Missionary
Born 1/10/1577 Died 24/4/1622
Blessed in 1729 and Holy in 1746
Invitation
May I hereby call your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation wishes 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
The daily reading skips some of the texts we read during Lent and Holy Week. We listen to Jesus’ closing message in public. The undertone is: why did people not believe ? The riddle of unbelief occupies the evangelist and yet (here begins today’s gospel), yet Jesus had firmly declared “Whoever believes in me,….” The envoy represents Jesus sending. The movement of faith does not stay with Jesus but leads over his person to God and finds its end point there.
FIRST READING Acts 12, 24-13, 5a
Separate Me Barnabas and Saul.
From the Acts of the Apostles
In those days
the word of the Lord thrived and expanded.
Barnabas and Saul returned
after having completed their ministry in Jerusalem
and took John, who was also called Mark, with them.
In the church of Antioch there were prophets and teachers:
Barnabas, Simon who was called Niger,
Lúcius from Cyréne,
Mánaën, childhood friend of the quadriplegic Herod,
and Saul.
As they once performed holy service before the Lord
and fasted ,
the Holy Spirit spoke:
“Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work
to which I have called them.”
After fasting and prayer
they then laid their hands on them
and allowed them to depart.
Thus sent forth by the Holy Spirit
they went to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
They arrived in Sálamis
and preached the word of God
in the synagogues of the Jews.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 67(66), 2-3, 5, 6, 8
Give that the nations honour Thee, O God,
that all peoples honour Thee!
Alleluia
God, be merciful to us and bless us,
show us the light of thy countenance;
That on earth thy ways may be known,
in all lands thy salvation.
Let all nations rejoice for joy
because Thou dost rule the nations justly
and governs all things on earth.
Grant that the nations honour Thee, O God,
that all nations honour Thee.
God so grant us His blessing
That all the earth may fear Him.
ALLELUIA Col 3, 1
Alleluia.
If then ye have been raised to life with Christ
seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Jn 12:44-50
As a light I have come into the world.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
At that time, Jesus declared in a loud voice:
“He who believes in Me does not believe in Me
but in Him who sent Me;
and he who sees Me
sees Him who sent Me.
As a light I have come into the world,
That whosoever believeth in Me
shall not remain in darkness.
If anyone hears my words
without keeping them
then I do not condemn him,
for I have not come to condemn the world
but to save the world.
For whoever rejects Me and does not accept My words
already has someone condemning him:
The word that I have spoken ,
that will condemn him on the last day.
For I have not spoken of Myself,
but the Father who sent Me, He instructed Me,
what I must say and proclaim.
I know that His commission means eternal life.
Therefore, what I proclaim
do I proclaim as the Father has told Me.”
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APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION LAUDATE DEUM
FROM THE HOLY FATHER
POPE FRANCISCUS
TO ALL PEOPLE
OF GOOD WILL
18. Consequently, there is an urgent need for a broader view of things that not only allows us to allows us to appreciate the wonders of progress, but also to pay serious attention to to other effects that were probably unthinkable a century ago. What is asked of us is nothing other than a certain responsibility for the legacy we will leave behind at the end of our earthly existence.
To be continued
The Bible text in this issue is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Deum Official English translation
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