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
Having described the ‘life according to the flesh’ , Paul now describes the ‘life in the spirit’. This is a totally new life led entirely by God’s Spirit who dwells in our hearts and makes us children of God. Who is a child, is heir together with Christ. We share in his suffering – and also in his glorification.
FIRST READING Rom. 8, 12-17
You have received the spirit of childhood
which makes us cry out: Abba, Father!
From the letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians of Rome
Brothers and sisters,
We are debtors
but not of the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
If ye live according to the flesh ye shall surely die.
But if by the Spirit ye mortify the practices of selfishness
ye shall live.
All who are led by the Spirit of God
are children of God.
The spirit ye have received is not one of slavery
that would make thee fear again.
Ye have received the spirit of childhood
which makes us cry out :
“Abba, Father!”
The Spirit himself confirms the testimony of our spirit
that we are children of God.
But if we are children
then we are also heirs,
and indeed heirs of God, together with Christ,
since we share in his suffering to share also in his glorification.
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 68(67), 2, 4, 6-7ab, 20-21
Our God is a God who redeems,
the Lord our God delivers from death.
When God raises up the enemy dashes apart,
where He shows Himself those who hate Him flee.
But all the righteous rejoice for joy
and stand unconcerned before the face of God.
For orphans a father, for widows support
god is in His holy dwelling.
For the neglected He gives a home of their own,
prisoners freedom and prosperity.
The Lord be praised, day by day :
He bears our burdens, the God of our salvation.
For our God is a God who redeems,
the Lord our God delivers from death.
ALLELUIA Ps. 130(129), 5
Alleluia.
In the Lord I put my hope,
on his word I trust.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk 13:10-17
Did this woman, – still a daughter of Abraham –
not be freed from her shackles on the Sabbath day ?
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
Once Jesus was teaching on the Sabbath in one of the synagogues,
when suddenly a woman came
who – possessed by a spirit – had been ill for 18 years ;
she was bent over and could not raise herself at all.
When Jesus saw her
he called her to Himself and spoke :
“Woman, you are delivered from your illness”
He laid his hands on her
and at the same moment she stood up
and she glorified God.
Annoyed because Jesus healed on Sabbath,
now the leader of the synagogue took the floor
and spoke to the people :
“Six days are there on which to work.
“So come and be healed on those days
and not on the Sabbath day.”
Jesus answered him in reply :
“Hypocrites !
“Does not every one of you on the Sabbath
loosen his ox or donkey from the manger
to carry him to the watering place ?
“And did then this woman,
– yet a daughter of Abraham –
who for no less than eighteen years
bound by the devil,
not to be freed from those chains on the Sabbath day ?”
When He said this, all His opponents were ashamed.
But all the crowd rejoiced
at all the glorious deeds He performed.
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCISCUS
On caring for the common home
166. The global ecological movement has had a long trajectory
travelled, enriched by the efforts of many organisations in the
society. It would be impossible to mention them all here, nor
review the history of their contributions. But
thanks to so much effort, environmental issues have increasingly been on the public
agenda and have become a constant invitation to think in the
long-term thinking. Despite this, the world summits
on the environment in recent years have not lived up to expectations
met, because in the absence of political decisiveness they have not come
arrived at truly significant and effective environmental agreements.
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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