Nosso modo de viver neste mundo tem consequências para a eternidade. Quem faz a vontade de Deus se abre para socorrer os irmãos, principalmente os mais necessitados.

 Primeira Leitura: Jeremias 17,5-10

Nosso modo de viver neste mundo tem consequências para a eternidade. Quem faz a vontade de Deus se abre para socorrer os irmãos, principalmente os mais necessitados.

Leitura do livro do profeta Jeremias – 5Isto diz o Senhor: “Maldito o homem que confia no homem e faz consistir sua força na carne humana, enquanto o seu coração se afasta do Senhor; 6como os cardos no deserto, ele não vê chegar a floração, prefere vegetar na secura do ermo, em região salobra e desabitada. 7Bendito o homem que confia no Senhor, cuja esperança é o Senhor; 8é como a árvore plantada junto às águas, que estende as raízes em busca de umidade, por isso não teme a chegada do calor: sua folhagem mantém-se verde – não sofre míngua em tempo de seca e nunca deixa de dar frutos. 9Em tudo é enganador o coração, e isso é incurável; quem poderá conhecê-lo? 10Eu sou o Senhor, que perscruto o coração e provo os sentimentos, que dou a cada qual conforme o seu proceder e conforme o fruto de suas obras”. – Palavra do Senhor.

Salmo Responsorial: 1

É feliz quem a Deus se confia!

1. Feliz é todo aquele que não anda / conforme os conselhos dos perversos; / que não entra no caminho dos malvados / nem junto aos zombadores vai sentar-se; / mas encontra seu prazer na lei de Deus / e a medita, dia e noite, sem cessar. – R.

2. Eis que ele é semelhante a uma árvore / que à beira da torrente está plantada; / ela sempre dá seus frutos a seu tempo, † e jamais as suas folhas vão murchar. / Eis que tudo o que ele faz vai prosperar. – R.

3. Mas bem outra é a sorte dos perversos. † Ao contrário, são iguais à palha seca / espalhada e dispersada pelo vento. / Pois Deus vigia o caminho dos eleitos, / mas a estrada dos malvados leva à morte. – R.

Evangelho: Lucas 16,19-31

Glória a Cristo, Palavra eterna do Pai, que é amor!

Felizes os que observam / a Palavra do Senhor de reto coração / e que produzem muitos frutos, / até o fim perseverantes! (Lc 8,15) – R.

Proclamação do santo Evangelho segundo Lucas – Naquele tempo, disse Jesus aos fariseus: 19“Havia um homem rico, que se vestia com roupas finas e elegantes e fazia festas esplêndidas todos os dias. 20Um pobre, chamado Lázaro, cheio de feridas, estava no chão, à porta do rico. 21Ele queria matar a fome com as sobras que caíam da mesa do rico. E, além disso, vinham os cachorros lamber suas feridas. 22Quando o pobre morreu, os anjos levaram-no para junto de Abraão. Morreu também o rico e foi enterrado. 23Na região dos mortos, no meio dos tormentos, o rico levantou os olhos e viu de longe a Abraão, com Lázaro ao seu lado. 24Então gritou: ‘Pai Abraão, tem piedade de mim! Manda Lázaro molhar a ponta do dedo para me refrescar a língua, porque sofro muito nestas chamas’. 25Mas Abraão respondeu: ‘Filho, lembra-te que tu recebeste teus bens durante a vida e Lázaro, por sua vez, os males. Agora, porém, ele encontra aqui consolo e tu és atormentado. 26E, além disso, há um grande abismo entre nós: por mais que alguém desejasse, não poderia passar daqui para junto de vós e nem os daí poderiam atravessar até nós’. 27O rico insistiu: ‘Pai, eu te suplico, manda Lázaro à casa do meu pai, 28porque eu tenho cinco irmãos. Manda preveni-los, para que não venham também eles para este lugar de tormento’. 29Mas Abraão respondeu: ‘Eles têm Moisés e os Profetas, que os escutem!’ 30O rico insistiu: ‘Não, pai Abraão, mas se um dos mortos for até eles, certamente vão se converter’. 31Mas Abraão lhe disse: ‘Se não escutam a Moisés nem aos Profetas, eles não acreditarão, mesmo que alguém ressuscite dos mortos'”. – Palavra da salvação.

Reflexão:    https://www.paulus.com.br/portal/liturgia-diaria/29-quinta-feira-8/

Jesus denuncia situações concretas de gritante desigualdade. Não obstante a evolução das ciências e o sucesso das novas tecnologias, a sociedade continua exibindo horrível panorama de contraste entre ricos e pobres. Grande parte da população mundial ainda hoje morre de fome. Assim, continuamos longe do projeto de Deus, manifestado em Jesus, de vida abundante para todos. O papa Francisco não cessa de alertar para o escândalo da desigualdade no mundo: “Não se pode tolerar mais o fato de se lançar comida no lixo, quando há pessoas que passam fome. Isso é desigualdade social. Hoje, tudo entra no jogo da competitividade e da lei do mais forte, onde o poderoso engole o mais fraco. Em consequência dessa situação, grandes massas da população veem-se excluídas e marginalizadas” (EG,

Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need.

 Test me, O God, and know my thoughts: see if I walk on the path of evil and lead me on the path to Your house.

Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. First Reading: Jeremiah 17.5-10 Reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah – 5This says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes his strength consist in human flesh, while his heart turns away from the Lord; 6like thistles in the desert, he does not see the flowering coming, he prefers to grow in the dryness of the desert, in a brackish and uninhabited region. 7Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord; 8it is like a tree planted by the water, which stretches out its roots in search of moisture, so it does not fear the arrival of heat: its foliage remains green – it does not suffer loss in times of drought and it never stops bearing fruit. 9The heart is deceitful in everything, and that is incurable; who can know him? 10I am the Lord, who searches the heart and tries the feelings, who I give to each person according to their behavior and according to the fruit of their works.” - Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: 1 Happy is he who trusts himself to God! 1. Happy is everyone who does not walk / according to the advice of the wicked; / that he does not enter the path of the wicked / nor will he sit next to mockers; / but he finds his pleasure in the law of God / and meditates on it, day and night, without ceasing. – R. 2. Behold, he is like a tree / which is planted on the banks of the torrent; / it always bears its fruit in its own time, † and its leaves will never wither. / Behold everything he does will prosper. – R. 3. But the lot of the wicked is quite different. † On the contrary, they are the same as dry straw / scattered and dispersed by the wind. / For God watches over the path of the elect, / but the path of the wicked leads to death. – R. Gospel: Luke 16,19-31 Glory to Christ, eternal Word of the Father, who is love! Blessed are those who observe / the Word of the Lord with an upright heart / and who bear much fruit, / persevering to the end! (Lc 8,15) – R. Proclamation of the holy Gospel according to Luke – At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: 19 “There was a rich man, who dressed in fine and elegant clothes and had splendid parties every day. 20A poor man named Lazarus, full of wounds, was on the ground at the rich man's door. 21He wanted to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers that fell from the rich man's table. And besides, the dogs came to lick their wounds. 22When the poor man died, the angels took him to Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In the region of the dead, in the midst of torment, the rich man raised his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus beside him. 24Then he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger to cool my tongue, because I suffer a lot in these flames’. 25But Abraham replied: 'Son, remember that you received your good things during your life and Lazarus, in turn, received your bad things. Now, however, he finds comfort here and you are tormented. 26And besides, there is a great gulf between us: no matter how much anyone wanted, they could not cross from here to you, nor could they cross over to us.' 27The rich man insisted: 'Father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28because I have five brothers. Tell them to warn them, so that they too do not come to this place of torment’. 29But Abraham replied: 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them!' 30The rich man insisted: 'No, Father Abraham, but if one of the dead comes to them, they will certainly be converted.' 31But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses or the Prophets, they will not believe, even if someone rises from the dead.'” – Word of salvation. Jesus denounces concrete situations of glaring inequality. Despite the evolution of science and the success of new technologies, society continues to display a horrible contrast between rich and poor. A large part of the world's population still dies of hunger today. Thus, we remain far from God's project, manifested in Jesus, of abundant life for all. Pope Francis never ceases to warn about the scandal of inequality in the world: “The throwing of food in the trash can no longer be tolerated when there are people who are going hungry. This is social inequality. Today, everything is a game of competitiveness and the law of the strongest, where the powerful swallow the weakest. As a result of this situation, large masses of the population find themselves excluded and marginalized” (EG, 53).star_border

​Test me, O God, and know my thoughts: see if I walk on the path of evil and lead me on the path to Your house.

Our way of living in this world has consequences for eternity. Whoever does God's will opens themselves up to help their brothers and sisters, especially those most in need. First Reading: Jeremiah 17.5-10 Reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah – 5This says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes his strength consist in human flesh, while his heart turns away from the Lord; 6like thistles in the desert, he does not see the flowering coming, he prefers to grow in the dryness of the desert, in a brackish and uninhabited region. 7Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord; 8it is like a tree planted by the water, which stretches out its roots in search of moisture, so it does not fear the arrival of heat: its foliage remains green – it does not suffer loss in times of drought and it never stops bearing fruit. 9The heart is deceitful in everything, and that is incurable; who can know him? 10I am the Lord, who searches the heart and tries the feelings, who I give to each person according to their behavior and according to the fruit of their works.” - Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm: 1 Happy is he who trusts himself to God! 1. Happy is everyone who does not walk / according to the advice of the wicked; / that he does not enter the path of the wicked / nor will he sit next to mockers; / but he finds his pleasure in the law of God / and meditates on it, day and night, without ceasing. – R. 2. Behold, he is like a tree / which is planted on the banks of the torrent; / it always bears its fruit in its own time, † and its leaves will never wither. / Behold everything he does will prosper. – R. 3. But the lot of the wicked is quite different. † On the contrary, they are the same as dry straw / scattered and dispersed by the wind. / For God watches over the path of the elect, / but the path of the wicked leads to death. – R. Gospel: Luke 16,19-31 Glory to Christ, eternal Word of the Father, who is love! Blessed are those who observe / the Word of the Lord with an upright heart / and who bear much fruit, / persevering to the end! (Lc 8,15) – R. Proclamation of the holy Gospel according to Luke – At that time, Jesus said to the Pharisees: 19 “There was a rich man, who dressed in fine and elegant clothes and had splendid parties every day. 20A poor man named Lazarus, full of wounds, was on the ground at the rich man's door. 21He wanted to satisfy his hunger with the leftovers that fell from the rich man's table. And besides, the dogs came to lick their wounds. 22When the poor man died, the angels took him to Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. 23In the region of the dead, in the midst of torment, the rich man raised his eyes and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus beside him. 24Then he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to wet the tip of his finger to cool my tongue, because I suffer a lot in these flames’. 25But Abraham replied: 'Son, remember that you received your good things during your life and Lazarus, in turn, received your bad things. Now, however, he finds comfort here and you are tormented. 26And besides, there is a great gulf between us: no matter how much anyone wanted, they could not cross from here to you, nor could they cross over to us.' 27The rich man insisted: 'Father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my father's house, 28because I have five brothers. Tell them to warn them, so that they too do not come to this place of torment’. 29But Abraham replied: 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them!' 30The rich man insisted: 'No, Father Abraham, but if one of the dead comes to them, they will certainly be converted.' 31But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses or the Prophets, they will not believe, even if someone rises from the dead.'” – Word of salvation. Reflection: https://www.paulus.com.br/portal/liturgia-diaria/29-quinta-feira-8/ Jesus denounces concrete situations of glaring inequality. Despite the evolution of science and the success of new technologies, society continues to display a horrible contrast between rich and poor. A large part of the world's population still dies of hunger today. Thus, we remain far from God's project, manifested in Jesus, of abundant life for all. Pope Francis never ceases to warn about the scandal of inequality in the world: “The throwing of food in the trash can no longer be tolerated when there are people who are going hungry. This is social inequality. Today, everything is a game of competitiveness and the law of the strongest, where the powerful swallow the weakest. As a result of this situation, large masses of the population find themselves excluded and marginalized” (EG, 53).

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