Thursday, December 31, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:1-18) And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke Saint Luke 2:36-40) The Child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 2:22-35) "My own eyes have seen the salvation which you prepared in the sight of every people"
Monday, December 28, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 2:13-18) “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 12:22-40) "For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples"
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 10:17-22) "You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.”
Friday, December 25, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:1-18) Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis... And the Word was made flesh and made His dwelling among us.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:67-79) "In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us"
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:57-66) "John is his name."
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:46-56) “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my saviour."
Monday, December 21, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:39-45) "Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Saint Luke 1:26-38) In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 1:18-24) When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 1:1-17) The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 7:19-23) "And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me."
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 21:28-32) "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you."
Monday, December 14, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 21,23-27) He himself said to them, "Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:6-8,19-28) “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘make straight the way of the Lord.’”
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:26-38) "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Friday, December 11, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,16-19) "But wisdom is vindicated by her works."
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,11-15) "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force."
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,28-30) "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1,26-38) "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Monday, December 07, 2020
READING OF THE DAY A reading from the Book of Isaiah IS 35:1-10
READING OF THE DAY
A reading from the Book of Isaiah
IS 35:1-10
The desert and the parched land will exult;
the steppe will rejoice and bloom.
They will bloom with abundant flowers,
and rejoice with joyful song.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to them,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
They will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God.
Strengthen the hands that are feeble,
make firm the knees that are weak,
Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!
Here is your God,
he comes with vindication;
With divine recompense
he comes to save you.
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,
the ears of the deaf be cleared;
Then will the lame leap like a stag,
then the tongue of the mute will sing.
Streams will burst forth in the desert,
and rivers in the steppe.
The burning sands will become pools,
and the thirsty ground, springs of water;
The abode where jackals lurk
will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.
A highway will be there,
called the holy way;
No one unclean may pass over it,
nor fools go astray on it.
No lion will be there,
nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it.
It is for those with a journey to make,
and on it the redeemed will walk.
Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return
and enter Zion singing,
crowned with everlasting joy;
They will meet with joy and gladness,
sorrow and mourning will flee.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Luke
LK 5:17-26
One day as Jesus was teaching,
Pharisees and teachers of the law,
who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem,
were sitting there,
and the power of the Lord was with him for healing.
And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;
they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence.
But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd,
they went up on the roof
and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles
into the middle in front of Jesus.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said,
“As for you, your sins are forgiven.”
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves,
“Who is this who speaks blasphemies?
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,
“What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
he said to the one who was paralyzed,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He stood up immediately before them,
picked up what he had been lying on,
and went home, glorifying God.
Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God,
and, struck with awe, they said,
“We have seen incredible things today.”
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
It is a simple thing, that Jesus teaches us when He goes to the essentials. Health is essential: of the body and of the soul. We take good care of the health of our body, but also of the soul. And we go to that Doctor who can heal us, who can forgive our sins. Jesus came for this and gave His life for this. (Santa Marta 17 January 2020)
Sunday, December 06, 2020
READING OF THE DAY First reading from the Book of Isaiah IS 40:1-5, 9-11
READING OF THE DAY
First reading from the Book of Isaiah
IS 40:1-5, 9-11
Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her service is at an end,
her guilt is expiated;
indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill shall be made low;
the rugged land shall be made a plain,
the rough country, a broad valley.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Go up on to a high mountain,
Zion, herald of glad tidings;
cry out at the top of your voice,
Jerusalem, herald of good news!
Fear not to cry out
and say to the cities of Judah:
Here is your God!
Here comes with power
the Lord GOD,
who rules by his strong arm;
here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
carrying them in his bosom,
and leading the ewes with care.
Second reading from the Second Letter of Peter
2 PT 3:8-1
Do not ignore this one fact, beloved,
that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years
and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,”
but he is patient with you,
not wishing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar
and the elements will be dissolved by fire,
and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.
Since everything is to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of persons ought you to be,
conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames
and the elements melted by fire.
But according to his promise
we await new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, since you await these things,
be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Mark
MK 1:1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice of one crying out in the desert:
“Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.”
John the Baptist appeared in the desert
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
People of the whole Judean countryside
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
were going out to him
and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River
as they acknowledged their sins.
John was clothed in camel’s hair,
with a leather belt around his waist.
He fed on locusts and wild honey.
And this is what he proclaimed:
“One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
John the Baptist’s testimony invites us to start out again and again on our journey of faith: to start afresh from Jesus Christ, the Lamb full of mercy that the Father gave for us. Let us be surprised once again by God’s choice to be on our side, to show solidarity with us sinners, and to save the world from evil by taking it on fully. (Angelus, 19 January 2020)
Saturday, December 05, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,35-38.10,1.6-8) "Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
Friday, December 04, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,27-31) "Let it be done for you according to your faith." And their eyes were opened.
Thursday, December 03, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 7,21.24-27) "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse."
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 15,29-37) Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 10,21-24) "I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."
Monday, November 30, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 4,18-22) As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Mark 13,33-37) "Watch; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning."
Vatican News
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"Watch; you do not know when the lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning."
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Saturday, November 28, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 21,34-36) "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap."
Friday, November 27, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 21,29-33) "Consider the fig tree. When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near."
Thursday, November 26, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 21,20-28) "They will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand."
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 21,12-19) "You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives."
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 21,5-11) "When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end."
Monday, November 23, 2020
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 25:31-46) "When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit upon His glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before Him."
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 20,27-40) "They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise."
Friday, November 20, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 19,45-48) "My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves."
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 19,41-44) "If this day you only knew what makes for peace--but now it is hidden from your eyes."
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 19,11-28) "I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 19,1-10) "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost."
Monday, November 16, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 18,35-43) "Lord, please let me see." Jesus told him, "Have sight; your faith has saved you."
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 25,14-30) "A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one– to each according to his ability."
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 18:1-8) "Will not God then secure the rights of His chosen ones who call out to Him day and night? Will He be slow to answer them? I tell you, He will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.
Friday, November 13, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 17:26-37) “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 17:20-25) "For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His day. But first He must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 17:11-19) "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 17:7-10) “When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
Monday, November 09, 2020
READING OF THE DAY 11-09-2020
READING OF THE DAY
First reading from the Book of Ezekiel
EZ 47:1-2, 8-9, 12
The angel brought me
back to the entrance of the temple,
and I saw water flowing out
from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east,
for the façade of the temple was toward the east;
the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple,
south of the altar.
He led me outside by the north gate,
and around to the outer gate facing the east,
where I saw water trickling from the southern side.
He said to me,
“This water flows into the eastern district down upon the Arabah,
and empties into the sea, the salt waters, which it makes fresh.
Wherever the river flows,
every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live,
and there shall be abundant fish,
for wherever this water comes the sea shall be made fresh.
Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of every kind shall grow;
their leaves shall not fade, nor their fruit fail.
Every month they shall bear fresh fruit,
for they shall be watered by the flow from the sanctuary.
Their fruit shall serve for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
Second reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians
1 COR 3:9C-11, 16-17
Brothers and sisters:
You are God’s building.
According to the grace of God given to me,
like a wise master builder I laid a foundation,
and another is building upon it.
But each one must be careful how he builds upon it,
for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there,
namely, Jesus Christ.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God,
and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If anyone destroys God’s temple,
God will destroy that person;
for the temple of God, which you are, is holy.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to John
JN 2:13-22
Since the Passover of the Jews was near,
Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves,
as well as the money-changers seated there.
He made a whip out of cords
and drove them all out of the temple area, with the sheep and oxen,
and spilled the coins of the money-changers
and overturned their tables,
and to those who sold doves he said,
“Take these out of here,
and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
His disciples recalled the words of Scripture,
Zeal for your house will consume me.
At this the Jews answered and said to him,
“What sign can you show us for doing this?”
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Jews said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Therefore, when he was raised from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they came to believe the Scripture
and the word Jesus had spoken.
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
According to the evangelist John, we have here, the first proclamation of the death and resurrection of Christ: His body, destroyed on the Cross by the violence of sin, will become in the Resurrection the universal meeting place between God and humanity. And the Risen Christ Himself is the universal meeting place — for everyone! — between God and humanity. For this reason, His humanity is the true temple where God is revealed, speaks, is encountered. (Angelus, 8 March 2015)
Sunday, November 08, 2020
READING OF THE DAY 11-08-2020
READING OF THE DAY
First reading from the Book of Wisdom
WIS 6:12-16
Resplendent and unfading is wisdom,
and she is readily perceived by those who love her,
and found by those who seek her.
She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire;
Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed,
for he shall find her sitting by his gate.
For taking thought of wisdom is the perfection of prudence,
and whoever for her sake keeps vigil
shall quickly be free from care;
because she makes her own rounds, seeking those worthy of her,
and graciously appears to them in the ways,
and meets them with all solicitude.
Second reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Thessalonians
THES 4:13-18 OR 4:13-14
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,
about those who have fallen asleep,
so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose,
so too will God, through Jesus,
bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord,
that we who are alive,
who are left until the coming of the Lord,
will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a word of command,
with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God,
will come down from heaven,
and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Then we who are alive, who are left,
will be caught up together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air.
Thus we shall always be with the Lord.
Therefore, console one another with these words.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Matthew
MT 25:1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
"The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.
Since the bridegroom was long delayed,
they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
At midnight, there was a cry,
‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
The foolish ones said to the wise,
‘Give us some of your oil,
for our lamps are going out.’
But the wise ones replied,
'No, for there may not be enough for us and you.
Go instead to the merchants and buy some for yourselves.’
While they went off to buy it,
the bridegroom came
and those who were ready went into the wedding feast with him.
Then the door was locked.
Afterwards the other virgins came and said,
‘Lord, Lord, open the door for us!’
But he said in reply,
‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’
Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour."
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
What does Jesus wish to teach us with this parable? He reminds us that we must be ready to meet Him. Many times, in the Gospel, Jesus urges us to keep watch, and He also does so at the end of this narrative. He says: “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour” (v. 13). But with this parable He tells us that keeping watch does not only mean not to sleep, but to be ready; in fact all the virgins fall asleep before the bridegroom’s arrival, but upon waking some are ready and others are not. Thus, here is the meaning of being wise and prudent: it is a matter of not waiting until the last minute of our lives to cooperate with the grace of God, but to do so as of now. (Angelus 12 November 2017)
Saturday, November 07, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 16,9-15) "The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones."
Friday, November 06, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 16,1-8) "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light."
Thursday, November 05, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (Luke 15,1-10) "Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep."
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