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
Opening word
We hear today
how Jesus allows himself to be touched by people’s suffering
and makes them well again.
In our vulnerability
may we too face Him.
Let us then in this celebration
stand before the Lord
with all our vulnerability and with an open heart
that is receptive to God’s love.
FIRST READING Lev. 13, 1-2.45-46
Those with skin disease must live separately and stay outside the camp.
From the book of Leviticus
The Lord spoke to Moses:
“Does anyone have a lump, rash
or a spot on his skin
and does it look like skin disease ,
then bring him to the priest Aaron
or to a priest of his lineage.
“The one suffering from skin disease ,
should walk in torn clothes
and let his hair hang loose;
he must cover his beard and cry out:
Unclean, unclean!
“As long as the disease lasts, he is unclean;
he must live separately and stay outside the camp.”
Responsorial Ps. 32(31), 1-2, 5, 10-11
Refrain
My refuge be Thou, my saviour in distress.
Happy the one whose fault was forgiven,
whose sin was covered by God.
Happy the one who has no fault with God,
whose heart hides no crime.
Then I confessed my sins before Thee,
denied my guilt no longer.
I spoke, “Before the Lord I confess my fault”,
then You forgave my sin.
For numerous calamities afflict the sinner,
but God protects those who trust in Him.
Be glad in the Lord, all the pious,
rejoice and rejoice, upright in heart.
SECOND READING 1 Cor. 10:31-11:1
Be my followers as I am Christ’s.
From the holy apostle Paul’s first letter to the
Christians of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
Whether ye eat or drink, or whatever ye do,
do everything to the honour of God.
Give no offence,
neither to Jews nor to Greeks nor to God’s Church;
I too try to please all as much as possible
and I seek not my own advantage
but that of the community,
so that all may be saved.
Be my followers
as I am Christ’s.
Verse for the Gospel Lk. 7, 16b
Alleluia.
A great prophet has risen among us
and God has graciously looked down on his people.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mk. 1, 40-45
The leprosy disappeared and he was cleansed.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Mark
At that time a leper came to Jesus
who fell to his knees and begged Him:
“If Thou wilt, Thou canst cleanse me.”
Moved by compassion, Jesus reached out His hand,
touched him and spoke to him:
“I will, be clean.”
Immediately the leprosy disappeared and he was cleansed.
As Jesus sent him away, He admonished him emphatically:
“Take care not to say anything to anyone ,
but go and show yourself to the priest
and offer for your cleansing what Moses has prescribed,
to give them proof.”
Once he left,
the man began telling his story everywhere in public
and publicising it,
with the result
that Jesus could no longer enter the city openly ,
but stayed outside in lonely places.
Still, people came to Him from all sides.
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Laudato Si
Encyclical by
POPE FRANCISCUS
On the care of the common home
194. If new models of development are to emerge, it is necessary to “change the model of global development”, 3 and this involves thinking responsibly “about the meaning of the economy and its purpose in order to correct its forms of dysfunction and distortions”. 4 It is not enough as a middle way to align care for nature with financial returns or preservation of the environment with progress. On this theme, middle roads are only a minor delay to disaster. It is simply a matter of redefining progress. A technological and economic development that does not leave a better world and an integrally higher quality of life cannot be considered progress. On the other hand, the real quality of people’s lives often deteriorates – due to environmental degradation, low quality of food or depletion of some resources – in the context of an economy’s growth. In this context, the discourse of the sustainable growth of the economy often becomes a diversion and a means of justification that incorporates values of the ecological discourse into the logic of money and technocracy, and corporate responsibility for society and the environment is usually reduced to a series of actions aimed at marketing and image.
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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