DAILY GOSPEL: 14/04/2011
«Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68
Thursday of the Fifth week of Lent
Book of Genesis 17:3-9.
When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him:
"My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.
No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations.
I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you.
I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God."
God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.
Psalms 105(104):4-5.6-7.8-9.
Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.
Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,
You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.
He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,
Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 8:51-59.
Jesus said to the Jews: «Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.»
(So) the Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'
You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word.
Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.
So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM."
So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him:
"My covenant with you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations.
No longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I am making you the father of a host of nations.
I will render you exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem from you.
I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying, the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be their God."
God also said to Abraham: "On your part, you and your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the ages.
Psalms 105(104):4-5.6-7.8-9.
Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face.
Recall the wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,
You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the chosen one!
The LORD is our God who rules the whole earth.
He remembers forever his covenant, the pact imposed for a thousand generations,
Which was made with Abraham, confirmed by oath to Isaac,
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 8:51-59.
Jesus said to the Jews: «Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my word will never see death.»
(So) the Jews said to him, "Now we are sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.'
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who died? Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'
You do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word.
Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.
So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM."
So they picked up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (c.130-c.208), Bishop, theologian and martyr
Against the heresies IV, 5-7 (cf SC 100)
"Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad"
Since Abraham was a prophet he saw in the Spirit the day of the Lord's coming and the designs of his Passion, through which both he and all those who, like him, believed in God would be saved. And he was seized with great joy. Thus the Lord was not unknown to Abraham since he longed to see his day... He longed to see his day so that he, too, might clasp Christ to himself, and having seen him prophetically in the Spirit, he rejoiced.
That is why Simeon, who was of his descendants, fulfilled the patriarch's joy and said: «Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all peoples»... And Elizabeth said [according to some manuscripts]: «My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior». Abraham's rejoicing descended, as it were, on those who were watching and who saw Christ and believed in him. And this rejoicing returned back to Abraham through his children.
C'est donc à bon droit que le Seigneur lui rendait témoignage en disant : « Abraham votre Père a exulté à la pensée de voir mon jour : il l'a vu et il s'est réjoui ». Et ce n'est pas seulement à propos d'Abraham qu'il a dit cela, mais de tous ceux qui, depuis le commencement, ont acquis la connaissance de Dieu et ont prophétisé la venue du Christ. Car ils ont reçu cette révélation de la part du Fils lui-même, ce Fils qui dans ces temps qui sont les derniers s'est fait visible et palpable et a conversé avec les hommes pour susciter à partir des pierres des fils d'Abraham et rendre sa postérité semblable aux étoiles du ciel.
So it was altogether fitting that our Lord bore witness to him when he said: «Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: he saw it and was glad». Nor was it only with regard to Abraham that he said this but of all those who, from the beginning, had come to know God and prophesied of Christ's coming. For they had received this revelation from the Son himself: that Son who, in these the last days, became visible and palpable and who talked with men so that he might raise up sons from Abraham out of stones and make his posterity to be like the stars of the heaven.
( Biblical references : Gn 17,17; Lk 2,29s; Lk 1,46; He 1,2; Bar 4,38; Mt 3,9; Gn 15,5)
That is why Simeon, who was of his descendants, fulfilled the patriarch's joy and said: «Now, Master, you may let your servant go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all peoples»... And Elizabeth said [according to some manuscripts]: «My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, my spirit rejoices in God my Savior». Abraham's rejoicing descended, as it were, on those who were watching and who saw Christ and believed in him. And this rejoicing returned back to Abraham through his children.
C'est donc à bon droit que le Seigneur lui rendait témoignage en disant : « Abraham votre Père a exulté à la pensée de voir mon jour : il l'a vu et il s'est réjoui ». Et ce n'est pas seulement à propos d'Abraham qu'il a dit cela, mais de tous ceux qui, depuis le commencement, ont acquis la connaissance de Dieu et ont prophétisé la venue du Christ. Car ils ont reçu cette révélation de la part du Fils lui-même, ce Fils qui dans ces temps qui sont les derniers s'est fait visible et palpable et a conversé avec les hommes pour susciter à partir des pierres des fils d'Abraham et rendre sa postérité semblable aux étoiles du ciel.
So it was altogether fitting that our Lord bore witness to him when he said: «Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: he saw it and was glad». Nor was it only with regard to Abraham that he said this but of all those who, from the beginning, had come to know God and prophesied of Christ's coming. For they had received this revelation from the Son himself: that Son who, in these the last days, became visible and palpable and who talked with men so that he might raise up sons from Abraham out of stones and make his posterity to be like the stars of the heaven.
( Biblical references : Gn 17,17; Lk 2,29s; Lk 1,46; He 1,2; Bar 4,38; Mt 3,9; Gn 15,5)
St Benezet (1165-1184)SAINT BENEZET, or Little Bennet (1165-1184) St. Benezet kept his mother's sheep in the country, and as a mere child was devoted to practices of piety. As many persons were drowned in crossing the Rhone, Benezet was inspired by God to build a bridge over that rapid river at Avignon. He obtained the approbation of the bishop, proved his mission by miracles, and began the work in 1177, which he directed during seven years. He died when the difficulty of the undertaking was over, in 1184. This is attested by public monuments drawn up at that time and still preserved at Avignon, where the story is in everybody's month. His body was buried upon the bridge itself, which was not completely finished till four years after his decease, the structure whereof was attended with miracles from the first laying of the foundations till it was completed in 1188. Other miracles wrought after this at his tomb induced the city to build a chapel upon the bridge, in which his body lay nearly five hundred years. But in 1669 a greater part of the bridge falling down through the impetuosity of the waters, the coffin was taken up, and being opened in 1670 in presence of the grand vicar, during the vacancy of the archiepiscopal see, the body was found entire, without the least sign of corruption; even the bowels were perfectly sound, and the color of the eyes lively and sprightly, though, through the dampness of the situation, the iron bars about the coffin were much damaged with rust. The body was found in the same condition by the Archbishop of Avignon in 1674, when, accompanied by the Bishop of Orange and a great concourse of nobility, he performed the translation of it, with great pomp, into the Church of the Celestines, this Order having obtained of Louis XIV. the honor of being intrusted with the custody of his relics till such time as the bridge and chapel should be rebuilt. Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894] | |
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