Saturday, November 01, 2014
ALL SAINTS DAY, SOLEMNITY - YEAR A
Saturday, November 01,
2014
ALL SAINTS DAY,
SOLEMNITY – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Revelation 7:2-4,
9-14
2 Then I saw another
angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he
called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land
and sea,
3 'Wait before you do
any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the
foreheads of the servants of our God.'
4 And I heard how many
had been sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of
Israel.
9 After that I saw that
there was a huge number, impossible for anyone to count, of people from every
nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and
in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands.
They shouted in a loud voice,
10 'Salvation to our
God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!'
11 And all the angels
who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the
four living creatures, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the
ground with their foreheads, worshipping God
12 with these words:
Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom, thanksgiving and honour and power and
strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 One of the elders
then spoke and asked me, 'Who are these people, dressed in white robes, and
where have they come from?'
14 I answered him, 'You
can tell me, sir.' Then he said, 'These are the people who have been through
the great trial; they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the
Lamb.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 24:1-2, 3-4,
5-6
1 [Psalm Of David] To
Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live there;
2 it is he who laid its
foundations on the seas, on the flowing waters fixed it firm.
3 Who shall go up to
the mountain of Yahweh? Who shall take a stand in his holy place?
4 The clean of hands
and pure of heart, whose heart is not set on vanities, who does not swear an
oath in order to deceive.
5 Such a one will
receive blessing from Yahweh, saving justice from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the people
that seeks him, that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.Pause
Second Reading
First John 3:1-3
1 You must see what
great love the Father has lavished on us by letting us be called God's children
-- which is what we are! The reason why the world does not acknowledge us is
that it did not acknowledge him.
2 My dear friends, we
are already God's children, but what we shall be in the future has not yet been
revealed. We are well aware that when he appears we shall be like him, because
we shall see him as he really is.
3 Whoever treasures
this hope of him purifies himself, to be as pure as he is.
Gospel Reading
Matthew 5:1-12
1 Seeing the crowds, he
went onto the mountain. And when he was seated his disciples came to him.
2 Then he began to
speak. This is what he taught them:
3 How blessed are the
poor in spirit: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
4 Blessed are the
gentle: they shall have the earth as inheritance.
5 Blessed are those who
mourn: they shall be comforted.
6 Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for uprightness: they shall have their fill.
7 Blessed are the
merciful: they shall have mercy shown them.
8 Blessed are the pure
in heart: they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the
peacemakers: they shall be recognised as children of God.
10 Blessed are those who
are persecuted in the cause of uprightness: the kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
11 'Blessed are you when
people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you
falsely on my account.
12 Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven; this is how they persecuted the
prophets before you.
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