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
Paul writes to the Christians of Rome. Who are they? How does Paul know this congregation? In 49, Claudius had driven out the Jews and Paul had met some of them, including Aquila and Priscilla, on his travels. After Claudius’ death, those Jews had returned in 54 to find a large pagan-Christian community there. This inevitably caused friction. First (today) the pagans are addressed. They cannot be excused by ignorance (because they did not have the revelation of the Jews). They had sufficient elements to know God, but they turned to idols.
FIRST READING Rom. 1:16-25
Although men knew God
they did not give God His due honour and thanks.
Brothers and sisters,
For the gospel I am not ashamed.
It is a divine power
for the salvation of everyone who believes in it,
first of all the Jew, but also the Greek.
For in it God’s righteousness is revealed,
which justifies man through faith
and faith alone,
according to the word of Scripture:
“He who is justified by faith shall live.”
But the wrath of God reveals itself, and descends from heaven
upon the wickedness and iniquity of all
who by their iniquity suppress the truth.
For what a man can know of God
is in fact known among them;
God himself has revealed it to them.
From the creation of the world
his invisible being
is beheld by reason in His works,
namely his eternal power and his deity.
Therefore they are not excusable.
For though they knew God,
they did not give God His due honour and thanks.
All their thinking has come to nothing
and their minds, which rejected insight, were darkened.
They claimed to be wise but became fools.
The majesty of the imperishable God
they exchanged for the image
of the stature of a mortal man,
and of birds and of four-footed and crawling animals.
Therefore God has given them up to their unclean lusts,
so that they dishonour their own bodies.
They have exchanged divine truth for falsehood,
and instead of the Creator, honoured and worshipped creation.
He is blessed for eternity!
Amen.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 19(18), 2-3, 4-5
The heavens proclaim God’s glory.
The heavens proclaim God’s glory,
the firmament shows us the work of his hands.
The day proclaims it to the next day,
the night passes it on to the night.
No word is spoken, no voice echoes,
no sound is heard;
yet all over the earth their call resounds,
their message penetrates to the edge of the world.
ALLELUIA Ps. 25(24), 4c, 5a
Alleluia.
Teach me to know your paths, Lord ;
lead me according to your word.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 11, 37-41
Give alms;
then for you everything will be pure.
At that time, a Pharisee invited Jesus
to have a meal with him.
So Jesus entered and lay down.
When the Pharisee saw this, he was amazed,
that Jesus had not first performed the ablutions before the meal.
But the Lord spoke to him:
“And you then, Pharisees ,
ye do clean the outside of the cup and saucer,
but inside you are full of robbery and wickedness.
Fools!
Did He who made the outside
not also made the inside?
Rather give what is in it as alms,
then everything will be clean for you.”
Laudato Si
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On caring for the common home
153. The quality of life in cities has everything to do with the
transport, which is often a cause of great suffering for residents. In the
city many cars drive around that are used by one or two people,
making traffic crowded, raising the level of pollution
goes up, huge amounts of non-renewable energy are consumed and
building more roads and car parks, which harm the city
becomes necessary. Many experts agree on the need
prioritise public transport. Some necessary
measures, however, will be accepted peacefully with difficulty
without a substantial improvement in that transport, which, as a result of the
overcrowding in many cities an undignified treatment of the people,
inconvenience or scarce frequency of traffic facilities and uncertainty
entails.
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 and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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