Philip was one of the first disciples of Jesus just like James Minor, son of Alphaeus
According to tradition, died a martyr’s death in 62
Invitation
May I hereby draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation wants to share with you the joy of the Gospel.
of the Gospel. Everyone, no one except,
can experience that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day.
Consideration
Philip’s question, “Lord, show us the Father; that is enough for us”, can give the impression of being demanding and overconfident. But at the same time, it expresses a certain confidence in Jesus. In his answer, Jesus “reveals” himself as an image of the Father: In his speaking and acting, the Love of God becomes visible. He also allows his disciples to share in that Love. At the end of the passage, reference is already made to Jesus’ priestly role: The disciples will still learn to pray in Jesus’ Name, trusting that through his death and resurrection on the cross He has opened the way to the Father.
FIRST READING Cor. 15, 1-8
The Lord appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
From the holy apostle Paul’s first letter to the Christians of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
In draw your attention to the gospel which I have preached to you,
which ye have received,
upon which you have been founded
and by which also ye are saved :
In what words did I preach it to you?
I presume that ye have remembered them ;
otherwise you would have accepted faith without a second thought.
In the first place, then, I have handed down to you
what I myself also received as tradition,
namely, that Christ died for our sins,
according to the Scriptures
and that He was buried
and that He rose again on the third day,
according to the scriptures,
and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.
Then He appeared
to more than five hundred brethren at once,
most of whom are still alive,
though some have died.
Then He appeared to James,
then to all the apostles.
And last of all, He also appeared to me,
the miscreant.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 19(18), 2-3, 4-5
Their call echoes over all the earth.
The heavens proclaim God’s glory,
the firmament shows us the work of his hands.
The day calls it to the next day,
the night passes it on to the night.
No word is spoken, no voice echoes,
no sound is heard;
yet all over the earth their call resounds,
their message penetrates to the edge of the world.
ALLELUIA John 14, 6b and 9c
Alleluia.
I am the way, the truth and the life,
saith the Lord ;
He who sees Me, Philip, sees the Father.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL John 14, 6-14
I have been with you so long and you do not yet know Me ?
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples :
“I am the way, the truth and the life.
“No one comes to the Father except through Me.
“If you would know Me
ye would know My Father also.
“Already now ye know Him and see Him.”
At this, Philip said :
“Lord, show us the Father ;
that is enough for us.”
And Jesus again :
“I have been with you so long
and ye know Me not yet, Philip ?
“Whoever sees Me sees the Father.
“How then can ye say :
Show us the Father ?
“Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me?
“The words which I say to you I do not speak of Myself,
but it is the Father who,
abiding in Me,
performs his work.
“Believe Me :
I am in the Father and the Father is in Me.
“Or else believe it for the sake of works.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you :
He who believes in Me
shall also himself do the works that I do.
“Yea, greater than these shall he do
because I go to the Father.
“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name,
I will do it
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
“If ye shall ask Me anything in my Name
I will do it.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic by
POPE FRANCIS
On caring for the common home
158. In the present conditions of world society, where so much injustice is encountered and the number of people who are cast aside, deprived of basic human rights, is ever increasing, the principle of the common good immediately changes as a logic and inevitable consequence into a call for solidarity and opposition, preferably in favour of the poorest. This choice requires drawing the consequences of the common destiny of the goods of the earth, but requires, as I have tried to show in the Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium , taking into account before all else the immense dignity of the poor in the light of the deepest beliefs. One only has to look at reality to understand that today this choice is a fundamental ethical requirement for a genuine realisation of the common good.
To be continued
The Bible text in this issue is taken from The New Translation of the Bible,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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