Saturday, October 22,
2016
30th Sunday of
Ordinary Time – Year C
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
SIRACH 35:
12-14, 16-18
12 for the Lord is a
judge who is utterly impartial.
13 He never shows
partiality to the detriment of the poor, he listens to the plea of the injured
party.
14 He does not ignore
the orphan's supplication, nor the widow's as she pours out her complaint.
16 Whoever
wholeheartedly serves God will be accepted, his petitions will carry to the
clouds.
17 The prayer of the
humble pierces the clouds: and until it does, he is not to be consoled,
18 nor will he desist
until the Most High takes notice of him, acquits the upright and delivers
judgement.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 34:2-3, 17-18,
19, 23
2 I will praise Yahweh
from my heart; let the humble hear and rejoice.
3 Proclaim with me the greatness
of Yahweh, let us acclaim his name together.
17 They cry in anguish
and Yahweh hears, and rescues them from all their troubles.
18 Yahweh is near to the
broken-hearted, he helps those whose spirit is crushed.
19 Though hardships
without number beset the upright, Yahweh brings rescue from them all.
20 Yahweh takes care of
all their bones, not one of them will be broken.
21 But to the wicked
evil brings death, those who hate the upright will pay the penalty.
22 Yahweh ransoms the
lives of those who serve him, and there will be no penalty for those who take
refuge in him.
Second Reading
2 TIMOTHY 4:6-9,
16-18
6 As for me, my life is
already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to
depart.
7 I have fought the
good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the
faith;
8 all there is to come
for me now is the crown of uprightness which the Lord, the upright judge, will
give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for
his appearing.
16 The first time I had
to present my defence, no one came into court to support me. Every one of them
deserted me -- may they not be held accountable for it.
17 But the Lord stood by
me and gave me power, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed
for all the gentiles to hear; and so I was saved from the lion's mouth.
18 The Lord will rescue
me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom.
To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
LUKE 18:9-14
9 He spoke the
following parable to some people who prided themselves on being upright and
despised everyone else,
10 'Two men went up to
the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood
there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not
grasping, unjust, adulterous like everyone else, and particularly that I am not
like this tax collector here.
12 I fast twice a week;
I pay tithes on all I get."
13 The tax collector
stood some distance away, not daring even to raise his eyes to heaven; but he
beat his breast and said, "God, be merciful to me, a sinner."
14 This man, I tell you,
went home again justified; the other did not. For everyone who raises himself
up will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
No comments:
Post a Comment