Il-Ħames Ħadd matul is-Sena
Melħ ta' l-Art u Dawl
tad-Dinja
Messalin A pp. 272
Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with
the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you
see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break
forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; your vindication
shall go before you, and the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. Then
you shall call, and the LORD will answer, you shall cry for help, and he will
say: Here I am! If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and
malicious speech; if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the
afflicted; then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall
become for you like midday.
L-Ewwel Lezzjoni
Qari mill-Ktieb
tal-Profeta Isaija 58, 7-10
Dan jgħid il-Mulej: "Mhux dan is-sawm li jien rrid li taqsam ħobżok ma' min hu bil-ġuħ, u
ddaħħal f'darek lill-imsejken bla saqaf? Mhux li tlibbes lil min tara għarwien, u n-nies ta' darek ma tinsihomx? Imbagħad
ifeġġ bħaż-żerniq
id-dawl tiegħek, u malajr tagħlaqlek
il-ġerħa tiegħek. Quddiemek timxi l-ġustizzja
tiegħek, u l-glorja tal-Mulej timxi warajk. Jekk biss issejjaħlu, iwieġeb il-Mulej: jekk għajjatlu, jgħidlek: "Hawn jien!" Jekk tneħħi
minn nofsok il-moħqrija, ma tmiddx subgħek
u ma tagħmilx deni bi lsienek, jekk int qalbek toħroġ għall-imġewwaħ, u xxabba' qalb l-imnikket, imbagħad
id-dawl tiegħek ifiġġ fid-dlam, u
s-swied tiegħek
ikun bħan-nofsinhar.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
Responsorial Psalm
PS 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Light shines through the
darkness for the upright;
he is gracious and merciful and
just.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
R/ (4a) The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
who conducts his affairs with justice.
R/ (4a) The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
He shall never be moved;
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
An evil report he shall not fear;
his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
An evil report he shall not fear;
his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
R/ (4a) The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
His heart is steadfast; he shall not fear.
Lavishly he gives to the poor;
His justice shall endure forever;
his horn shall be exalted in glory.
R/ (4a) The just man is a light in darkness to the upright.
Salm
Responsorjali
Salm 111(112)
Dawl fid-dlam ifeġġ għat-tajbin
twajjeb u ħanin il-bniedem sewwa.
Tajjeb il-bniedem li jħenn u
jislef,
li jmexxi ħwejġu bir-reqqa.
R/ Dawl
fid-dlam ifeġġ għat-tajbin
Għax il-bniedem ġust qatt ma jitfixkel;
għal dejjem tibqa' t-tifkira tiegħu.
Xejn ma jibża' minn aħbar ħażina;
qalbu qawwija bit-tama tal-Mulej.
R/ Dawl
fid-dlam ifeġġ għat-tajbin
Qalbu qawwija, m'għandux mniex jibża'/
Iqassam u jagħti
lill-foqra;
għal dejjem tibqa' l-ġustizzja tiegħu;
rasu merfugħa bil-ġieħ.
R/ Dawl
fid-dlam ifeġġ għat-tajbin
Reading
1 CORinthians 2:1-5
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, proclaiming the mystery
of God, I did not come with sublimity of
words or of wisdom. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except
Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear and much
trembling, and my message and my proclamation were not with persuasive words of
wisdom, but with a demonstration of Spirit and power, so that your faith might
rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
It-Tieni Lezzjoni
Qari mill-Ewwel
Ittra ta' San Pawl lill-Korintin 2, 1-5
Meta jiena wasalt għandkom, ħuti, ma ġejtx inħabbrilkom il-Misteru ta' Alla bi kliem kbir jew għaref. Ma ppretendejtx li kont naf xi ħaġa fostkom, ħlief
lil Ġesu' Kristu, u lil dan imsallab.
Jiena ġejt għandkom dgħajjef, imbeżża' u mriegħed. Il-kelma u l-predikazzjoni tiegħi
ma Linux Imlibbsa bil-kliem qawwi ta'
l-għerf, imma bil-wiri ta' l-Ispirtu
u l-qawwa, sabiex il-fidi tagħkom tinbena mhux fuq l-għerf
tal-bniedem, imma fuq il-qawwa ta' Alla.
Il-Kelma tal-Mulej
Gospel
MatThew 5:13-16
Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it
be seasoned? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and
trampled underfoot. You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain
cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel
basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just
so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and
glorify your heavenly Father.”
L-Evanġelju
Qari mill-Evanġelju skond San Mattew 5, 13-16
F'dak iż-żmien, Ġesu' qal lid-dixxipli tiegħu:
"Intom il-melħ
ta' l-art. Imma jekk il-melħ
jaqta', biex jerġa'
jieħu
t-togħma?
Ma jibqa' tajjeb għal
xejn iżjed ħlief
biex jintrema barra u jintrifes min-nies. Intom
id-dawl tad-dinja. Belt li tkun qiegħda
fuq muntanja ma tistax tinħeba. Anqas ma
jixegħlu
l-musbieħ u
jqegħduh
taħt is-siegħ, iżda fuq
l-imnara, u hekk idawwal lil kull min ikun fid-dar. Hekk għandu
jiddi d-dawl tagħkom
quddiem il-bniedem, biex jaraw l-għemejjel tajba tagħkom
u jagħtu
glorja lil Missierkom li hu fis-smewwiet." Il-Kelma tal-Mulej.
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Commentary
How to be Salt and Light
in the World Today
Fr. Thomas Rosica, CSB
Jesus of Nazareth was a master teacher and a great storyteller. I can
easily picture him teaching and preaching to his young friends as they sat on
the shores of the Sea of Galilee, on hillsides, in deserted places or in the
temple precincts in Jerusalem
These qualities of Jesus are clearly evident in this Sunday’s Gospel-
the continuation of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel
[5:13-16]. Jesus invites us once again to be the salt and the light of
the world. In the ancient biblical world, salt was a precious commodity.
It gave flavour and zest to food; it served as an important preservative; salt
also made people thirst for something more. Jesus wanted his disciples to
give flavour and zest to the world through his teaching; to preserve the truth
as he proclaimed it to the world; to make the world thirst for more.
In the memorable sermon on the Galilean hillside, Jesus also transfers
his light to those who follow him: “You are the light of the world.” Jesus is
the light of the world. Jesus calls us to be that same light because it
has the characteristic of dispelling darkness, of warming all it reaches, of
exalting forms. All this is done with
the greatest speed. Being the light of the world means for Christians,
spreading everywhere the light that comes from on high. It means fighting
darkness due to evil and sin and often caused by ignorance, prejudice and
selfishness. The more we look on the face of Jesus, like an impressionist
painting, the more light we see and the more we are transfigured by it.
Your light shall break forth like the dawn
Sunday’s first reading from the prophet Isaiah [58:7-10] reminds us that
merely external worship does not avail with God; it must be joined to internal
sincerity. Isaiah tells us the kind of fast that the Lord expects from
us. He encourages his listeners to 'do away with the yoke, the clenched
fist, the wicked word', and to do it by 'sharing your bread with the hungry and
clothing the man you see to be naked'. When you do these things, then
“light shall rise in the darkness and your gloom be like the noonday.”
There may be many reasons why, at times, we choose the way of the
clenched fist rather than the open hand: hurt and disappointment, tiredness and
indifference, fear and misunderstanding, selfishness and disdain.
Whatever the reasons, the clenched fist always involves turning from our own
kin and denying, in effect, that others are of the same kin. The open hand,
however, means turning towards others as our kin, fellow human beings, brothers
and sisters, children of the same heavenly Father sharing a common call to
become the people of the Beatitudes.
By their deeds the disciples are to influence the world for good. They
can no more escape notice than a city set on a mountain. If they fail in good
works, they are as useless as flavorless salt or as a lamp whose light is
concealed. By inviting us to be “light,” Jesus invites us to make him
present in the world. Just as the presence of salt and light cannot be
hidden and their absence will be noticed, the kindness of the good person
cannot be denied. The good works of the open-handed shine forth so that
people might praise the Father for the holiness they glimpse in His creatures.
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