The Lord is truly risen
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
Today we have the famous speech on the Areopagus.
Paul wanders alone in Athens, watching over his companions. What he sees arouses his wrath. He abhors pagan religiosity. God does not dwell in man-made temples (verse 2a); God does not ask to be cared for by human hands (verse 25 sacrifices); God cannot be depicted in man-made images (verse 29). Yet in all this he finds a starting point for speaking about the true God. Their search is positive. His appearance is certainly not a success with the Athenians. The resurrection belief in particular gives offence, and their last remark is meant to be mocking rather than an expression of interest.
FIRST READING Acts 17.15.22-18.1
What you worship without knowing it I come to proclaim to you.
From the Acts of the Apostles
In that day Paul’s companions took him away as far as Athens
and left with the message for Silas and Timothy
to rejoin him as soon as possible.
Arriving in Athens
paul stood in the middle of the Areópagus
and took the floor :
“Men of Athens,
i see by everything how much awe ye have for higher beings.
“For as I walked around and looked at what you worship
i even discovered an altar with the inscription :
To an unknown god.
“Well,
what you worship without knowing
that I come to proclaim to thee.
“The God who made the world and all that is in it,
dwells not in temples made by hands.
“Nor is He cared for by human hands
as if He needed anyone,
for He Himself gives life and breath to every,
yes everything.
“All the human race He caused to arise from one,
to inhabit the whole surface of the earth,
whereby He established the seasons
and the boundaries of their habitation ;
and to seek God,
whether they might find Him by groping.
“For He is not far from every one of us.
“For through Him we have life ,
moving and being ;
as some of your own poets have said :
For we are of His generation.
“If, therefore, we belong to God’s lineage ,
we must not think
that the divine would resemble gold or silver or stone,
to a product of human skill and ingenuity.
“Without regard to those times of ignorance ,
let God now bring to men the message
that they must repent all and everywhere.
“For He has appointed a day,
in which He is going to judge the world according to justice
by a man whom He has appointed for that purpose.
“To all He gave the proof thereof
by raising Him from the dead.”
But when they heard of the resurrection of the dead
some scoffed at it
while others said :
“We will hear about that on occasion.”
Thus Paul went away from them.
Yet some joined him
and came to faith,
including Dionysius the Areopagite
and a woman called Dámaris
and others.
After this, Paul left Athens and came to Corinth.
INTERLUDIUM Ps 148, 1-2, 11-12ab, 12c-14a, 14bcd
Full are heaven and earth of your glory.
or : Alleluia.
Praise the Lord, from heaven;
praise Him, all that is above.
Praise Him, all His angelic hosts,
praise Him, all His army.
Princes of the earth with all your peoples,
lords and judges throughout the land;
young men and young girls,
greybeards and children, all together :
Let them now praise the Name of the Lord,
for this Name alone is exalted.
Glorious is He above earth and heaven.
Glorious He also made His people.
He is the glory of all His faithful,
of Israel’s people, His own possession.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia.
He who called all into existence
and took care of us, His people,
He is risen, Christ the Lord!
Alleluia.
GOSPEL John 16, 12-15
The Spirit of truth will bring you to the full truth.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples :
“Still much have I to say unto you ,
but ye cannot bear it now.
“However, when He comes, the Spirit of truth ,
he will bring you to the full truth ;
He will not speak from Himself
but speak all that He hears
and announce unto thee the things to come.
“He will glorify Me because He will proclaim to you
what He has received from Me.
“I said that He will proclaim to you
what He has received from Me,
because all that the Father has is Mine.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
Pope Francis
On caring for the common home
4. Eight years after Pacem in terris, Blessed Pope Paul VI in 1971 referred
to the ecological problem and presented it as a crisis that is
“a dramatic consequence” of man’s uncontrolled activity:
“By a reckless exploitation of nature he is in danger of destroying her
destruction and becoming a victim of this destruction himself”.
He also spoke to the FAO about the possibility “of a true ecological disaster as a
consequence of the consequences of industrial society”, underlining “the
underscoring the urgency and necessity” “of a radical change in
humanity’s behaviour, because “the most extraordinary scientific
advances, the most stunning technical achievements, the most
miraculous economic growth, ultimately turn against man,
if they are not accompanied by real social and moral
progress”.
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.
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Laudato Si Official english translation