The Lord is truly risen
Invitation
May I hereby draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation is to share with you the joy 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
The sudden mention of Paul and his companions is curious. Barnabas went to overtake him as a helper. He went with Saul to Jerusalem to bring money. Saul is last in the list of those sent to Antioch. In Cyprus, he suddenly became Paul and would not relinquish leadership. Barnabas becomes second in command and will not even see the next missionary journey. Since we know the amazing personality of Paul, not only in Acts but also from his letters, this can no longer surprise us.
FIRST READING Acts 13:13-25
From the offspring of David, God brought forth Jesus the Saviour.
From the Acts of the Apostles
Paul’s company now sailed away from Paphos
and went to Perge in Pamphylia ;
there John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.
From Perge they travelled on
and they reached Antioch in Pisidia,
where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath
and took their seats.
After the reading of the Law and the Prophets
the rulers of the synagogue made them say :
“Men brethren,
if you have a stirring word to say to the people
then speak.”
Paul stood up, beckoned with his hand and said :
“Men of Israel and God-fearers ,
listen.
“The God of this people Israel has chosen our fathers ,
and made the people great while they were in Egypt
and carried them out of there with a mighty hand.
“About forty years
He surrounded them with cares in the desert ;
after which He destroyed seven nations in Canaan
and gave them possession of the land.
“This comprised about four hundred and fifty years.
“Then He gave them judges :
This lasted until the prophet Samuel.
“After this they asked for a king
and God gave them Saul the son of Kis,
a man from the tribe of Benjamin ,
for forty years.
“After He had rejected him
He raised David to be their king.
“Of this one He gave testimony :
I have found David, the son of Isai,
a man after my heart
who will accomplish my will in all things.
“From his descendants God has
according to promise
brought forth for Israel a Saviour,
Jesus ;
after John already before his appearance
had already preached a baptism of repentance
to all the people of Israel.
“When John was at the end of his career he said :
What you think I am
I am not ;
but after me comes One
whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen.”
Interludium Ps. 9(88), 2-3, 21-22, 25, 27
Your favours, Lord, I want to sing,
proclaiming your faithfulness to every generation.
Your favours, Lord, I want to sing,
proclaim your faithfulness to every generation.
You have said : my favour endures forever,
heaven is the foundation of my faithfulness.
My servant David I have sought out
and anointed him with my consecrated oil;
as a sign that my hand will always support him
and that my arm will give him strength.
My faithfulness and my mercy will guide him,
my Name will grant him victory.
He will call upon Me: Thou art my Father,
my God, the rock of my salvation.
ALLELUIA Rom. 6, 9
Alleluia
Christ, once risen from the dead
dies no more ;
death has no more power over Him.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Jn 13:16-20
He who takes up Him whom I will send, takes up Me.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
After Jesus had washed the feet of his disciples
He said to them :
“Verily, verily, I say unto you :
A servant is not above his lord
and a messenger not above him who sent him.
“When ye realise this :
bless ye if ye act upon it.
“I cannot say this of you all.
“I know whom I have chosen
but the Word of Scripture must be fulfilled :
He who eats my bread lifts up his heel against Me,
“Even now I tell you before it happens,
that when it happens, ye may believe that I am.
“Verily, verily, I say unto you : He that accepteth him whom I shall send
accepts Me,
and whoever accepts Me
accepts Him who sent Me.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic by
POPE FRANCIS
On caring for the common home
Justice between generations
159. The concept of common good also concerns future generations. The international economic crises have shown inexorably the harmful effects of denying a common destiny, from which even those who will come after us cannot be excluded. Meanwhile, one can no longer speak of sustainable development without intergenerational solidarity. When we think about the situation of leaving the planet to future generations, we enter another logic, that of the selfless gift we receive and communicate. When the earth is given to us, we can no longer think only from a utilitarian criterion of efficiency and productivity for individual benefit. We are not talking here about an optional attitude, but an essential question of justice, since the earth we have been given also belongs to those who will come. The bishops of Portugal urged us to assume this duty of justice: “The environment finds its place in the logic of getting. It is a loan that each generation receives and must pass on to the next”. An integral ecology has this broad vision.
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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