April 19, 2013
Friday – Year of Faith – Easter Season
by Rev. Fr. Matthieu Dauchez
6:30AM Mass, Mary, Queen of Peace
Shrine (Our Lady of Peace Quasi Parish/EDSA Shrine)
Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the
disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the
synagogues in Damascus, that, if he should find any men or women who belonged
to the Way, he might bring them back to Jerusalem in chains. On his journey, as
he was nearing Damascus, a light from the sky suddenly flashed around him. He
fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you
persecuting me?” He said, “Who are you, sir?” The reply came, “I am Jesus, whom
you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city and you will be told what
you must do.” The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, for they
heard the voice but could see no one. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened
his eyes he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him to
Damascus. For three days he was unable to see, and he neither ate nor drank.
There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying, and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, that he may regain his sight.” But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and children of Israel, and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name.” So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, “Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength.
He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
There was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” He answered, “Here I am, Lord.” The Lord said to him, “Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul. He is there praying, and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, that he may regain his sight.” But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard from many sources about this man, what evil things he has done to your holy ones in Jerusalem. And here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call upon your name.” But the Lord said to him, “Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before Gentiles, kings, and children of Israel, and I will show him what he will have to suffer for my name.” So Ananias went and entered the house; laying his hands on him, he said, “Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Immediately things like scales fell from his eyes and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized, and when he had eaten, he recovered his strength.
He stayed some days with the disciples in Damascus, and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good
News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
For steadfast is his kindness toward us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
or:
R. Alleluia.
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man
give us his Flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless
you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life
within you. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him on the last day. For my Flesh is true food, and my Blood is true
drink. Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks
my Blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have
life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life
because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors
who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.” These things he said while teaching in the
synagogue in Capernaum.
HOMILY
My
dear brothers and sisters, 'the bread that you eat and the wine that you drink
are My Flesh and Blood'. These are mysterious words. These are essential words,
because they institute the greatest gift of our Lord - His holy presence, His
Eucharist. And this should be the first obvious mystery. Obvious in the sense
that it is exactly the style of our Lord - a Lord of love.
St. John Marie Vianney was saying that when you receive communion, God remains in your heart, and this is the small heaven. Jesus is giving us His Flesh, his Bread as gift - His own presence in the Eucharist. Amen.
St. John Marie Vianney was saying that when you receive communion, God remains in your heart, and this is the small heaven. Jesus is giving us His Flesh, his Bread as gift - His own presence in the Eucharist. Amen.
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