Born 1474 in Aztec empire +in 1548
Beatified in 1990 and Saints 31/7/2002
Converted to Christianity in c. 1524
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.
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.
Considerations
Disciples are sent to announce the coming of the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. With the coming of the heavenly kingdom, the light of truth breaks through, liberating people from error. Precisely because they are set free, they will be able to walk in that light. The Lord brings comfort, encouragement and hope. After all, no one ever knocks on His door in vain.
FIRST READING Isa; 30, 19-21,23-26
The Lord will be gracious to those who call to Him.
From the Prophet Isaiah
Thus speaks the Lord,
the holy God of Israel :
“People of Zion who dwell in Jerusalem ,
thou shalt weep no more :
“The Lord will be gracious to you ,
as soon as He hears your lamentation ;
He will answer thee ,
as soon as He hears thy cry.
“He will give you the bread of affliction
and the water of distress.
“Thy teacher shall no longer hide,
thy eyes shall see the Guide.
“And your ears will hear a voice behind you saying :
, This is the way, follow him wherever he leads you.’
“The Lord will make it rain for the seed
which thou sowest in thy fields ;
and the grain that thy land brings forth
shall be nourishing and plentiful.
“On that day your flocks shall graze on uninterrupted pastures.
“And the oxen and donkeys that plough thy land
shall eat fodder mixed with salt
and purified with wan and gaff.
“From all high mountains and all high hills
shall water flow down in streams,
on the day of the great slaughter,
the day when the fortresses fall.
“Then the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun,
and the light of the sun will be seven times as strong
on the day when the Lord binds up the wounds of his people
and He heals the wounds He has beaten.”
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 147(146), 1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Happy all who expect the Lord (Isa 30:18).
Or : Alleluia.
Now praise the Lord, it is good to praise Him,
praise our God, all praise is due to Him.
The Lord builds up the city of Jerusalem,
gathers Israel from the scattering.
Broken hearts He heals again,
He heals all bleeding wounds.
He who knows the number of the stars
And calls each one by its name ;
Exalted is He, our Lord, and all-powerful,
His wisdom is boundless.
The Lord exalts the humiliated
but sinners He casts to the earth.
ALLELUIA Isa 55:6
Alleluia.
Seek the Lord, now that He allows Himself to be found ;
call upon Him, now that He is near.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mt 9:35-10, 1.5-8
On seeing the crowd, Jesus is moved by compassion.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Matthew
In those days Jesus went around all the towns and villages,
where He taught in their synagogues
and proclaimed the Good News of the Kingdom
and healed all diseases and ailments.
At the sight of those crowds of people
He was moved by compassion,
because they were lying waste
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then He spoke to His disciples :
“The harvest may be great
but labourers are few.
“Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest
send labourers to harvest.”
He called his 12 disciples to him and gave them power
to cast out the unclean spirits
and heal all diseases and ailments.
These 12 Jesus sent out with the command :
“Do not go among the Gentiles
And do not enter a city of Samaritans ;
rather you must go
to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
“Proclaim on your journey :
The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
“Heal the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse lepers and cast out devils.
“For nothing ye have received, for nothing ye must give.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On caring for the common home
131. Here I would like to take up the balanced position of St John Paul II, who explicitly pointed to the benefits of scientific and technological progress, “which testify to how noble is man’s vocation to participate in the creative action of God”, but at the same time he recalled “that any intervention in the field of the ecosystem cannot avoid taking into account its consequences in other fields”. 4 He stated that the Church appreciates any contribution “from the study and applications of molecular biology, complemented by other disciplines such as genetics and its technological application in agriculture and industry”. 5 Although he also said this should not pave the way for “indiscriminate genetic engineering”, 6 which ignores the negative effects of these interventions. It is impossible to inhibit human creativity. If one cannot prohibit an artist from expressing his creative giftedness, neither can one hinder those who possess special gifts for scientific and technological development and whose gifts have been bestowed by God for the service of others. At the same time, one cannot but reconsider the purposes, effects, context and ethical limitations of that human activity, which is a form of power with great risks.
To be continued
The Bible text in this issue is taken from The New Translation of the Bible,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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