Mass Reading - Sunday, 1st December 2019

FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah   2:1-5
Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord that he may teach
us his ways so that we may walk in his paths.

The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
In the days to come
the mountain of the Temple of the Lord
shall tower above the mountains
and be lifted higher than the hills.
All the nations will stream to it,
peoples without number will come to it; and they will say:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the Temple of the God of Jacob
that he may teach us his ways
so that we may walk in his paths;
since the Law will go out from Zion,
and the oracle of the Lord from Jerusalem’.
He will wield authority over the nations
and adjudicate between many peoples;
these will hammer their swords into ploughshares,
their spears into sickles.
Nation will not lift sword against nation,
there will be no more training for war.

O House of Jacob, come,
let us walk in the light of the Lord.

The Word of the Lord



Responsorial Psalm   Ps 121: 1-2,4-5,6-9, Rv v.1

Response: I rejoiced when I heard them say:
“Let us go to God’s house.”

1.   I rejoiced when I heard them say:
      “Let us go to God’s house.”
      And now our feet are standing
      within your gates, O Jerusalem.

2.    It is there that the tribes go up,
       the tribes of the Lord.
       For Israel’s law it is,
       there to praise the Lord’s name.
       There were set the thrones of judgement
       of the house of David.

3.    For the peace of Jerusalem pray:
       “Peace be to your homes!
       May peace reign in your walls,
       in your palaces, peace!”

4.    For love of my brethren and friends
       I say: “Peace upon you!”
       For love of the house of the Lord
       I will ask for your good.




SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans   13:11-14
Our salvation is even nearer.

You know ‘the time’ has come: you must wake up now: our salvation
is even nearer than it was when we were converted. The night is
almost over, it will be daylight soon – let us give up all the things we
prefer to do under cover of the dark; let us arm ourselves and
appear in the light. Let us live decently as people do in the daytime:
no drunken orgies, no promiscuity or licentiousness, and no wrangling
or jealousy.  Let your armour be the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Word of the Lord



Gospel Acclamation    Ps 84:8

Alleluia, alleluia!
Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help.
Alleluia



GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew    24:37-44
Stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is
coming.

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘As it was in Noah’s day, so will it be when
the Son of Man comes. For in those days before the Flood people
were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands, right up to the
day Noah went into the ark, and they suspected nothing till the
Flood came and swept all away. It will be like this when the Son of
Man comes. Then of two men in the fields one is taken, one left; of
two women at the millstone grinding, one is taken, one left.
‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your
master is coming. You may be quite sure of this that if the
householder had known at what time of the night the burglar would
come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed
anyone to break through the wall of his house. Therefore, you too
must stand ready because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you
do not expect.’

The Gospel of the Lord