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IT IS BETTER FOR ONE MAN TO DIE FOR THE PEOPLE

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SATURDAY 5TH WEEK OF LENT : Universalis The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock First Reading Ezekiel 37:21-28  I will bring them home and make them one nation The Lord says this: ā€˜I am going to take the sons of Israel from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them together from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil. I shall make them into one nation in my own land and on the mountains of Israel, and one king is to be king of them all; they will no longer form two nations, nor be two separate kingdoms. They will no longer defile themselves with their idols and their filthy practices and all their sins. I shall rescue them from all the betrayals they have been guilty of; I shall cleanse them; they shall be my people and I will be their God.  My servant David will reign over them, one shepherd for all; they will follow my observances, respect my laws and practise them. They will live in the land that I gave my servant Jacob, the land in whic...

I AM THE SON OF GOD

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FRIDAY 5TH WEEK OF LENT: Universalis ā€˜Is it not written in your Law:  I said, you are gods?' First Reading Jeremiah 20:10-13 He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men Jeremiah said:  I hear so many disparaging me, ā€˜ā€œTerror from every side!ā€ Denounce him! Let us denounce him!ā€™ All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, ā€˜Perhaps he will be seduced into error. Then we will master him and take our revenge!ā€™ But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero; my opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs. But you, O Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice, who scrutinise the loins and heart, let me see the vengeance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause to you. Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men. Responsorial Psalm:  In my anguish I called to the Lord, and he heard my voice Gospel John ...

JE SUIS LE FILS DE DIEU

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VENDREDI, 5ƈME SEMAINE DE CARƊME: AELF Ā«Il est Ć©crit dans votre Loi: J'ai dit: ā€˜Vous ĆŖtes des dieux  Ā» PremiĆØre Lecture JĆ©rĆ©mie Jr 20,10-13 Ā« Le Seigneur est avec moi, tel un guerrier redoutable Ā»   Moi, JĆ©rĆ©mie,  jā€™entends les calomnies de la foule : Ā« DĆ©noncez-le ! Allons le dĆ©noncer, celui-lĆ , lā€™Ć‰pouvante-de-tous-cĆ“tĆ©s. Ā» Tous mes amis guettent mes faux pas, ils disent : Ā« Peut-ĆŖtre se laissera-t-il sĆ©duireā€¦ Nous rĆ©ussirons, et nous prendrons sur lui notre revanche ! Ā» Mais le Seigneur est avec moi, tel un guerrier redoutable : mes persĆ©cuteurs trĆ©bucheront, ils ne rĆ©ussiront pas. Leur dĆ©faite les couvrira de honte, dā€™une confusion Ć©ternelle, inoubliable. Seigneur de lā€™univers, toi qui scrutes lā€™homme juste, toi qui vois les reins et les cœurs, fais-moi voir la revanche que tu leur infligeras, car cā€™est Ć  toi que jā€™ai remis ma cause. Chantez le Seigneur, louez le Seigneur : il a dĆ©livrĆ© le malheureux de la main des mĆ©chants. Psaume:   Dans mon an...

LA VƉRITƉ VOUS RENDRA LIBRES

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MERCREDI, 5ƈME SEMAINE DE CARƊME : AELF Je vous le dis: tout homme qui commet le pĆ©chĆ© est esclave du pĆ©chĆ© PremiĆØre Lecture Daniel  3,14-20.91-92.95  Dieu a envoyĆ© son ange et dĆ©livrĆ© ses serviteurs En ces jours-lĆ , le roi Nabucodonosor parla ainsi : Ā« Est-il vrai, Sidrac, Misac et AbdĆ©nago, que vous refusez de servir mes dieux et dā€™adorer la statue dā€™or que jā€™ai fait Ć©riger ? Ɗtes-vous prĆŖts, maintenant, Ć  vous prosterner pour adorer la statue que jā€™ai faite, quand vous entendrez le son du cor, de la flĆ»te, de la cithare, de la harpe, de la lyre, de la cornemuse et de toutes les sortes dā€™instruments ? Si vous nā€™adorez pas cette statue, vous serez immĆ©diatement jetĆ©s dans la fournaise de feu ardent ; et quel est le dieu qui vous dĆ©livrera de ma main ? Ā» Sidrac, Misac et AbdĆ©nago dirent au roi Nabucodonosor : Ā« Ce nā€™est pas Ć  nous de te rĆ©pondre. Si notre Dieu, que nous servons, peut nous dĆ©livrer, il nous dĆ©livrera de la fournaise de feu ardent et de ta main, Ć“ roi. Et ...

THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE

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WEDNESDAY 5TH WEEK OF LENT: Universalis I tell you most solemnly, everyone who commits sin is a slave First Reading Daniel 3:14-20, 24-25, 28  God has sent his angel to rescue his servants King Nebuchadnezzar said, ā€˜Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods, and that you refuse to worship the golden statue I have erected? When you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, or any other instrument, are you prepared to prostrate yourselves and worship the statue I have made? If you refuse to worship it, you must be thrown straight away into the burning fiery furnace; and where is the god who could save you from my power?ā€™ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, ā€˜Your question hardly requires an answer: if our God, the one we serve, is able to save us from the burning fiery furnace and from your power, O king, he will save us; and even if he does not, then you must know, O king, that we will not serve your god or wo...

SAINT JOSEPH - SOLENNITƉ

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SAINT JOSEPH, ƉPOUX DE LA BIENHEUREUSE VIERGE MARIE: AELF   Jā€™ai fait de toi le pĆØre dā€™un grand nombre de nations PremiĆØre Lecture 2 Samuel  7,4-5a.12-14a.16  Ā« Le Seigneur Dieu lui donnera le trĆ“ne de David son pĆØre Ā»   Cette nuit-lĆ , la parole du Seigneur fut adressĆ©e au prophĆØte Nathan :  Ā« Va dire Ć  mon serviteur David : Ainsi parle le Seigneur : Quand tes jours seront accomplis et que tu reposeras auprĆØs de tes pĆØres, je te susciterai dans ta descendance un successeur, qui naĆ®tra de toi, et je rendrai stable sa royautĆ©. Cā€™est lui qui bĆ¢tira une maison pour mon nom, et je rendrai stable pour toujours son trĆ“ne royal. Moi, je serai pour lui un pĆØre ; et lui sera pour moi un fils. Ta maison et ta royautĆ© subsisteront toujours devant moi, ton trĆ“ne sera stable pour toujours. Ā» Psaume: Sa dynastie, sans fin subsistera. DeuixĆØme Lecture Romains 4,13.16-18 Ā« EspĆ©rant contre toute espĆ©rance, il a cru Ā» FrĆØres, ce nā€™...

SOLEMNITY OF SAINT JOSEPH

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SAINT JOSEPH , HUSBAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: universalis I have made you the ancestor of many nations First Reading  2 Samuel 7:4-5,12-14,16  The Lord will give him the throne of his ancestor David The word of the Lord came to Nathan:  ā€˜Go and tell my servant David, Thus the Lord speaks: ā€œWhen your days are ended and you are laid to rest with your ancestors, I will preserve the offspring of your body after you and make his sovereignty secure. (It is he who shall build a house for my name, and I will make his royal throne secure for ever.) I will be a father to him and he a son to me. Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me and your throne be established for ever.ā€ā€™ Responsorial Psalm: His dynasty shall last forever Second Reading Romans 4: 13, 16-18,22  Abraham hoped, and he believed The promise of inheriting the world was not made to Abraham and his descendants on account of any law but on account of the righteousness which consists ...