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
The more we read in Scripture, the more it appears that the action of Jesus frames in a long tradition. What God began in the people of Israel is continued through Jesus of Nazareth. In him, we see the Father at work.
From time immemorial, Christianity has proclaimed the double commandment of love of God and love of neighbour. They cannot be separated. No other commandment is more preeminent than these two. The first letter of John puts this even more sharply. There is only one commandment, for no one can claim to love God if he does not love his neighbour.
FIRST READING I John 5, 5-13
From the first letter of the holy apostle John
Friends,
No one can overcome the world but he who believes
That Jesus is the Son of God.
It is He who has come with water and blood,
Jesus Christ.
He has come
not by water alone but by water and by blood.
The Spirit testifies it
because the Spirit is truth.
For there are three witnesses,
the Spirit,
the water
and the blood
and these three agree.
If we accept the testimony of men
then certainly that of God,
which has so much greater authority ; God Himself guarantees this testimony
which He has given concerning His Son.
Whoever believes in the Son of God
carries God’s testimony in his heart.
He who does not give faith to God
makes Him a liar, for he refuses
to accept God’s own testimony concerning His Son.
And this is the meaning of testimony :
God has given us eternal life in His Son.
He who has the Son
has found life ;
He who does not have the Son of God
neither has life.
I have written this letter to you
to convince you that you have eternal life,
all of you who truly believe in the Son of God.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 147, 12-13, 14-15, 19-20
Now praise the Lord, Jerusalem!
Or: Alleluia.
Praise now the Lord, Jerusalem!
Zion, glorify thy God !
For He has firmly locked your gates,
blessed thy sons within thy wall.
He lets you cultivate your fields in peace
And feed you with wheat flour.
He sends forth his command over the earth
and hastens his word.
It is he who sent Jacob his word,
His law and commandments for Israel.
Never was there a people He treated like this,
no other does He make His ways known.
ALLELUIA Mt 4, 23
Alleluia.
Jesus proclaimed the Good News
of the kingdom
and all diseases and all ailments among the people
He healed.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk 5:12-16
And immediately the leprosy disappeared from him.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
While Jesus was once in one of the cities
He encountered a man covered with leprosy.
When he saw Jesus
he threw himself down to earth and begged Him :
‘Lord, if you are willing, you can cleanse me.
Jesus reached out, touched him and spoke :
‘I will, become clean.’
And immediately the leprosy disappeared.
Jesus forbade him to tell anyone.
‘But ,
– so He said –
go and show yourself to the priest
and sacrifice for your cleansing, as Moses has prescribed
to give them proof.’
In ever-widening circles people spoke of Him
and great crowds flocked to hear Him
and to be healed of their ills.
He retreated into solitude each time to pray.
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encyclical of
Pope Francis
On brotherhood and social friendship
CHAPTER FIVE
THE BEST POLITICS
154. To enable the development of a world community
capable of establishing brotherhood starting from
peoples and nations living in social friendship, the best policy is needed
which is at the service of the true common good. Unfortunately, the
politics today often takes forms that hinder the path to a different world.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
The Bible text in this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
© Netherlands Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays.
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