Saturday, November 25,
2017
34th Sunday of Ordinary
Time – Year A
Solemnity of Our Lord,
JESUS CHRIST,
King of the Universe
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17
11 "For the Lord
Yahweh says this: Look, I myself shall take care of my flock and look after it.
12 As a shepherd looks
after his flock when he is with his scattered sheep, so shall I look after my
sheep. I shall rescue them from wherever they have been scattered on the day of
clouds and darkness.
15 I myself shall pasture
my sheep, I myself shall give them rest -- declares the Lord Yahweh.
16 I shall look for the
lost one, bring back the stray, bandage the injured and make the sick strong. I
shall watch over the fat and healthy. I shall be a true shepherd to them.
17 "As for you, my
sheep, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall judge between sheep and sheep,
between rams and he-goats.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 23:1-2, 2-3, 5,
6
1 [Psalm Of David] Yahweh
is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
2 In grassy meadows he
lets me lie. By tranquil streams he leads me
3 to restore my spirit.
He guides me in paths of saving justice as befits his name.
5 You prepare a table for
me under the eyes of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup brims
over.
6 Kindness and faithful
love pursue me every day of my life. I make my home in the house of Yahweh for
all time to come.
Second Reading
First Corinthians
15:20-26, 28
20 In fact, however,
Christ has been raised from the dead, as the first-fruits of all who have
fallen asleep.
21 As it was by one man
that death came, so through one man has come the resurrection of the dead.
22 Just as all die in
Adam, so in Christ all will be brought to life;
23 but all of them in
their proper order: Christ the first-fruits, and next, at his coming, those who
belong to him.
24 After that will come
the end, when he will hand over the kingdom to God the Father, having abolished
every principality, every ruling force and power.
25 For he is to be king
until he has made his enemies his footstool,
26 and the last of the
enemies to be done away with is death, for he has put all things under his
feet.
28 When everything has
been subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the One who
has subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Matthew 25:31-46
31 'When the Son of man
comes in his glory, escorted by all the angels, then he will take his seat on
his throne of glory.
32 All nations will be
assembled before him and he will separate people one from another as the
shepherd separates sheep from goats.
33 He will place the sheep
on his right hand and the goats on his left.
34 Then the King will say
to those on his right hand, "Come, you whom my Father has blessed, take as
your heritage the kingdom prepared for you since the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and
you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you
made me welcome,
36 lacking clothes and you
clothed me, sick and you visited me, in prison and you came to see me."
37 Then the upright will
say to him in reply, "Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or
thirsty and give you drink?
38 When did we see you a
stranger and make you welcome, lacking clothes and clothe you?
39 When did we find you
sick or in prison and go to see you?"
40 And the King will
answer, "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the
least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me."
41 Then he will say to
those on his left hand, "Go away from me, with your curse upon you, to the
eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
42 For I was hungry and
you never gave me food, I was thirsty and you never gave me anything to drink,
43 I was a stranger and
you never made me welcome, lacking clothes and you never clothed me, sick and
in prison and you never visited me."
44 Then it will be their
turn to ask, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty, a stranger or
lacking clothes, sick or in prison, and did not come to your help?"
45 Then he will answer,
"In truth I tell you, in so far as you neglected to do this to one of the
least of these, you neglected to do it to me."
46 And they will go away
to eternal punishment, and the upright to eternal life.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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