August 17, 2014

Qari

Isaija 56: 1 ,6-7

56:1 Thus says the Lord: Preserve judgment, and accomplish justice. For my salvation is close to its arrival, and my justice is close to being revealed.

56:6 And the sons of the new arrival, who adhere to the Lord so as to worship him and to love his name, shall be his servants: all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it, and who hold to my covenant.

56:7 I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.

It-Tieni Qari

Rumani 11: 13-15, 29-34

11:13 Għax ngħidilkom il-Ġentili: Żgur, sakemm jien Appostlu tal-Ġentili, Jien se nonora l-ministeru tiegħi,

11:14 b’tali mod li nista’ nipprovoka għar-rivalità lil dawk li huma ġismi, u biex insalva xi wħud minnhom.

11:15 Għax jekk it-telf tagħhom hu għar-rikonċiljazzjoni tad-dinja, għal xiex jista’ jkun ir-ritorn tagħhom, ħlief il-ħajja mill-mewt?

11:29 Għax id-doni u s-sejħa ta’ Alla huma bla dispjaċir. 11:30 U bħalma int ukoll, fi żminijiet imgħoddija, ma emminx f’Alla, imma issa ksibt ħniena minħabba n-nuqqas ta’ twemmin tagħhom, 11:31 hekk ukoll dawn issa ma jemmnux, għall-ħniena tiegħek, sabiex ikunu jistgħu jiksbu ħniena wkoll.

11:32 Għax Alla għalaq lil kulħadd fin-nuqqas ta’ twemmin, biex ikollu ħniena minn kulħadd.

11:33 Oh, il-fond tar-rikkezza tal-għerf u l-għarfien ta’ Alla! Kemm huma inkomprensibbli l-ġudizzji tiegħu, u kemm ma jistgħux jitfittxu triqat tiegħu!

11:34 Għax min għaraf il-moħħ tal-Mulej? Jew min kien il-konsulent tiegħu?

Evanġelju

L-Evanġelju Qaddis Skont Mattew 15: 21-28

31:1	“In that time, jgħid il-Mulej, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
31:2	Thus says the Lord: “The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest.”
31:3	The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Għalhekk, showing pity, I have drawn you.
31:4	And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.
31:5	Still shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and they will not gather the vintage until the time arrives.
31:6	For there will be a day on which the guardians on mount Ephraim will cry out: ‘Arise! And let us ascend on Zion to the Lord our God!’”
31:7	Għax hekk jgħid il-Mulej: “Exult in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout, and sing, and say: ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’

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