RELIGION AND ART

FRIDAY WEEK 30 IN ORDINARY TIME: Universalis O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! CI: Reading Romans 9:1-5  I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brothers What I want to say now is no pretence; I say it in union with Christ – it is the truth – my conscience in union with the Holy Spirit assures me of it too. What I want to say is this: my sorrow is so great, my mental anguish so endless, I would willingly be condemned and be cut off from Christ if it could help my brothers of Israel, my own flesh and blood. They were adopted as sons, they were given the glory and the covenants; the Law and the ritual were drawn up for them, and the promises were made to them. They are descended from the patriarchs and from their flesh and blood came Christ who is above all, God for ever blessed! Amen. Responsorial Psalm:  O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! Gospel Luke 14L1-6  'Is it against the law to cure a man on the sabbath? CDR: Now on a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of

COMMEMORATION OF ALL DEPARTED SOULS: Universalis The Lord is my shepherd: there is nothing I shall want First Reading Wisdom 3:1-9 The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God CI: The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God, no torment shall ever touch them. In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die, their going looked like a disaster, their leaving us, like annihilation; but they are in peace. If they experienced punishment as men see it, their hope was rich with immortality; slight was their affliction, great will their blessings be. God has put them to the test and proved them worthy to be with him; he has tested them like gold in a furnace, and accepted them as a holocaust. When the time comes for his visitation they will shine out; as sparks run through the stubble, so will they. They shall judge nations, rule over peoples, and the Lord will be their king for ever. They who trust in him will understand the truth, those who are faithful will live with him in

QUI SONT-ILS , ET D’OU VIENNENT-ILS ? : PEE Voici le peuple de ceux qui cherchent ta face, Seigneur AELF: Première Lecture Apocalypse 7, 2-4.9-14  « Voici une foule immense, que nul ne pouvait dénombrer,   une foule de toutes nations, tribus, peuples et langues » Moi, Jean, j’ai vu un ange qui montait du côté où le soleil se lève, avec le sceau qui imprime la marque du Dieu vivant ; d’une voix forte, il cria aux quatre anges qui avaient reçu le pouvoir de faire du mal à la terre et à la mer : « Ne faites pas de mal à la terre, ni à la mer, ni aux arbres, avant que nous ayons marqué du sceau le front des serviteurs de notre Dieu. » Et j’entendis le nombre de ceux qui étaient marqués du sceau : ils étaient cent quarante-quatre mille, de toutes les tribus des fils d’Israël. Après cela, j’ai vu : et voici une foule immense, que nul ne pouvait dénombrer, une foule de toutes nations, tribus, peuples et langues. Ils se tenaient debout devant le Trône et devant l’Agneau, vêtus de robes blan

DO YOU KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE? : IUniversalis Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord CI: First Reading  Apocalypse 7:2-4,9-14 I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel.  After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, ‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels who wer