I WILL BE YOUR GOD

Tuesday Week 18 : Saint John Vianney, Priest

'Any plant my Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots'

First Reading Jeremiah 30:1-2,12-15,18-22 Your wound is incurable but I will heal you 

The word addressed to Jeremiah by the Lord: the Lord, the God of Israel says this: Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book. Yes, the Lord says this: Your wound is incurable, your injury past healing. There is no one to care for your sore, no medicine to make you well again. All your lovers have forgotten you, they look for you no more. Yes, I have struck you as an enemy strikes, with harsh punishment so great is your guilt, so many your sins. Why bother to complain about your wound? Your pain is incurable. So great is your guilt, so many your sins, that I have done all this to you. 

The Lord says this: Now I will restore the tents of Jacob, and take pity on his dwellings: the city shall be rebuilt on its ruins, the citadel restored on its site. From them will come thanksgiving and shouts of joy.I will make them increase, and not diminish them, make them honoured, and not disdained. Their sons shall be as once they were, their community fixed firm in my presence, and I will punish all their oppressors. Their prince will be one of their own, their ruler come from their own people. I will let him come freely into my presence and he can come close to me; who else, indeed, would risk his life by coming close to me? – it is the Lord who speaks. And you shall be my people and I will be your God

Responsorial Psalm: The Lord shall build up Zion again and appear in all his glory.

Gospel Matthew 15:1-2,10-14 Any plant my Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots

Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Jesus and said, ‘Why do your disciples break away from the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands when they eat food.’ He called the people to him and said, ‘Listen, and understand. What goes into the mouth does not make a man unclean; it is what comes out of the mouth that makes him unclean.’

Then the disciples came to him and said, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees were shocked when they heard what you said?’ He replied, ‘Any plant my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them alone. They are blind men leading blind men; and if one blind man leads another, both will fall into a pit.'

Father, your love is eternal. Do not abandon me. You are my Father, you are my God. Jesus, I trust in you. Virgin Mary, pray for me. Saint Joseph, pray for me. Saint John Vianny, pray for me. My Angel guardian, pray for me.  Let us pray the Holy Rosary: Hail Mary full of grace. 

AELF: Sait Jean Vianney, prêtre

JE SERAI VOTRE DIEU

« Toute plante que mon Père du ciel n’a pas plantée sera arrachée»

ÉvangileMatthieu 15, 1-2.10-14 

« Toute plante que mon Père du ciel n’a pas plantée sera arrachée»

En ce temps-là, des pharisiens et des scribes venus de Jérusalem s’approchent de Jésus et lui disent : « Pourquoi tes disciples transgressent-ils la tradition des anciens ? En effet, ils ne se lavent pas les mains avant de manger. » Jésus appela la foule et lui dit : « Écoutez et comprenez bien ! Ce n’est pas ce qui entre dans la bouche qui rend l’homme impur ; mais ce qui sort de la bouche, voilà ce qui rend l’homme impur. » 

Alors les disciples s’approchèrent et lui dirent : « Sais-tu que les pharisiens ont été scandalisés en entendant cette parole ? » Il répondit : « Toute plante que mon Père du ciel n’a pas plantée sera arrachée. Laissez-les ! Ce sont des aveugles qui guident des aveugles. Si un aveugle guide un aveugle, tous les deux tomberont dans un trou. »

Père, ton amour est éternel. Ne m'abandon pas. Tu es mon Père, Tu es mon Dieu. Jésus, j'ai confiance en vous. Vierge Marie, priez pour moi. Saint Joseph, priez pour moi. Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, priez pour moi. Mon ange gardien, priez pour moi. Prions le saint rosaire : Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâce.