Public holiday commemorating the incorporation of Mary into
heaven with “body and soul” is commemorated.
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
Opening word
In this jubilee year, we are invited
to be attentive to the signs of hope that God gives us.
Sometimes they are obvious and shine like stars and the sun.
At other times, these signs are rather modest
and require a bit more effort to recognise them.
In her Magnificat, Mary sings of the wonderful things
that God does for his people.
He is full of love and abandons no man.
As a mother of hope, Mary goes before us
on a path of shared joy
from the confidence that God does what He has promised.
FIRST READING Apok. 11, 19a; 12, 1-6a.10ab
A Woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet.
From the Revelation of the holy apostle John
The temple of God in heaven opened,
and the ark of his covenant
became visible in his temple.
And a great sign appeared in the sky:
A Woman,
clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet
and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
She was pregnant and crying out in her labor and travail.
Then another sign appeared in the sky:
A great, fire-red Dragon.
He had seven heads and ten horns
and on each head a diadem.
And his tail
swept away a third part of the stars of the sky
and cast them to the earth.
And the Dragon stood before the Woman who was to give birth,
as soon as she had given birth, to devour her child.
And she gave birth to a child,
a son,
whom all the nations shall pasture with a rod of iron.
And her child
was carried away hastily to God and his throne.
And the Woman fled into the desert
where she has a place prepared by God.
And I heard a voice in heaven calling out:
“Now has come salvation and power
and the kingship of our God
and the reign of his Anointed One.”
Answer Psalm Ps 45(44), 10-11, 12 and 16
Refrain
By your side is the queen, adorned with gold.
Princesses meet you there,
and beside thee stands the queen, adorned with gold from Ofir.
Now listen, daughter, be attentive,
forget thy people, forget thy father’s house.
Your beauty awakens the love of the king,
pay him your homage, for he is your lord.
People overtake them with joy and cheer,
they enter the royal dwelling.
SECOND READING 1 Cor. 15:20-26
First and foremost Christ, then those who belong to Christ.
From the holy apostle Paul’s first letter to the Christians of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
Christ was raised from the dead
as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
For because through a man came death,
through a man also comes the resurrection of the dead.
As all die in Adam,
so shall also all be resurrected in Christ.
But each in his own rank:
As first and foremost Christ,
then, at His coming, those who belong to Christ;
after that comes the end,
when Christ will hand over the kingship
to God the Father,
after having dethroned all dominions
and all powers and forces.
For it is established that He will exercise kingship ,
until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
And the last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Verse for the gospel
Alleluia.
Mary is taken up to heaven:
The choir of angels jubilate.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 1, 39-56
He did to me his miraculous works and beat apart proud hearts.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
In those days Mary travelled in haste to the mountain country,
to a town in Judah.
She entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elisabeth.
As soon as Elisabet heard Mary’s greeting ,
the child jumped up in her womb.
Elisabet was filled with the Holy Spirit
and cried out in a loud voice:
“Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
“To what do I owe it
that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
“Behold, as soon as the sound of thy greeting reached my ear,
the child leapt up with joy in my womb.
“Blessed she who has believed that will come to fulfilment
what was said to her because of the Lord.”
And Mary spoke:
“My heart praises high the Lord.
“For joy my spirit rejoices for God my Saviour,
since He benevolently looked down on the smallness of His handmaiden.
“And behold, from this day forth every generation praises me blissfully
because He who is mighty did to me His wondrous works,
and holy is His Name.
“Merciful is He from generation to generation,
to those who fear Him.
“He shows the strength of His arm;
smites down proud hearts.
“Rulers He takes away their thrones,
but He exalts the humble.
“He lavishes gifts on the hungry,
and the rich He sends empty-handed.
“His servant Israel He has drawn to Himself,
remembering His mercy for ever
towards Abraham and his generation,
as He had said to our fathers.”
After Mary had stayed with Elisabet for about three months
she returned home.
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On brotherhood and social friendship
83. The final goal of the course of the universe lies in the fullness of God,
already achieved through the risen Christ, pivot of universal
growth. Thus, we add another argument for any despotic and
irresponsible domination of the other creatures by man’s
reject. The ultimate goal of the other creatures is not us.
On the contrary, all proceed together with us and through us towards the
common goal that is God, in a transcendent fullness where the
risen Christ embraces and illuminates all. Man, endowed with
intellect and love and drawn to the fullness of Christ, is
after all, called to bring all creatures back to their Creator.
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
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