Letture cattoliche quotidiane

venerdì della 5.ª settimana di Quaresima

venerdì, 20 marzo 2026 · Quaresima - Settimana 5

Le letture fanno spazio a un ritorno sincero, senza ansia né prestazione. Rimani con ciò che Gesù dice o fa qui, e lascia che chieda una risposta onesta.

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Prima lettura

Wisdom 2:1a, 12-22

For they said within themselves, with unsound reasoning, "Our life is short and sorrowful. There is no healing when a man comes to his end, and no one was ever known who was released from Hades. But let's lie in wait for the righteous man, because he annoys us, is contrary to our works, reproaches us with sins against the law, and charges us with sins against our training. He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord. He became to us a reproof of our thoughts. He is grievous to us even to look at, because his life is unlike other men's, and his paths are strange. We were regarded by him as something worthless, and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness. He calls the latter end of the righteous happy. He boasts that God is his father. Let's see if his words are true. Let's test what will happen at the end of his life. For if the righteous man is God's son, he will uphold him, and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries. Let's test him with insult and torture, that we may find out how gentle he is, and test his patience. Let's condemn him to a shameful death, for he will be protected, according to his words." Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray; for their wickedness blinded them, and they didn't know the mysteries of God, neither did they hope for wages of holiness, nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls.

Salmo responsoriale

Psalm 34:17-18, 19-20, 21 and 23

The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all. He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken. Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. The LORD redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Vangelo

John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30

DOPO queste cose, Gesù andava attorno per la Galilea, perciocchè non voleva andare attorno per la Giudea; perchè i Giudei cercavano di ucciderlo. Or la festa de' Giudei, cioè la solennità de' tabernacoli, era vicina. ORA, dopo che i suoi fratelli furon saliti alla festa, allora egli ancora vi salì, non palesemente, ma come di nascosto. Laonde alcuni di que' di Gerusalemme dicevano: Non è costui quel ch'essi cercano di uccidere? E pure, ecco, egli parla liberamente, ed essi non gli dicono nulla; avrebbero mai i rettori conosciuto per vero che costui è il Cristo? Ma pure, noi sappiamo onde costui è; ma, quando il Cristo verrà, niuno saprà onde egli sia. Laonde Gesù gridava nel tempio, insegnando, e dicendo: E voi mi conoscete, e sapete onde io sono, ed io non son venuto da me stesso; ma colui che mi ha mandato è verace, il qual voi non conoscete. Ma io lo conosco, perciocchè io son proceduto da lui, ed egli mi ha mandato. Perciò cercavano di pigliarlo; ma niuno gli mise la mano addosso; perciocchè la sua ora non era ancora venuta.

Testo biblico: Diodati Bibbia 1885, pubblico dominio, quando questa fonte copre il brano; World English Bible Catholic Edition, pubblico dominio, per brani cattolici/deuterocanonici o non coperti. Le citazioni delle letture sono preparate per Come Aside con metadati con licenza MIT.