by L'équipe de publication | Oct 20, 2023 | Evangelium
SAINT John of Bridlington
T John Twenge was born near Bridlington, in Yorkshire. In his lifetime he enjoyed a reputation for great holiness and for miraculous powers. After his death the fame of the miracles wrought by his intercession spread rapidly through the land, and he was canonized by Pope Boniface IX in 1404
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: Romans 4:13,16-18
The promise of inheriting the world was not made to Abraham and his descendants on account of any law but on account of the righteousness which consists in faith. That is why what fulfils the promise depends on faith, so that it may be a free gift and be available to all of Abraham’s descendants, not only those who belong to the Law but also those who belong to the faith of Abraham who is the father of all of us. As scripture says: I have made you the ancestor of many nations – Abraham is our father in the eyes of God, in whom he put his faith, and who brings the dead to life and calls into being what does not exist. Though it seemed Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed, and through doing so he did become the father of many nations exactly as he had been promised: Your descendants will be as many as the stars.
Psalm 104(105):6-9,42-43
R/ The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
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.
He remembers his covenant for ever, his promise for a thousand generations, the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.
For he remembered his holy word, which he gave to Abraham his servant. So he brought out his people with joy, his chosen ones with shouts of rejoicing.
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: 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 teaches his disciples about what might happen to them in the future. In cases of persecution or non-acceptance of Christ, confessing Him will not be easy. And some will even deny Christ Jesus before men. On the other hand, some will allow themselves to be led by the Holy Spirit and will be able to maintain the confession of faith in Christ. So let us not hesitate to ask the Holy Spirit for all those who profess Christ in spite of the difficulties they must face for Christ’s sake. Moreover, we have the assurance that Christ also perseveres in the profession of faith for us.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 20, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
SAINTE Céline
Très jeune, elle avait épousé Emile, le comte de Laon. Grace à son caractère aimable et modeste, ils vécurent dans une grande union de cœur et de foi chrétienne. Ils prirent grand soin de l’éducation de leurs enfants qui devinrent tous trois prêtres. Le plus connu d’entre eux est saint Remi, archevêque de Reims.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 129
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.
1ère lecture : Romains 4, 13.16-18
Frères, ce n’est pas en vertu de la Loi que la promesse de recevoir le monde en héritage a été faite à Abraham et à sa descendance, mais en vertu de la justice obtenue par la foi. Voilà pourquoi on devient héritier par la foi : c’est une grâce, et la promesse demeure ferme pour tous les descendants d’Abraham, non pour ceux qui se rattachent à la Loi seulement, mais pour ceux qui se rattachent aussi à la foi d’Abraham, lui qui est notre père à tous. C’est bien ce qui est écrit : J’ai fait de toi le père d’un grand nombre de nations. Il est notre père devant Dieu en qui il a cru, Dieu qui donne la vie aux morts et qui appelle à l’existence ce qui n’existe pas. Espérant contre toute espérance, il a cru ; ainsi est-il devenu le père d’un grand nombre de nations, selon cette parole : Telle sera la descendance que tu auras !
Psaume : 104 (105), 6-7, 8-9, 42-43
R/ Joie pour les cœurs qui cherchent Dieu !
Ou : Alléluia !
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.
Il s’est toujours souvenu de son alliance, parole édictée pour mille générations : promesse faite à Abraham, garantie par serment à Isaac,
Il s’est ainsi souvenu de la parole sacrée et d’Abraham, son serviteur ; il a fait sortir en grande fête son peuple, ses élus, avec des cris de joie !
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. L’Esprit de vérité rendra témoignage en ma faveur, dit le Seigneur. Et vous aussi, vous allez rendre témoignage. Alléluia. (cf. Jn 15, 26b.27a)
Évangile : Luc 12, 8-12
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Je vous le dis : Quiconque se sera déclaré pour moi devant les hommes, le Fils de l’homme aussi se déclarera pour lui devant les anges de Dieu. Mais celui qui m’aura renié en face des hommes sera renié à son tour en face des anges de Dieu. Quiconque dira une parole contre le Fils de l’homme, cela lui sera pardonné; mais si quelqu’un blasphème contre l’Esprit Saint, cela ne lui sera pas pardonné. Quand on vous traduira devant les gens des synagogues, les magistrats et les autorités, ne vous inquiétez pas de la façon dont vous vous défendrez ni de ce que vous direz. Car l’Esprit Saint vous enseignera à cette heure-là ce qu’il faudra dire. »
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,
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
Jésus enseigne ses disciples sur ce qui risque de leur arriver dans l’avenir. En cas de persécution ou de non acceptation du Christ, le confesser ne sera pas facile ni évident. Certains renieront même le Christ Jésus devant les hommes. Par contre, seuls ceux qui se laisseront conduire par l’Esprit Saint confesseront leur foi au Christ. Alors n’hésitons pas à demander l’Esprit saint pour tous ceux qui professent le Christ malgré les difficultés. De plus, nous avons l’assurance que le Christ persévère lui aussi dans la profession de foi pour nous.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 19, 2023 | Agenda Biblique
Bienheureuse Adeline
Elle fut la première abbesse de l’abbaye des « Dames Blanches » à Mortain dans le département de la Manche en Normandie.
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.
1ère lecture : Romains 4, 1-8
Frères, que dirons-nous d’Abraham, notre ancêtre selon la chair? Qu’a-t-il obtenu ? Si Abraham était devenu un homme juste par la pratique des œuvres, il aurait pu en tirer fierté, mais pas devant Dieu. Or, que dit l’Écriture ? Abraham eut foi en Dieu, et il lui fut accordé d’être juste. Si quelqu’un accomplit un travail, son salaire ne lui est pas accordé comme un don gratuit, mais comme un dû. Au contraire, si quelqu’un, sans rien accomplir, a foi en Celui qui rend juste l’homme impie, il lui est accordé d’être juste par sa foi. C’est ainsi que le psaume de David proclame heureux l’homme à qui Dieu accorde d’être juste, indépendamment de la pratique des œuvres : Heureux ceux dont les offenses ont été remises, et les péchés, effacés. Heureux l’homme dont le péché n’est pas compté par le Seigneur.
Psaume : 31 (32), 1-2, 5ab, 5c.11
R/ Tu es un refuge pour moi ; de chants de délivrance, tu m’as entouré. (31, 7acd)
Heureux l’homme dont la faute est enlevée, et le péché remis ! Heureux l’homme dont le Seigneur ne retient pas l’offense, dont l’esprit est sans fraude !
Je t’ai fait connaître ma faute, je n’ai pas caché mes torts. J’ai dit : « Je rendrai grâce au Seigneur en confessant mes péchés. »
Toi, tu as enlevé l’offense de ma faute. Que le Seigneur soit votre joie ! Exultez, hommes justes ! Hommes droits, chantez votre allégresse !
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia. Que ton amour, Seigneur, soit sur nous, comme notre espoir est en toi ! Alléluia. (Ps 32, 22)
Évangile : Luc 12, 1-7
En ce temps-là, comme la foule s’était rassemblée par milliers au point qu’on s’écrasait, Jésus, s’adressant d’abord à ses disciples, se mit à dire : « Méfiez-vous du levain des pharisiens, c’est-à-dire de leur hypocrisie. Tout ce qui est couvert d’un voile sera dévoilé, tout ce qui est caché sera connu. Aussi tout ce que vous aurez dit dans les ténèbres sera entendu en pleine lumière, ce que vous aurez dit à l’oreille dans le fond de la maison sera proclamé sur les toits. Je vous le dis, à vous mes amis : Ne craignez pas ceux qui tuent le corps, et après cela ne peuvent rien faire de plus. Je vais vous montrer qui vous devez craindre : craignez celui qui, après avoir tué, a le pouvoir d’envoyer dans la géhenne. Oui, je vous le dis : c’est celui-là que vous devez craindre. Est-ce que l’on ne vend pas cinq moineaux pour deux sous. Or pas un seul n’est oublié au regard de Dieu. À plus forte raison les cheveux de votre tête sont tous comptés. Soyez sans crainte : vous valez plus qu’une multitude de moineaux. »
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
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
Aux disciples, Jésus recommande de se méfier du levain des Pharisiens : le levain fermente mais corrompt. Saint Paul nous donne un bon éclairage dans sa première lettre aux Corinthiens : « Purifiez-vous du vieux levain pour être une pâte nouvelle, puisque vous êtes sans levain. » Autrement dit : devenez, en actes, ce que vous êtes déjà dans la foi au Christ : un homme nouveau, « créé saint et juste, l’image de Dieu », sans duplicité, sans corruption. A ses amis, il conseille de ne pas craindre la mort corporelle, car gagner la Vie est plus que satisfaire le corps. Jésus est un Maître véritable qui enseigne ce qu’il sait pour l’avoir vécu : celui qui met toute sa confiance en Dieu, vivra de la vie de Dieu, par-delà même la mort du corps. Là est la vie véritable que Jésus veut nous transmettre.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 19, 2023 | Evangelium
Blessed Daudi Okelo
and Jildo Irwa
These two catechists died for their faith on 20 October 1918 at Paimol in Northern Uganda. They were still very young – Daudi was 16, while Jildo was only 12. During the persecutions of Christians, they were dragged outside their hut and killed for the sole reason of teaching the Christian faith.
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: Romans 4:1-8
What shall we say about Abraham, the ancestor from whom we are all descended? If Abraham was justified as a reward for doing something, he would really have had something to boast about, though not in God’s sight because scripture says: Abraham put his faith in God, and this faith was considered as justifying him. If a man has work to show, his wages are not considered as a favour but as his due; but when a man has nothing to show except faith in the one who justifies sinners, then his faith is considered as justifying him. And David says the same: a man is happy if God considers him righteous, irrespective of good deeds: Happy those whose crimes are forgiven,
whose sins are blotted out; happy the man whom the Lord considers sinless.
Psalm 31(32):1-2,5,11
R/ You are my refuge, O Lord; you fill me with the joy of salvation.
Happy the man whose offence is forgiven, whose sin is remitted. O happy the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no guile.
But now I have acknowledged my sins; my guilt I did not hide. I said: ‘I will confess my offence to the Lord.’ And you, Lord, have forgiven the guilt of my sin.
Rejoice, rejoice in the Lord, exult, you just! O come, ring out your joy, all you upright of heart.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps 18: 9
Alleluia, alleluia! Your words gladden the heart, O Lord, they give light to the eyes. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 12:1-7
The people had gathered in their thousands so that they were treading on one another. And Jesus began to speak, first of all to his disciples. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees – that is, their hypocrisy. Everything that is now covered will be uncovered, and everything now hidden will be made clear. For this reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places will be proclaimed on the housetops. To you my friends I say: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. I will tell you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has the power to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet not one is forgotten in God’s sight. Why, every hair on your head has been counted. There is no need to be afraid: you are worth more than hundreds of sparrows.”
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: 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
To the disciples, Jesus recommends that they beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. Leaven is useful, as it causes fermentation, but is also a sign of corruption. Saint Paul gives us a good illustration in his first letter to the Corinthians: “Purify yourselves from the old leaven so that you may be a new dough, since you are unleavened. In other words: become, in deed, what you already are by faith in Christ: a new man, created holy and righteous, the image of God, without duplicity, without corruption… To friends, he advises not to fear bodily death, for life is more than the body. Jesus is a true Master who teaches what he knows because he has lived it: he who puts all his trust in God will live, even beyond the death of the body, with the life of God. This is the true life that Jesus wants to transmit to us.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 18, 2023 | Evangelium
Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions
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: Romans 3:21-30
God’s justice that was made known through the Law and the Prophets has now been revealed outside the Law, since it is the same justice of God that comes through faith to everyone, Jew and pagan alike, who believes in Jesus Christ. Both Jew and pagan sinned and forfeited God’s glory, and both are justified through the free gift of his grace by being redeemed in Christ Jesus who was appointed by God to sacrifice his life so as to win reconciliation through faith. In this way God makes his justice known; first, for the past, when sins went unpunished because he held his hand, then, for the present age, by showing positively that he is just, and that he justifies everyone who believes in Jesus. So what becomes of our boasts? There is no room for them. What sort of law excludes them? The sort of law that tells us what to do? On the contrary, it is the law of faith, since, as we see it, a man is justified by faith and not by doing something the Law tells him to do. Is God the God of Jews alone and not of the pagans too? Of the pagans too, most certainly, since there is only one God.
Psalm 129(130):1-6
R/ With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness of redemption.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord, Lord, hear my voice! O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.
If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, Lord, who would survive? But with you is found forgiveness: for this we revere you.
My soul is waiting for the Lord. I count on his word. My soul is longing for the Lord more than watchman for daybreak.
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
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: 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
It is easier to build tombs for prophets when they are dead than to listen to them while they are still alive with us! And to show gratitude to the prophets without taking their teaching into account is to kill them a second time. This is what Jesus tells us today. Those who did not heed the word spoken to them, by not recognizing Jesus the Messiah, did as their fathers did?
