Tuesday in the twenty-ninth week

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 now begins a totally new subject. Since in Christ there is no longer a distinction between Jews and Gentiles, this distinction is now omitted for a while (until chapters 9-11): all need God’s grace. Paul uses the typology of Adam and of Christ. Adam is the image of the old creation: of sin, disobedience and death. Christ is the image of the new creation. He begins a new kingdom of grace for all and new life for all. For Christ was obedient unto death. The response psalm puts the words in His mouth: “Yes, I am coming”.

FIRST READING                     Rom. 5, 12. 15b. 17-19. 20b-21
One wrong led to condemnation for all,
but one good deed led to acquittal and life for all.

Brothers and sisters,

Through one man sin entered the world
and with sin death ;
and so death has come upon all men
since all have sinned.
The fault of one man brought death to all,
but all God’s grace bestowed rich recompense
through the great gift of his grace,
the one man Jesus Christ.
At the hands of one man, death began to reign
as a result of that man’s fall.
So much more gloriously shall they live and reign
who receive the abundance of grace
and the gift of righteousness,
thanks to the one man Jesus Christ.
This means :
One wrong led to condemnation for all ,
but one good deed led to acquittal and life for all.
And just as by the disobedience of one man
all became sinners ,
so by the obedience of One
all will be justified.
But where sin has proliferated
grace became immoderate.
Thus sin exercised its dominion through death,
but grace will reign through righteousness
and lead to eternal life,
thanks be to Jesus Christ our Lord.

INTERLUDIUM                   Ps. 40(39), 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 17

I come, Lord, to do your will.

Gift and offering have Thou never desired,
but thou hast opened my ears to thy voice.
Thou askest no burnt offering, no kissing offering from me ;
so I said : Yea, I come, as it is written of me.

Thy will to do, my God, that is my joy,
thy law is engraved in my heart.
In the assemblies I have preached righteousness,
my lips not closed, Lord, Thou knowest.

Let them rejoice and be glad who seek Thee,
and cry : Glory to the Lord, who look forward to Your help.

ALLELUIA                       Ps. 119(118), 34

Alleluia.
Give me understanding to observe your law, Lord,
to follow it with all my heart.
Alleluia

GOSPEL                Lk. 12, 35-38
Happy the servants
whom the Lord will find watching at his coming.

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples:
“Keep your loins girded and your lamps burning!
Behave like people
who are waiting for the return of their Lord
who is at the wedding,
to, when he arrives and knocks, open to him at once.
Happy the servants
whom the lord will find watching at his coming.
Verily, I say unto you:
He will gird himself
and he will invite them to the table
and pass by them to serve.
Though he comes even in the second or in the third watch of the night,
happy are the servants he finds thus.

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Laudato Si

Encyclical of

POPE FRANCISCUS

On caring for the common home

160. What kind of world do we want to pass on to those who will come after us,
to the children who are growing up? This question
does not only concern the environment individually, because it cannot be asked piece by piece.
When we want to ask ourselves the question about the world
that we want to leave behind, we refer above all to its overall purpose,
to its meaning and values. If in our ecological
efforts do not reflect this fundamental question, I do not believe that
they can have significant effects. But if this question is boldly
asked, then it irrevocably leads us to other very direct questions.
For what purpose do we live in this world? To what are we in this life
called to? For what purpose do we work and struggle? Why does this
earth needs us? Therefore, it is not only enough that we should be concerned
worry about future generations. We must realise that also
our own dignity is at stake. We are the first stakeholders
to pass on a planet that is habitable for the humanity that l
will come after us. It is a task for ourselves because it refers
to the meaning of our own life’s journey on this earth.

To be continued
Every day at 1 am