Saturday, 11th
November, 2017
32nd Sunday of Ordinary
Time – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
WISDOM 6:12-16
12 Wisdom is brilliant,
she never fades. By those who love her, she is readily seen, by those who seek
her, she is readily found.
13 She anticipates those
who desire her by making herself known first.
14 Whoever gets up early
to seek her will have no trouble but will find her sitting at the door.
15 Meditating on her is
understanding in its perfect form, and anyone keeping awake for her will soon
be free from care.
16 For she herself
searches everywhere for those who are worthy of her, benevolently appearing to
them on their ways, anticipating their every thought.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 63:2, 3-4, 5-6,
7-8
2 Thus I have gazed on
you in the sanctuary, seeing your power and your glory.
3 Better your faithful
love than life itself; my lips will praise you.
4 Thus I will bless you
all my life, in your name lift up my hands.
5 All my longings
fulfilled as with fat and rich foods, a song of joy on my lips and praise in my
mouth.
6 On my bed when I think
of you, I muse on you in the watches of the night,
7 for you have always
been my help; in the shadow of your wings I rejoice;
8 my heart clings to you,
your right hand supports me.
Second Reading
First Thessalonians
4:13-17
13 We want you to be quite
certain, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, to make sure that you do
not grieve for them, as others do who have no hope.
14 We believe that Jesus
died and rose again, and that in the same way God will bring with him those who
have fallen asleep in Jesus.
15 We can tell you this
from the Lord's own teaching, that we who are still alive for the Lord's coming
will not have any advantage over those who have fallen asleep.
16 At the signal given by
the voice of the Archangel and the trumpet of God, the Lord himself will come
down from heaven; those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise,
17 and only after that
shall we who remain alive be taken up in the clouds, together with them, to
meet the Lord in the air. This is the way we shall be with the Lord for ever.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 25:1-13
1 'Then the kingdom of
Heaven will be like this: Ten wedding attendants took their lamps and went to
meet the bridegroom.
2 Five of them were
foolish and five were sensible:
3 the foolish ones,
though they took their lamps, took no oil with them,
4 whereas the sensible
ones took flasks of oil as well as their lamps.
5 The bridegroom was
late, and they all grew drowsy and fell asleep.
6 But at midnight there
was a cry, "Look! The bridegroom! Go out and meet him."
7 Then all those wedding
attendants woke up and trimmed their lamps,
8 and the foolish ones
said to the sensible ones, "Give us some of your oil: our lamps are going
out."
9 But they replied,
"There may not be enough for us and for you; you had better go to those who sell it and buy some
for yourselves."
10 They had gone off to
buy it when the bridegroom arrived. Those who were ready went in with him to
the wedding hall and the door was closed.
11 The other attendants
arrived later. "Lord, Lord," they said, "open the door for
us."
12 But he replied,
"In truth I tell you, I do not know you."
13 So stay awake, because
you do not know either the day or the hour.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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