Saturday, 04th November,
2017
31st Sunday of Ordinary
Time – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
MALACHI 1:14, 2:2, 8-10
14 Cursed be the rogue who
has a male in his flock but pays his vow by sacrificing a blemished animal to
me! For I am a great king, says Yahweh Sabaoth, and among the nations my name
inspires awe.'
2 If you will not listen,
if you will not sincerely resolve to glorify my name, says Yahweh Sabaoth, I
shall certainly lay a curse on you and I shall curse your blessing. Indeed I
will lay a curse, for none of you makes this resolve.
8 But you yourselves have
turned aside from the way; you have caused many to lapse by your teaching.
Since you have destroyed the covenant of Levi, says Yahweh Sabaoth,
9 so I in my turn have
made you contemptible and vile to the whole people, for not having kept my ways
and for being partial in applying the law.
10 'Is there not one
Father of us all? Did not one God create us? Why, then, do we break faith with
one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 131:1, 2, 3
1 [Song of Ascents]
Yahweh, my heart is not haughty, I do not set my sights too high. I have taken
no part in great affairs, in wonders beyond my scope.
2 No, I hold myself in
quiet and silence, like a little child in its mother's arms, like a little
child, so I keep myself.
3 Let Israel hope in
Yahweh henceforth and for ever.
Second Reading
First Thessalonians
2:7-9, 13
7 when we could have
imposed ourselves on you with full weight, as apostles of Christ. Instead, we
lived unassumingly among you. Like a mother feeding and looking after her
children,
8 we felt so devoted to
you, that we would have been happy to share with you not only the gospel of
God, but also our own lives, so dear had you become.
9 You remember, brothers,
with what unsparing energy we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to
be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming the gospel of God to
you.
13 Another reason why we
continually thank God for you is that as soon as you heard the word that we
brought you as God's message, you welcomed it for what it really is, not the
word of any human being, but God's word, a power that is working among you
believers.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 23:1-12
1 Then addressing the
crowds and his disciples Jesus said,
2 'The scribes and the
Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses.
3 You must therefore do
and observe what they tell you; but do not be guided by what they do, since
they do not practise what they preach.
4 They tie up heavy
burdens and lay them on people's shoulders, but will they lift a finger to move
them? Not they!
5 Everything they do is
done to attract attention, like wearing broader headbands and longer tassels,
6 like wanting to take
the place of honour at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues,
7 being greeted
respectfully in the market squares and having people call them Rabbi.
8 'You, however, must not
allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one Master, and you
are all brothers.
9 You must call no one on
earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
10 Nor must you allow
yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one Teacher, the Christ.
11 The greatest among you
must be your servant.
12 Anyone who raises
himself up will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be raised up.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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