by L'équipe de publication | Oct 13, 2024 | Evangelium
Pope Saint Callistus I (- 222)
Green/Red
From a weakened ex-slave in receipt of an invalidity pension, Callistus rose to be archdeacon, had charge of the Roman catacomb which now bears his name, and ended up as Pope. He lived in a time of peace under the emperor Alexander Severus, whose mother was a Christian, he may have been killed in a riot.
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 : Gal 4:22-24,26-27,31-5:1
The Law says, if you remember, that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave-girl, and one by his free-born wife. The child of the slave-girl was born in the ordinary way; the child of the free woman was born as the result of a promise. This can be regarded as an allegory: the women stand for the two covenants. The first who comes from Mount Sinai, and whose children are slaves, is Hagar – The Jerusalem above, however, is free and is our mother, since Scripture says: Shout for joy, you barren women who bore no children! Break into shouts of joy and gladness, you who were never in labour. For there are more sons of the forsaken one than sons of the wedded wife. So, my brothers, we are the children, not of the slave-girl, but of the free-born wife. When Christ freed us, he meant us to remain free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 112:1-7
R/ May the name of the Lord be blessed for evermore!
Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! May the name of the Lord be blessed both now and for evermore!
From the rising of the sun to its setting praised be the name of the Lord! High above all nations is the Lord, above the heavens his glory.
Who is like the Lord, our God, who has risen on high to his throne yet stoops from the heights to look down, to look down upon heaven and earth? From the dust he lifts up the lowly, from the dungheap he raises the poor
Gospel Acclamation : Ps118:88
Alleluia, alleluia! Because of your love give me life, and I will do your will. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 11:29-32
The crowds got even bigger and Jesus addressed them, ‘This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. On Judgement day the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here. On Judgement day the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation and condemn it, because when Jonah preached they repented; and there is something greater than Jonah here.’
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
Jesus presents himself as something greater than Solomon on the one hand and something greater than Jonah on the other hand. His hearers need the humility of the Queen of the South, who came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. They need the repentance of the Ninevites, who repented after listening to the preaching of Jonah. We are tempted, as we read the text, to keep looking at the Jews and wondering why they failed to catch sight of Jesus’ wisdom and preaching. We fail to realise that these words or Jesus are actually being addressed to us here and now. So, if you and I do not repent as a response to the wisdom and preaching of Jesus, we stand to be condemned by the Queen of the South and by the Ninevites.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 12, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
28ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS
ORDINAIRE
Psautier iv
Saint Edouard, Le Confesseur
vert
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 129, 3-4
Si tu retiens les fautes, Seigneur, qui donc subsistera ? Mais près de toi se trouve le pardon, Dieu fidèle.
Prière d’ouverture
Nous t’en prions, Seigneur, que ta grâce nous devance et qu’elle nous accompagne toujours, pour nous rendre attentifs à faire le bien sans relâche. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Sg 7, 7-11
J’ai prié, et le discernement m’a été donné. J’ai supplié, et l’esprit de la Sagesse est venu en moi. Je l’ai préférée aux trônes et aux sceptres ; à côté d’elle, j’ai tenu pour rien la richesse ; je ne l’ai pas comparée à la pierre la plus précieuse ; tout l’or du monde auprès d’elle n’est qu’un peu de sable, et, en face d’elle, l’argent sera regardé comme de la boue. Plus que la santé et la beauté, je l’ai aimée ; je l’ai choisie de préférence à la lumière, parce que sa clarté ne s’éteint pas. Tous les biens me sont venus avec elle et, par ses mains, une richesse incalculable.
Psaume : 89 (90), 12-13, 14-15, 16-17
R/ Rassasie-nous de ton amour, Seigneur : nous serons dans la joie.
Apprends-nous la vraie mesure de nos jours : que nos cœurs pénètrent la sagesse. Reviens, Seigneur, pourquoi tarder ? Ravise-toi par égard pour tes serviteurs.
Rassasie-nous de ton amour au matin, que nous passions nos jours dans la joie et les chants. Rends-nous en joies tes jours de châtiment et les années où nous connaissions le malheur.
Fais connaître ton œuvre à tes serviteurs et ta splendeur à leurs fils. Que vienne sur nous la douceur du Seigneur notre Dieu ! Consolide pour nous l’ouvrage de nos mains; oui, consolide l’ouvrage de nos mains.
2ème lecture : He 4, 12-13
Frères, elle est vivante, la parole de Dieu, énergique et plus coupante qu’une épée à deux tranchants ; elle va jusqu’au point de partage de l’âme et de l’esprit, des jointures et des moelles ; elle juge des intentions et des pensées du cœur. Pas une créature n’échappe à ses yeux, tout est nu devant elle, soumis à son regard ;nous aurons à lui rendre des comptes.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Heureux les pauvres de cœur, car le royaume des Cieux est à eux ! Alléluia. (Mt 5, 3)
Évangile : Mc 10, 17-30
En ce temps-là, Jésus se mettait en route quand un homme accourut et, tombant à ses genoux, lui demanda : « Bon Maître, que dois-je faire pour avoir la vie éternelle en héritage? » Jésus lui dit : « Pourquoi dire que je suis bon ? Personne n’est bon, sinon Dieu seul. Tu connais les commandements: Ne commets pas de meurtre, ne commets pas d’adultère, ne commets pas de vol, ne porte pas de faux témoignage, ne fais de tort à personne, honore ton père et ta mère. » L’homme répondit: « Maître, tout cela, je l’ai observé depuis ma jeunesse. » Jésus posa son regard sur lui, et il l’aima. Il lui dit : « Une seule chose te manque : va, vends ce que tu as et donne-le aux pauvres ; alors tu auras un trésor au ciel. Puis viens, suis-moi. » Mais lui, à ces mots, devint sombre et s’en alla tout triste, car il avait de grands biens. Alors Jésus regarda autour de lui et dit à ses disciples : « Comme il sera difficile à ceux qui possèdent des richesses d’entrer dans le royaume de Dieu! » Les disciples étaient stupéfaits de ces paroles. Jésus reprenant la parole leur dit: « Mes enfants, comme il est difficile d’entrer dans le royaume de Dieu ! Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d’une aiguille qu’à un riche d’entrer dans le royaume de Dieu. » De plus en plus déconcertés, les disciples se demandaient entre eux : « Mais alors, qui peut être sauvé?» Jésus les regarde et dit: « Pour les hommes, c’est impossible, mais pas pour Dieu ; car tout est possible à Dieu. » Pierre se mit à dire à Jésus : « Voici que nous avons tout quitté pour te suivre. » Jésus déclara : « Amen, je vous le dis : nul n’aura quitté, à cause de moi et de l’Évangile, une maison, des frères, des sœurs, une mère, un père, des enfants ou une terre sans qu’il reçoive, en ce temps déjà, le centuple : maisons, frères, sœurs, mères, enfants et terres, avec des persécutions, et, dans le monde à venir, la vie éternelle. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Avec ces offrandes, Seigneur, reçois les prières de tes fidèles. Que cette liturgie célébrée avec amour nous fasse passer à la gloire du ciel. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 33, 11
Le riche est dépourvu, affamé, mais, à la table du Seigneur, celui qui cherche Dieu ne manque de rien.
Prière après la communion
Dieu souverain, nous te le demandons humblement : Rends-nous participants de la nature divine, puisque tu nous as fait communier au corps et au sang du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation En ce dimanche, Jésus nous recentre sur le dépouillement afin de le suivre de manière sincère et vrai. En effet, un cœur attaché aux « choses du monde » ne favorise pas une donation totale car l’on sera partagé entre la vie de Dieu et la vie du monde. Cette donation a des conséquences positives car, Dieu comblera ce manque par des biens plus précieux dans l’au-delà. L’exemple du roi Salomon dans la première lecture en dit long. Lorsque nous faisons le meilleur choix, ce qui plait à Dieu, tous les autres biens seront gratifiés par Dieu. Ainsi, « nul n’aura quitté, à cause de moi et de l’Évangile, une maison, des frères, des sœurs, une mère, un père, des enfants ou une terre sans qu’il reçoive, en ce temps déjà, le centuple». L’attitude du jeune homme riche, c’est notre attitude, aujourd’hui. L’homme de notre temps recherche du pouvoir et de l’argent à tout prix, il est capable de sacrifier ses familiers pourvu qu’il soit riche. Jésus fustige cette attitude en rappelant « que servira-t-il à un homme de gagner l’univers s’il vient à perdre son âme » (Mt 16,26).
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 12, 2024 | Evangelium
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalter: Week 4
Saint Edward the Confessor
Green
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: Wisdom 7:7-11
I prayed, and understanding was given me; I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me. I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones; compared with her, I held riches as nothing. I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer, for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand, and beside her silver ranks as mud. I loved her more than health or beauty, preferred her to the light, since her radiance never sleeps. In her company all good things came to me, at her hands riches not to be numbered.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm
89(90):12-17
R/ Fill us with your love so that we may rejoice.
Make us know the shortness of our life that we may gain wisdom of heart. Lord, relent! Is your anger for ever? Show pity to your servants.
In the morning, fill us with your love; we shall exult and rejoice all our days. Give us joy to balance our affliction for the years when we knew misfortune.
Show forth your work to your servants; let your glory shine on their children. Let the favour of the Lord be upon us: give success to the work of our hands.
Second reading: Hebrews 4:12-13
The word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts. No created thing can hide from him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must give account of ourselves.
Gospel Acclamation: Mt11:25
Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia!
Gospel: Mark 10:17-30
Jesus was setting out on a journey when a man ran up, knelt before him and put this question to him, ‘Good master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: You must not kill; You must not commit adultery; You must not steal; You must not bring false witness; You must not defraud; Honour your father and mother.’ And he said to him, ‘Master, I have kept all these from my earliest days.’ Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him, and he said, ‘There is one thing you lack. Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.’ But his face fell at these words and he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth. Jesus looked round and said to his disciples, ‘How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!’ The disciples were astounded by these words, but Jesus insisted, ‘My children,’ he said to them ‘how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’ They were more astonished than ever. ‘In that case’ they said to one another ‘who can be saved?’ Jesus gazed at them. ‘For men’ he said ‘it is impossible, but not for God: because everything is possible for God.’ Peter took this up. ‘What about us?’ he asked him. ‘We have left everything and followed you.’ Jesus said, ‘I tell you solemnly, there is no one who has left house, brothers, sisters, father, children or land for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not be repaid a hundred times over, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and land – not without persecutions – now in this present time and, in the world to come, eternal life.’
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
Everyone wants to follow Christ, but the challenge is always getting over the line and making the dream a reality. Like the wealthy young man welcomed into everlasting life in our gospel today but found it difficult to pass the barrier. It was a barrier of material things in his particular circumstance. (Mk 10:20) He asserted that he had observed all the commandments since childhood. He lacked love, though. We frequently focus on what we can do rather than what we cannot. What obstacles hinder our desire to follow the Lord and fully devote ourselves to him? The Lord challenges us today by reminding us that all we own is only a gift from him, provided to serve him here on earth and not as a hindrance.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 11, 2024 | Evangelium
Saint Wilfried
(634 – 709)
Green/White
Wilfrid was born in Northumbria in 634. He took part in the Synod of Whitby (664), where he promoted Rome’s way of calculating the date of Easter, and the Roman form of Christian worship. He was missionary, evangelist, monk and bishop. He died in Oundle, in October 709.
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Est 4: 17
Within your will, O Lord, all things are established, and there is none that can resist your will. For you have made all things, the heaven and the earth, and all that is held within the circle of heaven; you are the Lord of all.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and to give what prayer does not dare to ask. 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 : Galatians 3:22-29
Scripture makes no exceptions when it says that sin is master everywhere. In this way the promise can only be given through faith in Jesus Christ and can only be given to those who have this faith. Before faith came, we were allowed no freedom by the Law; we were being looked after till faith was revealed. The Law was to be our guardian until the Christ came and we could be justified by faith. Now that that time has come we are no longer under that guardian, and you are, all of you, sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. All baptised in Christ, you have all clothed yourselves in Christ, and there are no more distinctions between Jew and Greek, slave and free, male and female, but all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Merely by belonging to Christ you are the posterity of Abraham, the heirs he was promised.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 104:2-7
R/ The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
O sing to the Lord, sing his praise; tell all his wonderful works! Be proud of his holy name, let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice.
Consider the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face. Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, the judgements he spoke.
O children of Abraham, his servant, O sons of the Jacob he chose. He, the Lord, is our God: his judgements prevail in all the earth.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn14:23
Alleluia, alleluia! If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 11:27-28
As Jesus was speaking, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ But he replied, ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’
Prayer over the Offerings
Accept, O Lord, we pray, the sacrifices instituted by your commands and, through the sacred mysteries, which we celebrate with dutiful service, graciously complete the sanctifying work by which you are pleased to redeem us. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Lam 3: 25
The Lord is good to those who hope in him, to the soul that seeks him.
Prayer after Communion
Grant us, almighty God, that we may be refreshed and nourished by the Sacrament which we have received, so as to be transformed into what we consume. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Just as a wayward child is a disgrace to his/her parents, a successful child is a blessing to his/her parents. After listening to the gracious words from the lips of Jesus, a woman in the crowd cannot hide her feelings. She raises her voice and says: ‘Happy the womb that bore you and the breasts you sucked!’ Jesus, in response to the woman, says: ‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’ In other words, the mother of Jesus is not only happy for having given birth to a successful son; she is even happier because she lives according to the word of God, to which she has given her definitive yes. Whoever hears the word of God, welcomes it and lives according to it will also be happy, like Mary, the mother of Jesus. Mary is indeed “ full of grace”, and we pray to her, “Blessed are you among women.” The true greatness of Mary comes from her “Fiat”, her unconditional “Yes” to the message of the Angel Gabriel. She remained faithful to the “Yes” right to the day she stood in grief at the foot of the cross. She heard the word and kept it right to the end.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 11, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Saint EDWIN
vert/blanc
Païen, cet anglais, roi de Kent, demanda en mariage une chrétienne, Ethelburge. Instruit par les événements mais surtout par saint Paulin, évêque de York, il rejoignit la foi de son épouse. Il aida ainsi à la fondation de l’Eglise anglo-saxonne. Il fut tué lors d’une bataille à Hatfield et sa mort fut considérée comme un martyre.
Antienne d’ouverture : Est 13, 9. 10-11
Tout dépend de ta volonté, Seigneur, et rien ne peut lui résister: C’est toi qui as fait le ciel et la terre et les merveilles qu’ils contiennent. Tu es le Maître de l’univers.
Prière d’ouverture
Dans ton amour inépuisable, Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, tu combles ceux qui t’implorent, bien au-delà de leurs mérites et de leurs désirs. Répands sur nous ta miséricorde en délivrant notre conscience de ce qui l’inquiète et en donnant plus que nous n’osons demander. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Ga 3, 22-29
Frères, l’Écriture a tout enfermé sous la domination du péché, afin que ce soit par la foi en Jésus Christ que la promesse s’accomplisse pour les croyants. Avant que vienne la foi en Jésus Christ, nous étions des prisonniers, enfermés sous la domination de la Loi, jusqu’au temps où cette foi devait être révélée. Ainsi, la Loi, comme un guide, nous a menés jusqu’au Christ pour que nous obtenions de la foi la justification. Et maintenant que la foi est venue, nous ne sommes plus soumis à ce guide. Car tous, dans le Christ Jésus, vous êtes fils de Dieu par la foi. En effet, vous tous que le baptême a unis au Christ, vous avez revêtu le Christ ; il n’y a plus ni juif ni grec, il n’y a plus ni esclave ni homme libre, il n’y a plus l’homme et la femme, car tous, vous ne faites plus qu’un dans le Christ Jésus. Et si vous appartenez au Christ, vous êtes de la descendance d’Abraham : vous êtes héritiers selon la promesse.
Psaume : 104 (105), 2-3, 4-5, 6-7
R/Le Seigneur s’est toujours souvenu de son alliance.
Chantez et jouez pour lui, redites sans fin ses merveilles ; glorifiez-vous de son nom très saint : joie pour les cœurs qui cherchent Dieu !
Cherchez le Seigneur et sa puissance, recherchez sans trêve sa face ; souvenez-vous des merveilles qu’il a faites, de ses prodiges, des jugements qu’il prononça,
Vous, la race d’Abraham son serviteur, les fils de Jacob, qu’il a choisis, le Seigneur, c’est lui notre Dieu : ses jugements font loi pour l’univers.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia ! Heureux ceux qui écoutent la parole de Dieu, et qui la gardent ! Alléluia ! (Lc 11, 28)
Évangile : Lc 11, 27-28
En ce temps-là, comme Jésus était en train de parler, une femme éleva la voix au milieu de la foule pour lui dire : « Heureuse la mère qui t’a porté en elle, et dont les seins t’ont nourri ! » Alors Jésus lui déclara : « Heureux plutôt ceux qui écoutent la parole de Dieu, et qui la gardent ! »
Prière sur les offrandes
Accepte, Seigneur, le sacrifice que tu nous as donné. Dans les mystères que nous célébrons pour te rendre grâce, sanctifie les hommes que tu as sauvés par ton Fils. Lui qui.
Antienne de communion : Lm 3, 25
Le Seigneur est bon pour ceux qui se tournent vers lui, pour ceux qui le recherchent.
Prière après la communion
Accorde-nous, Seigneur notre Dieu, de trouver dans cette communion notre force et notre joie, afin que nous puissions devenir ce que nous avons reçu : le corps du Christ. Lui qui.
Méditation Face à l’émerveillement que manifeste la femme Luc relate dans l’épisode de l’Evangile, Jésus oriente l’humanité vers la Parole de Dieu. En effet, Jésus nous invite à modeler notre vie à partir des Ecritures. Cette dernière est, en effet, le trésor dans lequel nous pouvons puiser des ressources vitales non seulement pour notre vie de foi mais aussi pour notre vie de société. La Parole de Dieu, c’est elle notre appui et même le fondement de notre foi. Jésus nous invite donc à l’écoute et la mise en pratique de ce que nous écoutons ou méditons des Ecritures afin d’apporter une réelle conversion à notre monde qui, aujourd’hui, a tendance à écouter les faux maîtres. La Parole de Dieu est alors une force libératrice nous rappelle la première lecture ; c’est elle la source de notre foi ; laquelle foi est nécessaire pour notre salut. Tâchons-nous, en ce jour, de revisiter notre vie à partir de la Parole de Dieu.
