RELIGION AND ART

19TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading Wisdom 18:6-9  You made us glorious by calling us to you Readings That night had been foretold to our ancestors, so that, once they saw what kind of oaths they had put their trust in, they would joyfully take courage. This was the expectation of your people, the saving of the virtuous and the ruin of their enemies; for by the same act with which you took vengeance on our foes you made us glorious by calling us to you. The devout children of worthy men offered sacrifice in secret and this divine pact they struck with one accord: that the saints would share the same blessings and dangers alike; and forthwith they had begun to chant the hymns of the fathers. Première l ecture du livre de la Sagesse (18, 6-9) "T u nous appelais à la gloire"     Lectures La nuit de la délivrance pascale avait été connue d’avance par nos Pères ; assurés des promesses auxquelles ils avaient cru, ils étaient dans la joie. Et ton peuple accueillit à la fo

SATURDAY WEEK 18 IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading Daniel 7: 9-19, 13-14  His robe was white as snow As I watched: Thrones were set in place and one of great age took his seat. His robe was white as snow, the hair of his head as pure as wool. His throne was a blaze of flames, its wheels were a burning fire. A stream of fire poured out, issuing from his presence. A thousand thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. A court was held and the books were opened. Readings I gazed into the visions of the night. And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man. He came to the one of great age and was led into his presence. On him was conferred sovereignty, glory and kingship, and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants. His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away, nor will his empire ever be destroyed.   Première lecture livre du Prophète Daniel 7,9-10.13-14 « Son habit était blanc comme la neige

FRIDAY WEEK 18 IN ORDINARY TIME  First Reading Nahun Nahum 2:1,3,3:1-3,6-7 'Woe to the city soaked in blood' See, over the mountains the messenger hurries! ‘Peace!’ he proclaims. Judah, celebrate your feasts, carry out your vows, for Belial will never pass through you again; he is utterly annihilated. Yes, the Lord is restoring the vineyard of Jacob and the vineyard of Israel. For the plunderers had plundered them, they had broken off their branches. Readings Meditation Woe to the city soaked in blood, full of lies, stuffed with booty, whose plundering know no end! The crack of the whip! The rumble of wheels! Galloping horse, jolting chariot, charging cavalry,  flash of swords, gleam of spears... a mass of wounded, hosts of dead, countless corpses; they stumble over the dead. I am going to pelt you with filth, shame you, make you a public show. And all who look on you will turn their backs on you and say, ‘Nineveh is a ruin.’ Could anyone pity her? Where can I find anyone

MONDAY WEEK 18 IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading Jeremiah 28:1-17 Readings Jeremiah and the lying prophet Hananiah At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, a Gibeonite, spoke as follows to Jeremiah in the Temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and of all the people. ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, says this, “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. In two years’ time I will bring back all the vessels of the Temple of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried off from this place and took to Babylon. And I will also bring back Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who have gone to Babylon – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, I am going to break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”’  The prophet Jeremiah then replied to the prophet Hananiah in front of the priests and all the people there in the Temple of the Lord. ‘I hope so’ the prophet Jeremiah sai