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每天都有神的话

Liturgy of the Sunday

Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time 阅读更多

Libretto DEL GIORNO
Liturgy of the Sunday
Sunday, September 19

Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time


First Reading

Wisdom 2,12.17-20

Let us lay traps for the upright man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life, reproaches us for our sins against the Law, and accuses us of sins against our upbringing. Let us see if what he says is true, and test him to see what sort of end he will have. For if the upright man is God's son, God will help him and rescue him from the clutches of his enemies. Let us test him with cruelty and with torture, and thus explore this gentleness of his and put his patience to the test. Let us condemn him to a shameful death since God will rescue him -- or so he claims.'

Second Reading

James 3,16-4,3

Wherever there are jealousy and ambition, there are also disharmony and wickedness of every kind; whereas the wisdom that comes down from above is essentially something pure; it is also peaceable, kindly and considerate; it is full of mercy and shows itself by doing good; nor is there any trace of partiality or hypocrisy in it. The peace sown by peacemakers brings a harvest of justice. Where do these wars and battles between yourselves first start? Is it not precisely in the desires fighting inside your own selves? You want something and you lack it; so you kill. You have an ambition that you cannot satisfy; so you fight to get your way by force. It is because you do not pray that you do not receive; when you do pray and do not receive, it is because you prayed wrongly, wanting to indulge your passions.

Reading of the Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Mark 9,30-37

After leaving that place they made their way through Galilee; and he did not want anyone to know, because he was instructing his disciples; he was telling them, 'The Son of man will be delivered into the power of men; they will put him to death; and three days after he has been put to death he will rise again.' But they did not understand what he said and were afraid to ask him. They came to Capernaum, and when he got into the house he asked them, 'What were you arguing about on the road?' They said nothing, because on the road they had been arguing which of them was the greatest. So he sat down, called the Twelve to him and said, 'If anyone wants to be first, he must make himself last of all and servant of all.' He then took a little child whom he set among them and embraced, and he said to them, 'Anyone who welcomes a little child such as this in my name, welcomes me; and anyone who welcomes me, welcomes not me but the one who sent me.'

 

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Yesterday I was buried with Christ,
today I rise with you who are risen.
With you I was crucified;
remember me, Lord, in your kingdom.

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia

Homily

Jesus and the disciples "went on from there and passed through Galilee." These words from the Gospel of Mark bring us into the journey that Jesus had just begun from Galilee to Jerusalem. The journey that the Lord makes with the disciples symbolizes life's journey, the journey of spiritual growth, much like the journey we are called to make with the Lord, Sunday after Sunday during each liturgical year. While walking along the road, Jesus speaks with his disciples. This time he does not seem like a teacher, but rather like a friend who opens up his heart to his closest friends. He tells them, "The Son of Man is to be betrayed into human hands, and they will kill him." This is the second time he spoke to them about this. Once again, however, not one of the disciples comprehends Jesus' thoughts and feelings.
Upon arriving at a house in Capernaum, Jesus asks them what they were discussing, but "they were silent," the evangelist notes. Their silence is a sign of the shame for what they had discussed. And that was good. Shame is the first step toward conversion. Shame, in fact, is born from recognizing one's distance from Jesus and from the Gospel. Sunday is the day of forgiveness because we are able to draw near once again to the Lord who speaks to us, who questions us, who permits to us to become aware of our poverty and our sin.
The evangelist writes, "Jesus sat down, called the twelve," and began to explain the Gospel to them again. Each community should gather together around the Gospel to listen to the Lord's teaching, to correct their behaviour, and to fill their hearts and minds again with Jesus' thoughts and feelings. Turning upside down the mentality of the world Jesus tells us: "Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all" (Mk 9:35). He says that first is the one who serves, not the one who commands. And so that we would better understand what he wanted to say, Jesus takes a small child, embraces him and puts him at the centre of the group of disciples. This centre is not just a physical centre, but is also the centre of attention, of concern and of the heart. That child - that is the little ones, the weak, the poor - should be at the centre of the Christian communities' attention for "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me." In the little ones, the weak, the defenceless, the poor, the sick, in those whom society discards and pushes away, Jesus, even the Father himself, is present.

每天都有神的话:日历

March
24
星期日
March
25
周一
March
26
周二
March
28
周四
March
29
星期五
March
30
周六
March
31
星期日

这群年轻人,通过阅读圣经,並将圣经作为生命的中心,激励他们度真正信仰的生活,接受耶稣基督自古以来,世世代代的邀请,成为祂的门徒。这邀请呼籲人悔改,放弃只是为自己而生活的态度,开始自由自在地成为泛爱众人的工具,爱人不分男女,而特别是爱那些最贫穷的人。聆听及生活天主的圣言,是人生命中的最重要的事,就是承认人应跟随耶稣,而非跟随自我。

在这个团体中,最真情流露的景象就是大家聚集一起祈祷,聆听天主的圣言,像当年的门徒,有如一家人般聚集在耶稣身旁一样。同心合意的祈祷(宗2:42)是简单的祈祷方式,它要求团体所有成员献出自己。如同圣咏一样,祈祷是熟识耶稣的说话和祈祷的门径,融合了前人的祈祷,将穷人的需要、我们的需要、以及整个世界的需要,呈献给上主。

因此,在罗马及在意大利、欧洲、以至在全世界的其他城市中,我们的团体都尽可能经常聚会,一起祈祷。我们在很多城市中,每晚都会有团体的祈祷,並开放给普罗大众参与。我们也期望团体内的每个成员,都有个人祈祷的理想地方,在生活中阅读圣经,並要从福音开始阅读。