Saturday, February 20, 2016
Second Sunday of Lent
– Year C
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Genesis 15:5-12,
17-18
5 Then taking him
outside, he said, 'Look up at the sky and count the stars if you can. Just so
will your descendants be,' he told him.
6 Abram put his faith
in Yahweh and this was reckoned to him as uprightness.
7 He then said to him,
'I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldaeans to give you this
country as your possession.'
8 'Lord Yahweh,' Abram
replied, 'how can I know that I shall possess it?'
9 He said to him,
'Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old she-goat, a three-year-old
ram, a turtledove and a young pigeon.'
10 He brought him all
these, split the animals down the middle and placed each half opposite the
other; but the birds he did not divide.
11 And whenever birds of
prey swooped down on the carcases, Abram drove them off.
12 Now, as the sun was
on the point of setting, a trance fell on Abram, and a deep dark dread
descended on him.
17 When the sun had set
and it was dark, there appeared a smoking firepot and a flaming torch passing
between the animals' pieces.
18 That day Yahweh made
a covenant with Abram in these terms: 'To your descendants I give this country,
from the River of Egypt to the Great River, the River Euphrates,
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 27:1, 7-8,
8-9, 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?
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
Philippians 3:17, 4:1,
17 Brothers, be united
in imitating me. Keep your eyes fixed on those who act according to the example
you have from me.
1 So then, my brothers
and dear friends whom I miss so much, my joy and my crown, hold firm in the
Lord, dear friends.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Luke 9:28-36
28 Now about eight days
after this had been said, he took with him Peter, John and James and went up
the mountain to pray.
29 And it happened that,
as he was praying, the aspect of his face was changed and his clothing became
sparkling white.
30 And suddenly there
were two men talking to him; they were Moses and Elijah
31 appearing in glory,
and they were speaking of his passing which he was to accomplish in Jerusalem.
32 Peter and his
companions were heavy with sleep, but they woke up and saw his glory and the
two men standing with him.
33 As these were leaving
him, Peter said to Jesus, 'Master, it is wonderful for us to be here; so let us
make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.' He did not
know what he was saying.
34 As he was saying
this, a cloud came and covered them with shadow; and when they went into the
cloud the disciples were afraid.
35 And a voice came from
the cloud saying, 'This is my Son, the Chosen One. Listen to him.'
36 And after the voice
had spoken, Jesus was found alone. The disciples kept silence and, at that
time, told no one what they had seen.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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