October 19, 2014

Lectio

 

Isaias 45: 1, 4-6

 

45:1Thus says the Lord to my anointed Cyrus, whose right hand I hold, so that I may subjugate the nations before his face, and I may turn the backs of kings, and I may open the doors before him, and so that the gates will not be shut

45:4For the sake of Jacob, servus meus, et Israel, my elect, I have even called you by your name. I have taken you up, et non cognovistis me.

45:5ego Dominus, and there is no one else. There is no god beside me. I girded you, et non cognovistis me.

45:6So may those who are from the rising of the sun, and those who are from its setting, know that there is no one beside me. ego Dominus, et non est alius.

 

Lectio secunda

 

First Thessalonians 1: 1-5

 

1:1Paulus et Silvanus et Timotheus, ad ecclesiam Thessalonicenses, in Deo Patre et Domino Jesu Christo.

1:2Gratia vobis, et pax. Gratias agimus Deo semper pro omnibus vobis, memoriam vestri faciens in orationibus nostris sine intermissione,

1:3memor operis fidei, ac duritiae student, et caritas, et spem perennem, in domino nostro Ihesu Christo, coram Deo Patre nostro.

1:4Scimus enim, fratres, dilectus a Deo, tuae electionis.

1:5non est enim in solo verbo evangelium nostrum, sed etiam in virtute, et in Spiritu Sancto, et cum magna plenitudine, sicut et nostis egimus inter vos propter vos.

 

Evangelium'

 

Matthaeus 22: 15-21

 

2:15 Then the Pharisees, exire, took counsel as to how they might entrap him in speech.

22:16 And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, dicens: "Magister, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.

22:17 Ergo, tell us, how does it seem to you? Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar, aut non?"

22:18 Jesus autem, knowing their wickedness, dixit: "Cur me temptatis, you hypocrites?

22:19 Show me the coin of the census tax.” And they offered him a denarius.

22:20 Jesus autem dixit eis, “Whose image is this, and whose inscription?"

22:21 They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Then render to Caesar what is of Caesar; and to God what is of God.”