Mass Readings for Wednesday, November 28, 2012

FIRST READING: Revelation 15: 1 - 4

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1 Then I saw another portent in heaven, great and wonderful, seven angels with

seven plagues, which are the last, for with them the wrath of God is ended.

2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those

who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name,

standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands.

3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the

Lamb, saying, "Great and wonderful are thy deeds, O Lord God the Almighty!

Just and true are thy ways, O King of the ages!

4 Who shall not fear and glorify thy name, O Lord? For thou alone art holy. All

nations shall come and worship thee, for thy judgments have been revealed."

PSALM: Psalms 98: 1 - 3, 7 - 9

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1 O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right

hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.

2 The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in

the sight of the nations.

3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel.

All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!

8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

9 before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world

with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

GOSPEL: Luke 21: 12 - 19

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12 But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you,

delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought

before kings and governors for my name's sake.

13 This will be a time for you to bear testimony.

14 Settle it therefore in your minds, not to meditate beforehand how to answer;

15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will

be able to withstand or contradict.

16 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and

friends, and some of you they will put to death;

17 you will be hated by all for my name's sake.

18 But not a hair of your head will perish.

19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.

Mass Readings for Tuesday, November 27, 2012

FIRST READING: Revelation 14: 14 - 19

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14 Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.

15 And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap, for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."

16 So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.

18 Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."

19 So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of God.

PSALM: Psalms 96: 10 - 13

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10 Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity."

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

12 let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy

13 before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his truth.

GOSPEL: Luke 21: 5 - 11

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5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,

6 "As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down."

7 And they asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?"

8 And he said, "Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and, `The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.

9 And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once."

10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;

11 there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Mass Readings for Monday, November 26, 2012

FIRST READING: Revelation 14: 1 - 5

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1 Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a

hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name

written on their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and like the

sound of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers playing

on their harps,

3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living

creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the

hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.

4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are chaste;

it is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been redeemed

from mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,

5 and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.

PSALM: Psalms 24: 1 - 6

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1 The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, the world and those who

dwell therein;

2 for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the rivers.

3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy

place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to

what is false, and does not swear deceitfully.

5 He will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of his

salvation.

6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God

of Jacob. [Selah].

GOSPEL: Luke 21: 1 - 4

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1 He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;

2 and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.

3 And he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of

them;

4 for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put

in all the living that she had."

Sunday Mass Readings For November 25, 2012

The Solemnity of Christ the King

FIRST READING: Daniel 7: 13 - 14

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13 As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One and was presented before him,

14 He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.

PSALM: Psalms 93: 1 - 2, 5

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1 The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

2 thy throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting.

5 Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for evermore.

SECOND READING: Revelation 1: 5 - 8

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5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.

GOSPEL: John 18: 33 - 37

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33 Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

34 Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?"

35 Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?"

36 Jesus answered, "My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the world."

37 Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice."