RELIGION AND ART

SATURDAY 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Genesis 49:2,8-10 Until he comes, the sceptre will not pass from Judah Jacob called his sons and said: ‘Gather round, sons of Jacob, and listen; listen to Israel your father.  Judah, your brothers shall praise you: you grip your enemies by the neck, your father’s sons shall do you homage, Judah is a lion cub, you climb back, my son, from your kill; like a lion he crouches and lies down, or a lioness: who dare rouse him? Universalis The sceptre shall not pass from Judah, nor the mace from between his feet, until he come to whom it belongs, to whom the peoples shall render obedience.’   Gospel Matthew 1:1-17 The ancestry of Jesus Christ, the son of David   A genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:   Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, Tamar being their mother, Perez was the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of

FRIDAY 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Isaiah 56:1-3,6-8  My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples   Thus says the Lord: Have a care for justice, act with integrity, for soon my salvation will come and my integrity be manifest. Universalis   Blessed is the man who does this and the son of man who clings to it: observing the sabbath, not profaning it, and keeping his hand from every evil deed.   Let no foreigner who has attached himself to the Lord say, ‘The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.’ Let no eunuch say, ‘And I, I am a dried-up tree.’   Foreigners who have attached themselves to the Lord to serve him and to love his name and be his servants – all who observe the sabbath, not profaning it, and cling to my covenant – these I will bring to my holy mountain. I will make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples. It

JEUDI 3E SEMAINE DE L'AVENT Lecture du livre du prophète Isaïe 54, 1-10   « Comme une femme abandonnée, le Seigneur te rappelle » Crie de joie, femme stérile, toi qui n’as pas enfanté ; jubile, éclate en cris de joie, toi qui n’as pas connu les douleurs ! Car les fils de la délaissée seront plus nombreux que les fils de l’épouse, – dit le Seigneur. Élargis l’espace de ta tente, déploie sans hésiter la toile de ta demeure, allonge tes cordages, renforce tes piquets ! Car tu vas te répandre au nord et au midi. PEE Ta descendance dépossédera les nations, elle peuplera des villes désertées. Ne crains pas, tu ne connaîtras plus la honte ; ne tiens pas compte des outrages, tu n’auras plus à rougir, tu oublieras la honte de ta jeunesse, tu ne te rappelleras plus le déshonneur de ton veuvage. Car ton époux, c’est Celui qui t’a faite, son nom est « Le Seigneur de l’univers ». Ton rédempteur, c’est le Saint d’Israël, il s’appelle « Dieu de toute la terre ». Oui, comme une femme abandon

THURSDAY 3RD WEEK OF ADVENT Reading Isaiah 54:1-10 With great love I will take you back Shout for joy, you barren women who bore no children! Break into cries of joy and gladness, you who were never in labour! For the sons of the forsaken one are more in number than the sons of the wedded wife, says the Lord. Widen the space of your tent, stretch out your hangings freely, lengthen your ropes, make your pegs firm; for you will burst out to right and to left. Universalis Your race will take possession of the nations, and people the abandoned cities. Do not be afraid, you will not be put to shame, do not be dismayed, you will not be disgraced; for you will forget the shame of your youth and no longer remember the curse of your widowhood. For now your creator will be your husband, his name, the Lord of Hosts; your redeemer will be the Holy One of Israel, he is called the God of the whole earth. Yes, like a forsaken wife, distressed in spirit, the Lord calls you back. Does a man cast