Archbishop in 1850 of the diocese of Santiago de Cuba.
Canonised on 7 May 1950
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 now begins a totally new subject. Since in Christ there is no longer a distinction between Jews and Gentiles, this distinction is now omitted for a time (till to chapters 9-11): all need God’s grace. Paul uses the typology of Adam and of Christ. Adam is the image of the old creation: Of sin, disobedience and death. Christ is the image of the new creation. He begins a new kingdom of grace for all and new life for all. For Christ was obedient unto death. The response psalm puts the words in His mouth, “Yes, I am coming”.
FIRST READING Rom. 5, 12. 15b. 17-19. 20b-21
One wrong led to condemnation of all,
but one good deed led to acquittal and life for all.
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
Through one man sin entered the world
and with sin death ;
and so death has come upon all men
since all have sinned.
The fault of one man brought death to all,
but all God’s grace bestowed rich recompense
through the great gift of his grace,
the one man Jesus Christ.
Through the fault of one man, death began to reign
as a result of that man’s fall.
So much more gloriously shall they live and reign
who receive the abundance of grace
and the gift of righteousness,
thanks to the one man Jesus Christ.
This means :
One wrong led to condemnation for all,
but one good deed led to acquittal and life for all.
And just as by the disobedience of one man
all became sinners,
so by the obedience of One
all will be justified.
But where sin has proliferated
grace became immoderate.
Thus sin exercised its dominion through death,
but grace will reign through righteousness
and lead to eternal life,
thanks be to Jesus Christ our Lord.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 40(39), 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17
I come, Lord, to do Thy will.
Gift and offering have Thou never desired,
but Thou hast opened my ears to thy voice.
Thou askest no burnt offering, no kissing offering from me ;
so I said : yea, I come, as it is written of me.
To do Thy will, my God, that is my joy,
your law is engraved in my heart.
In the assemblies I have preached righteousness,
my lips not closed, Lord, Thou knowest.
Let them rejoice and be glad who seek Thee,
and cry : Glory to the Lord, who look forward to Thy help.
ALLELUIA Ps. 119(118), 34
Alleluia.
Give me understanding to observe Your law, Lord,
to follow it with all my heart.
Alleluia
GOSPEL Lk. 12, 35-38
Happy the servants
whom the Lord will find watching at his coming.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples:
“Keep your loins girded and your lamps burning!
Behave like people
who are waiting for the return of their Lord
who is going to the wedding,
to, when he arrives and knocks, open to him at once.
Happy the servants
whom the Lord will find watching at his coming.
Verily, I say unto you:
He will gird himself
and he will invite them to the table
and pass by them to serve.
Though he comes even in the second or in the third watch of the night,
happy are the servants whom he thus finds.
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On the care of the common home
The message of every creature in the harmony of creation
84. Insisting that the human being is the image of God should not make us forget that every creature has a function and none is superfluous. All the material universe is a language of God’s love, of his immoderate affection for us. Soil, water, mountains, everything is affection from God. The history of one’s own friendship with God always develops in a geographical space that takes on a very personal meaning, and each of us keeps in his memory places whose memory does him great good. Those who grew up among the mountains or sat beside a stream to drink as a child, or those who played in a square in their neighbourhood, when they return to those places, they feel called to recover their own identity.
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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