Ferial Day

In those days,
the word of the Lord was addressed to me:
    “Son of man, you shall say to the prince of the city of Tyre:
Thus says the Lord God:
Your heart has become proud
and you have said: ‘I am a god,
I dwell in a divine residence,
in the midst of the seas.’
Yet you are a man and not a god,
you who consider your thoughts as divine thoughts.
    Are you actually wiser than Daniel,
no secret too deep for you?
    With your wisdom and intelligence
you have amassed wealth,
you have accumulated gold and silver in your treasuries.
    By your skill in trading,
you have multiplied your wealth,
and because of this wealth your heart has grown proud.
    Therefore, thus says the Lord God:
Because you consider your thoughts as divine thoughts,
    I will bring against you foreigners,
a formidable nation.
They will draw the sword against your renowned wisdom,
they will profane your splendor.
    They will bring you down to the pit,
and you will die in the heart of the seas, a violent death.
    Will you still dare to say before your killers:
‘I am god’?
In the hand of those who pierce you,
you will be a man and not a god.
    You will die the death of uncircumcised pagans,
by the hand of foreigners.
Yes, I have spoken,
– oracle of the Lord God.”

         – The word of the Lord.

The Lord said: “I would scatter them like chaff;
I would blot out their memory from among men!”
But the enemy is arrogant!
I fear a misunderstanding by the adversary.”

One would say: “It is our own hand that has prevailed!
No, the Lord had nothing to do with it!”
This nation has lost discernment,
they are unable to understand.

Is it possible that one man could chase a thousand,
and that two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had delivered them?

Yes, the day of their ruin is near,
imminent, the fate that awaits them;
for the Lord will do justice for his people,
he will have compassion for his servants.

At that time,
    Jesus said to his disciples:
“Truly I say to you:
a rich person will enter the kingdom of Heaven only with difficulty.
    I repeat:
it is easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of Heaven.”
    On hearing these words,
the disciples were greatly astonished,
and they said:
“Who then can be saved?”
    Jesus looked at them and said:
“For men, this is impossible,
but for God all things are possible.”
    Then Peter spoke to Jesus:
“See, we have left everything to follow you:
what then will there be for us?”
    Jesus said to them:
“Truly I say to you:
in the new creation,
when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,
you who have followed me,
you also will sit on twelve thrones
to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.
    And whoever has left, for the sake of my name,
houses, brothers, sisters,
a father, a mother, children,
or land,
will receive a hundredfold,
and will inherit eternal life.
    Many who are first will be last,
many who are last will be first.”

         – Let us acclaim the word of God.