Daily Readings - November 02, 2011 - Wednesday
All Souls Day
First Reading: Wisdom 3: 1-9
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23: 1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
Second Reading: Romans 6: 3-9
Holy Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46
Holy Gospel:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on the throne of his Glory. 32 All the nations will be brought before him, and as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 so will he do with them, placing the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 The King will say to those on his right: ‘Come, blessed of my Father! Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. 36 I was a stranger and you welcomed me into your house. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to see me.’
37 Then the good people will ask him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food; thirsty and give you drink, 38 or a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to see you?’ 40 The King will answer, ‘Truly, I say to you: whenever you did this to these little ones who are my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.’
41 Then he will say to those on his left: ‘Go, cursed people, out of my sight into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels! 42 For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me into your house; I was naked and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
44 They, too, will ask: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, naked or a stranger, sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 The King will answer them: ‘Truly, I say to you: whatever you did not do for one of these little ones, you did not do for me.’
46 And these will go into eternal punishment, but the just to eternal life.”
Second Reading:
3 Don’t you know that in baptism which unites us to Christ we are all baptized and plunged into his death? 4 By this baptism in his death, we were buried with Christ and, as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Glory of the Father, so we begin walking in a new life. 5 If we have been joined to him by dying a death like his so we shall be by a resurrection like his.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with Christ, so as to destroy what of us was sin, so that we may no longer serve sin—7 if we are dead, we are no longer in debt to sin. 8 But if we have died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, once risen from the dead, will not die again and death has no more dominion over him.
First Reading:
1 The souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them.
2 In the eyes of the unwise they appear to be dead. Their going is held as a disaster; 3 it seems that they lose everything by departing from us, but they are in peace.
4 Though seemingly they have been punished, immortality was the soul of their hope. 5 After slight affliction will come great blessings, for God has tried them and found them worthy to be with him; 6 after testing them as gold in the furnace, he has accepted them as a holocaust.
7 At the time of his coming they will shine like sparks that run in the stubble. 8 They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will be their king forever.
9 Those who trust in him will penetrate the truth, those who are faithful will live with him in love, for his grace and mercy are for his chosen ones.
Responsorial Psalm:
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me through the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil,
for you are beside me:
your rod and your staff comfort me.
5 You spread a table before me
in the presence of my foes.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
6 Goodness and kindness will follow me
all the days of my life,
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23: 1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
Second Reading: Romans 6: 3-9
Holy Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46
Holy Gospel:
31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory with all his angels, he will sit on the throne of his Glory. 32 All the nations will be brought before him, and as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 so will he do with them, placing the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
34 The King will say to those on his right: ‘Come, blessed of my Father! Take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me drink. 36 I was a stranger and you welcomed me into your house. I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to see me.’
37 Then the good people will ask him: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and give you food; thirsty and give you drink, 38 or a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to see you?’ 40 The King will answer, ‘Truly, I say to you: whenever you did this to these little ones who are my brothers and sisters, you did it to me.’
41 Then he will say to those on his left: ‘Go, cursed people, out of my sight into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels! 42 For I was hungry and you did not give me anything to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink; 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me into your house; I was naked and you did not clothe me; I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
44 They, too, will ask: ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, thirsty, naked or a stranger, sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45 The King will answer them: ‘Truly, I say to you: whatever you did not do for one of these little ones, you did not do for me.’
46 And these will go into eternal punishment, but the just to eternal life.”
Second Reading:
3 Don’t you know that in baptism which unites us to Christ we are all baptized and plunged into his death? 4 By this baptism in his death, we were buried with Christ and, as Christ was raised from among the dead by the Glory of the Father, so we begin walking in a new life. 5 If we have been joined to him by dying a death like his so we shall be by a resurrection like his.
6 We know that our old self was crucified with Christ, so as to destroy what of us was sin, so that we may no longer serve sin—7 if we are dead, we are no longer in debt to sin. 8 But if we have died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, once risen from the dead, will not die again and death has no more dominion over him.
First Reading:
1 The souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them.
2 In the eyes of the unwise they appear to be dead. Their going is held as a disaster; 3 it seems that they lose everything by departing from us, but they are in peace.
4 Though seemingly they have been punished, immortality was the soul of their hope. 5 After slight affliction will come great blessings, for God has tried them and found them worthy to be with him; 6 after testing them as gold in the furnace, he has accepted them as a holocaust.
7 At the time of his coming they will shine like sparks that run in the stubble. 8 They will govern nations and rule over peoples, and the Lord will be their king forever.
9 Those who trust in him will penetrate the truth, those who are faithful will live with him in love, for his grace and mercy are for his chosen ones.
Responsorial Psalm:
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside the still waters,
3 he restores my soul.
He guides me through the right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Although I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil,
for you are beside me:
your rod and your staff comfort me.
5 You spread a table before me
in the presence of my foes.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup is overflowing.
6 Goodness and kindness will follow me
all the days of my life,
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
as long as I live.
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