by L'équipe de publication | Oct 29, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Marcellus (d. 300)
Psalter: Week II
Green
A centurion from Tingis (Morocco), he not only refused to worship Roman gods but also threw down his soldier’s insignia in front of the legion’s standards. As he did this, he proclaimed his Christian identity, his allegiance to the Lord and rejected the worship of gods made of stone and wood. He was put to death by the sword around the year 300.
Entrance Antiphon : Ps 104: 3-4
Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. 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 8:31-39
With God on our side who can be against us? Since God did not spare his own Son, but gave him up to benefit us all, we may be certain, after such a gift, that he will not refuse anything he can give. Could anyone accuse those that God has chosen? When God acquits, could anyone condemn? Could Christ Jesus? No! He not only died for us – he rose from the dead, and there at God’s right hand he stands and pleads for us.Nothing therefore can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. As scripture promised: For your sake we are being massacred daily, and reckoned as sheep for the slaughter. These are the trials through which we triumph, by the power of him who loved us.For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 108(109):21-22,26-27,30-31
R/ Save me, O Lord, because of your love.
For your name’s sake act in my defence;in the goodness of your love be my rescuer.For I am poor and needyand my heart is pierced within me.
Help me, Lord my God;save me because of your love.Let them know that is your work,That this is your doing, O Lord.
Loud thanks to the Lord are on my lips. I will praise him in the midst of the throng,for he stands at the poor man’s sideto save him from those who condemn him.
Gospel Acclamation: Ps147:12,15
Alleluia, alleluia! O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!He sends out his word to the earth.Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 13:31-35
Some Pharisees came up to Jesus. ‘Go away’ they said. ‘Leave this place, because Herod means to kill you.’ He replied, ‘You may go and give that fox this message: Learn that today and tomorrow I cast out devils and on the third day attain my end. But for today and tomorrow and the next day I must go on, since it would not be right for a prophet to die outside Jerusalem. ‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I longed to gather your children, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused! So be it! Your house will be left to you. Yes, I promise you, you shall not see me till the time comes when you say:‘Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!’
Prayer over the Offerings
Look, we pray, O Lord, on the offerings we make to your majesty, that whatever is done by us in your service may be directed above all to your glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Ps 19: 6
We will ring out our joy at your saving help and exult in the name of our God.
Prayer after Communion
May your Sacraments, O Lord, we pray, perfect in us what lies within them, that what we now celebrate in signs we may one day possess in truth. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Jesus wanted to establish a community that would bring together diverse individuals who would typically not gather — Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles, the rich and the poor, law-abiding citizens, and sinners, as well as men and women. In today’s gospel, Jesus laments that the people of Jerusalem are unwilling for Him to bring them together. His desire is to gather them in much the same way as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but they resist and are not simply open to the idea. Jesus deeply longs for others to love to the full, but for this desire to be fulfilled, others need to accept the idea. In the first reading, Saint Paul tells us that there are spiritual forces at work trying to hinder us from responding to the Lord’s effort to gather us to Himself. Paul says that human strength alone is not sufficient to combat such forces. We require God’s grace, God’s armour, emphasising the need to pray in the Spirit on every possible occasion to confront and overcome these spiritual challenges.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 29, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
BIENHEUREUSE BIENVENUE
PSAUTIER: II
VERT
Elle entra dans le Tiers Ordre de Saint Dominique et se sanctifia ainsi sans entrer dans un couvent. Ses contemporains l’ont dotée de toutes les vertus. Elle voulait imiter les souffrances du Christ.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 104, 3-4
Soyez dans la joie, vous qui cherchez Dieu. Cherchez le Seigneur et sa force, sans vous lasser, recherchez son visage.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, augmente en nous la foi, l’espérance et la charité. Et pour que nous puissions obtenir ce que tu promets, fais-nous aimer ce que tu commandes. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Rm 8, 31b-39
Frères, si Dieu est pour nous, qui sera contre nous ? Il n’a pas épargné son propre Fils, mais il l’a livré pour nous tous : comment pourrait-il,avec lui, ne pas nous donner tout ? Qui accusera ceux que Dieu a choisis ? Dieu est celui qui rend juste : alors, qui pourra condamner ? Le Christ Jésus est mort ; bien plus, il est ressuscité, il est à la droite de Dieu, il intercède pour nous : alors, qui pourra nous séparer de l’amour du Christ ? la détresse ? l’angoisse ? la persécution ? la faim ? le dénuement ? le danger ? le glaive ? En effet, il est écrit : C’est pour toi qu’on nous massacre sans arrêt, qu’on nous traite en brebis d’abattoir. Mais, en tout cela nous sommes les grands vainqueurs grâce à celui qui nous a aimés. J’en ai la certitude : ni la mort ni la vie, ni les anges ni les Principautés célestes, ni le présent ni l’avenir, ni les Puissances, ni les hauteurs, ni les abîmes, ni aucune autre créature, rien ne pourra nous séparer de l’amour de Dieu qui est dans le Christ Jésus notre Seigneur.
Psaume : Ps 108 (109), 21-22, 26-27, 30-31
R/ Aide-moi, Seigneur mon Dieu :
sauve-moi par ton amour ! (Ps 108, 26b)
Seigneur Dieu, agis pour moi à cause de ton nom.
Ton amour est fidèle : délivre-moi.
Vois, je suis pauvre et malheureux ; au fond de moi, mon cœur est blessé.
Aide-moi, Seigneur mon Dieu : sauve-moi par ton amour ! Ils connaîtront que là est ta main, que toi, Seigneur, tu agis.
À pleine voix, je rendrai grâce au Seigneur, je le louerai parmi la multitude, car il se tient à la droite du pauvre pour le sauver de ceux qui le condamnent.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia.
Béni soit notre roi, celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur. Paix dans le ciel et gloire au plus haut des cieux ! Alléluia. (cf. Lc 19, 38 ; 2, 14)
Évangile : Lc 13, 31-35
En ce jour-là, quelques pharisiens s’approchèrent de Jésus pour lui dire : « Pars, va-t’en d’ici : Hérode veut te tuer. » Il leur répliqua : « Allez dire à ce renard : voici que j’expulse les démons et je fais des guérisons aujourd’hui et demain, et, le troisième jour, j’arrive au terme. Mais il me faut continuer ma route
aujourd’hui, demain et le jour suivant, car il ne convient pas qu’un prophète périsse en dehors de Jérusalem. Jérusalem, Jérusalem, toi qui tues les prophètes,et qui lapides ceux qui te sont envoyés, combien de fois ai-je voulu rassembler tes enfants comme la poule rassemble ses poussins sous ses ailes, et vous n’avez pas voulu !Voici que votre temple est abandonné à vous-mêmes. Je vous le déclare : vous ne me verrez plus jusqu’à ce que vienne le jour où vous direz : Béni soit celui qui vient au nom du Seigneur ! »
Prière sur les offrandes
Regarde les présents déposés devant toi, Seigneur notre Dieu. Permets que notre célébration contribue d’abord à ta gloire. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ps 19, 6
Joyeux d’être sauvés, nous acclamons le nom de notre Dieu.
Prière après la communion
Que tes sacrements, Seigneur, achèvent de produire en nous ce qu’ils signifient, afin que nous entrions un jour en pleine possession du mystère que nous célébrons dans ces rites. Par Jésus.
Méditation
La première lecture est un hymne à l’Amour de Dieu duquel rien, dans le monde visible et invisible, ne peut séparer celui qui en fait l’expérience et qui appartient à Dieu. Jésus, dans l’évangile, exprime cette attache inconditionnelle au Père et à la mission pour laquelle Il est sorti. Comptant sur la fidélité indéfectible de l’Amour de Dieu en Jésus Christ, nous sommes appelés, à notre tour, à ne rien laisser entacher notre devoir de témoignage chrétien. Ni le bonheur, ni le malheur, ni les peines ni les joies, ni la richesse ni la pauvreté, ni la santé ni la maladie ne doivent amoindrir la force de notre témoignage encore moins l’éteindre. C’est à temps comme à contre temps que nous devons rendre manifeste notre attachement à l’Amour de notre Père du Ciel en Jésus-Christ.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 28, 2025 | Evangelium
Saint Colman MacDuagh (632)
Psalter: Week II
Green
He was the son of an Irish chieftain. He was educated at Saint Enda’s monastery in the Aran Islands. Thereafter he was a recluse, living in prayer fasting. With the King of Connaught he founded the monastery of Kilmacduagh which he governed as abbot-bishop.
Entrance Antiphon : Ps 104: 3-4
Let the hearts that seek the Lord rejoice; turn to the Lord and his strength; constantly seek his face.
Collect
Almighty ever-living God, increase our faith, hope and charity, and make us love what you command, so that we may merit what you promise. 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 8:26-30
The Spirit comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means, and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according to the mind of God. We know that by turning everything to their good God co-operates with all those who love him, with all those that he has called according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he shared his glory.
Responsorial Psalm : Psalm 12(13):4-6
R/ Lord, I trust in your mercy.
Look at me, answer me, Lord my God! Give light to my eyes lest I fall asleep in death, lest my enemy say: ‘I have overcome him’; lest my foes rejoice to see my fall.
As for me, I trust in your merciful love. Let my heart rejoice in your saving help. Let me sing to the Lord for his goodness to me, singing psalms to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn14:6
Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; No one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 13:22-30
Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, ‘Sir, will there be only a few saved?’ He said to them, ‘Try your b st to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed. ‘Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying, “Lord, open to us” but he will answer, “I do not know where you come from.” Then you will find yourself saying, “We once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets” but he will reply, “I do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men!” ‘Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves turned outside. And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. ‘Yes, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.’
Prayer over the Offerings
Look, we pray, O Lord, on the offerings we make to your majesty, that whatever is done by us in your service may be directed above all to your glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Ps 19: 6
We will ring out our joy at your saving help and exult in the name of our God.
Prayer after Communion
May your Sacraments, O Lord, we pray, perfect in us what lies within them, that what we now celebrate in signs we may one day possess in truth. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
In today’s gospel, Jesus is asked, ‘Will only a few be saved?’ Seizing the moment, He responds by encouraging people to strive to enter through the narrow door. He suggests that the path to salvation, to a fullness of life, requires effort and focus on our part, much the same way as entering through a narrow door demands concentration and attention. The narrowness of the door does not imply that only a few will enter since He indicates that many will come from east and west, north and south, to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God. Hence, Jesus clarifies: ‘No, not a few, but many will be saved.’ However, the key is to strive to enter through the narrow door by following Jesus, walking in his way, listening to Him, and putting His Word into practice.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 28, 2025 | Agenda Biblique
SAINT NARCISSE, EVÊQUE
PSAUTIER: II
VERT
Il présida le concile de Palestine qui décida de célébrer Pâques un dimanche et non au jour anniversaire du 14 nisan. Il mourut plus que centenaire.
Antienne d’ouverture : Ps 104, 3-4
Soyez dans la joie, vous qui cherchez Dieu. Cherchez le Seigneur et sa force, sans vous lasser, recherchez son visage.
Prière d’ouverture
Dieu éternel et tout-puissant, augmente en nous la foi, l’espérance et la charité. Et pour que nous puissions obtenir ce que tu promets, fais-nous aimer ce que tu commandes. Par Jésus.
1ère lecture : Rm 8, 26-30
Frères, l’Esprit Saint vient au secours de notre faiblesse, car nous ne savons pas prier comme il faut.
L’Esprit lui-même intercède pour nous par des gémissements inexprimables. Et Dieu, qui scrute les cœurs, connaît les intentions de l’Esprit puisque c’est selon Dieu que l’Esprit intercède pour les fidèles. Nous le savons, quand les hommes aiment Dieu, lui-même fait tout contribuer à leur bien, puisqu’ils sont appelés selon le dessein de son amour. Ceux que, d’avance, il connaissait, il les a aussi destinés d’avance à être configurés à l’image de son Fils, pour que ce Fils soit le premier-né d’une multitude de frères. Ceux qu’il avait destinés d’avance, il les a aussi appelés ; ceux qu’il a appelés, il en a fait des justes ; et ceux qu’il a rendus justes, il leur a donné sa gloire.
Psaume : Ps 12 (13), 4-5a, 5b-6
R/ Moi, je prends appui sur ton amour, Seigneur.
Regarde, réponds-moi, Seigneur mon Dieu ! Donne la lumière à mes yeux, garde-moi du sommeil de la mort ; que l’adversaire ne crie pas : « Victoire ! » Que l’ennemi n’ait pas la joie de ma défaite ! Moi, je prends appui sur ton amour ; que mon cœur ait la joie de ton salut !
Je chanterai le Seigneur pour le bien qu’il m’a fait.
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia.
Par l’annonce de l’Évangile, Dieu nous appelle à partager la gloire de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ. Alléluia. (cf. 2 Th 2, 14)
Évangile : Lc 13, 22-30
En ce temps-là, tandis qu’il faisait route vers Jérusalem, Jésus traversait villes et villages en enseignant Quelqu’un lui demanda : « Seigneur, n’y a-t-il que peu de gens qui soient sauvés ? » Jésus leur dit : « Efforcez-vous d’entrer par la porte étroite, car, je vous le déclare, beaucoup chercheront à entrer et n’y parviendront pas. Lorsque le maître de maison se sera levé pour fermer la porte, si vous, du dehors, vous vous mettez à frapper à la porte, en disant : “Seigneur, ouvre-nous”, il vous répondra : “Je ne sais pas d’où vous êtes.” Alors vous vous mettrez à dire : “Nous avons mangé et bu en ta présence,
et tu as enseigné sur nos places.” Il vous répondra : “Je ne sais pas d’où vous êtes. Éloignez-vous de moi, vous tous qui commettez l’injustice.” Là, il y aura des pleurs et des grincements de dents, quand vous verrez Abraham, Isaac et Jacob, et tous les prophètes dans le royaume de Dieu, et que vous-mêmes, vous serez jetés dehors Alors on viendra de l’orient et de l’occident, du nord et du midi, prendre place au festin dans le royaume de Dieu. Oui, il y a des derniers qui seront premiers, et des premiers qui seront derniers. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Regarde les présents déposés devant toi, Seigneur notre Dieu. Permets que notre célébration contribue d’abord à ta gloire. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ps 19, 6
Joyeux d’être sauvés, nous acclamons le nom de notre Dieu.
Prière après la communion
Que tes sacrements, Seigneur, achèvent de produire en nous ce qu’ils signifient, afin que nous entrions un jour en pleine possession du mystère que nous célébrons dans ces rites. Par Jésus.
Méditation Les textes de ce jour nous rappels que nous sommes destinés à partager la gloire de Jésus notre Seigneur. Pour y arriver, Jésus nous invite à le mériter en faisant des efforts personnels afin de passer par la porte étroite. L’étroitesse de cette porte traduit la réalité de la croix qui se trouve au cœur de la suite du Christ ; si quelqu’un veut marcher à ma suite, qu’il se charge de sa croix et me suive. Cette porte est celle de la justice qui s’oppose à l’injustice du monde qui offre une facilité séduisante pour beaucoup. Il est plus facile d’être injuste et de profiter des peines des autres que d’être juste selon Dieu. La voie facile, nous fait comprendre le Christ, conduit à vivre en marge de la présence de Dieu.
by L'équipe de publication | Oct 27, 2025 | Evangelium
Saints Simon and Jude,
Apostles – Feast
Psalter: Week IV
Red
Jude, also called Thaddaeus, is the apostle who at the Last Supper asked the Lord why he showed himself only to the disciples and not to the world. For many centuries he was scarcely venerated because people confused him with Judas Iscariot. He is the patron saint of lost and desperate causes.
Entrance Antiphon
These are the holy men whom the Lord chose in his own perfect love; to them he gave eternal glory.
Collect
O God, who by the blessed Apostles have brought us to acknowledge your name, graciously grant, through the intercession of Saints Simon and Jude, that the Church may constantly grow by increase of the peoples who believe in you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
First reading : Ephesians 2:19-22
You are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built into a house where God lives, in the Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm : Psalm 18(19):2-5
R/ Their word goes forth through all the earth.
The heavens proclaim the glory of God, and the firmament shows forth the work of his hands.
Day unto day takes up the story and night unto night makes known the message.
No speech, no word, no voice is heard yet their span extends through all the earth, their words to the utmost bounds of the world.
Gospel Acclamation :cf.Te Deum
Alleluia, alleluia! We praise you, O God, we acknowledge you to be the Lord. The glorious company of the apostles praise you, O Lord. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 6:12-16
Jesus went out into the hills to pray; and he spent the whole night in prayer to God. When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them ‘apostles’: Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon called the Zealot, Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot who became a traitor.
Prayer over the Offerings
As we venerate the perpetual glory of the holy Apostles Simon and Jude, O Lord, we ask that you receive our prayers and lead us to worthy celebration of the sacred mysteries. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Jn 14: 23
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
Prayer after Communion
Having received this Sacrament, O Lord, we humbly implore you in the Holy Spirit, that what we do to honour the glorious passion of the Apostles Simon and Jude may keep us ever in your love. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Luke, more than any other evangelist, presents Jesus as a man of prayer. In today’s gospel, Jesus spends the entire night in prayer before choosing the twelve from among his disciples. The choice of this significant group is a fruit of our Lord’s deep meditation and prayer. Even though He prayerfully selects the apostles, the leader of this group will later deny him, and another will betray him for thirty pieces of silver. Jesus’ prayer does not guarantee a perfect outcome. The act of praying is not an assurance that everything will work out right. However, prayer strengthens our communion with God, and when circumstances deviate from our expectations we confront them with the strength derived from our connection with God. Jesus will experience abandonment by those he has selected, yet, because of his prayerful communion with God, he will triumph over that dark episode of His life and enter into a new life, which is accessible to all who approach him in faith.
