Eldest son of margrave Castiglione
Born 9/ 3/1568 and died 21/6/1591.
Patron saint of plague victims
Canonized in 1726
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.
Everyone, no one except,
can experience this joy by opening his heart to the healing effect of God’s word.
Available every day
Consideration
Christian righteousness is sometimes expressed in three basic attitudes: self-giving, conversion, and prayer. When we give, may it contain something of our whole humanity. Continuous conversion is necessary. It means turning back on our ways because it has become clear to us that something is not right. It is always trying again to go in God’s direction. Our prayer is above all to open our hearts to God. Letting Him become active in us. It is making time for Him and listening to what He has to say to us.
FIRST READING 2 Corinthians 9, 6-11
God loves a cheerful giver.
From the Second Letter of the Apostle Paul to the Christians of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
He who sows sparingly will reap sparingly;
he who sows plentifully will reap plentifully.
Let each one carry out what he has decided in his heart, without pain, and without constraint,
for God loves a cheerful giver.
And God has the power to lavish you with all gifts, so that you, always provided with all that you need,
there will be plenty left over for every good work.
Thus it is also written:
“He has given abundantly to the poor,
his generosity shall never cease”.
He who gives the sower seed and food to eat
will also provide you with seed and multiply it
and cause the harvest of your generosity to prosper.
Thus will ye be enriched in every way
And ye may practice every kind of generosity.
And this, in turn, is a cause of thanksgiving to God, through us.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 112(111), 1-2, 3-4, 9
Blessed is the man who is in awe of God.
Alleluia.
Blessed is the man who is in awe of God,
and who finds joy in his commandments.
His offspring will be mighty in the land,
and blessed shall be the generation of the pious.
Prosperity and riches shall adorn his house,
he will never lose his righteousness.
He is a light in the night for the pious,
beneficent, merciful, and just.
With mildness, he distributes to the poor,
He will never lose his righteousness,
his power and his esteem are ever-increasing.
ALLELUIA John 14,5
Alleluia.
I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord;
no one comes to the Father except through me.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew
At that time Jesus said to his disciples:
“Remember :
Do not practice your righteousness before the eyes of men,
to attract attention;
otherwise, you will have no right to a reward
with your Father who is in heaven.
“When therefore ye give alms,
do not trumpet it in front of yourselves
as the hypocrites do in the synagogue and in the street,
that they may be praised by men.
Verily, I say unto you:
They have already received their reward.
“When ye give alms
let not thy left hand know what thy right hand is doing
that thy alms may be kept in secret;
and your Father, who sees in secret
will repay you.
When you pray,
do not behave like the hypocrites who like to
stand in the synagogues
and on the corners of the streets to pray
to be noticed by men.
Verily, I say unto you:
They have already received their wages!
But when ye pray,
go into thy inner chamber,
close the door behind thee,
and pray to your Father, who is invisible;
and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
When ye fast,
turn not a gloomy face like the hypocrites;
they stiffen their faces
to show men that they are fasting.
Verily I say unto you:
They have already received their reward.
But when ye fast,
anoint thy head and wash thy face
that ye may not show men that ye are fasting,
but fast for your Father who is invisible
and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On Care of the Common Home
207. The Earth Charter asked us to leave behind a period of self-destruction and make a new start, but we have not as yet developed the universal awareness needed to achieve this. Here, I would echo that courageous challenge: “As never before in history, common destiny beckons us to seek a new beginning… Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life”.
To be continued
The Bible text in this edition is taken from De Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling,
©Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
Recitals from Liturgical Suggestions for the Weeks and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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