Skip to main content

PAY ATTENTION - KEEP CALM - HAVE NO FEAR

TUESDAY WEEK 15 IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
FIRST READING ISAIAH 7:1-9  Isaiah tells the king not to fear
In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to lay siege to it; but he was unable to capture it. Readings

The news was brought to the House of David. ‘Aram’ they said ‘has reached Ephraim.’ Then the heart of the king and the hearts of the people shuddered as the trees of the forest shudder in front of the wind. The Lord said to Isaiah, ‘Go with your son Shear-jashub, and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the Fuller’s Field road, and say to him:

‘“Pay attention, keep calm, have no fear, do not let your heart sink because of these two smouldering stumps of firebrands, or because Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah have plotted to ruin you, and have said: Let us invade Judah and terrorise it and seize it for ourselves, and set up a king there, the son of Tabeel.
 
The Lord says this: It shall not come true; it shall not be. The capital of Aram is Damascus, the head of Damascus, Razon; the capital of Ephraim, Samaria, the head of Samaria, the son of Remaliah. Six or five years more and a shattered Ephraim shall no longer be a people. But if you do not stand by me, you will not stand at all.”’ Reflections
 
Responsorial Psalm: God upholds his city for ever
 

PREMIÈRE LECTURE ISAÏE 7 :1-9 « Si vous ne croyez pas, vous ne pourrez pas tenir »

Lecture du livre du prophète Isaïe

Au temps d’Acaz, roi de Juda, Recine, roi d’Aram, et Pékah, fils de Remalyahou, roi d’Israël,
montèrent contre Jérusalem pour l’attaquer, mais ils ne purent lui donner l’assaut. Lectures 


On informa la maison de David que les Araméens avaient pris position en Éphraïm. Alors le cœur du roi et le cœur de son peuple furent secoués comme les arbres de la forêt sont secoués par le vent. Le Seigneur dit alors à Isaïe: « Avec ton fils Shear-Yashoub (c’est-à-dire : “Un-reste-reviendra”), va trouver Acaz, au bout du canal du réservoir supérieur, sur la route du Champ-du-Foulon. Tu lui diras:

“Garde ton calme, ne crains pas, ne va pas perdre cœur devant ces deux bouts de tisons fumants, à cause de la colère brûlante du roi d’Aram et du roi d’Israël, Oui, Aram a décidé ta perte, en accord avec Éphraïm et son roi. Ils se sont dit: Marchons contre le royaume de Juda, pour l’intimider, et nous le forcerons à se rendre; alors, nous lui imposerons comme roi le fils de Tabéel.
Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu: Cela ne durera pas, ne sera pas,  que la capitale d’Aram soit Damas, et Recine, le chef de Damas, que la capitale d’Éphraïm soit Samarie, et le fils de Remalyahou, chef de Samarie. Dans soixante-cinq ans, Éphraïm, écrasé, cessera d’être un peuple. Mais vous, si vous ne croyez pas, vous ne pourrez pas tenir.”»
Psaume 47 (48) R/  Ville de Dieu, Dieu l‘affermira pour toujours !
My God Stand by me I fear not. Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary Pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for me. My Guardian Angel pray for me. Defend and protect me. Be My guard and my guide.
Pray the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen. Ave Maria
Your Birthday Saints: Sts Louis Martin and Zélie Guerin may they pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

GOD'S GIFTS

GOD'S GIFT Mathew 25:14-30 Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: ‘The kingdom of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to a third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out. ‘The man who had received the five talents promptly went and traded with them and made five more. The man who had received two made two more in the same way. But the man who had received one went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. ‘Now a long time after, the master of those servants came back and went through his accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.” ‘His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you with greater; co...
Post a Comment
Read more

HE EXISTED BEFORE ME

First Reading 1 John 2:22-28 The anointing he gave you teaches you everything The man who denies that Jesus is the Christ  he is the liar, he is Antichrist; and he is denying the Father as well as the Son, because no one who has the Father can deny the Son, and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as well. Keep alive in yourselves what you were taught in the beginning: as long as what you were taught in the beginning is alive in you, you will live in the Son and in the Father; and what is promised to you by his own promise is eternal life. This is all that I am writing to you about the people who are trying to lead you astray. But you have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; the anointing he gave teaches you everything; you are anointed with truth, not with a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him. Live in Christ, then, my children, so that if he appears, we may have full confidence, and not turn from him...
Post a Comment
Read more

BE CURED

Prayer before Mass:  Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ. I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth. Lord, in Your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the Bread of Angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help   to bring me to salvation.  May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood, and its reality and power.  Kind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members.  Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrima...
Post a Comment
Read more