Roman Catholic Liturgy Readings for June 29, 2018
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The Gospel reminds u.s.a. how to arroyo this Lenten season of renewal of our lives. Information technology puts before usa an agenda of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. 'Fasting is the soul of prayer, and mercy, the lifeblood of fasting.' … St Peter Chrysologus.
Showtime READING
A reading from the prophet Joel 2: 12-eighteen
Theme: Let your hearts be cleaved, not your garments torn.
'N ow, now' – it is the Lord who speaks –
'come dorsum to me with all your heart,
fasting, weeping, mourning.
Fiftyet your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,
turn to the Lord your God over again,
for he is all tenderness and compassion,
slow to anger, rich in graciousness,
and gear up to relent.
Who knows if he will non turn over again, volition not relent,
volition non leave a approving as he passes,
oblation and libation
for the Lord your God?
Sound the trumpet in Zion!
Order a fast,
proclaim a solemn assembly,
telephone call the people together,
summon the community,
get together the elders,
gather the children,
fifty-fifty the infants at the breast.
Fiftyet the bridegroom leave his sleeping accommodation
and the bride her apse.
Between lobby and altar allow the priests,
the ministers of the Lord, lament.
Let them say,
"Spare your people, Lord!
Do not make your heritage a thing of shame,
a byword for the nations.
Why should it be said amid the nations,
"Where is their God?"'
Then the Lord, jealous on behalf of his land,
took pity on his people."
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Responsorial Psalm Ps fifty
Response Have mercy on us, O Lord, for nosotros accept sinned.
1. Accept mercy on me, God, in your kindness.
In your pity absorb out my offence.
O launder me more and more from my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin. Response
2. My offences truly I know them;
my sin is always before me.
Confronting you, you alone, take I sinned:
what is evil in your sight I have washed. Response
3. A pure heart create for me, O God,
put a steadfast spirit inside me.
Practice not cast me away from your presence,
nor deprive me of your holy spirit. Response
4. Give me once again the joy of your assistance;
with a spirit of fervour sustain me.
O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare your praise. Response
SECOND READING
A reading from the 2d letter of the alphabet of St Paul to theCorinthians5: xx-half dozen: 2
Theme : Be reconciled to God…now is the favourable time.
W e are ambassadors for Christ; it is as though God were appealing through us, and the appeal that we make in Christ'due south name is: be reconciled to God. For our sake God fabricated the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might get the goodness of God. As his boyfriend workers, nosotros beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you lot have received. For he says: 'At the favourable time, I accept listened to yous; on the mean solar day of salvation I came to your help.'
Well, now is the favourable time; this is the 24-hour interval of salvation.
The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God
Gospel Acclamation Ps fifty: 12
Praise to You, O Christ, king of eternal glory!
A pure heart create for me, O God,
and requite me once again the joy of your help.
Praise to y'all, O Christ, king of eternal celebrity !
or Pdue south 94: 8
Praise to yous, O Christ, male monarch of eternal glory!
Harden non your hearts today,
but listen to the voice of the Lord.
Praise to you, O Christ, male monarch of eternal glory!
GOSPEL
The Lord be with you lot. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew 6: 1-6. 16-xviii Glory to you, O Lord
Theme: Your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
J esus said to his disciples:
'Be careful not to parade your practiced deeds earlier men to attract their notice; by doing this yous will lose all reward from your Male parent in heaven. So when you lot give alms, do not have it trumpeted before yous; this is what the hypocrites exercise in the synagogues and in the streets to win men'south admiration. I tell you solemnly, they accept had their advantage. Simply when you requite alms, your left hand must not know what your correct is doing; your almsgiving must be secret, and your Father who sees all that is done in cloak-and-dagger will reward y'all.
'And when you pray, do not imitate the hypocrites: they beloved to say their prayers standing upward in the synagogues and at the street corners for people to see them; I tell you solemnly, they have had their advantage. But when you pray, go to your private room and, when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in that cloak-and-dagger place, and your Male parent who sees all that is done in secret will advantage you.
'When yous fast do not put on a gloomy look as the hypocrites exercise: they pull long faces to let men know they are fasting. I tell you solemnly, they have had their reward. Only when you fast, put oil on your head and launder your face, so that no one volition know you are fasting except your Male parent who sees all that is done in secret; and your Father who sees all that is done in hugger-mugger volition reward you.'
The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you , Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel Reflection Ash Wednesday Matthew vi:1-6, xvi-18
The get-go line of the first reading for the season of Lent is in the form of an invitation from God, 'Come dorsum to me with all your heart, fasting, weeping, mourning … plow to the Lord your God again, for he is all tenderness and pity.' We are hearing there the cardinal phone call of Lent. The call involves firstly a recognition that we are sinners, that in various ways nosotros accept turned away from God. It also involves a recognition that the God we accept turned away from is a God of tenderness and compassion who longs for our render. In today'southward 2d reading Saint Paul goes further and reminds us that the God from whom nosotros take turned away has sought us out and continues to seek us out in the person of his Son Jesus. 'For our sake, God make the sinless one into sin, so that in him we might become the goodness of God.' What a powerful argument that is! God sent his Son to get similar us then that we might become similar God. God in his Son journeyed towards our sinful condition and so that we might journey towards God'due south goodness.
T he ashes that nosotros clothing on this twenty-four hours tell the world that nosotros are sinners. Yet, those ashes we received are in the shape of a cross, which proclaims that we believe in a God whose love is stronger than our sin. As Paul declares in his alphabetic character to the Romans, 'God demonstrates his beloved for the states, in that while nosotros however were sinners, Christ died for us.' The iii practices of almsgiving, prayer and fasting that Jesus speaks about in the gospel reading are three traditional ways of responding to God's honey for u.s. in Christ, 3 ways of journeying towards God who has journeyed towards us. They are iii ways of responding to that call of God at the beginning of the outset reading, 'Come back to me with all your middle'. These iii Lenten practices are closely interlinked. Fasting is in the service of prayer and almsgiving. Nosotros die to ourselves and then equally to live more fully towards God and our fellow homo beings.
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The scripture readings are taken from The Jerusalem Bible , published by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd and used with the permission of the publishers. http://dltbooks.com/
The Gospel reflection comes to us with cheers from Reflections on the Weekday Readings 2021-202ii: My Words Will Not Pass Away by Martin Hogan and published by Messenger Publications c/fwww.messenger.ie/bookshop /
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Roman Catholic Liturgy Readings for June 29, 2018
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