Saint St Francis Xavier was a spanish Jesuit missionary for construction
of the mission in South and East Asia
Born 7/1/1506 Died 3/12/1552
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
A stump is all that remains of a felled tree. There is little future in it. The image can symbolise so many things, including the decline or demise of dynasty. Yet a twig shoots up unexpectedly. A monarch of the future will not rule with military might. His focus is on the small and the small. His great concern is law and justice. What more is needed to think of Jesus, the Messiah, son of David but at the same time prince of peace like Solomon?
FIRST READING Isa 11:1-10
The spirit of the Lord will rest on him.
From the Prophet Isaiah
In those days a twig will sprout
from the stump of Isaiah,
a shoot from his roots will bear fruit.
The spirit of the Lord will rest upon him,
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and valour,
the spirit of love and fear of the Lord,
and he shall radiate this fear of the Lord.
He will not pass judgment according to outward appearances,
make no judgment on the basis of hearsay.
The little ringers he will administer justice,
pass fair judgment on the least of these,
but the exploiter
he will scourge with the scourge of his mouth,
slay the evildoer
with the breath of his lips.
Righteousness will serve him as a girdle around the waist,
incorruptibility a belt around the loins.
Then the wolf dwells with the lamb,
the panther perches next to the kid,
the calf and the lion cub graze together,
a toddler can graze them!
Cow and bear have made friendship,
their young lie side by side,
and the lion eats hay with the cow.
The infant plays by the viper’s den,
and the little child puts its hand in the snake’s nest !
Then no one sins any more, no one does evil any more
in all my holy mountain,
but the whole earth will be filled with love for God,
as the seabed is buried under the water.
In that day the root of Isaiah
will stand erect as a banner to the nations :
All nations will flock to him.
And his throne will be glorious!
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 72(71), 2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
Righteousness will blossom in his days,
and prosperity everywhere till the end of the months.
My God, grant the king thy wisdom,
the king’s son your justice.
May he rule your people justly,
your poor with equity.
Righteousness will blossom in his days,
and prosperity everywhere till the end of the months.
Reign shall he from sea to sea,
from the River to the border of the earth.
The poor who asks for support he will deliver,
the unfortunate without help.
He will take care of the deprived,
the weak he will restore life to them.
Forever remain his name praised,
in honour as long as there are days.
His name be a blessing to all tribes,
to all nations with praise.
ALLELUIA Ps 85, 8(84, 8)
Alleluia.
Show us your mercy,
give us your salvation, O Lord.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 10, 21-24
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus exulted.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time Jesus jubilated it out, filled with the Holy Spirit,
and He spoke :
‘I praise Thee Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because Thou hast hidden these things
From the wise and understanding ,
but have revealed them to children.
‘Yes Father,
so it has pleased Thee.
‘All things have been given to Me by My Father.
‘No one knows who the Son is unless the Father ;
and who the Father is unless the Son
and to whom the Son will reveal Him.’
Thereupon He turned to His disciples separately
and He said to them :
‘Happy are the eyes that see what ye see.
‘I say to you :
Many prophets and kings longed to see what ye see
but they have not seen it ;
And to hear what ye hear
but they heard it not.’
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On brotherhood and social friendship
116. In general,’ the latter ’put into practice the solidarity so special
which exists between all those who suffer, the poor, and those whom
our society seems to have forgotten, or at least is all too keen to forget.
Solidarity is a word that is not always popular; I would say
that we have sometimes turned it into an ugly word that you should not
say; but it is a word that expresses much more than
some sporadic acts of generosity. It is thinking and acting
in terms of community, of the priority of the life of all over
the appropriation of goods by the few. It is also fighting against the
structural causes of poverty, inequality, lack of
work, land and housing, the denial of social and labour rights.
It is confronting the destructive effects of the
empire of money […]. Solidarity is, understood in its deepest
meaning, a way of making history and that is exactly what the
popular movements are doing.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
The Bible text in this edition 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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