Mass Readings for Wednesday, November 07, 2012

FIRST READING: Philippians 2: 12 - 18

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12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

13 for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

14 Do all things without grumbling or questioning,

15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

16 holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

17 Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.

PSALM: Psalms 27: 1, 4, 13 - 14

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1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

4 One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; yea, wait for the LORD!

GOSPEL: Luke 14: 25 - 33

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25 Now great multitudes accompanied him; and he turned and said to them,

26 "If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

30 saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.'

31 Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and asks terms of peace.

33 So therefore, whoever of you does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Mass Readings for Tuesday, November 06, 2012

FIRST READING: Philippians 2: 5 - 11

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5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,

10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

PSALM: Psalms 22: 26 - 32

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26 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live for ever!

27 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.

28 For dominion belongs to the LORD, and he rules over the nations.

29 Yea, to him shall all the proud of the earth bow down; before him shall bow all who go down to the dust, and he who cannot keep himself alive.

30 Posterity shall serve him; men shall tell of the Lord to the coming generation,

31 and proclaim his deliverance to a people yet unborn, that he has wrought it.

GOSPEL: Luke 14: 15 - 24

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15 When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

16 But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet, and invited many;

17 and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, `Come; for all is now ready.'

18 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, `I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it; I pray you, have me excused.'

19 And another said, `I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them; I pray you, have me excused.'

20 And another said, `I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

21 So the servant came and reported this to his master. Then the householder in anger said to his servant, `Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and maimed and blind and lame.'

22 And the servant said, `Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

23 And the master said to the servant, `Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

Mass Readings for Monday, November 05, 2012

FIRST READING: Philippians 2: 1 - 4

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1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is

not irksome to me, and is safe for you.

2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evil-workers, look out for those who

mutilate the flesh.

3 For we are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit, and glory in

Christ Jesus, and put no confidence in the flesh.

4 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If any other

man thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more.

PSALM: Psalms 131: 1 - 3

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1 O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not

occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's

breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.

3 O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

GOSPEL: Luke 14: 12 - 14

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12 He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a

banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your kinsmen or rich

neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and you be repaid.

13 But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind,

14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid

at the resurrection of the just."

Sunday Mass Readings For November 04, 2012

FIRST READING: Deuteronomy 6: 2 - 6

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2 that you may fear the LORD your God, you and your son and your son's

son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command

you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.

3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them; that it may go well with

you, and that you may multiply greatly, as the LORD, the God of your fathers,

has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD;

5 and you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your

soul, and with all your might.

6 And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart.

PSALM: Psalms 18: 2 - 4, 47, 51

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2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my

rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my

stronghold.

3 I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my

enemies.

4 The cords of death encompassed me, the torrents of perdition assailed me;

47 the God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me.

SECOND READING: Hebrews 7: 23 - 28

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23 The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by

death from continuing in office;

24 but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues for ever.

25 Consequently he is able for all time to save those who draw near to God

through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

26 For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless,

unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his

own sins and then for those of the people; he did this once for all when he

offered up himself.

28 Indeed, the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the

word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been

made perfect for ever.

GOSPEL: Mark 12: 28 - 34

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28 And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another,

and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is

the first of all?"

29 Jesus answered, "The first is, `Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord

is one;

30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your

soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'

31 The second is this, `You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no

other commandment greater than these."

32 And the scribe said to him, "You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that

he is one, and there is no other but he;

33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with

all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all

whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not

far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any

question.