GOD IS THE AUTHOR OF CREATION
FRIDAY WEEK 32 IN ORDINARY TIME: Universalis
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
First Reading Wisdom 13:1-9
How
have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?
Naturally
stupid are all men who have not known God and who, from the good things that
are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is, or, by studying the works,
have failed to recognise the Artificer. Fire however, or wind, or the swift
air, the sphere of the stars, impetuous water, heaven’s lamps, are what they
have held to be the gods who govern the world. If, charmed by their beauty, they
have taken things for gods, let them know how much the Lord of these excels
them, since the very Author of beauty has created them. And if they have been
impressed by their power and energy, let them deduce from these how much
mightier is he that has formed them, since through the grandeur and beauty of
the creatures we may, by analogy, contemplate their Author. Small blame,
however, attaches to these men, for perhaps they only go astray in their search
for God and their eagerness to find him; living among his works, they strive to
comprehend them and fall victim to appearances, seeing so much beauty. Even so,
they are not to be excused: if they are capable of acquiring enough knowledge to
be able to investigate the world, how have they been so slow to find its
Master?
Responsorial
Psalm: The heavens proclaim the glory of God
Gospel
Luke 17:26-37 When the day comes for the Son of
Man to be revealed
CDR: Jesus
said to the disciples:
‘As
it was in Noah’s day, so will it also be in the days of the Son of Man. People
were eating and drinking, marrying wives and husbands, right up to the day Noah
went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. It will be the
same as it was in Lot’s day: people were eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building, but the day Lot left Sodom, God rained fire and
brimstone from heaven and it destroyed them all. It will be the same when the
day comes for the Son of Man to be revealed.
‘When that day comes, anyone on the housetop,
with his possessions in the house, must not come down to collect them, nor must
anyone in the fields turn back either. Remember Lot’s wife. Anyone who tries to
preserve his life will lose it; and anyone who loses it will keep it safe. I
tell you, on that night two will be in one bed: one will be taken, the other
left; two women will be grinding corn together: one will be taken, the other
left.’ The disciples interrupted. ‘Where, Lord?’ they asked. He said, ‘Where
the body is, there too will the vultures gather
Heavenly Father blessed be your Holy Name. May all creatures acknowledge your Supremacy. You alone are God, there is no other. Father you will never share your glory. To you be all glory and adoration.
Jesus I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary pray for me. God's Angels and Saints pray for me. My Angel Guardian pray for me.
Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace.
Psalm 19 (Psaume 19) The heavens proclaim the glory of God
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