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Arch Bishop Micheal Ralph Vendegna S.O.S.M.A.

Lectionary

  • Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 483

    Reading 1

    Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus,
    to all the holy ones in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi,
    with the bishops and deacons:
    grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you,
    praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,
    because of your partnership for the Gospel
    from the first day until now.
    I am confident of this,
    that the one who began a good work in you
    will continue to complete it
    until the day of Christ Jesus.
    It is right that I should think this way about all of you,
    because I hold you in my heart,
    you who are all partners with me in grace,
    both in my imprisonment
    and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel.
    For God is my witness,
    how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
    And this is my prayer:
    that your love may increase ever more and more
    in knowledge and every kind of perception,
    to discern what is of value,
    so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
    filled with the fruit of righteousness
    that comes through Jesus Christ
    for the glory and praise of God.

    Responsorial Psalm

    R. (2) How great are the works of the Lord!
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart
    in the company and assembly of the just.
    Great are the works of the LORD,
    exquisite in all their delights.
    R. How great are the works of the Lord!
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    Majesty and glory are his work,
    and his justice endures forever.
    He has won renown for his wondrous deeds;
    gracious and merciful is the LORD.
    R. How great are the works of the Lord!
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    He has given food to those who fear him;
    he will forever be mindful of his covenant.
    He has made known to his people the power of his works,
    giving them the inheritance of the nations.
    R. How great are the works of the Lord!
    or:
    R. Alleluia.

     

     

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
    I know them, and they follow me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    On a sabbath Jesus went to dine
    at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
    and the people there were observing him carefully.
    In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.
    Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking,
    “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”
    But they kept silent; so he took the man and,
    after he had healed him, dismissed him.
    Then he said to them   
    “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern,
    would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”  
    But they were unable to answer his question.
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