by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Oct 8, 2020 | Evangelium
friday 09 October 2020
Bl. John Henry Newman
Sts Denis and his Companions, Martyrs
St John Leonardi
Cardinal John Henry Newman was born in London in 1801, he was for over twenty years an Anglican clergyman. His studies of the early Church led him progressively towards Catholicism, and in 1845 he embraced “the one true fold of the Redeemer”. He was a prolific and influential writer on a variety of subjects. In 1879 he was created Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. He died in Birmingham on 11 August 1890.
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Entrance Antiphon
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 3:7-14
Don’t you see that it is those who rely on faith who are the sons of Abraham? Scripture foresaw that God was going to use faith to justify the pagans, and proclaimed the Good News long ago when Abraham was told: In you all the pagans will be blessed. Those therefore who rely on faith receive the same blessing as Abraham, the man of faith. On the other hand, those who rely on the keeping of the Law are under a curse, since scripture says: Cursed be everyone who does not persevere in observing everything prescribed in the book of the Law. The Law will not justify anyone in the sight of God, because we are told: the righteous man finds life through faith. The Law is not even based on faith, since we are told: The man who practises these precepts finds life through practising them. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being cursed for our sake, since scripture says: Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree. This was done so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might include the pagans, and so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.
Psalm 110(111):1-6
R/ The Lord keeps his covenant ever in mind.
- I will thank the Lord with all my heart in the meeting of the just and their assembly. Great are the works of the Lord, to be pondered by all who love them.
- Majestic and glorious his work, his justice stands firm for ever. He makes us remember his wonders. The Lord is compassion and love.
- He gives food to those who fear him; keeps his covenant ever in mind. He has shown his might to his people by giving them the lands of the nations.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 10:27
Alleluia, alleluia! The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. Alleluia!
Gospel : Luke 11:15-26
When Jesus had cast out a devil, some of the people said, ‘It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.’ Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a household divided against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? – since you assert that it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be your judges then. But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you. So long as a strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are undisturbed; but when someone stronger than he is attacks and defeats him, the stronger man takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil. ‘He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me scatters. ‘When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and not finding one it says, “I will go back to the home I came from.” But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied, it then goes off and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and set up house there, so that the man ends up by being worse than he was before.’
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
When we were baptised, the church specifically prayed for us to be delivered from the evil one. Jesus, who is stronger than the strongman- Satan has freed us (Lk 11:22). However, Jesus warns us that the evil one will return and re-enter our lives with a second and much worse wave of demons, if conditions are favourable for the evil one’s return. Peter throws more light on this when he writes: “if after men have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness…” (2 Pet 2:20-21). Let us live out our baptismal promises, devoting ourselves to prayer and the breaking of the bread
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Oct 8, 2020 | Agenda Biblique
VERT / BLANC
Saint Denis, évêque, et ses compagnons, martyrs
A ne pas confondre avec Denis que convertit saint Paul, ni avec celui qui écrivit, au 5e siècle, des œuvres mystiques longtemps attribuées à Denis l’Aréopagite. Vers 258, Denis, premier évêque de Lutèce, le futur Paris, mourut, avec le prêtre Eleuthère et le diacre Rustique sur la colline de Montmartre (mont des martyrs). La basilique où furent ensevelis les rois de France fut bâtie sur le tombeau de celui qui apporta à Paris la lumière de l’Evangile.
Saint Jean Léonardi, prêtre
Pour prêcher la foi catholique et protéger ainsi l’Italie de l’influence protestante, Jean Léonardi (1541-1609) fonda la Congrégation des clercs réguliers de la Mère de Dieu. Mais il est aussi à l’origine du collège de la Propagande, à Rome, où il travailla à la fondation d’un séminaire destiné à la formation d’un clergé indigène dans les pays de mission.
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, 6-14
Frères, Abraham eut foi en Dieu, et il lui fut accordé d’être juste. Comprenez-le donc : ceux qui se réclament de la foi, ce sont eux, les fils d’Abraham. D’ailleurs, l’Écriture avait prévu, au sujet des nations, que Dieu les rendrait justes par la foi, et elle avait annoncé d’avance à Abraham cette bonne nouvelle : En toi seront bénies toutes les nations. Ainsi, ceux qui se réclament de la foi sont bénis avec Abraham, le croyant. Quant à ceux qui se réclament de la pratique de la Loi, ils sont tous sous la menace d’une malédiction, car il est écrit : Maudit soit celui qui ne s’attache pas à mettre en pratique tout ce qui est écrit dans le livre de la Loi. Il est d’ailleurs clair que par la Loi personne ne devient juste devant Dieu, car, comme le dit l’Écriture, celui qui est juste par la foi, vivra, et la Loi ne procède pas de la foi, mais elle dit : Celui qui met en pratique les commandements vivra à cause d’eux. Quant à cette malédiction de la Loi, le Christ nous en a rachetés en devenant, pour nous, objet de malédiction, car il est écrit : Il est maudit, celui qui est pendu au bois du supplice. Tout cela pour que la bénédiction d’Abraham s’étende aux nations païennes dans le Christ Jésus, et que nous recevions, par la foi, l’Esprit qui a été promis.
Psaume : 110 (111), 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
R/ Le Seigneur garde toujours mémoire de son alliance.
- De tout cœur je rendrai grâce au Seigneur dans l’assemblée, parmi les justes. Grandes sont les œuvres du Seigneur ; tous ceux qui les aiment s’en instruisent.
- Noblesse et beauté dans ses actions : à jamais se maintiendra sa justice. De ses merveilles il a laissé un mémorial ; le Seigneur est tendresse et pitié.
- Il a donné des vivres à ses fidèles, gardant toujours mémoire de son alliance. Il a montré sa force à son peuple, lui donnant le domaine des nations.
Acclamation :
Alléluia. Alléluia. Maintenant le prince de ce monde va être jeté dehors, dit le Seigneur ; et moi, quand j’aurai été élevé de terre, j’attirerai à moi tous les hommes. Alléluia. (Jn 12, 31b-32)
Evangile : Lc 11, 15-26
En ce temps-là, comme Jésus avait expulsé un démon, certains dirent : « C’est par Béelzéboul, le chef des démons, qu’il expulse les démons. » D’autres, pour le mettre à l’épreuve, cherchaient à obtenir de lui un signe venant du ciel. Jésus, connaissant leurs pensées, leur dit : « Tout royaume divisé contre lui-même devient désert, ses maisons s’écroulent les unes sur les autres. Si Satan, lui aussi, est divisé contre lui-même, comment son royaume tiendra-t-il ? Vous dites en effet que c’est par Béelzéboul que j’expulse les démons. Mais si c’est par Béelzéboul que moi, je les expulse, vos disciples, par qui les expulsent-ils ? Dès lors, ils seront eux-mêmes vos juges. En revanche, si c’est par le doigt de Dieu que j’expulse les démons, c’est donc que le règne de Dieu est venu jusqu’à vous. Quand l’homme fort, et bien armé, garde son palais, tout ce qui lui appartient est en sécurité. Mais si un plus fort survient et triomphe de lui, il lui enlève son armement auquel il se fiait, et il distribue tout ce dont il l’a dépouillé. Celui qui n’est pas avec moi est contre moi ; celui qui ne rassemble pas avec moi disperse. Quand l’esprit impur est sorti de l’homme, il parcourt des lieux arides en cherchant où se reposer. Et il ne trouve pas. Alors il se dit : “Je vais retourner dans ma maison, d’où je suis sorti.” En arrivant, il la trouve balayée et bien rangée. Alors il s’en va, et il prend d’autres esprits encore plus mauvais que lui, au nombre de sept ; ils entrent et s’y installent. Ainsi, l’état de cet homme-là est pire à la fin qu’au début. »
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.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Oct 7, 2020 | Evangelium
thursday 08 October 2020
St Pelagia
Pelagia, more often called Margaret, was an actress of Antioch who was converted by a sermon of Bishop Nonnus of Edessa. She gave her wealth to Nonnus to aid the poor. She subsequently became a hermitess in a cave on Mount of Olivette.
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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 3:1-5
Are you people in Galatia mad? Has someone put a spell on you, in spite of the plain explanation you have had of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ? Let me ask you one question: was it because you practised the Law that you received the Spirit, or because you believed what was preached to you? Are you foolish enough to end in outward observances what you began in the Spirit? Have all the favours you received been wasted? And if this were so, they would most certainly have been wasted. Does God give you the Spirit so freely and work miracles among you because you practise Law, or because you believed what was preached to you?
Luke 1:69-75
R/ Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people and redeemed them.
- He has raised up for us a mighty saviour in the house of David his servant, as he promised by the lips of holy men, those who were his prophets from of old.
- A saviour who would free us from our foes, from the hands of all who hate us. So his love for our fathers is fulfilled and his holy covenant remembered.
- He swore to Abraham our father to grant us that free from fear, and saved from the hands of our foes, we might serve him in holiness and justice all the days of our life in his presence.
Gospel Acclamation : Jn 14:6
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 11:5-13
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to say, “My friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine on his travels has just arrived at my house and I have nothing to offer him”; and the man answers from inside the house, “Do not bother me. The door is bolted now, and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up to give it you.” I tell you, if the man does not get up and give it him for friendship’s sake, persistence will be enough to make him get up and give his friend all he wants. ‘So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For the one who asks always receives; the one who searches always finds; the one who knocks will always have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a fish? Or hand him a scorpion if he asked for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!’
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
Today’s Gospel brings out the power of persistence in prayer. In effect, Jesus helps us understand the need to continue to ask of God, to petition for help and guidance, to form good aspirations and expect good things from our prayer. In prayer we must understand that God is our friend. This means that we can wake God up in the middle of the night to ask a favour, as a test of our friendship. How many of us are patient enough to make this sacrifice to go to him? Besides, God is more than a friend. Jesus uses the illustration of a friend to teach persistence, but let us not think that we have to be persistent until God is bothered enough to help us. God is more than this, he is our Father in heaven. He wants to answer our prayers and give us what we need.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Oct 7, 2020 | Agenda Biblique
VERT
Sainte Pélagie, la Pénitente
Saint Jean Chrysostome atteste que cette sainte est morte à Antioche au début de la persécution de Dioclétien vers 302.
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, 1-5
Galates stupides, qui donc vous a ensorcelés ? À vos yeux, pourtant, Jésus Christ a été présenté crucifié. Je n’ai qu’une question à vous poser : l’Esprit Saint, l’avez-vous reçu pour avoir pratiqué la Loi, ou pour avoir écouté le message de la foi ? Comment pouvez-vous être aussi fous ? Après avoir commencé par l’Esprit, allez-vous, maintenant, finir par la chair ? Auriez-vous vécu de si grandes choses en vain ? Si encore ce n’était qu’en vain ! Celui qui vous fait don de l’Esprit et qui réalise des miracles parmi vous, le fait-il parce que vous pratiquez la Loi, ou parce que vous écoutez le message de la foi ?
Cantique, Lc 1,69-70,71-72,73-75
R/ Béni soit le Seigneur, le Dieu d’Israël, car il a visité son peuple.
- Il a fait surgir la force qui nous sauve dans la maison de David, son serviteur, comme il l’avait dit par la bouche des saints, par ses prophètes, depuis les temps anciens :
- Salut qui nous arrache à l’ennemi, à la main de tous nos oppresseurs, amour qu’il montre envers nos pères, mémoire de son alliance sainte,
- Serment juré à notre père Abraham de nous rendre sans crainte, afin que, délivrés de la main des ennemis, nous le servions dans la justice et la sainteté, en sa présence, tout au long de nos jours.
Acclamation :
Alléluia. Alléluia. Seigneur, ouvre notre cœur pour nous rendre attentifs aux paroles de ton Fils. Alléluia. (cf. Ac 16, 14b)
Evangile : Lc 11, 5-13
En ce temps-là, Jésus disait à ses disciples : « Imaginez que l’un de vous ait un ami et aille le trouver au milieu de la nuit pour lui demander : “Mon ami, prête-moi trois pains, car un de mes amis est arrivé de voyage chez moi, et je n’ai rien à lui offrir.” Et si, de l’intérieur, l’autre lui répond : “Ne viens pas m’importuner ! La porte est déjà fermée ; mes enfants et moi, nous sommes couchés. Je ne puis pas me lever pour te donner quelque chose.” Eh bien ! je vous le dis : même s’il ne se lève pas pour donner par amitié, il se lèvera à cause du sans-gêne de cet ami, et il lui donnera tout ce qu’il lui faut. Moi, je vous dis : Demandez, on vous donnera ; cherchez, vous trouverez ; frappez, on vous ouvrira. En effet, quiconque demande reçoit ; qui cherche trouve ; à qui frappe, on ouvrira. Quel père parmi vous, quand son fils lui demande un poisson, lui donnera un serpent au lieu du poisson ? ou lui donnera un scorpion
quand il demande un œuf ? Si donc vous, qui êtes mauvais, vous savez donner de bonnes choses à vos enfants, combien plus le Père du ciel donnera-t-il l’Esprit Saint à ceux qui le lui demandent ! »
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.
by Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang | Oct 6, 2020 | Evangelium
wednesday 07 October 2020
Our Lady of the Rosary
The feast of the Holy Rosary was instituted by Pope Pius V to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto which ended the threat of Muslim domination of the Mediterranean and was ascribed in part to the prayers and processions of the Rosary confraternity in Rome.
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Entrance Antiphon : Lk 1: 28, 42
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
Collect
Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord, your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ your Son was made known by the message of an Angel, may, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by his Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of his Resurrection. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14
It was not till fourteen years had passed that I went up to Jerusalem again. I went with Barnabas and took Titus with me. I went there as the result of a revelation, and privately I laid before the leading men the Good News as I proclaim it among the pagans; I did so for fear the course I was adopting or had already adopted would not be allowed. On the contrary, they recognised that I had been commissioned to preach the Good News to the uncircumcised just as Peter had been commissioned to preach it to the circumcised. The same person whose action had made Peter the apostle of the circumcised had given me a similar mission to the pagans. So, James, Cephas and John, these leaders, these pillars, shook hands with Barnabas and me as a sign of partnership: we were to go to the pagans and they to the circumcised. The only thing they insisted on was that we should remember to help the poor, as indeed I was anxious to do. When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, since he was manifestly in the wrong. His custom had been to eat with the pagans, but after certain friends of James arrived he stopped doing this and kept away from them altogether for fear of the group that insisted on circumcision. The other Jews joined him in this pretence, and even Barnabas felt himself obliged to copy their behaviour. When I saw they were not respecting the true meaning of the Good News, I said to Cephas in front of everyone, ‘In spite of being a Jew, you live like the pagans and not like the Jews, so you have no right to make the pagans copy Jewish ways.’
Psalm 116(117)
R/ Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News.
- O praise the Lord, all you nations, acclaim him all you peoples!
- Strong is his love for us; he is faithful for ever.
Gospel Acclamation : Ps 118:24
Alleluia, alleluia! Train me, Lord, to observe your law, to keep it with my heart. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 11:1-4
Once Jesus was in a certain place praying, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘Say this when you pray: ‘“Father, may your name be held holy, your kingdom come; give us each day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive each one who is in debt to us. And do not put us to the test.”’
Prayer over the Offerings
Grant, we pray, O Lord, that we may be rightly conformed to these offerings we bring and so honour the mysteries of your Only Begotten Son, as to be made worthy of his promises. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Communion Antiphon : Lk 1: 31
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Jesus.
Prayer after Communion
We pray, O Lord our God, that, just as we proclaim in this Sacrament the Death and Resurrection of your Son, so, being made partakers in his suffering, we may also merit a share in his consolation and his glory. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Meditation
If we analyse more particularly the sentiments of the Lord’s Prayer, we will observe that is a model prayer for all people. It shows (1) Filial faith in “our Father,” (2) reverence in “hallowed,” (3) loyalty in “thy kingdom come,” (4) a conformed spirit in “thy will be done,” (5) recognition of providence in “give us … our daily bread,” (6) dependence upon grace in “forgive us our debts,” (7) sincere charity in “for we forgive…” (8) and dependence upon the Holy Spirit in “Lead us not…,” etc. Do I have any of these traits in me?
