Saturday, 04th February,
2017
5th Sunday of Ordinary
Time – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
ISAIAH 58:7-10
7 Is it not sharing your
food with the hungry, and sheltering the homeless poor; if you see someone
lacking clothes, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own kin?
8 Then your light will
blaze out like the dawn and your wound be quickly healed over. Saving justice
will go ahead of you and Yahweh's glory come behind you.
9 Then you will cry for
help and Yahweh will answer; you will call and he will say, 'I am here.' If you
do away with the yoke, the clenched fist and malicious words,
10 if you deprive yourself
for the hungry and satisfy the needs of the afflicted, your light will rise in
the darkness, and your darkest hour will be like noon.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 112:4-5, 6-7,
8-9
4 For the honest he
shines as a lamp in the dark, generous, tender-hearted, and upright.
5 All goes well for one
who lends generously, who is honest in all his dealing;
6 for all time to come he
will not stumble, for all time to come the upright will be remembered.
7 Bad news holds no fears
for him, firm is his heart, trusting in Yahweh.
8 His heart held steady,
he has no fears, till he can gloat over his enemies.
9 To the needy he gives
without stint, his uprightness stands firm for ever; his reputation is founded
on strength.
Second Reading
First Corinthians 2:1-5
1 Now when I came to you,
brothers, I did not come with any brilliance of oratory or wise argument to
announce to you the mystery of God.
2 I was resolved that the
only knowledge I would have while I was with you was knowledge of Jesus, and of
him as the crucified Christ.
3 I came among you in
weakness, in fear and great trembling
4 and what I spoke and
proclaimed was not meant to convince by philosophical argument, but to demonstrate
the convincing power of the Spirit,
5 so that your faith
should depend not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Matthew 5:13-16
13 'You are salt for the
earth. But if salt loses its taste, what can make it salty again? It is good
for nothing, and can only be thrown out to be trampled under people's feet.
14 'You are light for the
world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
15 No one lights a lamp to
put it under a tub; they put it on the lamp-stand where it shines for everyone
in the house.
16 In the same way your
light must shine in people's sight, so that, seeing your good works, they may
give praise to your Father in heaven.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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