Simon the Zealot and Judas Thaddeus were apostles.
Together they baptised, in Persia more than 60,000 people,
including a king
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.
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
Almost every month in the Church, we celebrate a feast of the apostles. This liturgical remembrance and celebration is important for our awareness that we are an apostolic Church community, a community that the Lord built on the 12 apostles. Today we celebrate Simon, from Cana, nicknamed the zealot. Judas, also called Taddeus, was the brother of James. Both apostles were killed for their faith around the year 70.
FIRST READING Eph. 2:19-22
Thou art built on the foundation
of the apostles and prophets.
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Ephesus
Brothers and sisters,
Ye are no longer strangers and displaced persons
but fellow citizens of the saints and household members of God,
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets,
while the keystone is Christ Jesus Himself,
who holds the whole edifice in place.
In Him it grows into a holy temple in the Lord.
In Him you too are built up
into a dwelling place of God,
in the Spirit.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 19(18), 2-3, 4-5
Over all the earth their cry resounds.
The heavens proclaim God’s glory,
the firmament shows us the work of his hands.
The day calls it to the next day,
the night passes it on to the night.
No word is spoken, no voice echoes,
no sound is heard;
yet all over the earth their call resounds,
their message penetrates to the edge of the world.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia.
You, God, we praise.
You, Lord, we praise.
You praise the glorious choir of the apostles.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 6, 12-16
Jesus chose twelve disciples,
to whom He also gave the name of apostle.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
In those days Jesus went to the mountains to pray
and spent the night there in prayer to God.
At daybreak He called His disciples to Himself
and chose 12, to whom He also gave the name of apostle :
Simon, to whom He gave the name Peter,
his brother Andrew,
James and John,
Philip and Bartholomew,
Matthew and Thomas,
James, the son of Alphaeus,
Simon nicknamed ‘Zealot’,
Judas the brother of James
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On brotherhood and social friendship
The neighbour without borders
80. Jesus held up this parable to answer a question: who is
my neighbour? The word ‘neighbour’ in the society of Jesus’ time
usually denoted the one who was closest, that neighbour. It was felt
that help should focus first and foremost on those who belonged to one’s own group, one’s
own race. A Samaritan was considered by some Jews at that time
considered a vile, unclean person who did not belong to the
neighbours to whom one should give help. The Jew Jesus turns this approach
completely on its head: he calls us not to wonder who our neighbours
are, but to make ourselves neighbours, neighbours.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
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
Fratelli tutti Official English translation
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