by L'équipe de publication | Sep 7, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
23ème DIMANCHE DU TEMPS
ORDINAIRE
Psautier III
Nativité de la Vierge Marie (on omet la fête)
VERT
Il fait partie des évêques les plus influents arrêtés par Hunéric, roi Vandale arien pour donner du change aux chrétiens qui restèrent attachés à la foi romaine du concile de Nicée. Avec Fusculus, Laetus, Mansuetis et Praesidius, il fut envoyé en exilé après qu’il eût reçu cent cinquante violents coups de fouet qui brisèrent chacun d’eux.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 118, 137
Tu es juste, Seigneur, et tes jugements sont droits : Agis pour ton serviteur selon ton amour, enseigne-moi tes volontés.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu qui as envoyé ton Fils pour nous sauver et pour faire de nous tes enfants d’adoption, regarde avec bonté ceux que tu aimes comme un père. Puisque nous croyons au Christ, accorde-nous la vraie liberté et la vie éternelle. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Esaïe 35, 4-7a
Dites aux gens qui s’affolent : « Soyez forts, ne craignez pas. Voici votre Dieu : c’est la vengeance qui vient, la revanche de Dieu. Il vient lui-même et va vous sauver.» Alors se dessilleront les yeux des aveugles, et s’ouvriront les oreilles des sourds. Alors le boiteux bondira comme un cerf, et la bouche du muet criera de joie; car l’eau jaillira dans le désert, des torrents dans le pays aride. La terre brûlante se changera en lac, la région de la soif, en eaux jaillissantes.
Psaume : 146, 7, 8–9, 9–10
R/ Je veux louer le Seigneur, tant que je vis. ou : Alléluia. (Ps 145, 2)
Le Seigneur garde à jamais sa fidélité, il fait justice aux opprimés; aux affamés, il donne le pain ; le Seigneur délie les enchaînés.
Le Seigneur ouvre les yeux des aveugles, le Seigneur redresse les accablés, le Seigneur aime les justes, le Seigneur protège l’étranger.
Il soutient la veuve et l’orphelin, il égare les pas du méchant. D’âge en âge, le Seigneur régnera : ton Dieu, ô Sion, pour toujours !
2ème lecture : Jacques 2,1-5
Mes frères, dans votre foi en Jésus Christ, notre Seigneur de gloire, n’ayez aucune partialité envers les personnes. Imaginons que, dans votre assemblée, arrivent en même temps un homme au vêtement rutilant, portant une bague en or, et un pauvre au vêtement sale. Vous tournez vos regards vers celui qui porte le vêtement rutilant et vous lui dites : « Assieds-toi ici, en bonne place » ; et vous dites au pauvre : « Toi, reste là debout», ou bien : « Assieds-toi au bas de mon marchepied. » Cela, n’est-ce pas faire des différences entre vous, et juger selon de faux critères ? Écoutez donc, mes frères bien-aimés ! Dieu, lui, n’a-t-il pas choisi ceux qui sont pauvres aux yeux du monde pour en faire des riches dans la foi, et des héritiers du Royaume promis par lui à ceux qui l’auront aimé ?
Acclamation Matthieu 4, 23
Alléluia. Alléluia Jésus proclamait l’Évangile du Royaume et guérissait toute maladie dans le peuple. Alléluia.
Évangile : Marc 7, 31-37
En ce temps-là, Jésus quitta le territoire de Tyr ; passant par Sidon, il prit la direction de la mer de Galilée et alla en plein territoire de la Décapole. Des gens lui amènent un sourd qui avait aussi de la difficulté à parler, et supplient Jésus de poser la main sur lui. Jésus l’emmena à l’écart, loin de la foule, lui mit les doigts dans les oreilles, et, avec sa salive, lui toucha la langue. Puis, les yeux levés au ciel, il soupira et lui dit: « Effata ! », c’est-à-dire : « Ouvre-toi !» les oreilles s’ouvrirent ; sa langue se délia, et il parlait correctement. Alors Jésus leur ordonna de n’en rien dire à personne ; mais plus il leur donnait cet ordre, plus ceux-ci le proclamaient. Extrêmement frappés, ils disaient : « Il a bien fait toutes choses : il fait entendre les sourds et parler les muets. »
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 communion : Ps 41
Comme un cerf altéré cherche l’eau vive, ainsi mon ame te cherche, mon Dieu. Mon âme a soif de Dieu, du Dieu vivant.
Prière après la communion
Par ta parole et par ton pain, Seigneur, tu nourris et fortifies tes fidèles : accorde-nous de si bien profiter de ces dons que nous
Méditation Jésus accomplit les prophéties de l’Ancien Testament. Il est le serviteur par qui la guérison et la force atteint les malades ou ceux qui sont marqués par les déboires de la vie. Les aveugles et les sourds trouvent leur liberté en lui. Jésus guérissant le sourd dans l’évangile d’aujourd’hui, s’engage également à guérir tous ceux qui cherchent sa miséricorde et son amour. Par l’entremise de l’Église, il devient présent pour nous à travers sa Parole et ses sacrements afin de nous nourrir tout au long de notre pèlerinage vers le Père. Sommes-nous conscients que la présence de Jésus dans nos vies nous libère, particulièrement par le biais du pardon et de l’amour? Réalisons-nous que depuis le moment de notre baptême, nous avons reçu la capacité d’être les témoins de la puissance de compassion, d’amour, de libération du Christ dans ce monde ?
by L'équipe de publication | Sep 7, 2024 | Evangelium
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalter: Week 3
Green
Entrance Antiphon: Ps 118: 137, 124
You are just, O Lord, and your judgement is right; treat your servant in accord with your merciful love.
Collect
O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom and an everlasting inheritance. 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 35:4-7
Say to all faint hearts, ‘Courage! Do not be afraid. Look, your God is coming, vengeance is coming, the retribution of God; he is coming to save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed, then the lame shall leap like a deer and the tongues of the dumb sing for joy; for water gushes in the desert, streams in the wasteland, the scorched earth becomes a lake, the parched land springs of water.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145:7-10
R/My soul, give praise to the Lord.
It is the Lord who keeps faith for ever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free,
It is the Lord who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed down, the Lord, who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and orphan.
It is the Lord who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Zion’s God, from age to age.
Second reading James 2:1-5
My brothers, do not try to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the making of distinctions between classes of people. Now suppose a man comes into your synagogue, beautifully dressed and with a gold ring on, and at the same time a poor man comes in, in shabby clothes, and you take notice of the well-dressed man, and say, ‘Come this way to the best seats’; then you tell the poor man, ‘Stand over there’ or ‘You can sit on the floor by my foot-rest.’ Can’t you see that you have used two different standards in your mind, and turned yourselves into judges, and corrupt judges at that? Listen, my dear brothers: it was those who are poor according to the world that God chose, to be rich in faith and to be the heirs to the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
Gospel Acclamation :Jn6:68
Alleluia, alleluia! Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!
Gospel: Mark 7:31-37
Returning from the district of Tyre, Jesus went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, right through the Decapolis region. And they brought him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they asked him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, put his fingers into the man’s ears and touched his tongue with spittle. Then looking up to heaven he sighed; and he said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And his ears were opened, and the ligament of his tongue was loosened and he spoke clearly. And Jesus ordered them to tell no one about it, but the more he insisted, the more widely they published it. Their admiration was unbounded. ‘He has done all things well,’ they said ‘he makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.’
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: Cf. Ps 41: 2-3
Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God; my soul is thirsting for God, the living God.
Prayer after Communion
Grant that your faithful, O Lord, whom you nourish and endow with life through the food of your Word and heavenly Sacrament, may so benefit from your beloved Son’s great gifts that we may merit an eternal share in his life. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
In the world, troubled with wars, political chaos, economic instability, deadly diseases and many other calamities of all sorts, people tend to easily lose hope about life in general. The ears of all troubled people won’t be longing to hear anything else rather than the consoling words of the prophet when he says “say to all faint hearts, courage! Do not be afraid.” (Isa 35:4). The prophet proclaimed the message of hope and salvation, realized concretely in the ministry of Jesus as we see Jesus in today’s Gospel healing the deaf man. Performing the miracle Jesus looked towards heaven (7:34) acknowledging that the healing is accomplished by the power of God not by any other force. The Word of God is efficient and powerful in season and during the out-season, hence, even in our era, we can still hope to be consoled with many more miracles.
by L'équipe de publication | Sep 6, 2024 | Evangelium
Saint Cloud
Green/White
St. Cloud was indefatigable in instructing the people of his day, and ended his days at Nogent about the year 560 when he was some thirty-six years old. St. Cloud’s feast day is September 7th
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 85: 3, 5
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.
Collect
God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured. 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 Corinthians 4:6-15
Take Apollos and myself as an example and remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written.’ It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if it was given, how can you boast as though it were not? Is it that you have everything you want – that you are rich already, in possession of your kingdom, with us left outside? Indeed I wish you were really kings, and we could be kings with you! But instead, it seems to me, God has put us apostles at the end of his parade, with the men sentenced to death; it is true – we have been put on show in front of the whole universe, angels as well as men. Here we are, fools for the sake of Christ, while you are the learned men in Christ; we have no power, but you are influential; you are celebrities, we are nobodies. To this day, we go without food and drink and clothes; we are beaten and have no homes; we work for our living with our own hands. When we are cursed, we answer with a blessing; when we are hounded, we put up with it; we are insulted and we answer politely. We are treated as the offal of the world, still to this day, the scum of the earth. I am saying all this not just to make you ashamed but to bring you, as my dearest children, to your senses. You might have thousands of guardians in Christ, but not more than one father and it was I who begot you in Christ Jesus by preaching the Good News.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm
144(145):17-21
R/ The Lord is close to all who call him.
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.
He grants the desires of those who fear him, he hears their cry and he saves them. The Lord protects all who love him; but the wicked he will utterly destroy.
Let me speak the praise of the Lord, let all mankind bless his holy name for ever, for ages unending.
Gospel Acclamation : cf.Ps26:11
Alleluia, alleluia! Instruct me, Lord, in your way; on an even path lead me. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 6:1-5
One sabbath Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples were picking ears of corn, rubbing them in their hands and eating them. Some of the Pharisees said, ‘Why are you doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath day?’ Jesus answered them, ‘So you have not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry how he went into the house of God, took the loaves of offering and ate them and gave them to his followers, loaves which only the priests are allowed to eat?’ And he said to them, ‘The Son of Man is master of the sabbath.’
Prayer over the Offerings
May this sacred offering, O Lord, confer on us always the blessing of salvation, that what it celebrates in mystery it may accomplish in power. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Ps 30: 20
How great is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you.
Prayer after Communion
Renewed by this bread from the heavenly table, we beseech you, Lord, that, being the food of charity, it may confirm our hearts and stir us to serve you in our neighbour. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
God gave the Law through Moses and Jesus declares himself master of the Sabbath. A dangerous assertion and considered blasphemous by the Pharisees. This was obviously one of the reasons that led to his crucifixion. The true God is not obsessed by the strict observation of laws and regulations. Laws are meant to serve man and any law not based on love is not from God. God desires the good and wellbeing of his people. The Pharisees concentrate on external shows while Jesus invites them to look at the spirit of the Law, that is, which is the good of his children. The letter of the law alone can be misleading when does not take into account the good of those involved. He states his authority over the Sabbath and over the law of the Sabbath! «The son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath». In making this statement, Jesus put himself above the Sabbath law, which had been given to the Jews through Moses by God Himself.
by L'équipe de publication | Sep 6, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Sainte Reine
vert/blanc
Il fait partie des évêques les plus influents arrêtés par Hunéric, roi Vandale arien pour donner du change aux chrétiens qui restèrent attachés à la foi romaine du concile de Nicée. Avec Fusculus, Laetus, Mansuetis et Praesidius, il fut envoyé en exilé après qu’il eût reçu cent cinquante violents coups de fouet qui brisèrent chacun d’eux.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 85, 3. 5
Prends pitié de moi, Seigneur, toi que je supplie tout le jour, toi, tu es bon, tu pardonnes, tu es plein d’amour pour tous ceux qui t’appellent.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu puissant, de qui vient tout don parfait enracine en nos cœurs l’amour de ton nom. Resserre nos liens avec toi, pour développer ce qui est bon en nous, veille sur nous avec sollicitude, pour protéger ce que tu as fait grandir. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : 1 Co 4, 6b-15
Frères, apprenez d’Apollos et de moi-même à ne pas aller au-delà de ce qui est écrit, afin qu’aucun de vous n’aille se gonfler d’orgueil en prenant le parti de l’un contre l’autre. Qui donc t’a mis à part ? As-tu quelque chose sans l’avoir reçu ? Et si tu l’as reçu, pourquoi te vanter comme si tu ne l’avais pas reçu ? Vous voilà déjà comblés, vous voilà déjà riches, vous voilà devenus rois sans nous ! Ah ! si seulement vous étiez devenus rois, pour que nous aussi, nous le soyons avec vous ! Mais nous, les Apôtres, il me semble que Dieu nous a exposés en dernier comme en vue d’une mise à mort, car nous sommes donnés en spectacle au monde, aux anges et aux hommes. Nous, nous sommes fous à cause du Christ, et vous, vous êtes raisonnables dans le Christ ; nous sommes faibles, et vous êtes forts ; vous êtes à l’honneur, et nous, dans le mépris. Maintenant encore, nous avons faim, nous avons soif, nous sommes dans le dénuement, maltraités, nous n’avons pas de domicile, nous travaillons péniblement de nos mains. On nous insulte, nous bénissons. On nous persécute, nous le supportons. On nous calomnie, nous réconfortons. Jusqu’à présent, nous sommes pour ainsi dire l’ordure du monde, le rebut de l’humanité. Je ne vous écris pas cela pour vous faire honte, mais pour vous reprendre comme mes enfants bien-aimés. Car, dans le Christ, vous pourriez avoir dix mille guides, vous n’avez pas plusieurs pères : par l’annonce de l’Évangile, c’est moi qui vous ai donné la vie dans le Christ Jésus.
Psaume : 144 (145), 17-18, 19-20, 21
R/ Proche est le Seigneur de ceux qui l’invoquent. (cf. Ps 144, 18a)
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.
Il répond au désir de ceux qui le craignent ; il écoute leur cri : il les sauve. Le Seigneur gardera tous ceux qui l’aiment, mais il détruira tous les impies.
Que ma bouche proclame les louanges du Seigneur ! Son nom très saint, que toute chair le bénisse toujours et à jamais !
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. (Jn 14, 6)
Évangile : Lc 6, 1-5
Un jour de sabbat, Jésus traversait des champs ; ses disciples arrachaient des épis et les mangeaient, après les avoir froissés dans leurs mains. Quelques pharisiens dirent alors: « Pourquoi faites-vous ce qui n’est pas permis le jour du sabbat ? » Jésus leur répondit: « N’avez-vous pas lu ce que fit David un jour qu’il eut faim, lui-même et ceux qui l’accompagnaient ? Il entra dans la maison de Dieu, prit les pains de l’offrande, en mangea et en donna à ceux qui l’accompagnaient, alors que les prêtres seulement ont le droit d’en manger. » Il leur disait encore : « Le Fils de l’homme est maître du sabbat. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Que l’offrande eucharistique, Seigneur, nous apporte toujours la grâce du salut. Que ta puissance accomplisse elle-même ce que nous célébrons dans cette liturgie. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Ps 30, 20
Qu’elle est grande, Seigneur, ta bonté envers ceux qui t’adorent!
Prière après la communion
Rassasiés par le pain de la vie, nous te prions, Seigneur : Que cette nourriture fortifie l’amour en nos cœurs , et nous incite à te servir dans nos frères. Par Jésus.
Méditation
Jésus, le Fils de Dieu, est seul médiateur entre le Père et nous. Il est le Maitre du Sabbat. L’Esprit Saint lui même intercède pour nous par des soupirs inexprimables selon la pensée de Dieu. Jésus, dans sa sagesse, a pourvu pour nous les moyens de nous approcher de lui. Par son sacrifice, il a brisé toute barrière qui nous séparait de Dieu. Nous sommes libres de le prier, de nous approcher de son Amour comme des enfants à qui il a fait grâce. Jésus est venu nous prendre sur ses épaules et nous conduire dans le Royaume de son Père. Il nous recommende de porter les fardeaux les uns des autres et de décharger nos fardeaux sur Lui.
by L'équipe de publication | Sep 5, 2024 | Evangelium
Saint Eleutherius
Green
Pope Eleutherius was the Bishop of Rome from c. 174 to his death in 189. According to the Liber Pontificalis, he was a deacon of the Roman Church under Pope Anicetus (c. 154–164), and remained so under Pope Soter, whom he succeeded around 174.
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Ps 85: 3, 5
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.
Collect
God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured. 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 Corinthians 4:1-5
People must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at all, but that does not prove that I am acquitted: the Lord alone is my judge. There must be no passing of premature judgement. Leave that until the Lord comes; he will light up all that is hidden in the dark and reveal the secret intentions of men’s hearts. Then will be the time for each one to have whatever praise he deserves, from God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 36:3-6,27-28,39-40
R/ The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
If you trust in the Lord and do good, then you will live in the land and be secure. If you find your delight in the Lord, he will grant your heart’s desire.
Commit your life to the Lord, trust in him and he will act, so that your justice breaks forth like the light, your cause like the noon-day sun.
Then turn away from evil and do good and you shall have a home for ever; for the Lord loves justice and will never forsake his friends.
The salvation of the just comes from the Lord, their stronghold in time of distress. The Lord helps them and delivers them and saves them: for their refuge is in him.
Gospel Acclamation : cf.Ps18:9
Alleluia, alleluia! Your words gladden the heart, O Lord, they give light to the eyes. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 5:33-39
The Pharisees and Scribes said to Jesus, ‘John’s disciples are always fasting and saying prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees too, but yours go on eating and drinking.’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely you cannot make the bridegroom’s attendants fast while the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come, the time for the bridegroom to be taken away from them; that will be the time when they will fast. He also told them this parable, ‘No one tears a piece from a new cloak to put it on an old cloak; if he does, not only will he have torn the new one, but the piece taken from the new will not match the old. And nobody puts new wine into old skins; if he does, the new wine will burst the skins and then run out, and the skins will be lost. No; new wine must be put into fresh skins. And nobody who has been drinking old wine wants new. “The old is good” he says.’
Prayer over the Offerings
May this sacred offering, O Lord, confer on us always the blessing of salvation, that what it celebrates in mystery it may accomplish in power. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Ps 30: 20
How great is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you.
Prayer after Communion
Renewed by this bread from the heavenly table, we beseech you, Lord, that, being the food of charity, it may confirm our hearts and stir us to serve you in our neighbour. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The solemn tone with which Jesus says, “the days will come…” (Lk 33:35) foretells his violent death and gives the reason why his followers in the present moment have to rejoice while the Bridegroom is still among them. Before that could happen, Jesus is planting the new form of religion while at the same time putting aside those rigid Jewish forms, making it clear that the old and the new cannot coexist. This new way of religion needs new lifestyle, not necessarily by observing Sabbath and fasting, but rather joy just like in the wedding.
