Saturday, March 11,
2017
Second Sunday of LENT –
Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
GENESIS 12:1-4
1 Yahweh said to Abram,
'Leave your country, your kindred and your father's house for a country which I
shall show you;
2 and I shall make you a
great nation, I shall bless you and make your name famous; you are to be a
blessing!
3 I shall bless those who
bless you, and shall curse those who curse you, and all clans on earth will
bless themselves by you.'
4 So Abram went as Yahweh
told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left
Haran.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 33:4-5, 18-19,
20, 22
4 The word of Yahweh is
straightforward, all he does springs from his constancy.
5 He loves uprightness
and justice; the faithful love of Yahweh fills the earth.
18 But see how Yahweh
watches over those who fear him, those who rely on his faithful love,
19 to rescue them from
death and keep them alive in famine.
20 We are waiting for
Yahweh; he is our help and our shield,
22 Yahweh, let your
faithful love rest on us, as our hope has rested in you.
Second Reading
2 TIMOTHY 1:8-10
8 So you are never to be
ashamed of witnessing to our Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but
share in my hardships for the sake of the gospel, relying on the power of God
9 who has saved us and
called us to be holy -- not because of anything we ourselves had done but for
his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to
us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time,
10 but it has been
revealed only by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus. He has abolished
death, and he has brought to light immortality and life through the gospel,
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 17:1-9
1 Six days later, Jesus
took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high
mountain by themselves.
2 There in their presence
he was transfigured: his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as
dazzling as light.
3 And suddenly Moses and
Elijah appeared to them; they were talking with him.
4 Then Peter spoke to
Jesus. 'Lord,' he said, 'it is wonderful for us to be here; if you want me to,
I will make three shelters here, one for you, one for Moses and one for
Elijah.'
5 He was still speaking
when suddenly a bright cloud covered them with shadow, and suddenly from the
cloud there came a voice which said, 'This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my
favour. Listen to him.'
6 When they heard this,
the disciples fell on their faces, overcome with fear.
7 But Jesus came up and
touched them, saying, 'Stand up, do not be afraid.'
8 And when they raised
their eyes they saw no one but Jesus.
9 As they came down from
the mountain Jesus gave them this order, 'Tell no one about this vision until
the Son of man has risen from the dead.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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