Isaiah invites us to buy without money, and the liturgy celebrates it
Isaiah proposes buying grain without money and Psalm 145 answers with God's open hand. The liturgy for August 2, with a critical edge.
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Isaiah proposes buying without money, and the liturgy celebrates it
Buying grain, wine and milk without money and free of charge. The offer sounds like an ad of dubious legality, but it is the prophet Isaiah's proposal in the first reading at Mass on Sunday, August 2. While real consumption is measured in euros and cards, the liturgy invites us into another logic: that of the gift.
A psalm that opens its hand
The responsorial psalm caps it off with a powerful image: "You open your hand, Lord, and satisfy us." The open hand versus the market's clenched fist. The verse is repeated as the community's response, and it is not hard to see in it a critique of accumulation and the craving for goods.
Devotions on a schedule: rosary, chaplet and live Mass
The religious schedule for August 2 does not stop at the page. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3:00 pm, the Holy Rosary at 10:00 pm, and Sunday Mass is broadcast from the parish of La Sagrada Familia in Corvera (Asturias, Spain) at 12:30 pm. The homily is given by Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary. As complementary reading, the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers, compiled by the Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde, are making the rounds — a nod to monastic wisdom.
The question Scripture itself poses remains: why spend money on what does not nourish? In times of inflation and a costly shopping basket, the prophet's answer sounds almost subversive. Perhaps that is why it keeps being repeated every Sunday.
Buying grain, wine and milk without money and free of charge. The offer sounds like an ad of dubious legality, but it is the prophet Isaiah's proposal in the first reading at Mass on Sunday, August 2. While real consumption is measured in euros and cards, the liturgy invites us into another logic: that of the gift.
A psalm that opens its hand
The responsorial psalm caps it off with a powerful image: "You open your hand, Lord, and satisfy us." The open hand versus the market's clenched fist. The verse is repeated as the community's response, and it is not hard to see in it a critique of accumulation and the craving for goods.
Devotions on a schedule: rosary, chaplet and live Mass
The religious schedule for August 2 does not stop at the page. The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at 3:00 pm, the Holy Rosary at 10:00 pm, and Sunday Mass is broadcast from the parish of La Sagrada Familia in Corvera (Asturias, Spain) at 12:30 pm. The homily is given by Father Santiago Martín, of the Franciscans of Mary. As complementary reading, the apophthegms of the Desert Fathers, compiled by the Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde, are making the rounds — a nod to monastic wisdom.
The question Scripture itself poses remains: why spend money on what does not nourish? In times of inflation and a costly shopping basket, the prophet's answer sounds almost subversive. Perhaps that is why it keeps being repeated every Sunday.
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