Lived from 225-251 at the time of the persecution of Christians under emperor Decius.
One of the best-known saints and martyrs
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
CONSIDERATION
The building of the temple is a high point in the history of God’s presence with his people: exodus, Sinai, ark of the covenant, tent of meeting, temple of Jerusalem. The cloud unites all this into one unit. It was already there at the exodus; it is also there now to accentuate God’s presence. The presence of all the chiefs also underlines the continuity throughout history. The answering psalm 132 is a fitting echo to this event.
FIRST READING I Kings 8, 1-7, 9-13
They brought the ark of the covenant into the
the holy of holies,
and the cloud filled the temple of the Lord.
From the First Book of Kings
In those days Solomon called the elders of Israel,
all the chiefs and leaders of the families of the Israelites,
to Jerusalem
to bring down the ark of the covenant with the Lord
from the city of David, also called Zion.
So all the men of Israel came together with King Solomon
on the feast in the month of Etanim, which is the seventh month.
The elders of Israel came forward,
the priests lifted up the ark
and brought it over with the tent of meeting
and the consecrated objects that went with it.
This was done by the priests together with the Levites.
King Solomon and all the community of Israel
which had gathered around him,
went out before the ark and they sacrificed so many sheep and cattle
that they could not be counted or estimated.
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord
into its place in the rear hall of the temple,
the holy of holies, under the wings of the kerubim.
The kerubim spread both their wings
over the place of the ark
and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.
There was nothing in the ark but the two stone slabs that
Moses had placed in it on Horeb,
the slabs of the covenant that the Lord had made
with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.
When the priests left the sanctuary,
a cloud filled the temple of the Lord,
so that they could not remain there
for the performance of their ministry,
for the glory of the Lord filled the temple of the Lord.
Then Solomon spoke :
“Lord, Thou hast decided to dwell in darkness,
I have built Thee an exalted temple,
a dwelling place for ever.”
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 132(131), 6-7, 8-10
Rise up, Lord, and come to your resting place.
We heard of it in Efrat
and found the ark in Jeharm’s fields.
Let us go in where He dwells,
let us fall down before the footstool of God.
Rise, O Lord, and come to thy resting place,
Thou and the ark of thy majesty,
thy priests clothed in righteousness,
thy saints dancing for joy.
For the sake of David, thy servant,
reject not thy anointed one.
ALLELUIA Mt 4, 4b
Alleluia.
Man does not live by bread alone,
but from all that proceeds from the mouth of God.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mk. 6, 53-56
All who touched Jesus became healthy.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark
At that time
Jesus and his disciples crossed the lake,
reached the shore at Gennesaret and entered the harbour.
As soon as they got out of the boat
the people recognised him.
They walked all over the region
and they began to carry the sick on their beds to
where they heard he was.
Wherever He entered,
in village or town or hamlet,
the sick were laid out in the squares and begged him
if they could at least touch the hem of his robe.
And all who did so became well.
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Laudato Si
Encyclic of
POPE FRANCIS
On Care of the Common Home
188. There are certain environmental issues where it is not easy to achieve a broad consensus. Here I would state once more that the Church does not presume to settle scientific questions or to replace politics. But I am concerned to encourage an honest and open debate so that particular interests or ideologies will not prejudice the common good.
To be continued
The Bible text in this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Netherlands Bible Society 2004/2007.
Recitals from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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