THERE ARE THREE WITHNESSES

LORD, IF YOU WANT YOU CAN HEAL ME

First Reading 1 John 5:5-13  There are three witnesses: the Spirit and the water and the blood

Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, and the Spirit is truth. So there are three who testify, the Spirit, the water, and the Blood, and the three are of one accord.

If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that he has testified on behalf of his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar by not believing the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever possesses the Son has life; whoever does not possess the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life, you who believe in the name of the Son of God.

Responsorial Psalm: Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

Glorify the Lord, o Jerusalem; praise your God, o Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.

Gospel Luke 5:12-16 'If you want to, you can cure me'

It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where he was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but “Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The report about him spread all the more, and great crowds assembled to listen to him and to be cured of their ailments, but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.

AELF: IL Y A TROIS TÉMOINS « Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me purifier. »

Évangile Luc 5,12-16 « Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me purifier. »

Jésus était dans une ville quand survint un homme couvert de lèpre; celui-ci, en voyant Jésus, tomba la face contre terre et lui demanda: «Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me purifier». Jésus étendit la main, le toucha et lui dit: «Je le veux, sois purifié». A l'instant même, sa lèpre le quitta. Alors Jésus lui ordonna de ne le dire à personne: «Va plutôt te montrer au prêtre et donne pour ta purification ce que Moïse a prescrit; ta guérison sera pour les gens un témoignage». On parlait de lui de plus en plus. De grandes foules accouraient pour l'entendre et se faire guérir de leurs maladies. Mais lui se retirait dans les endroits déserts, et il priait.

Lord Jesus, I postrate before you. Lord, if you want, you can cure me. Heal me, Lord from self-righteoness, and give me a contrite heart.

Jesus, I trust in you. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. My Angel Guardian, pray for me.

Pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary.

Seigneur Jésus, je me prosterne devant toi. Seigneur, si tu le veux, tu peux me guérir. Guéris-moi, Seigneur, de mon orgueil et donne-moi un cœur pur.

Jésus, j'ai confiance en toi. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi.

Récitez le Saint Rosaire : Je vous salue Marie.