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 excepted,
can experience this joy by opening his heart
to the healing effect of God’s word.
Available every day
Opening word
The feast of All Saints’ Day brings us together here.
It makes us look at people who have lived their Christianity
in an extraordinary way.
Many of them are on the calendar of saints,
but many others are not on it:
A countless crowd of holy Christians.
Among them also many deceased from our own midst.
We also remember them today and tomorrow, on All Souls’ Day.
Let us be thankful here
for the way they and all the saints
taught and showed us the way of faith.
FIRST READING Apok. 7, 2-4.9-14
I saw a great multitude, which no one could count,
from every race and tribe and people and language.
From the Revelation of the holy apostle John
I, John, saw another angel ascending
from the rising of the sun
with the seal of the living God.
And he cried with a loud voice unto the four angels
to whom power was given
to do harm to the earth and the sea:
“Do not harm the earth
nor the sea, nor the trees
before we send the servants of our God
with the seal of their foreheads.
And I heard the number of those who signed :
One hundred and forty-four thousand there were
from all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Then I saw a great multitude, which no one could count,
from all races and tribes and peoples and languages.
They stood before the throne and before the Lamb
clothed in white robes and holding palm branches.
And they all cried out loudly :
“To our God who sits on the throne
and to the Lamb belongs the victory!
And all the angels stood round the throne,
the elders and the four beasts,
and they threw themselves on their faces before the throne
and they worshiped God, saying :
“Amen!”
Then one of the elders turned to me and said :
“Who are they in the white robes
and where do they come from?
I answered him :
“Lord, you know.”
Then he said :
“Those are the ones coming out of the great tribulation,
who have washed their robes white
in the blood of the Lamb.”
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 24(23), 1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
This is the generation that turns to Thee,
who standeth before thy face, Lord our God.
To God belong the earth and all that is upon it,
the earth and all that dwelleth therein ;
for He hath founded it upon the waters,
established it upon the sea.
Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord,
who shall stand in his sanctuary?
Who is clean of hands and pure of heart,
who does not set his heart on what is evil.
He shall be blessed of the Lord,
rewarded by God, his redeemer.
So do the generation that turneth to Him,
that stand before the face of Jacob’s God.
SECOND READING 1 John 3, 1-3
We shall see God as he is.
From the First Letter of the Holy Apostle John
Friends,
How great is the love the Father has shown us!
We are called children of God
and we are.
The world does not understand us
and it does not know us
because it has not recognised Him.
Friends,
already now we are children of God
and what we shall be has not yet been revealed;
but we know
that when it is revealed,
we shall be like Him
because we shall see Him as He is.
He who expects such salvation from God
make themselves pure
as Christ is pure.
ALLELUIA Mt 11, 28
Alleluia.
Come to me, all you who are weary
and weighed down with burdens,
and I will give you rest and refreshment.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mt 5, 1-12a
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Matthew
When Jesus saw the crowd, he went up into the mountain,
and when he had set himself down, his disciples came to him.
He spoke and taught them thus:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are the sorrowful,
for they will be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek,
for they shall possess the land.
“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness,
for they shall be filled.
“Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
“Blessed are those who bring peace,
for they shall be called sons of God.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are you when you are reviled, persecuted
and slanderously accuse you of all kinds of evil for my sake:
“Rejoice and be glad,
for great is your reward in heaven.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On the Care of the Common Home
THE COMMON DESTINATION OF GOODS
93. Whether believers or not, we are agreed today that the earth is essentially a shared inheritance, whose fruits are meant to benefit everyone. For believers, this becomes a question of fidelity to the Creator, since God created the world for everyone. Hence every ecological approach needs to incorporate a social perspective which takes into account the fundamental rights of the poor and the underprivileged. The principle of the subordination of private property to the universal destination of goods, and thus the right of everyone to their use, is a golden rule of social conduct and “the first principle of the whole ethical and social order”. The Christian tradition has never recognized the right to private property as absolute or inviolable, and has stressed the social purpose of all forms of private property. Saint John Paul II forcefully reaffirmed this teaching, stating that “God gave the earth to the whole human race for the sustenance of all its members, without excluding or favouring anyone”. These are strong words. He noted that “a type of development which did not respect and promote human rights – personal and social, economic and political, including the rights of nations and of peoples – would not be really worthy of man”. He clearly explained that “the Church does indeed defend the legitimate right to private property, but she also teaches no less clearly that there is always a social mortgage on all private property, in order that goods may serve the general purpose that God gave them”. Consequently, he maintained, “it is not in accord with God’s plan that this gift be used in such a way that its benefits favour only a few”. This calls into serious question the unjust habits of a part of humanity.
To be continued
The Bible text in this edition is taken from De Nieuwe Bijbelvertaling,
©Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
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Laudato Si Official English translation
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