Invitation
May I draw your attention to:
the daily reading of the Gospel?
This invitation aims to share with you the joy of the Gospel.
Everyone, without exception,
can experience that joy by opening their heart
to the healing power of God’s word.
Available every day.
What the disciples experienced on the road to Emmaus,
actually happens again every Sunday.
In this hour too, the risen Lord opens the Scriptures for us
and speaks words of hope and comfort.
In this hour too, He breaks bread for us
and gives Himself entirely to us.
Will our hearts burn within us as He speaks to us?
Will we recognise Him in the breaking of the bread?
Let us, just like the travellers to Emmaus,
open our hearts to His presence in our midst.
FIRST READING Acts 2, 14, 22–23
It was impossible for death to hold Him in its power.
From the Acts of the Apostles
On the day of Pentecost, Peter stepped forward with the eleven
and raised his voice
to address the crowd:
“You all, people of Judah, and you who live in Jerusalem,
take note of this and listen carefully to my words.
“Jesus of Nazareth was a man
whose mission to you was confirmed by God.
“For you yourselves know the mighty deeds, wonders and signs,
which God performed through Him amongst you:
He who, according to God’s predetermined plan and foreknowledge,
was delivered up,
you, by the hand of the wicked,
nailed to the cross and put to death.
“But God raised Him to life,
having loosed the bonds of death;
for it was impossible
that He should be held by them.
“Yet speaking of Him, David says:
‘I have always kept the Lord before my eyes;
He is at my right hand, so that I may not be shaken;
therefore there is joy in my heart
and my mouth exults with gladness;
yes, even my body shall rest in hope,
for You will not abandon my soul to the realm of the dead;
nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
“You have made known to me the paths of life;
You will fill me with joy in Your presence.
Brothers and sisters,
I may speak freely to you concerning our forefather David:
he died and was buried;
for we have his tomb with us to this day.
“Now, then,
since he was a prophet,
and knew that God had sworn an oath to him,
that He would seat one of his descendants on his throne,
he spoke, looking to the future,
about the resurrection of Christ,
that He was not abandoned to Hades;
and that His body did not see corruption.
“This Jesus God has raised up;
and of this we are all witnesses.
“Exalted at the right hand of God,
He has received the promised Holy Spirit from the Father
and has poured Him out, as you see and hear.”
Responsorial Psalm Ps. 16(15), 1-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10a, 10b-11
Refrain
Show us, Lord, the way of life.
Preserve me, God, for to You I take refuge;
You are my Lord, I acknowledge it.
The Lord is my portion, my drink from the cup;
He holds my lot in His hand.
I give thanks to the Lord who has always guided me;
He speaks to my heart even at night.
I keep my eyes fixed on the Lord at all times;
I shall not fall, for He stands by my side.
Therefore I am calm and my heart is glad;
my spirit is at peace,
my body can rest in safety.
You will not abandon my soul to the realm of the dead.
You will not leave your servant to decay.
You will show me the path of life
so that I may find my full joy in You,
everlasting happiness at Your side.
SECOND READING 1 Pe. 1, 17–21
You have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, the Lamb without blemish.
From the First Letter of Saint Peter the Apostle
Beloved,
God, whom you call Father,
is also the impartial judge of all our deeds;
therefore, hold Him in reverence,
whilst you live here in exile.
You know that you have not been redeemed with perishable things,
such as gold and silver, from the futile way of life
which you inherited from your forefathers.
You have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ,
the Lamb without blemish or defect,
who was chosen before the foundation of the world,
but appeared only at the end of time,
for your sake.
Through Him you believe in God,
who raised Him from the dead
and gave Him glory;
therefore your faith in God is also hope in God.
Versicle before the Gospel Lk 24, 32
Alleluia.
Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us:
make our hearts burn whilst You speak to us.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL Lk 24, 13-35
They recognised Him in the breaking of the bread.
From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
At that time,
two of Jesus’ disciples were on their way to a village
called Emmaus,
which was about eleven kilometres from Jerusalem.
They were talking to one another about everything that had happened.
Whilst they were talking like this
and exchanging thoughts,
Jesus himself came up to them
and walked with them.
But their eyes were kept from recognising Him.
He asked them:
“What is this conversation you are having with one another as you walk along?”
With sad faces, they stood still.
One of them, whose name was Cleopas,
spoke up and said to Him:
“Are You the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know what has happened there in these days?”
He asked them:
“What then?”
They replied to Him:
“That Jesus of Nazareth,
a man who was a prophet,
mighty in deed and word
in the sight of God and of all the people;
how our chief priests and rulers
handed Him over,
to have Him condemned to death,
and how they crucified Him.
“And we were living in the hope
that He would be the one to redeem Israel!
“But with all this, it is already the third day
since these things happened.
“However, some women among us
have thrown us into confusion;
they had gone to the tomb early in the morning,
but had not found his body,
and they came and said
that they had also seen angels,
who declared that He was alive again.
“Then some of our number went to the tomb,
and they found it just as the women had said,
but they did not see Him.”
Then He said to them:
“O foolish ones, slow of heart
to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
“Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things
to enter into His glory?”
Beginning with Moses, He explained to them from all the prophets
what was written about Him in all the Scriptures.
So they came to the village where they were going,
but He pretended He had to go on.
They urged Him:
“Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is drawing to a close.”
Then He went in to stay with them.
Whilst He was at table with them, He took bread,
said the blessing,
broke it and gave it to them.
Then their eyes were opened and they recognised Him,
but He vanished from their sight.
Then they said to one another:
“Did not our hearts burn within us,
whilst He was speaking to us on the road and explaining the Scriptures to us?”
They set out at once and returned to Jerusalem.
There they found the Eleven gathered together with their companions.
These said to them:
“The Lord has truly risen;
He has appeared to Simon.”
And they, in turn, told what had happened on the road
and how they had recognised Him
when He broke the bread.
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Laudato Si
Encyclical of
POPE FRANCIS
On Care for Our Common Home
91. A sense of deep solidarity with the other creatures of nature cannot be genuine unless, at the same time, there is tenderness, compassion and concern for human beings in the heart. The inconsistency of those who
fight against the trade in animals threatened with extinction,
yet remain totally indifferent to human trafficking,
show no concern for the poor, or are determined to destroy another human being whom they do not like, is clear. This endangers the very meaning of the struggle for the environment. It is no coincidence that in the canticle in which he praises God, Saint Franciscus adds: “Praised be You, my Lord, for those who forgive for Your love”. Everything is interconnected. That is why a concern for the environment is required that is linked to a sincere love for humanity and a constant commitment to the problems of society.
To be continued
Every day at 1 am
The Bible text in this edition is takenfromThe New Bible Translation,
©Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
Reflections from Liturgical Suggestions for Weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si Official English translation
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