saint Luc pour révéler, par sa parole et ses écrits, le mystère de ton amour envers les pauvres, accorde à ceux qui se réclament de ton nom d’être un seul cœur et une seule âme, et, à tous les peuples du monde, la grâce de voir ton salut. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : 2 Tm 4, 10-17b
Bien-aimé, Démas m’a abandonné par amour de ce monde, et il est parti pour Thessalonique. Crescent est parti pour la Galatie, et Tite pour la Dalmatie. Luc est seul avec moi. Amène Marc avec toi, il m’est très utile pour le ministère. J’ai envoyé Tychique à Éphèse. En venant, rapporte-moi le manteau que j’ai laissé à Troas chez Carpos. Apporte-moi aussi mes livres, surtout les parchemins. Alexandre, le forgeron, m’a fait beaucoup de mal. Le Seigneur lui rendra selon ses œuvres. Toi aussi, prends garde à cet individu, car il s’est violemment opposé à nos paroles. La première fois que j’ai présenté ma défense, personne ne m’a soutenu : tous m’ont abandonné. Que cela ne soit pas retenu contre eux. Le Seigneur, lui, m’a assisté. Il m’a rempli de force pour que, par moi, la proclamation de l’Évangile s’accomplisse jusqu’au bout et que toutes les nations l’entendent.
Psaume : 144 (145), 10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18
R/ Que tes fidèles, Seigneur, disent la gloire de ton règne.
Que tes œuvres, Seigneur, te rendent grâce et que tes fidèles te bénissent ! Ils diront la gloire de ton règne, ils parleront de tes exploits,
Ils annonceront aux hommes tes exploits, la gloire et l’éclat de ton règne : ton règne, un règne éternel, ton empire, pour les âges des âges.
Le Seigneur est juste en toutes ses voies, fidèle en tout ce qu’il fait. Il est proche de ceux qui l’invoquent, de tous ceux qui l’invoquent en vérité.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. C’est moi qui vous ai choisis du milieu du monde, afin que vous alliez, que vous portiez du fruit, et que votre fruit demeure, dit le Seigneur. Alléluia. (cf. Jn 15, 16)
Évangile : Lc 10, 1-9
En ce temps-là, parmi les disciples, le Seigneur en désigna encore soixante-douze, et il les envoya deux par deux, en avant de lui, en toute ville et localité où lui-même allait se rendre. Il leur dit : « La moisson est abondante, mais les ouvriers sont peu nombreux. Priez donc le maître de la moisson d’envoyer des ouvriers pour sa moisson. Allez ! Voici que je vous envoie comme des agneaux au milieu des loups. Ne portez ni bourse, ni sac, ni sandales, et ne saluez personne en chemin. Mais dans toute maison où vous entrerez, dites d’abord : ‘Paix à cette maison.’ S’il y a là un ami de la paix, votre paix ira reposer sur lui ; sinon, elle reviendra sur vous. Restez dans cette maison, mangeant et buvant ce que l’on vous sert ; car l’ouvrier mérite son salaire. Ne passez pas de maison en maison. Dans toute ville où vous entrerez et où vous serez accueillis, mangez ce qui vous est présenté. Guérissez les malades qui s’y trouvent et dites-leur : ‘Le règne de Dieu s’est approché de vous.’ »
Prière sur les offrandes
Par ta grâce divine, accorde-nous Seigneur, de te servir avec un cœur libéré, afin que nos offrandes, présentées en la fête de saint Luc, nous procurent la guérison et la gloire. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Lc 10,1.9
Le Seigneur envoya ses disciples pour annoncer dans les villes : « Le Règne de Dieu est arrivé jusqu’à vous. »
Prière après la communion
Permets, Dieu tout-Puissant, que le sacrement reçu à ton autel nous sanctifie : qu’il nous donne de croire plus fermement à la Bonne Nouvelle que saint Luc nous a transmise. Par Jésus.
Méditation
L’évangile de ce jour nous rappel la vocation missionnaire de l’Eglise. Nous sommes tous appelés, sauvés et à notre tour envoyé par le Christ, afin d’annoncer que le royaume de Dieu s’est fait proche de tous les Hommes. Notre action sur le champs de l’évangélisation n’émane pas de notre vision personnelle , mais elle se veut être une participation à l’unique mission du Christ l’envoyé du Père. Le Christ a pleinement vécu son enseignement et l’a scellé de son sang.C’est donc dans la simplicité et avec dévouement que cette mission doit être menée , en fonction des moyens à disposition et en respectant la liberté de nous recevoir ou non , de ceux vers qui nous sommes envoyés.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 17, 2024 | Evangelium
Psalter: Proper
Saint Luke, Evangelist – Feast
Red
He was a Greek doctor who converted to Christianity. He was a companion of the Apostle Paul, and wrote his Gospel in accordance with Paul’s teaching. He also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, which narrates the early history of the Church up to Paul’s first stay in Rome.
Entrance Antiphon : Is 52: 7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings of peace, bearing Good News, announcing salvation!
Collect
Lord God, who chose Saint Luke to reveal by his preaching and writings the mystery of your love for the poor, grant that those who already glory in your name may persevere as one heart and one soul and that all nations may merit to see your salvation. 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 : 2 Timothy 4:10-17
Demas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the coppersmith has done me a lot of harm; the Lord will repay him for what he has done. Be on your guard against him yourself, because he has been bitterly contesting everything that we say. The first time I had to present my defence, there was not a single witness to support me. Every one of them deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it. But the Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 144:10-13,17-18
R/ Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.
All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord, and your friends shall repeat their blessing. They shall speak of the glory of your reign and declare your might, O God.
They make known to men your mighty deeds and the glorious splendour of your reign. Yours is an everlasting kingdom; your rule lasts from age to age.
The Lord is just in all his ways and loving in all his deeds. He is close to all who call him, who call on him from their hearts.
Gospel Acclamation : cf.Jn15:16
Alleluia, alleluia! I chose you from the world to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last, says the Lord. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 10:1-9
The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit. He said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. Start off now, but remember, I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one on the road. Whatever house you go into, let your first words be, “Peace to this house!” And if a man of peace lives there, your peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer, for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to house. Whenever you go into a town where they make you welcome, eat what is set before you. Cure those in it who are sick, and say, “The kingdom of God is very near to you.”
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant, through your heavenly gifts, that we may serve you in freedom of heart, we pray, O Lord, so that the offerings we make on the feast day of Saint Luke may bring us healing and give us glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Cf. Lk 10: 1, 9
The Lord sent out disciples to proclaim throughout the towns: The kingdom of God is at hand for you.
Prayer after Communion
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that what we have received from your holy altar may sanctify us and make us strong in the faith of the Gospel which Saint Luke proclaimed. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Every position has a job description that outlines the objectives that must be met. In addition to the twelve disciples following him, Jesus chose seventy-two other followers. Every town and location where He planned to travel personally was supplied with two of them. He initially reminded them they were to pray to God for additional workers, for they were being sent «as lambs among wolves» and would face hostility. Although serving God does not include being unemployed, we prefer to watch others carry out their duties rather than taking on the task ourselves. We don’t want to participate in it because of opposition or criticism. We are also being sent into the world as lambs amid wolves, much like St. Luke, whose feast we celebrate today. There will undoubtedly be opposition, but the Lord encourages us to remain vigilant and to meet difficulties and obstacles with love and kindness rather than hostility. Love, after all, triumphs over everything.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 16, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Saint Ignace d’Antioche,
évêque et martyr
Rouge
L’historien Eusèbe écrit, au début du 4e siècle : ‘’Ignace avait été élu évêque d’Antioche et était le second successeur de Pierre. On dit qu’il avait été envoyé de Syrie à Rome pour y être dévoré par les bêtes à cause du témoignage pour le Christ. Il fit ce voyage à travers l’Asie(…).
Antienne d’ouverture : Ga 2, 19-20
Avec le Christ, je suis fixé à la croix: je vis, mais ce n’est plus moi, c’est le Christ qui vit en moi. Je vis dans la foi au Fils de Dieu qui m’a aimé et qui s’est livré pour moi.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, tu veux que le témoignage des saints martyrs soit l’honneur du corps tout entier de l’Église ; fais que la passion de saint Ignace d’Antioche, qui lui valut une gloire éternelle, soit aussi pour nous une source de courage. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Ep 2, 1-10
Paul, apôtre du Christ Jésus par la volonté de Dieu, à ceux qui sont sanctifiés et habitent Éphèse, ceux qui croient au Christ Jésus. À vous, la grâce et la paix de la part de Dieu notre Père et du Seigneur Jésus Christ. Béni soit Dieu, le Père de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ ! Il nous a bénis et comblés des bénédictions de l’Esprit, au ciel, dans le Christ. Il nous a choisis, dans le Christ, avant la fondation du monde, pour que nous soyons saints, immaculés devant lui, dans l’amour. Il nous a prédestinés à être, pour lui, des fils adoptifs par Jésus, le Christ. Ainsi l’a voulu sa bonté, à la louange de gloire de sa grâce, la grâce qu’il nous donne dans le Fils bien-aimé. En lui, par son sang, nous avons la rédemption, le pardon de nos fautes. C’est la richesse de la grâce que Dieu a fait déborder jusqu’à nous en toute sagesse et intelligence. Il nous dévoile ainsi le mystère de sa volonté, selon que sa bonté l’avait prévu dans le Christ : pour mener les temps à leur plénitude, récapituler toutes choses dans le Christ, celles du ciel et celles de la terre.
Psaume : 97 (98), 1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6
R/ Le Seigneur a fait connaître son salut. (cf. Ps 97, 2a)
Chantez au Seigneur un chant nouveau, car il a fait des merveilles ; par son bras très saint, par sa main puissante, il s’est assuré la victoire.
Le Seigneur a fait connaître sa victoire et révélé sa justice aux nations ; il s’est rappelé sa fidélité, son amour en faveur de la maison d’Israël.
La terre tout entière a vu la victoire de notre Dieu. Acclamez le Seigneur, terre entière, sonnez, chantez, jouez !
Jouez pour le Seigneur sur la cithare, sur la cithare et tous les instruments ; au son de la trompette et du cor, acclamez votre roi, le Seigneur !
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Moi, je suis le Chemin, la Vérité et la Vie, dit le Seigneur. Personne ne va vers le Père sans passer par moi. Alléluia. (Mt 5, 3)
Évangile : Lc 11, 47-54
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait : « Quel malheur pour vous, parce que vous bâtissez les tombeaux des prophètes, alors que vos pères les ont tués. Ainsi vous témoignez que vous approuvez les actes de vos pères, puisque eux-mêmes ont tué les prophètes, et vous, vous bâtissez leurs tombeaux. C’est pourquoi la Sagesse de Dieu elle-même a dit : Je leur enverrai des prophètes et des apôtres ; parmi eux, ils en tueront et en persécuteront. Ainsi cette génération devra rendre compte du sang de tous les prophètes qui a été versé depuis la fondation du monde, depuis le sang d’Abel jusqu’au sang de Zacharie, qui a péri entre l’autel et le sanctuaire. Oui, je vous le déclare : on en demandera compte à cette génération. Quel malheur pour vous, docteurs de la Loi, parce que vous avez enlevé la clé de la connaissance ; vous-mêmes n’êtes pas entrés, et ceux qui voulaient entrer, vous les en avez empêchés. » Quand Jésus fut sorti de la maison, les scribes et les pharisiens commencèrent à s’acharner contre lui et à le harceler de questions ; ils lui tendaient des pièges pour traquer la moindre de ses paroles.
Prière sur les offrandes
Seigneur, tu as accueilli le sacrifice d’Ignace d’Antioche, froment du Christ, moulu sous la dent des bêtes, et devenu pain immaculé; daigne accepter aujourd’hui l’offrande que nous te présentons. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ps 88, 2
« Je suis le froment de Dieu, — écrivait saint Ignace — ; je dois être moulu sous la dent des bêtes pour devenir le pain immaculé du Christ. »
Prière après la communion
Seigneur, par cette communion au pain du ciel reçu en la fête du saint évêque d’Antioche, donne-nous des forces neuves, pour qu’en voyant nos actions, on nous juge dignes d’être appelés chrétiens. Par Jésus.
Méditation Le texte de l’évangile de ce jour nous rappel que nous sommes des pèlerins sur cette terre. Cette vie est une escale avant l’éternité. L’importance de cette escale est le fait qu’elle aide à préparer l’éternité, dont l’appel est imprévisible. Il n’y a donc pas de temps à perdre dans une accumulation des biens en vue d’une extase de jouissance charnelle égoïste et avare. Mais il est urgent et impératif de partager son bonheur avec les autres en vivant la charité, car c’est à elle que nous sommes reconnus comme disciple du Christ et jugé digne de l’éternité bienheureuse.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 16, 2024 | Evangelium
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr ( 107)
Red
He was the second bishop of Antioch after St Peter. He was arrested, condemned to death and transported to Rome to be thrown to the wild beasts in the arena. He was martyred in 107 and his feast was already being celebrated on this day in fourth-century Antioch.
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Gal 2: 19-20
I am crucified with Christ, yet I live; no longer I, but Christ lives in me. I live by faith in the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself up for me.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who adorn the sacred body of your Church with the confessions of holy Martyrs, grant, we pray, that, just as the glorious passion of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, which we celebrate today, brought him eternal splendour, so it may be for us unending protection. 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 : Ephesians 1:1-10
From Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, to the saints who are faithful to Christ Jesus. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved, in whom, through his blood, we gain our freedom, the forgiveness of our sins. Such is the richness of the grace which he has showered on us in all wisdom and insight. He has let us know the mystery of his purpose, the hidden plan he so kindly made in Christ from the beginning to act upon when the times had run their course to the end: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm
97(98):1-6
R/ The Lord has shown his salvation.
Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation.
The Lord has made known his salvation; has shown his justice to the nations. He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, ring out your joy.
Sing psalms to the Lord with the harp with the sound of music. With trumpets and the sound of the horn acclaim the King, the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation : Ps110:7,8
Alleluia, alleluia! Your precepts, O Lord, are all of them sure; they stand firm for ever and ever. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 11:47-54
Jesus said: ‘Alas for you who build the tombs of the prophets, the men your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building. ‘And that is why the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute, so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet’s blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the sanctuary.” Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all. ‘Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves, and have prevented others going in who wanted to.’ When he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say.
Prayer over the Offerings
May this oblation and our homage be pleasing to you, O Lord, just as you accepted Saint Ignatius, the wheat of Christ, made pure bread through his martyrdom and passion. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
I am the wheat of Christ to be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may be found to be pure bread.
Prayer after Communion
May the heavenly Bread we have received, O Lord, on the feast day of Saint Ignatius renew us, we pray, and make us Christians in name and in deed. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The truth is bitter, they say. In today’s Gospel passage, we find one of the bitter truths spoken by Jesus. Between his hearers, who build the tombs of the prophets, and their ancestors, who killed the prophets, there is no difference in attitude. The truth of this statement comes out in the attitude of the scribes and Pharisees, who began a furious attack on Jesus and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say. Yes, the truth is bitter. What is our attitude to the bitter truth? Do we take it as food for thought, material for reflection in view of conversion, or do we, like the scribes and Pharisees, look for various ways of bringing down the one who has spoken the bitter truth?
