Invitation
May I draw your attention to
The daily reading of the Gospel
This invitation seeks to convey the joy
of the Gospel. Everyone, without exception
can experience that joy by opening his or her heart
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day.
Consideration
In its own way, John’s letter says the same thing as Paul’s letter to the Romans. The initiative lies with God. He first loved us. In Jesus, God has shown that love. God sent his Son. In the gospel, we see Jesus in action. He gives form to God’s love. Love goes out to others. He feels compassion, but he also acts. Jesus teaches because people do not know God’s message. Jesus feeds them because they are hungry. His message is addressed to the total human being: charity must also show itself in actions. Something to think about, both for me personally and for the community I belong to.
FIRST READING I John 4, 11-18
When we love one another, God dwells in us.
From the first letter of the holy apostle John
Friends,
If God has so loved us
then we must also love one another.
No one has ever seen God
but if we love one another
God dwells in us
and His love is perfect in us.
This is proof that we abide in Him
as He dwells in us
That He has made us partakers of His Spirit.
And we have seen and testified
That the Father has sent His Son
to be the Saviour of the world.
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him.
God dwells in him
and he in God.
Thus we have come to know God’s love for us
and we believe in Him.
God is love:
He who dwells in love
dwells in God
and God is with him.
Our love is perfect
if we wait with confidence for the day of judgment,
because we live in this world
after the example of Christ.
Love leaves no room for fear.
Perfect love casts out fear,
for fear indicates punishment
and he who fears is not mature in love.
INTERLUDIUM Ps 72(71), 2, 10, 12-13
He is honoured by all the princes of the earth
and all nations serve him.
My God, grant to the king your wisdom
to the king’s son your righteousness.
Let him rule your people with justice
your poor with justice.
Princes of Tarshish, from distant shores,
send gifts,
Arab rulers and Ethiopians pay him cijns.
To the poor who ask for help he will deliver them,
To the unfortunate without help.
He will care for the needy,
to the weak He will restore life.
HALLELUYA Mt 4.23
Alleluia.
Jesus proclaimed the Good News
of the kingdom
and all the sicknesses and diseases of the people
he healed.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL McK 6, 45-52
Jesus calms the storm and walks on the lake.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark
After the multiplication of the loaves
Jesus immediately forced his disciples
|get into the boat and sail across the lake to Bethsaida
To Bethsaida,
while he sent the people home.
After saying goodbye to them
he went up the mountain to pray.
When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the lake and He was alone on land.
And He was alone on land.
When He saw that they were struggling to move forward
– the wind blew against them.
By the fourth watch of the night He approached
on foot across the lake to them;
And He wanted to pass them by.
But when they saw Him crossing the lake
they thought He was a ghost and cried out.
They all saw Him and were alarmed.
But immediately He began to speak to them and said:
‘Be calm, it is I. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid.
He got into the boat with them and the wind died down.
They were astonished,
For they had not heard what had happened to the loaves.
They didn’t understand, but their minds were blinded.
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Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On brotherhood and social friendship
152. In some areas of our cities, there is still a lively sense of neighbourhood. Each person quite spontaneously perceives a duty to accompany and help his or her neighbour. In places where these community values are maintained, people experience a closeness marked by gratitude, solidarity and reciprocity. The neighbourhood gives them a sense of shared identity. Would that neighbouring countries were able to encourage a similar neighbourly spirit between their peoples! Yet the spirit of individualism also affects relations between countries. The danger of thinking that we have to protect ourselves from one another, of viewing others as competitors or dangerous enemies, also affects relations between peoples in the same region. Perhaps we were trained in this kind of fear and mistrust.
Continued
Every day at 7am
The Bible text of this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
Netherlands Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations of liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Fratelli tutti Official Dutch Translation
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