Year II. Today the book of Revelation describes the last judgment as the final exodus. Plagues had struck the Egyptians; seven plagues strike those who have rejected Christ. Those who have followed Christ the Paschal Lamb and have crossed their Red Sea by being faithful in passing the lake and the fire of trials, enter
Year II. Judgment is presented in the reading from Revelation as the reaping of the harvest. Gospel. Jesus speaks of times of trials, directly of the fall of Jerusalem, which is a symbol of the end time. We may not forget that for us here and now the time of judgment is now: we prepare
Year II. Those who have not given in to the attraction and even persecution by paganism and the power of the world (Roman Empire) are the remnant of Christ marked with the sign of Christ and of the Father. They have been loyal to him, as they have preferred the poverty of Christ above power,
Greeting (See First Reading) All praise to the Lord who says: ”I shall look for the lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the wounded and make the weak strong.” May this compassionate Lord be always with you. R/ And also with you. Introduction by the Celebrant 1. The Stranger Was You, Lord Today we
Year II. At a time when the first persecutions of the Church had begun, the Book of Revelation speaks of the killing by evil forces of those who witness with their lives. But like the dried-up bones in Ezekiel, the martyrs will be raised to life and go to heaven. Gospel. “God is the God
Year II. Today the author of Revelation reflects, like Jeremiah and Ezekiel before him, on his prophetic role. The word of God is sweet-tasting to him, but contains a bitter message of warning he has to preach. Gospel. Jesus drove out the merchants from the Temple and it might be a good time to ask
Year II. Usually in apocalyptic literature the opening of seals announces the coming of calamities. Here it is the key to the victory and peace that will come to God’s people through the Lamb, who died and rose again and in this way overcame death. Gospel. Luke wrote his gospel when the Temple had already
Year II. Borrowing images from Ezekiel 1 and 10, the author of Revelation gives us an inaugural vision in which he describes a liturgy of heaven, showing the power of God, who will win the fight between good and evil. Gospel. Faith, the gospel, the life of Christ are rich gifts which we have received
Year II. John reprimands the Christians of Sardis and Laodicea that they have abandoned their earlier fervor and are in need of conversion. Note the harsh words to the Laodiceans who are neither cold nor hot but only lukewarm: “I will spit you out of my mouth.” Gospel. Today we meet Zacchaeus, the rich typical
Daughter of the King of Hungary, Elizabeth was given in marriage at the age of 14 to the count of Thuringia in what could be called an ideal marriage. She devoted most of her time and the resources of her husband to the sick and the poor. At her husband’s death she was driven away
