14/02/2021 – Das globale Wort des Tages – BIBLE – The global Word of the day

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14/02/2021

TAGESLESUNG

Lesung aus dem Buch Levitikus
Lev 13, 1–2.43ac.44ab.45–46

Der Herr sprach zu Mose und Aaron:
Wenn sich auf der Haut eines Menschen eine Schwellung, ein Ausschlag oder ein heller Fleck bildet und auf der Haut zu einem Anzeichen von Aussatz wird, soll man ihn zum Priester Aaron oder zu einem seiner Söhne, den Priestern, führen.
Der Priester soll ihn untersuchen. Stellt er eine hellrote Aussatzschwellung fest, die wie Hautaussatz aussieht,
so ist der Mensch aussätzig; er ist unrein. Der Priester muss ihn für unrein erklären.
Der Aussätzige mit dem Anzeichen soll eingerissene Kleider tragen und das Kopfhaar ungekämmt lassen; er soll den Bart verhüllen und ausrufen: Unrein! Unrein!
Solange das Anzeichen an ihm besteht, bleibt er unrein; er ist unrein. Er soll abgesondert wohnen, außerhalb des Lagers soll er sich aufhalten.

Zweite Lesung

Lesung aus dem ersten Brief des Apostels Paulus an die Korinther
1 Kor 10, 31 – 11, 1

Schwestern und Brüder!
Ob ihr esst oder trinkt oder etwas anderes tut: Tut alles zur Verherrlichung Gottes!
Gebt weder Juden noch Griechen, noch der Kirche Gottes Anlass zu einem Vorwurf!
Auch ich suche allen in allem entgegenzukommen; ich suche nicht meinen Nutzen, sondern den Nutzen aller, damit sie gerettet werden.
Nehmt mich zum Vorbild, wie ich Christus zum Vorbild nehme!

EVANGELIUM VOM TAG

Aus dem heiligen Evangelium nach Markus
Mk 1, 40–45

In jener Zeit kam ein Aussätziger zu Jesus und bat ihn um Hilfe; er fiel vor ihm auf die Knie und sagte: Wenn du willst, kannst du mich rein machen.
Jesus hatte Mitleid mit ihm; er streckte die Hand aus, berührte ihn und sagte: Ich will – werde rein!
Sogleich verschwand der Aussatz und der Mann war rein.
Jesus schickte ihn weg, wies ihn streng an
und sagte zu ihm: Sieh, dass du niemandem etwas sagst, sondern geh, zeig dich dem Priester und bring für deine Reinigung dar, was Mose festgesetzt hat – ihnen zum Zeugnis.
Der Mann aber ging weg und verkündete bei jeder Gelegenheit, was geschehen war; er verbreitete die Geschichte, sodass sich Jesus in keiner Stadt mehr zeigen konnte; er hielt sich nur noch an einsamen Orten auf. Dennoch kamen die Leute von überallher zu ihm.

Das globale Wort des Tages – BIBLE – The global Word of the day

WORD GLOBAL OF THE DAY

14/02/2021

READING OF THE DAY

First reading from the Book of Leviticus
Lv 13:1-2, 44-46

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
“If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch
which appears to be the sore of leprosy,
he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest,
or to one of the priests among his descendants.
If the man is leprous and unclean,
the priest shall declare him unclean
by reason of the sore on his head.

“The one who bears the sore of leprosy
shall keep his garments rent and his head bare,
and shall muffle his beard;
he shall cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’
As long as the sore is on him he shall declare himself unclean,
since he is in fact unclean.
He shall dwell apart, making his abode outside the camp.”

 

Second reading from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians
1 Cor 10:31—11:1

Brothers and sisters,
Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do,
do everything for the glory of God.
Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or
the church of God,
just as I try to please everyone in every way,
not seeking my own benefit but that of the many,
that they may be saved.
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

GOSPEL OF THE DAY

From the Gospel according to Mark
Mk 1:40-45

A leper came to Jesus and kneeling down begged him and said,
“If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched him, and said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Then, warning the him sternly, he dismissed him at once.

He said to him, “See that you tell no one anything,
but go, show yourself to the priest
and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed;
that will be proof for them.”

The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter.
He spread the report abroad
so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.
He remained outside in deserted places,
and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

SAINT OF THE DAY

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14 February

The Saint of the Day presents a daily calendar of Saints remembered by the Church. The pages feature the stories of the great witnesses of Christian life through the centuries, lighting our way on our journey of faith.

STS. CYRIL, MONK AND METHODIUS, BISHOP PATRONS OF EUROPE

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Dimitar Kondovski

For almost forty years they have protected the Europe that they helped to evangelize more than a thousand years ago. These saints were responsible for the spread of the Christian message, especially in Eastern Europe, prompting John Paul II to declare them co-patrons of Europe.  

ST. VALENTIN, MARTYR ON THE VIA FLAMINIA

St. Valentin, Basilica of Saint Praxedes in Rome

One of the most popular of all saints, St Valentine is the patron saint of lovers and of the town of Terni, in Italy. His feast-day falls on February 14th.  

ST. ZENON, MARTYR ON THE APPIA

STS. CYRIL, MONK AND METHODIUS, BISHOP PATRONS OF EUROPE

Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Dimitar Kondovski
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Dimitar Kondovski  (© Vatican News)

The administrator and the scholar

They were born only two years apart. Methodius – whose baptismal name was Michael – was born in 825 (according to the Constantinian calendar) in the Greek city of Thessalonika, and Cyril followed in 827. History recounts that at first they were apart. The elder brother quickly distinguished himself as a capable administrator, becoming a public official in a province of the Byzantine Empire. The younger brother received a refined education in Constantinople – grammar, rhetoric, astronomy and music – meant to prepare him to be a high-level imperial functionary. But when he was finally offered such a position, Cyril refused it.

A new alphabet for the Bible

When Cyril was about 35, Emperor Michael III thought of him when the Khazars (in today’s Crimea) asked for a learned man who could debate with both Jews and Saracens. At that point the two brothers reunited, setting out on the first of numerous missions together. Two years later, in 863, they were asked to head to Greater Moldavia. The prince of that area had asked for missionaries who could counter the Germanic influence by speaking Slavic, but Cyril and Methodius went far beyond this. Probably realizing how difficult it was to communicate Sacred Scripture to the Slavic tribes in Latin and Greek, the official languages, the brothers – tradition has it, after prayer and fasting – invented a new alphabet, the “Glagolitic” alphabet, more commonly known as Cyrillic: 40 characters derived largely from medieval Greek cursive.

A Gospel for the East

Their work was so extraordinary that the Pope, who called them to Rome, set out in procession to welcome them. The great difficulties of their mission had damaged the health of the younger brother. On February 14, 869, Cyril, who had become a monk, died of an illness. Methodius was consecrated a bishop and continued their mission, overcoming hostility and incomprehension, and teaching his disciples how to translate the sacred texts. He died in 885 and was buried in the cathedral of Velehrad (in today’s Czech Republic). On December 31, 1980, in the apostolic letter Egregiae virtutis, John Paul II proclaimed the brothers patrons of Europe.

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