Sunday, November 02,
2014
31st Sunday of
Ordinary Time – Year A
ALL SOULS DAY
First Reading
ISAIAH 25:6-9
6 On this mountain, for
all peoples, Yahweh Sabaoth is preparing a banquet of rich food, a banquet of
fine wines, of succulent food, of well-strained wines.
7 On this mountain, he
has destroyed the veil which used to veil all peoples, the pall enveloping all
nations;
8 he has destroyed
death for ever. Lord Yahweh has wiped away the tears from every cheek; he has
taken his people's shame away everywhere on earth, for Yahweh has spoken.
9 And on that day, it
will be said, 'Look, this is our God, in him we put our hope that he should
save us, this is Yahweh, we put our hope in him. Let us exult and rejoice since
he has saved us.'
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 27:1, 4,, 7-9,
13-14
1 [Of David] Yahweh is
my light and my salvation, whom should I fear? Yahweh is the fortress of my
life, whom should I dread?
4 One thing I ask of
Yahweh, one thing I seek: to dwell in Yahweh's house all the days of my life,
to enjoy the sweetness of Yahweh, to seek out his temple.
7 Yahweh, hear my voice
as I cry, pity me, answer me!
8 Of you my heart has
said, 'Seek his face!' Your face, Yahweh, I seek;
9 do not turn away from
me. Do not thrust aside your servant in anger, without you I am helpless. Never
leave me, never forsake me, God, my Saviour.
13 This I believe: I
shall see the goodness of Yahweh, in the land of the living.
14 Put your hope in
Yahweh, be strong, let your heart be bold, put your hope in Yahweh.
Second Reading
ROMANS 5:5-11
5 and a hope which will
not let us down, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the
Holy Spirit which has been given to us.
6 When we were still
helpless, at the appointed time, Christ died for the godless.
7 You could hardly find
anyone ready to die even for someone upright; though it is just possible that,
for a really good person, someone might undertake to die.
8 So it is proof of
God's own love for us, that Christ died for us while we were still sinners.
9 How much more can we
be sure, therefore, that, now that we have been justified by his death, we
shall be saved through him from the retribution of God.
10 For if, while we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more
can we be sure that, being now reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
11 What is more, we are
filled with exultant trust in God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom
we have already gained our reconciliation.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 11:25-30
25 At that time Jesus
exclaimed, 'I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these
things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to little children.
26 Yes, Father, for that
is what it pleased you to do.
27 Everything has been
entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, just
as no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to
reveal him.
28 'Come to me, all you
who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Shoulder my yoke and
learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for
your souls.
30 Yes, my yoke is easy
and my burden light.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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