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- Presented by Ranaivomanantsoa Harilanto
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First Reading
Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (2 Cor 9: 6-10)
God loves a cheerful giver.
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion,
for God loves a cheerful giver.
Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you,
so that in all things, always having all you need,
you may have an abundance for every good work.
As it is written:
He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed
and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 112: 1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9
Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
who greatly delights in his commands.
His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
the upright generation shall be blessed.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice;
He shall never be moved;
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
An evil report he shall not fear;
his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear
till he looks down upon his foes.
Lavishly he gives to the poor,
his generosity shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.
Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life, says the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John (Jn 12: 24-26)
The Father will honor whoever serves me.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
Whoever loves his life loses it,
and whoever hates his life in this world
will preserve it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me must follow me,
and where I am, there also will my servant be.
The Father will honor whoever serves me.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
- Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline
- Category: Deepening faith
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In Hebrew, the book of Psalms is called ‘Sefer Tehillim’. The word ‘tehillim’ can simply be translated into Malagasy as ‘song of praise’. This ‘tehillim’ does not really interpret the Psalms and is not very satisfactory, because it says any song of praise, whatever form it takes; the word ‘Mizmor’ means rather a religious song... Catechesis on praying with the Psalms, in collaboration with Fr Flavien Andriamirijanirina.
- Presented by Rafaralahimboa Sylvain
- Category: Gospel
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July 30, 2024 — Tuesday, Seventeent Week in Ordinary Time — The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower; all who come to him will live for ever — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (Mt 13: 36-43)
- Presented by Ranaivomanantsoa Harilanto
- Category: Ordinary Time
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First Reading
The Book of Jeremiah (Jer 31: 31-34)
I will make a new covenant. I remember their sin no more.
The days are coming, says the LORD,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
and the house of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers:
the day I took them by the hand
to lead them forth from the land of Egypt;
for they broke my covenant,
and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD.
I will place my law within them, and write it upon their hearts;
I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives
how to know the LORD.
All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD,
for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 51: 12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Create a clean heart in me, O God.
A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.
For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia.
You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (Mt 16: 13-23)
You are Peter, I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi
and he asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied,
“Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them,
“But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter said in reply,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus said to him in reply,
“Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Then he strictly ordered his disciples
to tell no one that he was the Christ.
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”
He turned and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
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