Monday, April 25, 2005

4:18 pm

DAILY GOSPEL
«Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.» John 6,68
    
 
Tuesday, 26 April 2005
Tuesday of the 5th week of Easter
Today the Church celebrates : St Marcellinus  
 

Saint Columban : “My peace I give you”



Acts of the Apostles 14,19-28.

However, some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and entered the city. On the following day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. After they had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, "It is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the kingdom of God." They appointed presbyters for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, commended them to the Lord in whom they had put their faith. Then they traveled through Pisidia and reached Pamphylia. After proclaiming the word at Perga they went down to Attalia. From there they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now accomplished. And when they arrived, they called the church together and reported what God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. Then they spent no little time with the disciples.

Psalms 145,10-13.21.

All your works give you thanks, O LORD and your faithful bless you.
They speak of the glory of your reign and tell of your great works,
Making known to all your power, the glorious splendor of your rule.
Your reign is a reign for all ages, your dominion for all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in every word, and faithful in every work.
My mouth will speak your praises, LORD; all flesh will bless your holy name forever.


Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 14,27-31.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, 'I am going away and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me. Get up, let us go.

Copyright © Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB



Commentary of the day :

Saint Columban (563-615), Monk, Founder of monasteries
Instruction 11, 1-4; PL 80, 250-252 (translated from the French – Orval)

“My peace I give you”


Moses wrote in the Torah: “God made humankind in his image and likeness.” (Gen 1:26)… So it is up to us to reflect for our God, for our Father, the image of his holiness… Let us not be painters of a strange image… And so that we don’t bring in to ourselves the image of pride, let us allow Christ to paint his image in us. He painted it when he said: “My peace I give you, I leave you my peace.”

But of what use is it to know that that peace is good if we don’t watch over it? Usually, what is very good is very fragile; and precious possessions require greater care and more vigilant guarding. Peace, which can be lost because of a careless word or a small injury inflicted on a brother or sister, is very fragile. And there is nothing that gives greater pleasure to people than to speak of irrelevant things and to be busy about matters that don’t concern them, to give empty speeches and to criticize those who are not present. From now on, may those who cannot say: “The Lord has given me the tongue of a disciple, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word,” (Isa 50:4) keep silent or, if they say something, may it be a word of peace… “The fullness of the law is love.” (Rom 13:8) May our good Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the author of peace and the God of love, deign to inspire us with it.



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