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Sunday, 23 January 2005
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today the Church celebrates : St John the Almsgiver  
 

Lansperge the Chartreux : “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Is 9,1)



Book of Isaiah 8,23.9,1-3.

First he degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land West of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness; for there is no gloom where but now there was distress. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, As they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as men make merry when dividing spoils. For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, And the rod of their taskmaster you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.

Psalms 27,1.4.13-14.

Of David The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom do I fear? The LORD is my life's refuge; of whom am I afraid?
One thing I ask of the LORD; this I seek: To dwell in the LORD'S house all the days of my life, To gaze on the LORD'S beauty, to visit his temple.
But I believe I shall enjoy the LORD'S goodness in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the LORD!


First Letter to the Corinthians 1,10-13.17.

I urge you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree in what you say, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose. For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by Chloe's people, that there are rivalries among you. I mean that each of you is saying, "I belong to Paul," or "I belong to Apollos," or "I belong to Kephas," or "I belong to Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 4,12-23.

When he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and went to live in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, that what had been said through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, on those dwelling in a land overshadowed by death light has arisen." From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew, casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen. He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. He walked along from there and saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat, with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. He called them, and immediately they left their boat and their father and followed him. He went around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness among the people.

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Commentary of the day :

Lansperge the Chartreux (1489-1539), monk, theologian
Sermon 5; Opera omnia, 3, 315-317

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light” (Is 9,1)


My brothers, none of you is ignorant of the fact that we were all born in darkness and that, in the past, we lived in darkness. But, now that the Son of justice has risen for us (Mal 3,20), let us try not to remain in darkness anymore...

Christ has come “to shine on those who sit in darkness and death's shadow, to guide our feet into the path of peace” (Lk 1,79). What darkness are we talking about? Anything in our intelligence, will or memory that is not God or that does not have in God its source, in other words, everything in us that is not for God's glory and that separates us from God is darkness...Therefore Christ, having the light in himself, has brought it to us so that we could see our sins and hate our darkness. Really, the poverty he chose when he found no room in the inn is for us the light by which we may know, from now already, the happiness of the poor in spirit, to whom the kingdom of heaven is given (Mt 5,3).

The love that Christ revealed by giving himself to us, to teach us, and by undergoing for our sake different trials, the exile, persecutions, injuries and death on a cross, the love that in the end made him pray for his torturers, is for us the light by which we may learn, us too, to love our enemies.



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