Saint Vincent de Paul was born in 1581 and died on 27 September 1660.
He founded several congregations and religious societies.
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
In a very poetic way, yesterday’s thought continues. It is a poem about the cyclical movement of world events, in two times seven opposites. In literary fashion, impermanence and vanity are hammered into it. Everything has its time, and however much God is behind it all, his intentions are unfathomable.
FIRST READING Ecclesiastes 3, 1-11
Every thing that happens under heaven has its time.
From the Book of Ecclesiastes
Everything has its hour
And every thing that happens under heaven
has its time :
There is a time to give birth
and a time to die,
a time to plant
and a time to pull out the planted again,
a time to kill
and a time to heal,
a time to demolish
and a time to build,
a time to weep
and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn
and a time to dance,
a time to throw stones
and a time to pick up stones,
a time to embrace
and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to seek
and a time to be lost,
a time to keep
and a time to cast away,
a time to tear apart
and a time to sew together,
a time to be silent
and a time to speak,
a time to love
and a time to hate,
a time for war
and a time for peace.
What does the worker gain
from that with which he tires himself out ?
I have looked at the occupations,
given by God to the children of men
To make themselves weary with them.
He has made all things excellent,
every thing for its time.
He has also put in the heart of man the whole world,
yet that man cannot comprehend the work,
that God from the beginning to the end
performed.
Interludium Ps. 144(143), 1a, 2abc, 3-4
Glorify the Lord, my rock.
Glorify will I the Lord, my rock,
my support and my fortress,
my protector and saviour,
my shield and my refuge.
What then is a man, Lord, that Thou carest for him,
a man-child, that Thou carest for him ?
Man is no more than a whiff of wind,
his days decay like a fleeting shadow.
ALLELUIA I Sam. 3, 9 ; John 6, 69b
Alleluia.
Speak, Lord, your servant listens ;
Your words are words of eternal life.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 9, 18-22
Thou art the Anointed One of God.
The Son of Man must suffer much.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
Once when Jesus was praying alone
and His disciples came to Him
He asked them the question :
‘Who do men say that I am?’
They answered :
‘John the Baptist ,
others say : Elijah,
and still others : One of the ancient prophets has risen.’
At this He said to them :
‘But you, who do you say that I am?’
Now Peter answered :
‘The Anointed One of God.’
But He expressly forbade them to say this to anyone.
‘The Son of Man
– He spoke –
must suffer much
and be rejected by the elders,
high priests and scribes,
but after being put to death
He will rise on the third day.’
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Encyclical by
POPE FRANCISCUS
On brotherhood and social friendship
49. As silence and careful listening disappear, replaced by a frenzy of texting, this basic structure of sage human communication is at risk. A new lifestyle is emerging, where we create only what we want and exclude all that we cannot control or know instantly and superficially. This process, by its intrinsic logic, blocks the kind of serene reflection that could lead us to a shared wisdom.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
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
Fratelli tutti Official English translation
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