REFLECTION FOR TODAY
We ought to respect the image of God in everyone.
-- Blessed Raphaela Mary
READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20
(The Passover)
7 and do not interfere with its construction. Let the governor of Judah and the Jewish leaders rebuild the Temple of God where it stood before.
8 I hereby command you to help them rebuild it. Their expenses are to be paid promptly out of the royal funds received from taxes in West-of-Euphrates, so that the work is not interrupted.
12 May the God who chose Jerusalem as the place where he is to be worshiped overthrow any king or nation that defies this command and tries to destroy the Temple there. I, Darius, have commanded. My command is to be fully obeyed.”
14 The Jewish leaders made good progress with the building of the Temple, encouraged by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. They completed the Temple as they had been commanded by the God of Israel and by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, emperors of Persia.
15 They finished the Temple on the third day of the month Adar in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Darius.
16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and all the others who had returned from exile—joyfully dedicated the Temple.
17 For the dedication they offered 100 bulls, 200 sheep, and 400 lambs as sacrifices, and 12 goats as offerings for sin, one for each tribe of Israel.
18 They also organized the priests and the Levites for the Temple services in Jerusalem, according to the instructions contained in the book of Moses.
19 The people who had returned from exile celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month of the following year.
20 All the priests and the Levites had purified themselves and were ritually clean. The Levites killed the animals for the Passover sacrifices for all the people who had returned, for the priests, and for themselves.
Psalms: Psalm 122:1-5
(In Praise of Jerusalem)
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the Lord's house.”
2 And now we are here, standing inside the gates of Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is a city restored in beautiful order and harmony.
4 This is where the tribes come, the tribes of Israel, to give thanks to the Lord according to his command.
5 Here the kings of Israel sat to judge their people.
Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
(Jesus' Mother and Brothers) SAME AS (Matthew 12.46-50; Mark 3.31-35)
19 Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
20 Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”
21 Jesus said to them all, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
We ought to respect the image of God in everyone.
-- Blessed Raphaela Mary
READINGS FOR TODAY
First Reading: Ezra 6:7-8, 12, 14-20
(The Passover)
7 and do not interfere with its construction. Let the governor of Judah and the Jewish leaders rebuild the Temple of God where it stood before.
8 I hereby command you to help them rebuild it. Their expenses are to be paid promptly out of the royal funds received from taxes in West-of-Euphrates, so that the work is not interrupted.
12 May the God who chose Jerusalem as the place where he is to be worshiped overthrow any king or nation that defies this command and tries to destroy the Temple there. I, Darius, have commanded. My command is to be fully obeyed.”
14 The Jewish leaders made good progress with the building of the Temple, encouraged by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. They completed the Temple as they had been commanded by the God of Israel and by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, emperors of Persia.
15 They finished the Temple on the third day of the month Adar in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Darius.
16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and all the others who had returned from exile—joyfully dedicated the Temple.
17 For the dedication they offered 100 bulls, 200 sheep, and 400 lambs as sacrifices, and 12 goats as offerings for sin, one for each tribe of Israel.
18 They also organized the priests and the Levites for the Temple services in Jerusalem, according to the instructions contained in the book of Moses.
19 The people who had returned from exile celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month of the following year.
20 All the priests and the Levites had purified themselves and were ritually clean. The Levites killed the animals for the Passover sacrifices for all the people who had returned, for the priests, and for themselves.
Psalms: Psalm 122:1-5
(In Praise of Jerusalem)
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the Lord's house.”
2 And now we are here, standing inside the gates of Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is a city restored in beautiful order and harmony.
4 This is where the tribes come, the tribes of Israel, to give thanks to the Lord according to his command.
5 Here the kings of Israel sat to judge their people.
Gospel: Luke 8:19-21
(Jesus' Mother and Brothers) SAME AS (Matthew 12.46-50; Mark 3.31-35)
19 Jesus' mother and brothers came to him, but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
20 Someone said to Jesus, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and want to see you.”
21 Jesus said to them all, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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