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
Consideration
Today’s gospel recapitulates the events of the past week. The risen Lord appears several times, and each time there is unbelief and stubborn refusal by the disciples to give credence to the testimonies. Once with 12, one of whom betrayed the Messiah and another denied his ties to Him and the rest fled, a small, frightened group remains after Jesus’ death. Now that their Master has been crucified, they too are in danger, and desperate and despondent they spend their days somewhere hidden. Therefore, the contrast with their attitude a few days later could not be greater: We find the disciples confident and determined, united in an enthusiastic community, persistently testifying in Jerusalem – even to the Sanhedrin – that the crucified one is still alive. So it is inevitable that in those few days something of stature took place, something so profound and substantial that it can explain this reversal. The proclamation of a new exodus from the bondage of sin and evil will spread everywhere from now on.
FIRST READING Acts 4:13-21
It is impossible for us not to speak of what we have seen and heard.
From the Acts of the Apostles
In those days
stood the high priests,
the elders of the people and the scribes were amazed
when they saw the boldness of Peter and John.
They recognised them as companions of Jesus.
Moreover, since they saw the healed man standing with them
they knew not to object.
Having ordered them to leave the Sanhedrin
they consulted among themselves and said :
“What are we to do with these people?
“It is clear to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
that an unmistakable miracle sign had been performed by them.
“We cannot deny that.
“But to prevent the rumour of it from being
be further spread among the people ,
we should forbid them with threats
ever again from speaking to any human being with an invocation of that Name.”
Then they called them in
and forbade them ever again to say or teach anything
with an appeal to Jesus’ Name.
Peter and John, however, answered them :
“Judge for yourselves
whether it would be justifiable before God
if we listened to you more than to God.
“It is impossible for us
not to speak of what we have seen and heard.”
After threatening them again
they set them free
because in view of the people they
did not know how to punish them ;
For all glorified God for what had happened.
INTERLUDIUM Ps 118(117), 1, 14-15, 16ab-18, 19-21
I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.
Or : Alleluia.
Bring thanks to the Lord, for He is gracious.
My strength and my power is the Lord,
It is He who delivers me.
Now cheers of celebration and happiness sound
in all the tents of the pious.
The Lord intervened with a powerful hand,
the hand of the Lord lifted me up,
the hand of the Lord was mighty.
I will not die but live on
and all around narrate the work of the Lord,
Beaten, disciplined did the Lord strike me,
but not doomed.
Makes open the gate of righteousness,
within it I will go and thank the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord,
the pious enter it.
I thank Thee, that Thou hast heard me,
that Thou hast brought me salvation.
ALLELUIA Ps. 118(117), 24
Alleluia.
This is the day, which the Lord has made,
we will celebrate it in joy.
Alleluia.
SEQUENCE
Let us praise the Lamb of Easter,
Honour the Lamb of God with sacrifices.
Yes the Lamb saves the sheep,
Christ by his innocence brings
Us poor sinners to the Father.
Death and life, O miracle,
must fight together.
Who died, He lives, He is our King.
Tell us, Mary,
what is it that thou hast seen?
The tomb of Christ that was empty,
the glory of Him who is risen,
angels as witnesses,
the sweatcloth and the shroud.
My hope, me Christ alive !
Behold He goes before you to Galilee.
Truly Christ is risen : Risen from the dead.
O King, our Hero, give us peace. Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mk 16, 9-15
Go out into all the world and proclaim the Gospel.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Mark
After Jesus
in the early morning of the first day of the week
had risen,
He first appeared to Mary Magdalene,
from whom He had cast out seven devils.
This one went on to tell
to those who had been His companions
and were now mourning and weeping.
But when these heard
that He was alive and had been seen by her
they did not believe it.
Then He appeared in another form
to two of them
when they were on their way out on foot.
After these returned
they told it to the others,
but even they were not believed.
Later He appeared to the eleven
While they were seated at the table.
He reproached them for their stubborn unbelief,
because they had not given faith to those
who had seen Him after He had risen.
Thereupon He spoke to them :
“Go out into all the world
and proclaim the gospel to all creation.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclic by
POPE FRANCIS
On caring for the common home
246b. Christian prayer with creation
We praise You, Father, with all creatures,
who have come forth from Your mighty hand.
They are Yours and are filled with Your presence
as well as of Thy tenderness.
Praised be Thou.Son of God, Jesus,
all things were created by Thee.
Thou didst form Thyself in the womb of Mary,
Thou hast been part of this earth
and Thou hast looked upon this world with human eyes.
Today Thou dost live in every creature
with Thy glory of Risen One.
Praised be Thou.
Holy Spirit, who by Thy light
Direct this world to the Father’s love
And accompanies the sighing of creation,
Thou also dost live in our hearts
To stir us up to goodness.
Praised be Thou.
O God, Three-One,
exalted communion of infinite love,
teach us to behold Thee
in the beauty of the universe,
where everything speaks to us of Thee.
Awaken our praise and gratitude
for every creature Thou hast created.
Give us the grace
To feel intimately at one with all that exists.
God of love, show us
our place in this world
as an instrument of Thy affection
for all creatures of this earth,
because none are forgotten by You.
Enlighten the rulers and money holders
That they may guard against the sin of indifference,
love the common good, favour the weak,
and care for this world on which we live.
The poor and the earth beg:
Lord, seize us
by Thy power and Thy light
To protect every life,
to prepare a better future,
that Thy kingdom of justice, peace, love and beauty might come.
Praised be Thou.
Amen.
246c. Given at Rome, at St Peter’s, on 24 May, on the High Feast of Pentecost, the third year of my Pontificate.
Francis
To be continued
The Bible text in this edition 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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