MONDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: 'Nobody puts new wine into old wineskins'
Samuel said to
Saul, ‘Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ Saul said,
‘Tell me.’ Samuel continued, ‘Small as you may be in your own eyes, are you not
head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king over Israel. The
Lord sent you on a mission and said to you, “Go, put these sinners, the
Amalekites, under the ban and make war on them until they are exterminated.”
Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you fall on the booty
and do what is displeasing to the Lord?’ Saul replied to Samuel, ‘But I did obey
the voice of the Lord. I went on the mission which the Lord gave me; I brought
back Agag king of the Amalekites; I put the Amalekites under the ban. From the
booty the people took the best sheep and oxen of what was under the ban to
sacrifice them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.’ But Samuel replied:
‘Is the pleasure
of the Lord in holocausts and sacrifices or in obedience to the voice of the
Lord? Yes, obedience is better than sacrifice, submissiveness better than the
fat of rams. Rebellion is a sin of sorcery, presumption a crime of teraphim. ‘Since
you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.’
Responsorial
Psalm: I will show God’s salvation to the upright.'
Gospel Mark
2:18-22 'Why do your disciples not fast?'
One day when
John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and
said to him, ‘Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the
Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the
bridegroom’s attendants would never think of fasting while the bridegroom is still
with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they could not think
of fasting. But the time will come for the bridegroom to be taken away from
them, and then, on that day, they will fast. No one sews a piece of unshrunken
cloth on an old cloak; if he does, the patch pulls away from it, the new from
the old, and the tear gets worse. And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins;
if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins
too. No! New wine, fresh skins!’
L’OBÉISSANCE VAUT MIEUX QUE LE SACRIFICE
«Personne ne met du vin nouveau dans de
vieilles outres»
Évangile Marc 2,18-22 «Pourquoi
tes disciples ne jeûnent-ils pas»
Comme les
disciples de Jean Baptiste et les pharisiens jeûnaient, on vient demander Ã
Jésus: «Pourquoi tes disciples ne jeûnent-ils pas, comme les disciples de Jean
et ceux des pharisiens?». Jésus répond: «Les invités de la noce pourraient-ils
donc jeûner, pendant que l'Époux est avec eux? Tant qu'ils ont l'Époux avec
eux, ils ne peuvent pas jeûner. Mais un temps viendra où l'Époux leur sera
enlevé: ce jour-là ils jeûneront.» Personne ne raccommode un vieux vêtement
avec une pièce d'étoffe neuve; autrement la pièce neuve tire sur le vieux tissu
et le déchire davantage. Ou encore, personne ne met du vin nouveau dans de
vieilles outres; autrement la fermentation fait éclater les outres, et l'on
perd à la fois le vin et les outres. A vin nouveau, outres neuves».
God my Father, you do not take pleasure in
holocausts and sacrifices. You take delight in obedience. Father, obedience is
better than sacrifice. Give me a humble and pure heart. Father rebellion is a
sin of sorcery. Presumption is a crime. Preserve me God, make me obey your command.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Most High God, I trust in you. Mary, Mother of Christ, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me.
Pray the Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace.
Dieu mon Père, tu n’aimes pas prends les holocaustes
ni les sacrifices. Tu aimes l'obéissance. Père, l'obéissance vaut mieux que le
sacrifice. Donne-moi un cœur humble et pur. Père, la rébellion est un péché
comme une sorcellerie. La présomption est un crime. Préserve-moi, Dieu, fais
que j'obéisse à ton commandement.
Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Fils du Dieu Très-Haut, j'ai confiance en toi. Marie, Mère du Christ, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon Ange Gardien, priez pour moi.
Priez le Rosaire: Je vous salut Marie.
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