Invitation
May I ask for your attention for
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation is to share the joy
of the gospel with you. Everyone, without exception,
can experience that joy by opening their heart
to the healing power of God’s word.
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Opening words
Jesus tells us today the parable of the merciful father.
In the father’s love for his two sons
we recognise God’s unconditional love for all people.
God is also waiting patiently for us
and wants to give us his love.
The work of Broederlijk Delen invites us
not to keep God’s love for ourselves,
but to share it with those who do not count in this world.
Let us grow in solidarity and connection
with our brothers and sisters in the South.
After all, God wants to reconcile all his children
and bring them together around the table at the great feast of Easter.
FIRST READING Joz. 5:9a, 10-12
When the people of God had entered the Promised Land, they celebrated the Passover there.
From the book of Joshua
In those days the Lord spoke to Joshua:
‘Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you!’
While the Israelites were encamped in Gilgal,
they celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month,
in the evening in the plains of Jericho.
And on the day after Easter,
they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain
that came from the land itself.
The next day the manna stopped;
they could now eat what the land produced.
From then on, the Israelites no longer received manna;
they ate what Canaan produced throughout the year.
Responsorial Ps. 34(33) 2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Refrain
Tasting and seeing how good the Lord is, my soul will rejoice.
I will praise the Lord every day,
let my lips constantly speak his praise.
My soul will glory in the Lord’s goodness;
let those who fear the Lord say continually,
‘Let him be exalted.’ Let my heart rejoice,
as I sing and make music; let me praise the Lord.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
He has saved me from all that I feared.
Look to Him and your face will shine
and you will not be ashamed of shame.
Those who cry out in distress, the Lord listens to them
and saves them from their distress.
SECOND READING 2 Cor. 5:17-21
God has reconciled us to himself through Christ.
From the second letter of the holy apostle Paul to the Christians
of Corinth
Brothers and sisters,
Whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
And all this is from God.
It is through Christ that God has reconciled us to himself
and entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation.
For it is God
who, in Christ, reconciled the world to himself
not counting people’s sins against them
and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors,
as though God were appealing through us.
We implore you in Christ’s name:
Be reconciled to God!
He who knew no sin
he made to be sin for us,
that we might become the holiness of God.
Verse before the Gospel Lc. 15,18
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus.
I will go back to my father and I will say to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus.
GOSPEL Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Your brother was dead and has come back to life.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Luke
At that time,
tax collectors and sinners of every kind kept coming to Jesus
to listen to him.
The Pharisees and the teachers of the law complained, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’
He told them this parable:
“A man had two sons.
The younger one said to his father, “Father, give me my share of the estate.”
So he divided his property between them.
‘Not long after, the younger son gathered up all his belongings
and left for a distant land.
‘There he wasted his possessions in wild living.
’When he had spent everything
a terrible famine struck that country
and he began to suffer greatly.
“So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country
who sent him out to herd pigs.
‘And though he would have gladly filled his belly
with the husks the pigs ate,
no one gave them to him.
’Then he came to his senses and said,
How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare,
and here am I starving to death.
“I will set out and go back to my father
and I will say to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
I am no longer worthy to be called your son
but take me as one of your day labourers.
‘So he set off for his father’s house.
’His father saw him coming in the distance
and was moved with compassion;
he ran to him
fell upon his neck and kissed him tenderly.
‘But the son said to him:
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you;
I am no longer worthy to be called your son.
’But the father commanded his servants:
Quickly bring the best robe and put it on him,
put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Bring the fatted calf and kill it; let us eat and celebrate,
for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again;
he was lost and has been found.
So they began to celebrate. Meanwhile, his older son was in the field.
But as he was returning and approaching the house
he heard music and dancing.
‘He called out to one of the servants
and asked what it meant.
‘He replied:
Your brother has come home
and your father has had the fatted calf slaughtered
because he has been returned to him safe and sound.
’But he was angry and refused to go inside.
“When his father came out and urged him to come in
he replied:
All the years I have served you and have never broken your commandments,
yet you never gave me a young goat
so that I could celebrate with my friends.
‘And now that son of yours has come
and has squandered your property on prostitutes,
and you have slaughtered the fattened calf for him to celebrate.
’Then the father replied:
Son, you are always with me
and everything I have is yours too.
‘But there should be feasting and celebration,
because your brother was dead and has come to life,
was lost and has been found.’
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCIS
On fraternity and social friendship
Especially the least
233. Fostering social friendship involves not only
reconciliation between social groups far apart due to periods of historical
conflict, but also the pursuit of renewed encounter with the most impoverished
and vulnerable sectors.
Peace ‘is not only the absence of war but also the tireless commitment
– especially of those of us who have a position of greater responsibility –
to recognise, guarantee and concretely restore
the often forgotten or ignored dignity of our brothers and sisters,
so that they can feel like protagonists in the fate of their own nation.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
The Bible text in this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Fratelli tutti Official English translation
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