Feast of the transfer of the hut from Nazareth
to Loreto, via Dalmatia, in 1294.
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
H. Virgin Mary of Loretohronicle, on the night of 9-10 December 1294
was found on the hill where it stands today – stands at the origin of
Marian devotion in the shrine of Loreto, which celebrates the memory of the mystery of
the Incarnation and of the evangelical example of the Holy Family of Nazareth.
Many popes have devoted pastoral care to the shrine of the Virgin of Loreto, which was
was proclaimed patroness of airline pilots by Benedict XV. The Litany of
Loreto is spread throughout the Church.
FIRST READING Isa 40:1-11
God comforts his people
From the Prophet Isaiah
‘Comfort, comfort yet my City,-says your God,
Speak courage to Jerusalem,
call to her that her time of punishment is over,
that from the hand of God
her sins have been doubly paid for’
A voice calls out :
‘Make way for the Lord in the steppe,
pave for our God a lordly way in the desert,
every valley must be filled,
every mountain and hill to be swept down,
every unevenness must be leveled,
the rock masses become a valley.
And appear shall the glory of the Lord,
and all flesh shall witness it :
the mouth of the Lord has said it !’
A voice speaks : ‘Call!’
And I ask, ‘What should I call out?’
‘All flesh is like grass ,
and all its glory like a flower in the field:
the grass withers, the flower withers,
as soon as a hot wind blows over it:
the grass are men!
‘The grass withers, the flower withers ,
but the word of our God endures forever!’
‘Climb the highest mountain, ye Zion, messenger of joy,
lift up mightily thy voice, Jerusalem, messenger of joy!
‘Proclaim it loudly, know no fear,
cry to the cities of Judah :
Your God is coming!
‘Behold, God the Lord comes with power,
His arm leads the reign ;
His reward comes with Him,
His reward goes before Him.
‘Like a heder He will pasture His sheep,
in his arms gather them together,
carry the lambs against His bosom,
guide the sheep with a gentle hand.’
INTERLUDIUM Ps. 96(95), 1-2, 3, 10 ac, 11-12, 13
God our Lord will come with power (Isa. 40(9)).
Sing to the Lord a new song,
sing to the Lord, all nations.
Sing to the Lord and glorify His Name,
proclaim his salvation all the days.
Report to the nations his glory,
His wondrous deeds to all nations.
Tremble before the Lord, all the people of the earth,
the nations He governs with equity.
Then the heavens shine and the earth rejoices,
the sea hums along with all that lives there;
the fields sway with all their crops,
the forest giants bow their crown.
They cheer the Lord because He is coming,
He is coming as King of the Earth.
Righteously He will rule the world,
the people fair and faithful.
ALLELUIA
Alleluia.
Come Lord, do not tarry,
and delineate the crimes of your people.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Mt 18:12-14
God does not want these little ones to be lost.
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Matthew
At that time, Jesus said to his disciples :
‘What do you think?
‘If a man has a hundred sheep
and one of them goes astray ,
shall he not leave
leave the ninety-nine alone in the mountains
To go in search of the stray one ?
‘And shall he succeed in finding it, verily I say to you,
he shall rejoice more over that one
than over the ninety-nine who were not lost.
‘Likewise, your heavenly Father does not want
that any of these little ones should be lost.’
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Fratelli tutti
Encyclical of
Pope Francis
On brotherhood and social friendship
123. ‘Entrepreneurship is’ truly ’a noble vocation, aimed at
producing wealth and improving the world for all’.
God supports us, He expects us to develop the abilities that
He has given us, and He has filled the universe
with possibilities. In His plans, every human being is called to promote his
own development, and this includes the application of
economic and technological capabilities to increase goods
increase and increase wealth. In any case, these
capacities of entrepreneurs, which are a gift from God, should be clearly
should be aimed at the advancement of other people and overcoming
of lack, particularly through the creation of
diversified opportunities of work. Always, along with the right
to private property the priority and prior right of the subordination
of all private property to the universal destiny of
the goods of the earth and consequently the right of all to the
use thereof.
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
Fratelli tutti Official English translation