Invitation
May I draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel
This invitation wants to share with you the joy
of the Gospel. Everyone, without exception
can experience that joy by opening his or her heart
to the healing power of the Word of God.
Available every day
Word of openness
At his baptism in the Jordan
Jesus heard a voice from heaven saying
You are my Son, the well-beloved’.
We too know ourselves through baptism
beloved children of God.
After all, like Jesus, we have entered into the water
and the Spirit has also come to live in us.
This Sunday’s liturgy invites us
to live out of our baptism
and to let God’s love penetrate our hearts more and more.
Today, with joy and gratitude, let us remember
let us remember the day of our baptism.
FIRST READING Isa 40:1-5.9-11
The glory of the Lord will appear and all flesh will witness it.
From the prophet Isaiah
‘Comfort my people, comfort my people still
-says your God
give courage to Jerusalem
cry out to her that her time of punishment is over,
that her iniquity is forgiven,
that by the hand of God
her sins have been doubly paid for’.
A voice cries out:
‘Make way for the Lord in the steppe,
pave for our God a stately way in the wilderness,
every valley must be filled,
every mountain and hill must be swept away,
every unevenness must be leveled,
the rocky masses must be turned into a valley.
‘And the glory of the Lord shall appear
and all flesh shall witness it:
The mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.’
Climb the highest mountain, O Zion, messenger of joy,
lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, messenger of joy,
proclaim it aloud, know no fear,
cry out to the cities of Judah:
‘Your God is coming!
‘Behold, God, the Lord, is coming with power,
His arm is ruling;
His reward is coming with Him,
His reward goes before Him.
‘Like a shepherd He will feed His sheep,
in His arms He will gather them,
He will lead the lambs against His breast,
He will lead the sheep with a gentle hand.’
SALMO DE RESPUESTA 104(103), 1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30
Entrebillo
Glorify the Lord, O my soul,
How great art thou, O Lord my God.
You are clothed in glory and splendour,
Thy robe is pure light.
The heavens Thou hast stretched out like a tent-web
And above the waters are Thy halls.
Thou hast taken the clouds for a chariot,
You ride on the back of the wind.
Thou hast made the storm Thy messenger,
the lightning your servants.
How much hast thou done, O Lord
and you have made all things in wisdom,
the earth is full of your creatures.
But even in the sea, so deep and so wide,
there is a swarm of animals,
innumerable, great and small.
And all these animals wait for You
That Thou feed them in due season.
What You spread before them, they gather,
they are satiated when You open Your hand.
Thou hidest Thy face, then they become anxious,
You take away their spirit, then they perish,
and return to the earth.
But send forth Your spirit, then life returns,
You make Your creation new.
SECOND READING Tit. 2,11-14; 3,4-7
He has saved us through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to Titus
Dearly beloved
The grace of God,
the source of salvation for all men,
has appeared on earth.
It teaches us to give up ungodliness and worldly desires
and to live thoughtfully, righteously and godly in this age,
while we await the happy fulfilment of our hopes,
the revelation of the glory
of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ.
He gave Himself for us
to redeem us from all iniquity
and to make us his own people,
cleansed from sin,
filled with zeal for every good thing.
The goodness and human love of God our Saviour
has appeared on earth
and saved us,
not because we have done anything good
but only because He is merciful.
He has saved us
through the bath of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
For He has abundantly poured out the Spirit upon us through Christ our Saviour.
through Christ our Saviour.
Thus we have been justified by his grace
and heirs of eternal life
to which our hope is directed.
Gospel verse Lk.3, 16
Alleluia.
John said, ‘There is coming one who is stronger than I. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with the Holy Spirit;
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 3, 15-16, 21-22
While Jesus was praying after his baptism, the heavens were opened.
From the holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time, when the people were full of expectation
and all were wondering about John
whether he might not be the Messiah,
John gave the answer to all:
I baptize you with water ,
but one is coming who is stronger than I am;
I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals.
|‘He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire’.
While all the people were being baptized,
and Jesus was in prayer after his baptism,
it happened that the heavens were opened,
and the Holy Spirit, in bodily form like a dove,
descended upon him,
and a voice from heaven spoke:
‘Thou art my beloved Son,
in you I am well pleased.
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCO
On fraternity and social friendship
For the people or populist
156. In recent years, the expression ‘populism’ or ‘populist’ has become
widespread in the media and in the use of language in general. Thus, it loses
the value it could have and becomes one of the polarities of a divided society.
of a divided society. This goes as far as pretending that all
people, groups, societies and governments are classifiable
of a binary division: ‘populists’ or ‘non-populists’.
Today, it is impossible for anyone to talk about any issue ,
without trying to classify him in one of these two poles or to discredit him unfairly or to
over-praise him.
Continued
Every day at 1 am
The biblical text of this issue is taken from The New Translation of the Bible,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations of the liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Fratelli tutti Official English translation
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