Was bishop of Antochia in Syria. Was killed in the Colosseum in Rome between 110 and 117 on the orders of Emperor Trajan.
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
It is not by keeping the Law but by faith that man is redeemed. Paul wants to illustrate this by the example of Abraham and we read this today and tomorrow. God’s promise to Abraham was gift. A favour that must be earned is no longer a gift. But a wage, Paul says, is not a favour, but a right. His argument is very clear: How could Abraham be justified under the Law if that Law came only centuries later and if he himself was not even circumcised? In the context of the time, there was little to argue against such an argument, but it is actually only in the verses that follow the reading.
FIRST READING Rom. 4, 1-8
Abraham believed God
and that faith was imputed to him as righteousness.
From the Holy Apostle Paul’s letter to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
What should we think of Abraham, our progenitor ?
What did he achieve ?
If he is justified by his good works
he has reason to boast ;
but before God he has none !
After all, what does Scripture say ?
“Abraham believed God
and that faith was imputed to him as righteousness.”
Well,
he who works is not granted his wages by way of favour
but as his due.
To him, however, who does not work
but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith is imputed as righteousness.
The same is true of the man whom David commends
and to whom God imputes righteousness
without reference to good works :
“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven
and whose sins are covered.
“Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not impute.”
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 32(31), 1-2, 5, 11
My refuge be Thou, my saviour in trouble,
Thou envelopest me in prosperity and joy.
Happy the one whose fault was forgiven,
whose sin was covered by God.
Happy the one who has no fault with God,
whose heart hides no crime.
Then I confessed my sin before You,
denied my guilt no longer.
I spoke : Before the Lord I confess my fault ;
then Thou hast forgiven my sin.
Be glad in the Lord, all the pious,
rejoice and rejoice, upright in heart.
ALLELUIA Ps. 111(110), 8ab
Alleluia.
The Lord’s work is good and trustworthy,
all that He decides stands immovable.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk 12:1-7
Even the hairs on your head are all numbered.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time, when thousands of people had flocked together
so that people were almost underfoot one another,
jesus first addressed his disciples :
“Beware leaven ,
that is, from the hypocrisy of the Pharisees.
“Nothing is covered or it will be revealed
and nothing is hidden or it will be known.
“For all that thou hast said in the dark ,
shall be heard in the light ;
and that which thou hast whispered in the ear within chambers
shall be proclaimed from the rooftops.
“To you who are my friends, I say :
Fear not them that kill the body ,
but afterwards can do nothing worse.
“I will tell you whom ye should fear :
fear Him who ,
after He has killed,
possesses power to cast into hell.
“Yea, I say unto thee, fear Him!
“Can one not buy five sparrows for two pennies ?
“Yet God does not forget any of them.
“Yes, even the hairs on thy head are all numbered.
“Be not afraid :
thou art worth more than a swarm of sparrows.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On caring for the common home
The principle of the common good
156. Human ecology is inseparable from the concept of general
well-being, a principle that plays a central and unifying role in the
social ethics. It is “the totality of those social conditions by which
both groups and individuals more fully and
swifter attainment”.
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
Laudato Si Official English translation
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