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 that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day
Recital
The key phrase in today’s gospel is: ‘and he brought him to Jesus’. That simple addition is today’s message. If we have met Jesus, we should also show Him to others, also bring others to Him, because we also grant these others found happiness. That is the joy of this special time, the Christmas season. We commemorate the incarnation of God’s Son, and we can also make others curious about the source of joy we have discovered in Christ.
FIRST READING I John 3, 7-10
A child of God cannot sin because he is born of God.
From the first letter of the holy apostle John
Children,
do not be deceived :
He who does good is holy like the Son of God ;
he who sins is a child of the devil
for the devil sins from the beginning,
and the Son of God has come precisely
to undo the devil’s work.
A child of God does not sin
for the divine life-germ remains active in him ;
he cannot even sin
for he is born of God.
By this one can distinguish the children of God
and the children of the devil :
He who does not do good
is not God’s child,
least of all he who does not love his brother.
INTRODUCTION Ps. 98(97), 1, 7-8, 9
Sing to the Lord a new song
because He did wonders.
Sing to the Lord a new song
because He did wonders.
His hand asserted itself mightily,
the power of His holy arm.
The sea agrees with all its beasts,
the earth with all that lives there;
the streams gurgle with acclaim,
the mountains rejoice.
They salute the Lord, who comes near.
Who approaches as king of the earth.
Righteously He rules the world,
the nations with equity.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia.
The splendour of this day is a light around us ;
Come all worship the Lord, ye peoples and nations,
for today a great light appeared on earth.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Jn 1:35-42
We have found the Messiah.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
At that time John stood there,
with two of his disciples.
He turned his eye to Jesus who was passing by and spoke:
“Behold the Lamb of God.”
The two disciples heard him say this
and went after Jesus.
Jesus turned around
and when He saw that they were following Him, He asked them:
“What do ye desire?”
They said to Him:
“Rabbi!
– translated this means: Master –
where hast thou thy abode?”
He said to them:
“Go along to see.”
Thereupon they went along
and saw where He stopped.
That day they stayed with Him.
It was about the tenth hour.
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of those two
who had heard John’s saying
and had gone after Jesus.
The first one he met was his brother Simon
to whom he said:
“We have the Messiah
– which translated means: the Anointed One –
found”,
and he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said:
“Thou art Simon the son of John ;
thou shalt be called Cephas,
which means Rock.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On caring for the common home
The principle of the common good
156. Human ecology cannot be separated from the concept of the common good, a principle that plays a central and unifying role in social ethics. It is “the sum total of those social conditions by which both groups and individuals can achieve their own perfection more fully and more quickly”.
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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