St Antony Maria Claret was Archbishop in 1850
of the diocese of Santiago de Cuba. He was
Canonised on 7 May 1950
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
Wanting the good, therefore, does not mean we do the good. Evil dwells in us – it is almost attached to our very being. We should not always think of it as a temptation or an impulse coming at us from outside: the temptation is situated in our own hearts. That is why it is always wrong, and artificial, to justify our misdeeds by blaming others, by pointing the finger at the world. Evil, like good, dwells within us: it manifests itself through the choice we make.
Why are good and evil present in us together? The coexistence of the two means that the pursuit of perfection often leads to an impasse: we want to do good, but we do what is evil. It leads us to the salutary realisation that only with God is salvation.
FIRST READING Rom. 7, 18-25a
By whom shall I be saved from this existence unto death ?
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
I am aware that in me ,
that is, in my flesh, nothing good dwells.
The good will is within my reach
but not the good deed.
I do not do the good I want
but the evil I do not want.
If I do what I don’t actually want,
i am no longer the acting person
but the sin that dwells in me.
So I discover in me this ‘law’ :
When I want to do good
evil forces itself on me.
My inner being takes pleasure in God’s law,
but in my actions I perceive another law
which opposes the law of my reason
and which delivers me into captivity
to the dominion of sin over my actions.
Disastrous man that I am!
Who will save me from this existence unto death ?
Thanks be to God
through Jesus Christ our Lord!
INTERLUDIUM Ps 119(118), 66, 68, 76, 77, 93
Only let me know, Lord, what You dispose.
Grant me then insight and wisdom,
for in thy commandments I put my hope.
Beneficent art Thou and good are Thy deeds ;
only let me know what Thou disposes.
Let thy mercy comfort me now,
as Thou didst once promise Thy servant.
Through Thy mercy may I live,
because I find my joy in Thy law.
I shall never forget Thy commands,
because through them Thou givest me life.
I am thine, make me happy,
i seek to accomplish what thou commandest.
ALLELUIA Ps. 119(118), 105
Alleluia.
Your word is a lamp to my feet, Lord,
it is a light in my path.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk. 12, 54-59
From the image of land and sky
you know the right meaning,
but then why not of this time ?
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time Jesus said to the crowd :
“When ye see a cloud coming up from the west
then say at once : There is rain coming : And so it happened.
“And when you see a south wind blowing you say :
It will be glowing ; and it happens.
“Hypocrites !
“From the image of land and sky
you know the correct meaning,
but why not of this time?
“Why is it
that you do not draw the right conclusion from yourselves?
“When ye go to the government with your opposite party,
make an effort on the way to free thyself from him;
otherwise he may well take thee to court ;
the judge will hand you over to the bailiff
and the bailiff will throw thee into prison.
“I tell thee :
You shall not get out
till thou hast paid to the last penny.”
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On caring for the common home
Some guidelines for orientation
and action
163. I have tried to examine the current situation of humanity,
both in terms of the fractures exhibited by the planet we inhabit and
the deeply human causes of environmental destruction. Although this
consideration of reality points us in itself to the need for
a change of direction and suggests measures to be taken, we now want to
outline avenues for dialogue to help us emerge from the spiral of
self-destruction in which we are entering.
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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