German saint, born in Cologne c. 1032
Died in 1101
Founder of the order of Carthusians
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
We read the beautiful penitential prayer from Baruch. It seems that the author has reworked and expanded the prayer from Daniel 9. Here the Palestinian Jews have their say. In the form of a prayer, Jewish history from the exodus to ’today’ is recalled with the shortcomings of all, kings, priests, prophets and people. Modern exegesis places this ’today’ not in the exile but much later.
FIRST READING Bar. I, 15-22
We have sinned against the Lord our God.
From the prophet Baruch
The Lord our God is just,
but we, the Judeans and citizens of Jerusalem,
our kings and our nobles,
our priests and prophets and our ancestors
now stand before him full of shame:
We have sinned against the Lord our God.
We have disobeyed;
we have not listened to Him
and did not live according to His precepts.
From the time when the Lord our God
led our ancestors out of Egypt until this day
we have disobeyed Him.
In our levity we have not listened to Him.
Thus have we suffered to this day
the calamities and the curses which the Lord sent his servant Moses,
which the Lord caused His servant Moses to proclaim
at the exodus of our forefathers from Egypt
into the land of milk and honey.
We have not listened
the words of the prophets
that the Lord our God had sent us.
We stubbornly went our own way,
served other gods
and did what the Lord our God displeases.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 79(78), 1-2, 3-5, 8, 9
God of our salvation, for your name’s sake, deliver us.
God, heathen have entered into thy inheritance,
they have desecrated thy holy temple
and have made your city a ruin.
Thy servants have they slew,
their bodies lie as carrion for the birds,
the wild beasts eat their flesh.
Their blood flowed like water from the walls
and none was there to bury them.
We arouse the derision of our neighbours,
those around us smite at us.
How long, Lord? Wilt thou remain wroth forever
and let thy wrath burn like fire?
Let us not pay for past sins,
come to us with Thy mercy,
for we are but weak men.
Oh help us, God of our salvation, for your name’s sake,
deliver us, forgive our sins.
ALLELUIA II Thess. 2, 14
Alleluia.
God has called us
through the proclamation of the gospel,
that we might gain the glory
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 10, 13-16
He who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
At that time Jesus said:
“Woe to you, Chórazin, woe to you, Bethsaida!
Tyre and Sidon, sitting down in sackcloth and ashes, would have been converted
a long time ago, sitting down in sackcloth and ashes,
had it been for the miracles
that have happened to thee.
Yea, the fate of Tyre and Sidon
will be more tolerable in the judgment
than thine.
And ye, Capernaum,
wilt thou be exalted unto heaven?
To the nether regions you will sink.
He that listens to thee, listens to Me;
and he that rejects you, rejects Me.
He who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On the Care of the Common Home
67. We are not God. The earth was here before us and it has been given to us. This allows us to respond to the charge that Judaeo-Christian thinking, on the basis of the Genesis account which grants man “dominion” over the earth (cf. Gen 1:28), has encouraged the unbridled exploitation of nature by painting him as domineering and destructive by nature. This is not a correct interpretation of the Bible as understood by the Church. Although it is true that we Christians have at times incorrectly interpreted the Scriptures, nowadays we must forcefully reject the notion that our being created in God’s image and given dominion over the earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures. The biblical texts are to be read in their context, with an appropriate hermeneutic, recognizing that they tell us to “till and keep” the garden of the world (cf. Gen 2:15). “Tilling” refers to cultivating, ploughing or working, while “keeping” means caring, protecting, overseeing and preserving. This implies a relationship of mutual responsibility between human beings and nature. Each community can take from the bounty of the earth whatever it needs for subsistence, but it also has the duty to protect the earth and to ensure its fruitfulness for coming generations. “The earth is the Lord’s” (Ps 24:1); to him belongs “the earth with all that is within it” (Dt 10:14). Thus God rejects every claim to absolute ownership: “The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine; for you are strangers and sojourners with me” (Lev 25:23).
To be continued
The Bible text in this edition is taken from De Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling,
©Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
Recitals from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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