August 24th : Gospel You will see heaven laid open, and the Son of Man A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.John 1: 45-51

 August 24th : Gospel

You will see heaven laid open, and the Son of Man

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.John 1: 45-51

Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, the one about whom the prophets wrote: he is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.’ ‘From Nazareth?’ said Nathanael ‘Can anything good come from that place?’ ‘Come and see’ replied Philip. When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There is an Israelite who deserves the name, incapable of deceit.’ ‘How do you know me?’ said Nathanael. ‘Before Philip came to call you,’ said Jesus ‘I saw you under the fig tree.’ Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel.’ Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.’ And then he added ‘I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending.’

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August 24th : Responsorial Psalm Psalm 144(145):10-13a,17-18 Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.

 August 24th :  Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 144(145):10-13a,17-18 

Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.

All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,

  and your friends shall repeat their blessing.

They shall speak of the glory of your reign

  and declare your might, O God.

Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.

They make known to men your mighty deeds

  and the glorious splendour of your reign.

Yours is an everlasting kingdom;

  your rule lasts from age to age.

Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.

The Lord is just in all his ways

  and loving in all his deeds.

He is close to all who call him,

  who call on him from their hearts.

Your friends, O Lord, make known the glorious splendour of your reign.

Gospel Acclamation Jn1:49

Alleluia, alleluia!

Rabbi, you are the Son of God,

you are the King of Israel.

Alleluia!

August 24th : First reading He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven A reading from the book of the Apocalypse 21: 9-14

 August 24th : First reading

He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven

A reading from the book of the Apocalypse 21: 9-14

The angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of God and glittered like some precious jewel of crystal-clear diamond. The walls of it were of a great height, and had twelve gates; at each of the twelve gates there was an angel, and over the gates were written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel; on the east there were three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. The city walls stood on twelve foundation stones, each one of which bore the name of one of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

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August 23rd : Gospel The commandments of love A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Matthew 22: 34-40

 August 23rd : Gospel

The commandments of love

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Matthew 22: 34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees they got together and, to disconcert him, one of them put a question, ‘Master, which is the greatest commandment of the Law?’ Jesus said, ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it: You must love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments hang the whole Law, and the Prophets also.’

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August 23rd : Responsorial Psalm Psalm 106(107): 2-9 O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end. or Alleluia!

 August 23rd : Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 106(107): 2-9

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

or Alleluia!

Let them say this, the Lord’s redeemed,

whom he redeemed from the hand of the foe

and gathered from far-off lands,

from east and west, north and south.

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

or Alleluia!

Some wandered in the desert, in the wilderness,

finding no way to a city they could dwell in.

Hungry they were and thirsty;

their soul was fainting within them.

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

or Alleluia!

Then they cried to the Lord in their need

and he rescued them from their distress

and he led them along the right way,

to reach a city they could dwell in.

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

or Alleluia!

Let them thank the Lord for his love,

for the wonders he does for men:

for he satisfies the thirsty soul;

he fills the hungry with good things.

O give thanks to the Lord for he is good, for his love has no end.

or Alleluia!

Gospel Acclamation Ps118:18

Alleluia, alleluia!

Open my eyes, O Lord, that I may consider

the wonders of your law.

Alleluia!

August 23rd : First Reading A vision of Israel's death and resurrection A Reading from the Book of Ezekiel 37: 1-14

 August 23rd : First Reading

A vision of Israel's death and resurrection

A Reading from the Book of Ezekiel 37: 1-14

The hand of the Lord was laid on me, and he carried me away by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley, a valley full of bones. He made me walk up and down among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the ground the whole length of the valley; and they were quite dried up. He said to me, ‘Son of man, can these bones live?’ I said, ‘You know, Lord.’ He said, ‘Prophesy over these bones. Say, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. The Lord says this to these bones: I am now going to make the breath enter you, and you will live. I shall put sinews on you, I shall make flesh grow on you, I shall cover you with skin and give you breath, and you will live; and you will learn that I am the Lord.”’ I prophesied as I had been ordered. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a sound of clattering; and the bones joined together. I looked, and saw that they were covered with sinews; flesh was growing on them and skin was covering them, but there was no breath in them. He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath, “The Lord says this: Come from the four winds, breath; breathe on these dead; let them live!”’ I prophesied as he had ordered me, and the breath entered them; they came to life again and stood up on their feet, a great, an immense army.

Then he said, ‘Son of man, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They keep saying, “Our bones are dried up, our hope has gone; we are as good as dead.” So prophesy. Say to them, “The Lord says this: I am now going to open your graves; I mean to raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel. And you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. And I shall put my spirit in you, and you will live, and I shall resettle you on your own soil; and you will know that I, the Lord, have said and done this – it is the Lord who speaks.”’

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ஆகஸ்ட் 23 : நற்செய்தி வாசகம் உன் கடவுள் மீது அன்பு செலுத்து. உன்மீது நீ அன்புகூர்வதுபோல உனக்கு அடுத்திருப்பவர்மீதும் அன்புகூர்வாயாக. ✠ மத்தேயு எழுதிய நற்செய்தியிலிருந்து வாசகம் 22: 34-40

 ஆகஸ்ட் 23 : நற்செய்தி வாசகம்

உன் கடவுள் மீது அன்பு செலுத்து. உன்மீது நீ அன்புகூர்வதுபோல உனக்கு அடுத்திருப்பவர்மீதும் அன்புகூர்வாயாக.

✠ மத்தேயு எழுதிய நற்செய்தியிலிருந்து வாசகம் 22: 34-40

அக்காலத்தில்

இயேசு சதுசேயரை வாயடைக்கச் செய்தார் என்பதைக் கேள்விப்பட்ட பரிசேயர் ஒன்றுகூடி அவரிடம் வந்தனர். அவர்களிடையே இருந்த திருச்சட்ட அறிஞர் ஒருவர் அவரைச் சோதிக்கும் நோக்கத்துடன், “போதகரே, திருச்சட்ட நூலில் தலைசிறந்த கட்டளை எது?” என்று கேட்டார்.

அவர், “ ‘உன் முழு இதயத்தோடும், முழு உள்ளத்தோடும், முழு மனத்தோடும் உன் ஆண்டவராகிய கடவுளிடம் அன்பு செலுத்து.’ இதுவே தலைசிறந்த முதன்மையான கட்டளை. ‘உன்மீது நீ அன்பு கூர்வது போல உனக்கு அடுத்திருப்பவர்மீதும் அன்பு கூர்வாயாக’ என்பது இதற்கு இணையான இரண்டாவது கட்டளை. திருச்சட்ட நூல் முழுமைக்கும் இறைவாக்கு நூல்களுக்கும் இவ்விரு கட்டளைகளே அடிப்படையாக அமைகின்றன” என்று பதிலளித்தார்.

ஆண்டவரின் அருள்வாக்கு.