Paul of the Cross was an Italian mystic, monastic and popular preacher.
Founder of the Passionists
Born 3 Jan 1694 Died 18 Oct 1775
Invitation
May I hereby draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation wishes to share with you the joy
of the Gospel. Everyone, no one excepted,
can experience that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day.
Consideration
Paul writes to the Christians of Rome. Who are they? How does Paul know that congregation? In 49 Claudius had driven out the Jews and Paul had met some of them, including Aquila and Priscilla, on his travels. After Claudius’ death, those Jews had returned in 54 to find a large pagan-christian community there. This inevitably caused friction. First (today) the pagans are addressed. They cannot be excused by ignorance (because they did not have the revelation of the Jews). They had sufficient elements to know God, but they turned to idols.
FIRST READING Rom. 3:21-29
Man is justified by believing,
not by keeping the law.
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
Now beyond the law
God’s righteousness has been revealed,
of which the law and the prophets bear witness,
God’s righteousness
which communicates itself through faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe,
without any distinction.
For all have sinned
and all are deprived of divine glory.
And all are justified freely by his grace
by virtue of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Him has God, for those who believe
appointed him as an atoning sacrifice through his blood.
God thus wanted to show His righteousness,
for He had in His forbearance
forgiven the sins of the past.
He wanted to show His righteousness
now, at this time,
that He Himself might prove righteous
and justifies everyone who lives by faith.
So where does that leave one’s own glory ?
It has become impossible!
By what law?
By the law of works?
No, by the law of faith.
I claim, on the contrary, that man is justified by believing,
not by keeping the law.
Is God only the God of the Jews
and not of the Gentiles?
Nay, also of the Gentiles,
for there is only one God.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 130(129), 1-2, 3-4b, 4c-6
The Lord is ever merciful,
his mercy unlimited.
Out of the depths I cry, Lord,
listen to my voice.
Will attentively hear
To my supplication.
If Thou continue to remember sins,
Lord, who will stand?
But with Thee I find forgiveness,
Therefore my heart seeks Thee.
In the Lord I put my hope,
In His Word I trust.
Eagerly I look forward to Him
more than watchmen to the morning.
More than watchmen to the morning
does Israel yearn for Him.
ALLELUIA Ps. 95(94), 8ab
Alleluia.
Listen today to the voice of the Lord
And be not obstinate.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 11, 47-54
This generation will be held responsible
for the blood of all the prophets shed
from the foundation of the world.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time Jesus said to the lawgivers :
“Woe to you!
“Ye build the tombs of the prophets ,
but thy fathers slew them.
“By this ye bear witness
that ye approve of the works of your fathers ,
for they killed them and ye build their tombs.
“Therefore also God’s wisdom has said :
I will send prophets and emissaries to them ,
but some of them shall they slay and persecute,
so that this generation shall be held responsible
for the blood of all the prophets
which was shed from the foundation of the world,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias,
who was killed between the altar and the temple building.
“Yes, I say to you,
this generation will be responsible !
“Woe to you, scholars of the law !
Thou hast taken away the key of knowledge.
“Ye yourselves have not entered,
and those who wished to enter
thou hast prevented it.”
When He came out ,
the scribes and Pharisees began,
– fierce at Him –
asking Him all kinds of thorny questions,
with the covert intention
to catch Him on the basis of some utterance or other.
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On the care of the common home
80. Nevertheless, God, who wants to act with us and count on our cooperation, is also capable of extracting something good from the evil we do, because “the Holy Spirit has an infinite resourcefulness peculiar to the divine spirit, which can ensure that even the knots of the most complicated and impenetrable human affairs can be untangled”. Somehow, He has wanted to limit Himself to the creation of a world in need of development and where many things that we consider evils, dangers or sources of suffering are in reality part of the birth pangs that prompt us to cooperate with the Creator. He is present in the deepest interior of every thing, without determining the autonomy of his creature, and this too causes the legitimate autonomy of earthly realities. This divine presence, which guarantees the survival and development of every being, “is the continuation of creative action”. The Spirit of God has filled the universe with potentialities that make it possible for something new to continually sprout from the very womb of things. “Nature is nothing but the ratio of a certain art, especially the divine art, which is written in things, by which things themselves move towards a certain goal. As if the master builder of ships could allow the wood to move by itself to assume the shape of the ship.”
To be continued
The Bible text in this issue is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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Between 1642 and 1649, in N. America
8 missionaries were murdered by Indians.
Johannes de Brébeuf died on 16 March. 1648
Isaac Jogues died on 18 Oct. 1647
Paul of the Cross was an Italian mystic, monastic and popular preacher.
Founder of the Passionists
Born 3 Jan 1694 Died 18 Oct 1775
Invitation
May I hereby draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation wishes to share with you the joy
of the Gospel. Everyone, no one excepted,
can experience that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day.
Consideration
Paul writes to the Christians of Rome. Who are they? How does Paul know that congregation? In 49 Claudius had driven out the Jews and Paul had met some of them, including Aquila and Priscilla, on his travels. After Claudius’ death, those Jews had returned in 54 to find a large pagan-christian community there. This inevitably caused friction. First (today) the pagans are addressed. They cannot be excused by ignorance (because they did not have the revelation of the Jews). They had sufficient elements to know God, but they turned to idols.
FIRST READING Rom. 3:21-29
Man is justified by believing,
not by keeping the law.
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
Now beyond the law
God’s righteousness has been revealed,
of which the law and the prophets bear witness,
God’s righteousness
which communicates itself through faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe,
without any distinction.
For all have sinned
and all are deprived of divine glory.
And all are justified freely by his grace
by virtue of the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Him has God, for those who believe
appointed him as an atoning sacrifice through his blood.
God thus wanted to show His righteousness,
for He had in His forbearance
forgiven the sins of the past.
He wanted to show His righteousness
now, at this time,
that He Himself might prove righteous
and justifies everyone who lives by faith.
So where does that leave one’s own glory ?
It has become impossible!
By what law?
By the law of works?
No, by the law of faith.
I claim, on the contrary, that man is justified by believing,
not by keeping the law.
Is God only the God of the Jews
and not of the Gentiles?
Nay, also of the Gentiles,
for there is only one God.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 130(129), 1-2, 3-4b, 4c-6
The Lord is ever merciful,
his mercy unlimited.
Out of the depths I cry, Lord,
listen to my voice.
Will attentively hear
To my supplication.
If Thou continue to remember sins,
Lord, who will stand?
But with Thee I find forgiveness,
Therefore my heart seeks Thee.
In the Lord I put my hope,
In His Word I trust.
Eagerly I look forward to Him
more than watchmen to the morning.
More than watchmen to the morning
does Israel yearn for Him.
ALLELUIA Ps. 95(94), 8ab
Alleluia.
Listen today to the voice of the Lord
And be not obstinate.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 11, 47-54
This generation will be held responsible
for the blood of all the prophets shed
from the foundation of the world.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time Jesus said to the lawgivers :
“Woe to you!
“Ye build the tombs of the prophets ,
but thy fathers slew them.
“By this ye bear witness
that ye approve of the works of your fathers ,
for they killed them and ye build their tombs.
“Therefore also God’s wisdom has said :
I will send prophets and emissaries to them ,
but some of them shall they slay and persecute,
so that this generation shall be held responsible
for the blood of all the prophets
which was shed from the foundation of the world,
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias,
who was killed between the altar and the temple building.
“Yes, I say to you,
this generation will be responsible !
“Woe to you, scholars of the law !
Thou hast taken away the key of knowledge.
“Ye yourselves have not entered,
and those who wished to enter
thou hast prevented it.”
When He came out ,
the scribes and Pharisees began,
– fierce at Him –
asking Him all kinds of thorny questions,
with the covert intention
to catch Him on the basis of some utterance or other.
________________________________________________________
Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On the care of the common home
80. Nevertheless, God, who wants to act with us and count on our cooperation, is also capable of extracting something good from the evil we do, because “the Holy Spirit has an infinite resourcefulness peculiar to the divine spirit, which can ensure that even the knots of the most complicated and impenetrable human affairs can be untangled”. Somehow, He has wanted to limit Himself to the creation of a world in need of development and where many things that we consider evils, dangers or sources of suffering are in reality part of the birth pangs that prompt us to cooperate with the Creator. He is present in the deepest interior of every thing, without determining the autonomy of his creature, and this too causes the legitimate autonomy of earthly realities. This divine presence, which guarantees the survival and development of every being, “is the continuation of creative action”. The Spirit of God has filled the universe with potentialities that make it possible for something new to continually sprout from the very womb of things. “Nature is nothing but the ratio of a certain art, especially the divine art, which is written in things, by which things themselves move towards a certain goal. As if the master builder of ships could allow the wood to move by itself to assume the shape of the ship.”
To be continued
The Bible text in this issue is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
_____________________________________________________________________________