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LECTIONARY C
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Altar Bible
Volume 3 of a 4 Volume set
Introduction to Lectionary C Sf. Vincent's Altar Bible ( With the consecration of ournew altar and ambo and the installation of the Altar Bible, we at St. Vincent's have experienced a heightened sense of both the dignity and the balance of the two pillars of our worship, Word and Sacrament. Wllile the choreography involved with reading frolll the Altar Bible has been a welcomed addition to our liturgy, reading from the AI~ar Bible can, at times, be challenging. As many of you know, readings may start in the middle of a line of text, portions of the text may be skipped, or words may be added to the text. Now, more than ever, lectors must be prepared.
This lectiOllatY is intended to be used by lectors as they prepare to read from our Altar Bible. The text is taken directly from the page; readings that must be altered by the lectors are visibly altered. Words are bracketed if they are to be added, grayed-out and 'struckthrough' if they are 1Iot to be read, and italicized if they are replacing existing text.
There are four volumes planned for this parish lectionaty: Lectionaries A, Band C and a lectionary for the solelllllities and feasts that can "ovenide" the regular Sunday liturgy. The lectionaty for Cycle A was published in2001and for Cycle B in 2003. This· volume covers Cycle C. The volume for the solemnities and feasts is forthcoming.
In the h·ue spilit of St. Vincent's, no reading in the Roman Lectionaty has been shOltened. Many have been lengthened. Although we are planning to continue our Tanakh series, the readings for this selies will not be included in any of these volumes. The liturgy cOlllmittee will be responsible for dishibuting these readings as they are chosen. Since some feasts have more than one possible reading you should check with the liturgy platlller or the homilist about the readings for a specific liturgy.
This lectionary includes Sylvia Eastman's instmctions for lectors and a listing of the order of the Altar Bible volumes. A calendat· for the 2004 liturgical year is also included. It is our intention to cWltinue publishing these yearly calendars, so that all platlJlers, lectors and homilists can use this lectionary as a planning tool.
We ask that you keep these volumes intact. This is resource that we expect to use for Illany years to come. At the end of the three year liturgical cycle, we will only distribute Iectionaries to new lectors. Because this Iectionaty is intended for use with the St. Vincent de Paul Altar Bible, we ask that you return it to the pastor if you are leaving the parish.
Thank you for serving as a lector and/or liturgy plallller. Your contribution to our liturgies is greatly appreciattd.
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( )/ Lector's Instructions for Reading from the St. Vincent's Altar Bible ( 1. We have spent years of effort to produce a truly worthy book from which to proclaim the Word of God. Please participate in this ministry by reading directly from the Altar Bible itself. The paper copy of your reading that is in this lectionary is for practice only. Please do not read from it or even bring it to the Ambo with you. This ministry will require special preparation so that you can read directly from the book. We realize that it will be more work for you to locate and read from the text itself, but this is an important part of the iconography and choreography of the Liturgy of the Word.
2. Preparation requires not only preparing to read the printed copy found in this lectionary binder. You will need to find the reading in the Altar Bible to make certain that you are comfortable with any changes you will need to make in the text you are proclaiming. Remember that these changes may include changing, adding or omitting text. Please follow the guidelines at the bottom of each Altar Bible lectionary page as you prepare to lector.
3. On-site preparation requires locating the reading in the correct book and volume and page and rmding the beginuing and ending or intervening verses. This should be done at least one week before you are scheduled to read. Don't imagine you can do it on the spot when it is time to read! ( 4. At least 10 minutes before the liturgy begins, you should place the ribbon at the beginning page of your reading. It may already be in the proper place from previous masses, but don't count on it.
5. When it is time for your reading (after Fr. Lawrence sits down after the opening prayer at 7: 15, 12: 15 and 11:45, after the children go out at 9:30, for tlle first reading, after the psalm for the second reading), wait for a moment until the church is quiet, then rise from your seat (this is to draw attention to the Word, not to you.)
6. Go across the bema, around the altar and through the center gate to the high altar where the tabernacle and the Altar Bible are situated. Make a brief gesture of reverence to Word and Sacrament, then select the book you are to read from and take it down.
7. Carry the book chest-high, with the top just below the chin and with the seal of the church facing out. This means, for the Hebrew volumes the binding will be on your left, and for the Greek volumes, it will be on your right.
iii '} ( 1 8. Carty the book to the ambo and lay it down with the seal facing you. The Hebrew volumes will have the binding on your right now and will open from the left. ) Pages will turn from left to right. The Greek volumes will have the binding on your left and open from the right, with pages turning right to left.
9. lfyou need to adjust the Ambo (rarely), do it before you open the book.
10. Locate your reading where you have placed the ribbon marker. Be sure you announce: "A reading from ..... " as it appears in the lectionary, and begin the reading with any necessaty word changes that have been given to you.
11. At the place where your reading ends, pause, look up and say: "The word of the Lord." After the response, wait reverently at the ambo until the music begins (9:30 and 11:45) or until several seconds have passed (7:15 and 12:15 Midnight) so that it is possible to meditate on the word. After this pause, close the book with the seal facing you, then pick it up and carty it the same way as before. Put the book in its proper place, and return to your seat.
12. lfyou are reading the psalm as well as the first reading, do this before you return the book to its place. The Graduale is kept on the credence table behind the ambo. The psalm is marked with a ribbon that should be checked before the liturgy begins. Sunday psalms are fOlmd in the front ofthe book, weekdays in the middle and solemnities and ( feasts in the back.
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( Each volume contains both the original text (Greek or Hebrew) and the English translation. The Greek texts use the revised New American Bible translation and the Hebrew texts use the Jewish Publication Society translation.
The Hebrew Bible is called the Tanakh. This is actually an acronym of three Hebrew words mean the Law (Torah), the Prophets (Nevi'im) and the Writings (Kethuvim). Although it contains all the books of our "Old Testament," they are in a different order. We are using the order of the Tanakh. The order ofthese is listed on page vi of this introduction.
The books are arranged on the altar as follows: the Tanakh on the right of the Tabernacle, beginning with book I (Genesis) all the way to the far right, and moving from right to left toward the Tabernacle. The last book of the Tanakh (Chronicles) is volume 22, and it is located just to the right of the Tabernacle.
On the other side of the Tabernacle are the New Testament and the Apocrypha, Greek texts. These begin with Matthew, volume 23, at the far left, and work toward the Tabernacle from left to right, ending with the last volume of the Apocrypha (Daniel and Esther), volume 40.
Within each volume, priority is given to the original text. This means the Hebrew is on the right page in the Hebrew volumes, with the English translation on the facing left page. In the New Testament and the Apocrypha, the Greek text is on the left page, and the English translation is on the facing right page. Chapter numbers always appear in the upper left hand corner of the English translation (and also in bold along the left of the text if the chapter changes within a page). Verse numbers appear in the text.
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(Hebrew Text: Sewn RIGHT seam) (Jewish book: Spine titles headed by a STAR)
1. Genesis 2. Exodus 3. Leviticus 4. Numbers S. Deuteronomy 6. Joshua 7. Judges S. 1 Samuel 9. 2 Samuel 10. 1 Kings 11. 2 Kings 12. Isaiah 13. Jeremiah 14. Ezekiel IS. The Twelve "--~----;7
(I)Hosea (2)Joel (3)Amos (4)Obadiah (S)Jonah (6)Micah (7)Nahum (S)Habakkuk (9)Zephaniah (lO)Haggai (11 )Zechariah (12)Malachi
16. Psalms 17. Proverbs IS. Job 19. Megilloth
(l )Song of Songs (2)Ruth (3)Lamentations (4)Ecciesiastes (S)Esther
20. Daniel 21. Ezra Nehemiah 22. Chronicles
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New Testament (Greek Text: Sewn LEFT seam) (Christian Book: Spine titles headed by CROSS)
23. Matthew 24. Mark 25. Luke 26. John 27. Acts of the Apostles 28. Romans 29. Corinthians 30. GAL EPH PHIL COL
Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians
31. THES TIM TIT PHLM
\ Thessalonians Timothy Titus Philemon
32. Hebrews 33. James Peter John Jude 34. Revelation
Apocrypha (Greek Text: Sewn LEFT seam) (Jewish Book: Spine titles headed by STAR)
35. I Maccabees 36. 2 Maccabees 37. Sirach 38. Wisdom Baruch 39. Tobit Judith 40. Daniel Esther
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Liturgic(iICalendar - Cycle C Year 2004
1st Reading 2nd Reading Gospel 11/30103 1st Advent Jer 33:12-22 1 Thess 3: 12-4:2 Lk 21 :25-36 (3) 12107/03 2nd Advent Bar 5:1-9 Phil 1:3-11 Lk 3:1-6 (6) 12114/03 3rd Advent Zeph 3:14-18 {Use altemate} Phil 4:4-7 Lk 3:7-18 (9) 12121103 4th Advent Mi 5:1-4a Heb 10:5-10 Lk 1 :39-56 (12) {Singv.47-55} 12125/03 Vigil: . - Is 62:1-5 Acts 13:16-25 Mt 1:1-25 (13) Midnight: Is 9:1-6 Ti 2:11-14 Lk 2:1-20 (14) Dawn: Is 62:11-12 Ti 3:4-7 Lk 2:15-20 (15) Day: Is 52:7-10 Heb 1:1-6 In 1:1-18 (16) 12128/03 2nd Sunday after Christmas· Sir 24:1-12 Eph 1:3-18 In 1:1-18 (19) 01/01/04 Octave of Christmas Num 6:22-27 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 2:16-21 (18) 01/04/04 Epiphany Is 60:1-6 Eph 3:2-3, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12(20) 01/11/04 Baptism of the Lord Is 42:1-7 Acts 10:34-38 Lk3:15-16; 21-22 (21) 01/18/04 2nd Ordinary Is 62:1-5 1 Cor 12:4-11 In 2:1-12 (67) 01125/04 3rd Ordinary Neh 8:2-10 1 Cor 12:12-30 Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 (70) 02101/04 4th Ordinary Jer 1:4-10,17-19 1 Cor 12:31 --13:13 Lk 4:21-30 (73) 02/08/04 5th Ordinary Is 6:1-8 1 Cor 15:1-20 Lk 5:1-11 (76) 02116/04 6th Ordinary Jer 17:5-8 1 Cor 15:35-44 Lk 6:17-26 (79) 02122104 7th Ordinary 1 Sm 26:1-25 1 Cor 15:45-53 Lk 6:27-38 (82) 02125/04 Ash Wednesday JI2:12-18 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2 Mt6:1-6, 16-18 (220) 02129/04 1st Lent Dt 26:1-10 Rom 10:8-18 Lk 4:1-13 (24) 03/07/04 2nd Lent Gn 15:1-18 Phil 3:17-4:1 Lk9:28-36 2 ) 03/14/04 3rd Lent Ex 3:1-15 1 Cor 10:1-13 Lk:13: 1-9 ( 30 .. -.. 03/21/04 4th Lent Jos5:9-12 2 Cor 5:17-21 Lk15:1~32 33 03/28/04 5th Lent Is 43:16-21 Phil 3:7-14 In 8:1-11 (36) Palm Sunday - Gospel for the Procession with Palms: .'~. ~ Lk.19:28-40 (37C) 04/04/04 Palm Sunday Is 50:4-7 Phil 2:5-11 Lk22:14-23:56 (38C) 04/08/04 Holy Thursday - Lord's Supper Ex 12:1-14 1 Cor 11:23-26 In 13:1-15 (40) 04/09/04 Good Friday Is 52:13 - 53:12 Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9 In 18:1-19:42 (41) 04/11/04 Easter Sunday Acts 10:34-43 Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8 In 20:1-9 or Lk 24:1-12 (43C) 04118/04 2nd Sunday of Easter Acts 5:12-16 Rev 1:9-19 In 20:19-31 (46) 04/25/04 3rd Sunday of Easter Acts 5:27-42 Rev 5:11-14 In 21 :1-25 (49) 05/02104 4th Sunday of Easter Acts 13:13-43 Rev 7:9-17 In 10:27-30 52) 05/09/04 5th Sunday of Easter Acts 15:1-21 Rev 21:1-7 In 13:31-35 5S: 05/16/04 6th Sunday of Easter Acts 7:44-60 Rev 22:12-21 In 17:20-26 05123/04 Ascension of the Lord Acts1:1-11 .: Eph4:1-130fEph 1:17-23 Lk24:44-53 ~C) Liturgical Calendar - Cycle C Year 2004
05/30/04 Pentecost Sunday ViQil: Gen 11 :1-9 + 3 others Rom 8:22-27 In 7:37-39 (63) Day: Acts 2:1-11 Gal 5:16-25 or 1 Cor 12:3b-13 In 20:19-23 (64) 06/06/04 Holy Trinity PlY 8:22-31 Rom 5:1-5 In 16:12-15 (167) . 06f13/04 Corpus Christi Gn 14:18-20 1 Cor 11 :23-26 Lk 9:11-17 170) 06/20/04 12th Ordinary Zee 12: 10-1 t Gal 3:7-25 Lk 9:18-25 97) 06f27f04 13th Ordinary 1 Kgs 19:15b-25 Gal 3:26 - 4:7 Lk 9:51-62 100) 07/04/04 14th Ordinary Is 66:10-14c Gal 5;13-25 Lk 10:1-24 103) 07f11/04 15th Ordinary Dt.30:9-14 Col 1:9-20 Lk 10:25-37 {106) 07118/04 16th Ordinary Gn 18:1-15 Col 1:21-29 Lk 10:38-42 (109) 07125/04 17th Ordinary Gn 18:16-33 Col 2:4-15 Lk 11:1-13 (112) 08/01/04 18th Ordinary Eccl (Qoh) 1:1-18 Col 3:1-17 Lk 12:13-31 (115) 08/08/04 19th Ordinary Wis 18:6-9 Heb 11:1-19 Lk 12:32-48 (118) 08115/04 Feast of the Assumption VI9i1: 1 Chr 15:3-4.15-16:16:1-2 I Cor 15:54b-57 Lk 11:27-28 (621) Day: Rev 11 :19;12:1-6.1 0 1 Cor 15:20-25 Lk 1 :39-56 (622) 08122104 21 st Ordinary Is 68:18b-21 Heb 12:4-13 Lk 13:22-35 (124) 08/29/04 22nd Ordinary Sir 3:17-29 Heb 12:18-24 Lk 14:1-14 (127) 09/05/04 23rd Ordinary Wis 9:13-18 Phlm 1-25 Lk 14:25-33 (130) 09/12104 24th Ordinary Ex 32:7-14 . 1 Tim 1:12-17 Lk 15:1-32 (133) 09f19/04 25th Ordinary (Catechetical Sunday) Am 8:4-7 1 TIm 2:1-8 Lk 16:1-13 (136) 09/26104 Feast of 51 Vmcent De Paul Readings chosen from Vol 4 or 26th Ordinary Sunday (Mass #139 10/03104 27th Ordinary Hb 1 :2-4; 2:1-4 2 Tim 1:6-14 Lk 17:1-10 (142) 10/10/04 28th Ordinary .2 KQs 5:1-19a 2 TIm 2:8-13 Lk 17:11-19 (145) 10/17/04 29th Ordinary Ex 17:8-13 2 Tim 3:14-4:2 Lk 18:1-8 (148) 10124/04 30th OrdinalV Sir 35:10-18 2 Tim 4:6-8.16-18 Lk 18:9-17 (151) 10131104 31st Ordinary Wis11:22-12:1 2 Thes 1:11- 2:2 Lk 19:1-10 (154) All Saints Readings chosen from Vol 4 11/07/04 Feast of All Saints and All Souls Readings chosen from AU Saints. the Mass for the Dead and/or 32nd Ordinary 11/14/04 33rd Ordinary Mal 3:19-20a 12 Thes 3:7·12 Ilk 21:5-19 (160) 11/21/04 Christ the King (34th Ordinary) 2 Sm 5:1-12 ICoI1:12·20 ILk 23:33-43 (163) 11/25/04 Thanksgiving Day Chosen from Thanksgiving Day readings found in Lectionary Vol. 4 Solemnities and Feast Da}:s
• This Sunday will altemate betWeen the readings for the Second Sunday after Christmas and the Feast of the Holy Family in the appropriate cycle. The last Sunday in December. 2004 will be Holy Family A: 2005· 2nd Sun; 2006 - Holy Family C; 2007 - 2nd Sun; 2008 - Holy Family B: 2009 - 2nd Sun. etc.
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\_~,...., 'I'',L" _...,..,\;' 1:/) First Sunday of Advent -- Cycle C (Mass 3) READING I Jer 33: 12-22 ('I A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah.
33 12 Thus said the Lord of Hosts: In this ruined place, without human and beast, and in all its towns, there shall again be a pasture for shepherds, where they can rest their flocks. 13 In the towns ofthe hill country, in the towns of the ShepheIah, and in the towns of the Negeb, in the land of Benjamin and in the environs of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, sheep shall pass again under the hands of one who counts them- said the Lord. 14 See, days are coming--declares the Lord-when I will fulfill the promise that I.made concerning the House of Israel and the House of Judah. 15 In those days and at that time, I will raise up a true branch of David's line, and he shall do what is just and right in the land. 16 In those days Judah shall be delivered and Israel shall dwell secure. And this is what she shall be called: "The Lord is our Vindicator." 17 For thus said the Lord: There shall never be an end to heirs of David's line who sit upon the throne of the House oflsrael. 18 Nor shall there ever be an end to the line of the levi tical priests before Me, of those who present burnt offerings and tum the meal offering to smoke and perfonn sacrifices.
33 19 The word ofthe Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 Thus said the Lord: If you could break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night should not come at their proper time, 21 only then could My covenant with My servant David be broken -so that he would not have a descendant reigning upon his throne-{)r with My ministrants, the levitical priests. 22 Like the host of heaven which cannot be counted, and the sand of the sea which cannot be measured, so will I multiply the offspring of My servant David, and of the Levites who minister to Me.
The word of the Lord.
Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Ge, 0° ,"" ,~o, "\,,~:h is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible pagetullls. Page 1 First Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 3)
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25: 4-5ab, 8-9,10,14 R: To You, 0 Lord, I lift my soul.
Let me know Your paths, 0 Lord; teach me Your ways; Guide me in Your true way and teach me, For you are God my delIverer.
R: To You, 0 Lord, I lift my soul.
Good and upright is the Lord, therefore You show sinners the way . . You guide the lowly in the right path.
R: To You, 0 Lord, I lift my soul.
All the Lord's paths are steadfast love for those who keep the decrees of the Lord's covenant. The counsel of the Lord is for those who fear the Lord; to them is made known the Lord's covenant.
R: To You, 0 Lord, I lift my soul.
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A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.
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-(~ltf-cHlth;;r, llfkl-&Hf-b)fd ltsu:; dined ,Uf way-hi :,d~, iC tnd may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we have for you, 13 so as to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in 'holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones, (Amen,)
4 I Finally, brothers and sisters, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God-and as you are conducting yourselves-you do so even more, 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus,
The word of the Lord.
Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 'c';;',) is not read. ~Bohl Italicized text with ill hyphens-replaces text in Altar Bible (Le, "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 3 First Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 3) GOSPEL Lk 21:25-36 A reading fl'om the holy gospel according to Luke.
2125 "There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 26 People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. 27 And then they wiIl see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand."
29 He taught them a lesson. "Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. 30 When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; 31 in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. 33 Heaven and earth wiIl pass away, but my words will not pass away.
2134 "Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise 35 like a trap. For that day will assault evelyone who lives on the face of the earth. 36 () Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man."
The gospel of the Lord.
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5 I Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever: 2 Wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name. 3 For God will show all the earth your splendor: 4 you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship. 55 Up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children Gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God. 6 Led away on foot by their enemies they left you: but God will bring them back to you borne aloft in glory as on royal thrones. 7 For God has commanded that every lofty mountain be made low, And that the age-old depths and gorges be filled to level ground, that Israel may advance secure in the glory of God. 8 The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God's command; 9 For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of God's glory, with mercy and justice for company.
The word of the Lord.
Readers, please note: {Bt·aced text} is added. '_TBrt"kli' is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. PageS Second Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 6) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 126: 1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6
R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
When the LORD restores the fortunes of Zion -we see it as a dream- Our mouths shall be filled with laughter, our tongues, with songs of joy.
R: The Lord has done gl·eat things for us; we are filled with joy.
Then shall they say among the nations, "The LORD lias done great things for them!" The LORD will do great things for us And we shall rejoice.
R: The Lord has done gl·eat things for us; we are filled with joy.
Restore our fortunes, 0 LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb. They who sow in tears Shall reap with songs of joy.
R: The Lord has donc great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Thoug~ they go along weeping, carrymg the seed-bag, they ~hall cqme bacK with songs of joy, carrymg theIr sheaves.
R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.
Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. {;(C;\C~'·:<'H-R'·~c-~ii+\-"T\k~<,r(;","h is not read. -Bold Italicizedtext within Itypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" .( ) instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. \ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tilms.· Page 6 Second Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 6) READING II Phil 1:3-11 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Philippians.
1 ;-4-\:Hi-f---aF~ 3 I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you, 4 praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you, 5 because of your partnership for the gospel from the first day until now. 6 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. 1 It is right that I should think this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, you who are all pminers with me in grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confinuation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may increase ever more and more in knowledge and every kind of perception, 10 to discern what is of value, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, II filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (''''fed",,: kc'if-\v;H~+h""h'\+'ch is not read. -Bold Italicized text withil1 ltypltel1s- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turnS. Page 7 Second Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 6) GOSPEL Lk3: 1-6 A reading from thc gospcl according to Luke. ( .."" 3 I In the fifteelith year ofthe reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrareh of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrareh of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert. 3 He went throughout (the) whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: . "A voice of one crying out in the desert: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight the paths of our God. s EvelY valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, 6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please notc: {Braced text} is added. "to, 1';+\'d-h-"\l~kd;m'H.;,h is not read. -Bold Italicized text withif! hyp!u!IIs- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ) instead of "I-Ie") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chaptcr markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page iurns~ Page 8 \ Third Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 9) READING I Zeph 3: 14 - 18 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Zephaniah. 3 i-~~U-t-J" \\-1.}t·-!~~-rt-v~j M-tllin--Y-EHi' ;-\-i)-ei:.1f-, h{Hj}hh~' ;t{3-!-k; /\t1-(4-H~~)' :.:"h~ln-fln~.:J-f';,;hi~?;~ lB :}*,-fkh~i;-f_~f-~th\+0:n:h S-hal-!--J{~-lh+-WffiB-g- _~\ ,~- ---L.C'n_:;._, ~ - <" --" ,-:._~ f.~·<2-i,,-~ ~- ~-tttf '''l-'"''-'ct-h:-tit-~~ trd.=-> ,=';t '<'/~.'''f 0 i\ deh2 i{-i+H-4engli0 {s4HH-B;,~i~{~--:r; thejH+k~t-H:J-1-S':- {-)n i )"-<; lk~h-- H~: th 0=T~-gh011·-gril?'e'-{H1~l·~fe-~ill~-\~:r~ " J.A:-i-t-f}·-B~h'1e t~~ tr~)ubi~.. >lJ:r~:;Fn;· 14 Shout for joy, Fair Zion, Cry aloud, 0 Israel! Rejoice and be glad with all your heart, Fair Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has annulled the judgment against you, And has swept away your foes. Israel's Sovereign the Lord is within you; You need fear misfortune no more. 3 16 In that day, This shall be said to Jerusalem: Have no fear, 0 Zion; Let not your hands droop! 17 Your God the Lord is in your midst, A warrior who brings triumph. The Lord will rejoice over you and be glad, The Lord will shout over you with jubilation The Lord will soothe with love 18 Those long disconsolate. Readers, please note: {Braced tcxt} is added. Jj'cc,; ')H!-l~\{-''ri+:' ,\fi+i-Hh",,}/h is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "Hc") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page -tums. Page 9 [Alternative translation (NAB): 17 The Lord, your God is in your midst, a mighty savior, Who will rejoice over you with gladness and renew you in love, Who will sing joyfully because of you, 18 As one sings at festivals.] 3 18 I will take away from you the woe Over which you endured moekety. The word of the Lord. N.B. Read the alternative translation for verses 17 and 18. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (clf"~;' ::.::+j","iH~t'l·.:'ike:hr,jU·.';' is not read. ~Bold Italicizedtext within hyphens- ~eplaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ) ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page to \ Third Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 9) Responsorial Psalm: Is 12: 2-3, 4, 5-6 / R. Cry out with joy and gladness for among you is the great and Holy One of Israel. Behold the God who gives me tl'iumph! I am confident, unafraid; For the LORD is my strength and might, Who has been my deliverance." Joyfully shall you draw water From the fountains of triumph, R: Cry out with joy and gladness for among you is the great and Holy One ofIsrael. And you shall say on that day: "Praise the LORD, proclaim the name ofthe LORD. Make known the deeds the LORD among thc peoples; Declare that the name of the LORD is.exalted. R: Cry out with joy and gladness for among you is the great and Holy One ofIsl·ael. Hymn the LORD, for the LORD has done gloriously; Let this be made known in all the world! Oh, shout for joy, you who dwell in Zion! For great in your midst is the Holy One ofIsrael." R: Cry out with joy and gladness for among you is the great and Holy One ofIsrael. Rcaders, please note: {Bt'aced text} is added. Gny 4;- ThBr~tBr~~ n:1/-fWB-i:~i~~r:l-~ \~fhnrn-,i !~~-'(>w~d ~f-;~",;,;. rJC,-H!y--}{v~'-JnA C;:0\\;H-~~n ti~~~ way~-:::tanJ-iirFn-"{-R~t-H~-[:-t}r,d-,-{~K,~-0',itxi ." ~:-~I ur;;e~E';JGd.;~i (Hid -t-nq;~-i;~l*y~'hc ts-t~:>H-1e-+(~--(i ~;;~+tH-it~-~:HE1{~P;Htfutf+l-'~~Tt---';hE.~--L!}-ffh .~-=-r:·0;S? and j ~;sk y;..)-u u!:~(; ... -+HY+HH-_':-Hy(}-k-«rni}L~, ~,~; h-=:t; 1hc+rl:-for-·f!~-~~"--+-~-H-V~';---f_~f--t.-{g-sh;:;cl Bt-Fny ~ffi proffiOLing----ih0-£:-,J~;-pch ,-ld~}n!~~-- \":1 tb C 1€-fB-{-;T1{--anJ-tny c,,; hc-r ~::-c( \-,;-'{~Fk?f':i-;: ¥s410St~a-mG&-Hl'C i-R----tBC bH(ik·of-jli~:<, 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice! 5 Your kindness should be known to all. The Lord is near. 6 Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. 7 Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The word of the Lord. . dd d··· ..j.. • d R ea d ers, p Iease note: {B race(I t ext } IS a e. b-f"~~:,--~:'~k-*.++::;'":;d--·;;:--H[} -'~\-nf~-;:'{-f)hi-HgB- IS not rea . \ -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" -'• instead of"Hc") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 12 Thil'd Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 9) . GOSPEL Lk 3:7 - 18 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 3 7 -John the Baptist-- a said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, "You brood ofvipers! Who wamed you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce good fruits as evidence of your repentance; and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones. 9 Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and. thrown into the fire." 10 And the crowds asked him, "What then should we do?" II He said to them in reply, "Whoever has two cloaks should share with the person who has none. And whoever has food should do likewise." 12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?" 13 He answered them, "Stop collecting more than what is prescribed." 14 Soldiers also asked him, "And what is it that we should do?" He told them, "Do not practice extortion, do not falsely accuse anyone, and be satisfied with your wages." 3 15 Now the people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether 101m might be the Messiah. 16 10hn answered them aIJ, saying, "I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fan is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his bam, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire." 18 Exhorting them in many other ways, he preached good news to the people. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: Ife Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. , '''i\k'''-'yil:+-,.;{t+''.'ift'·''''i~h is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page-turns. Page 13 Fourth Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 12) READING I Mi 5: 1-4a A reading from the book of the prophet Micah. 5 I And you, 0 Bethlehem of Ephrath, Least among the clans of Judah, From you one shall come forth To rule Israel for Me- One whose origin is from of old, From ancient times. 2 Truly, the Lord will leave them [helpless] Until she who is to bear has borne; Then the rest of his compatriots Shall return to the children of Israel. 5 3 He shall stand and shepherd By the might of the Lord, By the power of the name Of the Lord his God, And they shall dwell [secure]. For 10, he shall wax great To the ends ofthe earth; 4 And that shall afford safety. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. c;c+,;e.i+uw·:: '.+it+;-'o+fi¥'''''nYH'gh is not read. , -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( ) instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 14 Fourth Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 12) Responsorial Psalm: . Ps 80:2ac - 3b, 15-16, 18-19 ( R: Lord, make us turn to You, let us see Your face and we shall be saved. Give ear, 0 shepherd of Israel. - Appear, You who are enthroned on the chembim Rouse Your might and come to our help! R: Lord· make us turn to You, - let us see Your face and we shall be saved. o God of hosts, tum again, look down from heaven and see: take note ofthat vine the stock planted by Your right hand the stem You have taken as Your own. R: Lord, make us turn to You, let us see Your face and we shall be saved. Grant Your help to the one at Your right hand, .-. the one You Iiave taken as Your own. We will not tum away from You; _ Preserve our life that we may invoke Your name. R: Lord, make us turn to You, let us see Your face and we shall be saved. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ('lC,-yet1,HH!!'\:-'-nt+,-o+rik\_','t'-B+'c4 is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 15 Fourth Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 12) READING II Heb 10: 5-10 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Hebrews. 10 ~,-IhTf !:1--}h~y:~~: ~:+i'.>Fi-i;z:&-theT'i-~~+~Hy----& ye-H-:Ft~T' 7C'11}:f'-it1:13rn--n-€Q·-ot---S~m;-:;-f€-7F-:iJ-+& \7jj'''''PNi.ty-';tlbc' 5 For this reason, when he came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; 6 holocausts and sin offelings you took no delight in, 7 Then I said, 'As is written of me in the scroll, Behold, I come to do your will, 0 God.'" 8 First he says, "Sacrifices and offerings, holocausts and sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in," These are offered according to the law. 9 Then he says, "Behold, I come to do your will." He takes away the first to establish the second. JO By this "will," we have been consecrated through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. The word of the Lord. Rea dels,peasenoc.· It· {B race d'tex t}" tsa dd e d ."'i-::-r'~-'-"1vt"'~'-"''-H'l'1_}'hl'.;'->;Y"<;~)v>,_tISno('.~. ",.. '."" .'0-'''';'''-' ':~~';". H.';' t rea. d -Bold Italicized text withi" hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 16 Fourth Sunday of Advent - Cycle C (Mass 12) GOSPEL Lk 1: 39 - 56 ( A reading fmlll the gospel according to Luke. 39 During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 141 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spilit, 42 cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." 46 And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness ofthe Lord; 47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior. 48 For God has looked upon this handmaid's lowliness; 'c-" behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. 1 49 "The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is God's name, 50 Whose mercy is from age to age to those who show reverence, 51 Who has shown a mighty ann, and dispersed the mTogant of mind and heart, 52 Who has thrown down the rulers from their thrones but lifted up the lowly, Readers, please note: {BI'aced text} is added. C"~\''''~~che''{w8h+r~k!;'lh''"''sh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within "yphens-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible pagc'turns. Page 17 53 Who has filled the hungty with good things and has sent the rich away empty, 54 Who has remembered mercy and helped Israel, God's servant, 55 according to the promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." 56 Mary remained with her about three months and then retumed to her home. The gospel of the LOl·d. N.B. Verses 47 to 55 of this reading may be sung or chanted. Readers, please note: {Bmced text} is added. (if}~i"+(;:j; ~TI-w++- 3 You shall be a glorious crown In the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem In the palm of your God. 62 4Nevennore shall you be called "Forsaken," Nor shall your land be called "Desolate"; But you shall be called "I delight in her," And your land "Espoused." For the Lord takes delight in you, And your land shall be espoused. 5As a youth espouses a maiden, Your sons shall espouse you; And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, So will your God rejoice over you. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ":'~T '+."'-'+1 ik·""',,',,,,"," is not read. -Bold Italicized text withiJl hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "jesus" instead of "He") Replaced textcan be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page- tums. Page 19 December 25 Christmas Vigil -- Cycles A, B & C (Mass 13) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89: 4-5, 16-17,27,29 " \ R: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. I will sing ofthe LORD'S steadfast love forever; , to all generations I will proclaim Your faithfulness with my mouth. I declare, "Your steadfast love is confirmed forever; there in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness." R: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. "I have made a covenant with ]'y[y chosen one; I have sworn to My servant David; I will establish your offspring forever, I will confirm your throne for all generations." R: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. He shall say to Me, 'You are my father, my God, the rock of my deliverance.' I will maintain My steadfast love for him always; My covenant with him shall endure. L' R: Forever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~,·"y{'d ""ti-ff"+w~!+"wit"~H7"~+ is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe re;lding. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 20 December 25 Christmas Vigil- Cycles A, B & C (Mass 13) READING II Acts 13:16-25 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 13 16 Se Paul got up {in the synagogue}, motioned with his hand, and said, "Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen. 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm God led them out of it 18 and for about forty years God put up with them in the desert. 19"When seven nations in the land of Canaan had been destroyed, God gave them their land as an inheritancC;zo at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things .God provided judges up to Samuel (the) prophet. 21 Then they asked for a king. God gave them. Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 13 22"Then God removed him and raised up David as their king; of him testified, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out m.y every wish.' 23 From this man's descendants God, according to the promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. 24 John heralded his coming by proclaimipg a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel; 25and as John was completing his course, he would say, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.' The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. i-:','-.. ,.': :'--,', -",:>: is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page'turns. Page 21 December 25 Christmas Vigil ~ Cycles A, B & C (Mass 13) GOSPEL ( The beginning of the holy gospel according to Matthew. 11 The book of the genealogyofieslis Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2Abraham became the father ofIsaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. 3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose ~ mother was Tamar. Perez became the father ofHezrofr, Hezron the father of Ram, 4 Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father ofNahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 Salmon the father ofBoaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, 6 Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. 7 Solomon became the father ofRehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. 8 Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of loram, Joram the father ofUzziah. 1 9Uzziah became the father of lotham, lotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah became the father ofManasse~ Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of losiah. 11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. 12 After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father ofEliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father ofEliud, 15 Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father ofMatthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 0 Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. '.<'" .,' :<, 1- -- ~,-.; .<".:,:', is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e, "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate. Altar Bible pa'ge tnms. Page 22 16Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah. 17Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations. , 1 18 Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, shewas found with child through the holy Spirit. 19Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet ~ unwilling to expose her to Shame, decided to divorce her quietly. 20Such was his intention when, behold, the angel ofthe Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. 21 She will bear a son and you are to name hinI Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." uAll this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel," which means "God is with us." 1 When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home. He had no relations with her until she bore a son, and he named him Jesus. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C,'" " is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphetls- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of"He") Repfaced text ca-n be found at the end oftile reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 23 Christmas Mass at Midnight - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 14) READING I Is 9: 1-6 < \ ( A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 9 I The people that walked in darkness Have seen a brilliant light; On those who dwelt in a land of gloom Light has dawned. 2 You have magnified that nation, Have given it great joy; They have rejoiced before You As they rejoice at reaping time, As they exult When dividing spoil. 3For the yoke that they bore L' And the stick on their back The rod of their taskmaster- You have broken as on the day of Midian. 4 Truly, all the boots put on to stamp with And Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ::'·CT<. is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" < ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns: Page 24 He has been named "The Mighty God is planning grace; The Eternal Father, a peaceable ruler"- 9 6 In token of abundant authority And of peace without limit Upon David's throne and kingdom, That it may be firmly established Injustice and in equity Now and evermore. The zeal ofthe Lord of Hosts Shall bring this to pass. The word of the LOI·d. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gn"Y("\{"'~+"\\"'ii;bfrikc{4i+rBlt~ is not read . . -Bold Italicized (ex( within hyphens--replaccs text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tlirns. Page 25 Christmas Mass at Midnight - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 14) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 96: 1-2a, 2b-3, 11-12, I3 (\ R: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. Sing to the LORD a new song, sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless the LORD's name. R: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. Proclaim the LORD's victolY day after day; tell of God's glOly among the nations, of wondrous deeds, among all peoples. R: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult; . let the sea and all within it thunder, The fields and everything in them exult; then shall all the trees of the forest shout forjoy. R: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. The LORD is coming; is coming to rule the earth; The LORD will rule the world justly, and its peoples in faithfulness. R: Today is born our Savior, Christ the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. '"f-"c""TL"";j,+,"':-\vifh·,,[J~kc*""t,t''::'l is not read. -Bold Italicized te.r:t within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 26 Christmas Mass at Midnight - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 14) ( ) READING II Ti2:11-14 A reading from the letter of Paul to Titus. 2 11 Fft+ the grace of God has appeared, saving all 12 and training us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live temperately,justly, and devoutly in this age, l3as we await the blessed hope, the appearance of the glory of the great God and of our savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to deliver us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people as ~is own, eager to do what is good. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~.c.; C''''f k· '0';.' ' ••.,.>l. is not read. ·Boltl Italicized text withifl hyphefls-·replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 27 Christmas Mass at Midnight - Cycles A, B & C(Mass 14) GOSPEL Lk 2: 1-20 ( \ A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 2 I In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. 2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3S0 all went to their own towns to be enrolled. 4And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to ~e city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was ofthe house and family of David, 5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6While they were there, the time came for her to have her child, 7and she gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. 2 gNow there were shepherds in that region living in the fields and keeping the night watch over their flock. 9The angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory ofthe Lord shone around them, and they were struck with great fear. IOThe angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. \I For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. 2And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger." I3And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom God's favor rests." Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. "' ..- <~"Y+ .c, is not read. -Bold Italicized. text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. . Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 28 15 When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 2 16 So they went in haste and found Mmy and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. 19And Mmy kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. 20Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (k~),'d"l}f '",".J ",+\J'·.. lnkHh"mB"" is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page ·tUIlIS·. Page 29 Christmas Mass at Dawn - Cycle A, B & C (Mass 15) READING I Is 62: 11-12 ( \ A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. II See, the Lord has proclaimed To the end ofthe earth: Announce to Fair Zion, Your Deliverer is coming! See, reward is with the Lord, And recompense before the Lord. 12 And they shall be called, "The Holy People, The Redeemed of the Lord," And you shall be called, "Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Bt'accd text} is added. ';.;F~;"d',·u\ !:";\\,hhtri!,et);"'''sf} is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" . instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnIs: Page 30 Christmas Mass at Dawn - Cycle A, B & -C (Mass 15) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 97: 1,6,11-12 R: A light will shine on liS this day; the Lord is born for liS. The Lord is sovereign! Let the earth exult, let the many islands rejoice! The heavens proclaim the LORD'S righteousness and all peoples see the LORD's glory. R: A light will shine on liS this day; the Lord is born for liS. Light is sown for the righteous, radiance for the upright. o you righteous, rejoice in the LORD, and acclaim the LORD'S holy name! R: A light will shine on liS this day; the Lord is born for liS. , \ Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GH]'edl'ht-*,,'lW+H READING II Ti 3: 4-7 A reading from the letter of Paul to Titus. . 3 4 But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, 5 not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of God's mercy, God saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit, 6 whom God richly poured out on us through Jesus Christ our savior, 7 so that we might be justified by grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C c"A,~" is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 32 Christmas Mass at Dawn - Cycle A, B & C (Mass 15) GOSPEL Lk 2: 15-20 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 15 When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us." 2 16 So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. 17 When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. 18 All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. 19And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart. 20Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~""Pj0d c'Ul+:'cc-+d+'+->Hil"""",;U;'h is not read, -Bold Italicized text withilllzyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e, "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading, Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 33 Christmas Mass During the Day - Cycle A, B & C (Mass 16) READING I Is 52: 7-10 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 527 How welcome on the mountain Are the footsteps of the herald Announcing happiness, Heralding good fortune, Announcing victory, Telling Zion, "Your God is King!" sHark! Your watchmen raise their voices, As one they shout forjoy; For every eye shall behold The Lord's return to Zion. L 9 Raise a shout together, o ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord will comfort the people, Will redeem Jerusalem. 10 The Lord will bare a holy arm In the sight of all the nations, And the very ends of earth shall see The victory of our God. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ,,., x' ,,,",,X",," ,,: is not read. -13old Italicized text Iflithillltypitells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 34 Christmas Mass During the Day - Cycle A, B & C (Mass 16) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6 R: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. Sing to the LORD a new song, for the LORD has worked wonders; The LORD'S right hand, and holy arm, have won the LORD's victOlY. R: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. The LORD has manifested this victory, has displayed triumph in the sight of the nations. The LORD was mindful of steadfast love and faithfulness toward the house ofIsrael. R: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. All the ends of the earth beheld the victory of our God; Raise a shout to the LORD, all the earth, break into joyous songs of praise! R: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. Sing praise to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and melodious song. With trumpets and the blast of the hom raise a shout before the LORD, who reigns. R: All the ends of the earth have seen the saving power of God. R ea d ers, pease I I 10t e.· {B'race d tex t} I's added . c.<-~,"4<~'~'·'--" ,~,L,,'" ,~<-"-",,;,, ~-"'_~''- .•_~;"p_,",''-,,'''' 1._ READING II Heb 1: 1-6 ( A reading from the letter to. the Hebrews. 1\ In times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our ancestors through the prophets; 2 in these last days, God spoke to us through a son, whom God made heir of all things and through whom God created the universe, 3 who is the refulgence of God's glory, the very imPtiht of God's being, and who sustains all things by his mighty word. When he had accomplished purification from sins, he took his seat at the right hand of the M<\iesty on high, 4 as far superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs. 5 For to which ofthe angels did God ever say: "You are my son; this day I have begotten you"? Or again: "I will be a father to him; and he shall be a son to me"? 1 The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added.,.:j~·",,~~.~·.~ •.• 'i\. is not read. -Bold Italicizedtext within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jes/ls" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns: Page 36 Christmas Mass During the Day ~ Cycle A, B & C (Mass 16) GOSPEL Jn 1: 1-18 The beginning of the holy gospel according to John. 1\ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The Word was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came to be through the Word, and without the Word nothing came to be. What came to be through the Word was life, and this life was the light ofthe human race: 5 the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 6 A man named John was sent from God. 7 He came for testimony, to testify to the '~~ light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. \0 The Word was in the world, and the world came to be through the Word, but the world did not know the Word. II The Word came to what was its own, but its own people did not accept it. 1\2 But to those who did accept it, the Word gave power to become children of God, Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. co,-, "Cc-+' "f-"", is not read. ( -Bol~ Italicized text withi1l hyphe1ls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" lUstead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 37 to those who believe in the name, 13 who were born not by natural generation nor by carnal desire nor by human decision but ofGod. 14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his gIoIY, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified to him and cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me. '" 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace added to grace, 17 because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father's side, has revealed God. L The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. i',e,j,c,HHe\'. ,,'it'l-"tf~c'!ht\_;H'!h is not read. "Bold Italicized-text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 38 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family READINGl (Option 1 of2) Sir3: 2-14 A reading from the book ofSirach. Fr,'F the Lord sets a father in honor over his children; a mother's authority the Lord confirms over her offspring. 3 One who honors one's father atones for sins; 4 one stores up riches who reveres one's mother. 5 One who honors one's father is gladdened ( by children, and when such a one prays, the Lord hears. 3 6 One who reveres one's father will live a long life; one obeys the Lord who brings comfort to one's mother. 7 One who fears the Lord honors one's father, and serves one's parents as rulers. 8 In word and deed honor your father Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ""-C-c' '-'" ", •.- .••.•.••.• is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the n~ading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnlS. Page 39 that his blessing may come upon you; 9 For a father's blessing gives a family firm roots, but a mother's curse uproots the growing plant. ( 10 Glory not in your father's shame, for his shame is no glory to you! II One's father's honor is one's glory; disgrace for her children, a mother's shame. 12 My child, take care of your parents when they are old; grieve them not as long as they live. l3 Even if their minds fail, be considerate with them; revile them not in the fullness of your strength. 14 For kindness to a parent will notbe forgotten, it will serve as a sin offering -- it will take lasting root. The word of the Lord. Readers, please notc: {Braced text} is added. >ri~~l~y"'t;-Br+it'''hvit'v;1riketfh''''~~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the cnd of the re.ading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 40 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family ( READING I (Option 2 of 2) Gen 15: 1-6; 2: 1-3 A reading from the book of Genesis. 15 Some time later, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. The Lord 1 . , said, "Fear not, Abram, lam a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." 2 But Abram said, "0 Lord God, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die childless, and the one in charge of my household is Dammesek Eliezer!" 3 Abram said further, "Since You have granted me no offspring, my steward will be my heir." 4 The word ofthe Lord came to him in reply, "That one shall not be your heir; none but your very own issue shall be your heir." 5 The Lord took him (~, outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them," and added, "So shall your offspring be." 6 And because he put his trust in the Lord, the Lord reckoned it to his merit. ****(TURN 23 P AGES)**** 21 I The Lord took note of Sarah as was promised, and the Lord did for Sarah as the Lord had spoken. 2 Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken. 3 Abraham gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of Isaac. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. : '" ;,,'-, "-'),, .".'> -",,\.,n is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill Itypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be fOllnd at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page'tnms. Page 41 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128: 1-2,3,4-5 ( R: Happy are those who fear the Lord and follow God's ways. Happy are all who fear the LORD, who follow the LORD'S ways. You shall enjoy the fmit of your labors; you shall be happy and you shall prosper. R: Happy are those who fear the Lord and follow God's ways. Your spouse shall be like a fmitful vine within your house; Your children, like olive saplings around your table. R: Happy arc those who fear the Lord and follow God's ways. So shall the one who fears the LORD be blessed; May the Lord bless you from Zion; L\ may you share the prosperity of Jemsalem all the days of your life. R: Happy arc those who fear the Lord and follow God's ways. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grs-ycDJ'''±i-',:-Y' -HHi ~irickH-hcc"+:$' is not read. -Bold Italicized_ text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "I-Ie") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page fums.· Page 42 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family READING II (Option 1 of 3) CoD: 12-17 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, hwnility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. 14 And over all th<{se put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. 3 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. \7 And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added.ce>" ",k,,' +,,'., -~.. "; ... ' ,h," is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells-.replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns; Page 43 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family " READING II (Option 2 of 3) 1 Jn 3: 1-2,21-24 ( A reading from the first letter'of John. 3 1See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed w.e shall be like God, for we shall see God as God is. -AB wht,h,tvi:'-\*;-I1t;p;: f+fb,;J ****(TURN 4 PAGES)**** ( ) ,7' God 22 and receive from God whatever we ask, because we keep God's commandments and do what pleases God. 23 And God's commandment is this: we should believe in the name of the Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as was commanded us. 24 Those who keep God's commandments remain in God, and God in them, and the way we know that God remains in us is from the Spirit that God gave us. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added.; ;;.ec'e}, ' . \.dl""\ik,,;hihF·~i, is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the re!lding. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 44 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 17) Holy Family ( READING II (Option 3 of 3) Heb II: 8, 11-12, 17-19 A reading from the letter to the Hebrews. 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. 9 g\,t~ti* power to generate, even though he was past the normal age-and Sarah herself was sterile-for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy. 11 12 So it was that there came forth from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. bR17':ti-'C>Ul lc,' ~i2+Link<'lhr'>ti":" is not read. -Bold Italicized text Witlt;!1 Ityphefls- Jeplaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 45 ( 17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son, 18 of whom it was said, "Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name." 19 He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (jL\Y{'{~"Ui"'\l ""hl-5i-rik,'jtti\l,,,,h is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Izyplzf,ms- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jeslls" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page inrns. Page 46 Sunday in the Octave of Christmas - Cycle C (Mass 17C) Holy Family GOSPEL Lk2:4l-52 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 241 Each year - tlte parents ofJeSllS - a went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, 42 and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. 43 After they had completed its days, as they were retuming, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. 44 Thinking that he was in the caravan, they joumeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, 45 but not finding him, they retumed to Jerusalem to look for him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions, 47 and all who heard him were astounded at his understanding and his answers. 48 When his parents saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have becn looking for you with great anxiety." 49 And he said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?" 50 But they did not understand what he said to them. 2 51 He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus advanced (in) wisdom and age and favor before people and God. The word of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: his parents Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. :)u\- IC";: \\c>f+;:'rik{";'w,,,,:fi, is not read. -Bold Italicize(1 Ie:,! withill hypllells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of tile reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page" tums. Page 47 January 1 Octave of Christmas (Mass 18) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Cycles A, B, & C \ READING I Num6: 22-27 ( A reading from the book of Numbers. 6 22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 Speak to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the people ofIsrael. Say to them: 24 The Lord bless you and protect you! 25 The Lord deal kindly and graciously with you! 26 The Lord bestow favor upon you and grant you peace! 27Thus they shall link My name with the people ofIsrael, and I will bless them. L The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Bmced text} is added. ,"""'.;: ,;c,.,,, ..••. .",', is not read. -Bold Italicized text withitl hyphetls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page'tums·. Page 48 January I-Octave of Christmas (Mass 18) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Cycles A, B, & C Responsorial Psalm: Ps 67: 2-3 5, 6, 8 R: May God be merciful and bless us. May God be gracious to us and bless us: may God show us favor, That Your way be known on earth, Your deliverance among all nations. R: May God be merciful and bless us. Nations will exult and shout for joy; for You rule the peoples with equity, You guidc the nations of the earth. R: May God be merciful and bless us. The peoples will praise You, 0 God; ( all peoples will praise You. -~~- May God bless us, and be revered to the ends of the earth. R: May God be merciful and bless us. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. \>+ptM',n~Ah"Hh',\nk+ihnlif:li is not read. -Bolt/Italicized text withill hyphellS- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page 'tums. Page 49 January 1-- Octave of Christmas (Mass 18) Solemnity of Mary, Mother, of God - Cycles A, B, & C READING II Gal 4: 4-7 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians . . j->13m when the fullness of time had come, God sent the Son, born ofa woman, born ( under the law, 5 to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption. --- --oA~pmofthat-youare children, .God,sent thespiritofthe-Son--into-our-heart..s,,-,-----___ _ crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ;~'"c'c;c~,'~;'"c;-+<:--,;-c-~+;-'";-f;}«;".,,\_hOh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns'- Page 50 January 1 -- Octave of Christmas (Mass IS) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Cycles A, B, & C ( GOSPEL Lk 2: 16-21 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 2 16 :'~f) -the shepherds- a went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. 17When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child. 18 All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds. 19And Mary kept all these-things, reflecting on them in her heart. 20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told to them. 21 When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus, the name given him by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. The gospel of the Lord. a - Altar Bible text: they Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 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Page 51 Second Sunday After Christmas - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 19) I READING I Sir 24: 1-12 A reading from the book of Sirach. 24 1Wisdolll sings her own praises, before her own people she proclaims her glory; 2 In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth, . in the presence of heavenly hosts she declares her worth: 3 "From the mouth of the Most High I came forth, and mistlike covered the earth. 4 In the highest heavens did I dwell, ( my throne on a pillar of cloud. 5 The vault of heaven I compassed alone, through the deep abyss I wandered. 6 Over waves of the sea, over all the land, over every people and nation I held sway. . 7 Among all these I sought a resting place; in whose inheritance should I abide? 8 "Then the Creator of all gave me a command, the One who formed me chose the spot for my tent, Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. CL\:f!o"" ;;'1-+-k-, h .• ;; is not read. ~Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can-be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page lums.' Page 52 Saying, 'In Jacob make your dwelling, ( in Israel your inheritance.' 9 Before all ages, in the beginning, the Most High created me, and through all ages I shall not cease to be. 24 10 "In the holy tent I ministered before the Creator, and in Zion I fixed my abode. II Thus in the chosen city the Lord has given me rest, in Jerusalem is my domain. 12 I have shuck root among the glorious people, in the portion of the Lord, the Lord's heritage. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~;H:';"d HH+,,-t,,·jli\-~ft+'-;·':h"i'H is not read. -Bold Italicized text withi!1 hyphells-Jeplaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 53 Second Sunday After Christmas ~Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 19) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 ( R: The word of God became flesh and lived among us. o Jerusalem, glorify the LORD; praise your God, 0 Zion! For the LORD made the bars of your gates strong, and blessed your children within you. R: The word of God became flesh and lived among us. The LORD endows your realm with well-being, and satisfies you with choice wheat, The LORD sends forth a word to the earth; the command runs swiftly. R: .The word of God became flesh and lived among us. Our God issued commands to Jacob, and statutes and rules to Israel. But did not do so for any other nation; of such rules they know nothing. Hallelujah. R: The word of God became flesh and lived among us. Rcadcrs, please note: {Braced text} is added. :ir-t'f"',~+>;;H''¥-\'''llb\nkdh(c+}",h is not read. -Bold Italicized text lI'ithil! hypl/{!IIs- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of"Hc") Replaced text can be found at the end oftlle rcading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page iurns. Page 54 Second Sunday After Christmas - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 19) READING II Eph 1:3-18 A reading fl'om the letter of Paul to the Ephesians. 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, 4 as God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish in God's presence 1,,"1+. In love 5 God destined us for adoption through the favor of God's ~ will, 6 for the praise of the glory of the grace God granted us in the beloved. 7 In Christ we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of the grace 8 that was lavished upon us. In all wisdom and insight, 9 God has made known to us the mystery of the divine will in accord with the favor that God set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness oftimes, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth. ( 1 II In Christ we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of the divine will, 12 so that we might exist for the praise of God's glory, we who first hoped in Christ. 13 In Christ, you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised holy Spirit, 14 which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God's possession, to the praise of God's glory. 15 Therefore, I, too, hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus and of your love for all the holy ones, 16 do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of God. I 18 May the eyes of (your) hearts be enlightened, that you may know what is the Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (,.3 y' \'!'.' .~d"'.",:~, is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 55 hope that belongs to God's call, what are the riches of glOly in God's inheritance ( The word of the Lord. (~ Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Oe,)'e,i-{"++~-v,"(H-S1f~k:q{,fd,!.~it is not read. -Bold Italicized (ext withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 56 Second Sunday After Christmas - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 19) ( GOSPEL In 1: 1-18 I The beginning of the holy gospel according to John. 1 I In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The Word was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came to be through the Word, and without the Word nothing came to be. 4 What came to be through the Word was life, and this life was the light of the human race; 5 the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ( 6 A man named John was sent from God. 7 He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to testify to the light. 9 The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. 10 The Word was in the world, and the world came to be through the Word, but the world did not know the Word. II The Word came to what was its own, but its own people did not accept it. 1 12 But to those who did accept it, the Word gave power to become children of God, Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Ciny(',l-{'tfl-i~+-\;<4ft-5,'r*2thrir",:h is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page -turns. Page 57 to those who believe in the name, 13 who were born not by natural generation nor by carnal desire nor by human decision but of God. ( 14 And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his gloty, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth. 15 John testified to him and cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me. Iff 16 From his fullness we have all received, grace added to grace, 17 because while the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God, who is at the Father's side, has revealed God. (~ The gospel of the LOI·d. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (,RlJ 84-i'>lii le''''c '\u;\-qrik",!l,t\l\'''t. is not read. -Bold Italicized text withifl hypltefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page iUl11s: Page 58 Epiphany - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 20) READING I Is 60: 1-6 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 60 I Arise, shine, for your light has dawned; The Presence ofthe Lord has shone upon you! 2 Behold! Darkness shall cover the "earth, And thick clouds the peoples; But upon you the Lord will shine, And the Lord's Presence be seen over you. 3 And nations shall walk by your light, Kings, by your shining radiance. 4 Raise your eyes and look about: They have all gathered and come to you. Your sons shall be brought from afar, Your daughters like babes on shoulders. 5 As you behold, you will glow; Your heart will throb and thrill- For the wealth ofthe sea shall pass on to you, The riches of nations shall flow to you. 60 6 Dust clouds of camels shall cover you, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. They all shall come from Sheba; They shall bear gold and frankincense, And shall herald the glories of the Lord. The word of the LOI·d. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C;{""T,,"C'!1iHc'\t witib,rikdh'\iU,:$ is not read. -Boh! Italicized text withill hyphells-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page"turns. Page 59 Epiphany - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 20) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 72: 1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13 ( R: Lord, every nation on earth wiII adore You. o God, endow the king with Your judgments, the king's son with Your righteousness; that he may judge Your people rightly, Your lowly ones, justly. R: Lord, every nation on earth wiII adore You. That the righteous may flourish in his time, and well-being abound, till the moon is no more. Let him rule from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth. R: Lord, every nation on earth will adore You. Let kings of Tarshish and the islands pay tribute, kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. Let all kings bow to him, ( and all nations serve him. R: Lord, every nation on earth will adore You. For he saves the needy who cry out, the lowly who have no helper. He cares about the poor and the needy; he brings the needy deliverance. R: Lord, every nation on earth wiII adore You. Readers, please note: {Bt'aced text} is added. (-"Cirt't~ OlHt"''i''Hlfl-'''Yihc4f'ttf."it is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page iurns: Page 60 Epiphany - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 20) READING II Eph 3: 2-3, 5-6 \ A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians. {BI'others and sisters} f-Je'iHS 1" t:}f-Yl,u{-j,;ntik's~ 4fHS" r suppose, you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for your benefit, 3 (namely, that) the mystety was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly earlier. -\V1HNl YNt C'hl'iSt,", -this mystny-a was not made known to human beings in other generations as it has now been revealed to the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, 6 that the Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and copartners in the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel. ( The word of the Lord. a -Altar Bible text: which Readers, please note: {Bt'aced text} is added, GS~'ed"*"H-'X';f-W;1+l-"ilnh'l')h)\,:dl is not read_ -Bold Italicized tex(withill hyphells-_replaces text in Altar Bible (Le_ "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading_ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns, Page 61 Epiphany - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 20) GOSPEL Mt 2: 1~12 ( \ A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew. 2 I When Jesus was bom in Bethlehem of Judea, in the days of King Herod, behold, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, 2 saying, "Where is the newbom king of the Jews? We saw his star at its lising and have come to do him homage." 3 When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 Assembling all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it has been written through the prophet: 6 'And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; since from you shaH come a ruler, who is to shepherd my people Israel.'" ( 2 7 Then Herod called the magi secretly and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search diligently for the child. When you have found him, bring me word, that I too may go and do him homage." 9 After their audience with the king they set out. And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped over the place where the child was. 10 They were overjoyed at seeing the star, II and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage. Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts Df gold, frankincense, and mY1Th. 12 And having been wamed in'a dream not to return to Herod, they depatted for their country by another way. The gospel of the Lot·d. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. "Li-le'-',, v"n-·."ih',hr,!H·ti' is not read. _Bold Italicized text within hyplteJls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 62 Baptism of the Lord Cycles -- A, B & C (Mass 21) ( READING I (Option 1 of2) Is 42:1-7 (Altemate Translation) A reading f!'Om the book of the prophet Isaiah. 42 I This is My servant, whom 1 uphold, My chosen one, in whom 1 delight. 1 have put My spirit upon _him_a, He shall teach the true way to the nations. 2 He shall not ClY out or shout aloud, Or make his voice heard in the streets. 3 He shall not break even a bruised reed, Or snufLout even a dim wick. He shall bring forth the hue way. 4 He shall not grow dim or be bruised ( Till hc has established the huc way on earth; And the coastlands shall await his teaching. s Thus said God the Lord, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and what it brings fGlih, Who gave breath to the people upon it And life to those who walk thereon: Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C"rdyeci+Ufnl~+h,,*!'l "Hcik"""lh;'_tsh is not reae!. - -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells--replaces text ill Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 63 ( [Alternate translation (NAB): 6 I, the Lord, have called you for the victory ofjustice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations.] 427 Opening eyes deprived of light, Rescuing plisoners from confinement, From the dungeon those who sit in darkness. \! ( " The word of the Lord. a Altar Bible text: whom Additional notes for reader: The alternate translation for vs 6 is read before the page turn for vs 7. Alternate translations arc found at the bottom of the Altar Bible page. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (-",F3V",,\ """ ·'.lnh'l""","" is not reac!. -Bold Italicized text lVithin hypltells- replaces text.in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the n~ading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 64 Baptism of the Lord - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 21) READING I (Option 2 of2) Is 55: 1-11 ( 55 I Ho, all who are thirsty, Come for water, Even if you have no money; Come, buy food and eat: Buy food without money, Wine and milk without cost. 2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread, Your eamings for what does not satisfy? Give heed to Me, And you shall eat choice food And enjoy the richest morsels. ( 55 3 Incline your ear and come to Me; Hearken, and you shall be revived. And I will make with you an everlasting covenant, The enduring loyalty promised to David. 4 As I made him a leader of peoples, A prince and commander of peoples, 5 So you shall summon a nation you did not know, And a nation that did not know you Shall come running to you~ Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8f2S'ec>z'l+}+:' ,\c+T,-,-fnb"+h'\'u~;h is not reacl. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens-replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page" turns. Page 65 For the sake ofthe Lord your God, The Holy One ofIsrael who has glorified you. ( \ 6 Seek the Lord while the Lord can be found, Call to the Lord while the Lord is near. 7 Let the wicked give up their ways, The sinful abandon their plans; Let them turn back to the Lord, And the Lord will pardon them; To our God, For our God freely forgives. 55 8 For My plans are not your plans, Nor are My ways your ways --declares the Lord. 9 But as the heavens are high above the emih, So are My ways high above your ways ( I And My plans above your plans. 10 For as the rain or snow drops from heaven And returns not there, But soaks the emih And makes it bring forth vegetation, Yielding seed for sowing and bread for eating, II SO is the word that issues from My mouth: It does not come baek to Me unfulfilled, But performs what I purpose, Achieves what I sent it to do. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (":'Pte" "gHe,~w\!h',IHkt'lA",tlgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill "yphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be fonnd at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums: Page 66 Baptism of the Lord - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 21) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 29:1-2, 3ac-4ab, 3b, 9c-lO R: The Lord will bless all people with peace. Ascribe to the LORD, 0 divine beings, asclibe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory of the LORD'S name; bow down to the LORD, majestic in holiness. R: The Lord will bless all people with peace. The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the LORD, over the mighty waters. The voice of the LORD is power; the voice of the LORD is majesty. R: The Lord will bless all people with peace. The God of glory thunders, while in the LORD's temple all say "Glory!" The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood; the LORD sits enthroned, sovereign forever. R: The LOI'd will bless all people with peace. R ea d ers,pI ease no tc. · {B race d t ex t}'lsa dd e.d \~_~rO'~c~'J"L}"'..~~'_< ~ '~<'"'"-'3'~''' ,.~, ,""uJ- ..J.~;b<<;>' READING II (Option 1 of 2) Acts 10: 34-38 ( A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 10 34+h811- Peter proceeded to speak {to Cornelius and the people assembled at his house} and said, "In truth, I see that God shows no partiality. 35 Rather, in every nation whoever fears God and acts uprightly is acceptable to God. 36 You know the word (that) was sent to the Israelites as God proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, 37 what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spilit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 6c:yed,{+ut-t{",*-\V·,1'l",Rk,;,l"",)tttlc; is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 68 Baptism of the Lord - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 21) READING II (Option 2 of2) I Jn 5: 1-9 A reading from the first letter of John. 5 I Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. 2 In this way we know that we love the children of God when we love God and obey God's commandments. 3 For the love of God is this, that we keep the commandments. And the commandments are not burdensome, 4 for whoever is begotten by God conquers the world. And the victory that conquers the world is our faith. 5 Who (indeed) is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 6 This is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and blood. The Spirit is the one that testifies, and the Spirit is truth. 7 So there are three that testify, 8 the Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are of one accord. S 9 Ifwe accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony of God is this, that God has testified on behalf of the Son. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ; +h"\' Y,' ,'-, is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "Be") Replaced text can be found at the end of the re,ading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 69 Baptism of the Lord -- Cycle C (Mass 21) GOSPEL Lk3: 15-16,21-22 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 3 15 Now the people were filled with expectation, and all were asking in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. 16 Jolm answered them all, saying, "I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire. 21 After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was ( praying, heaven was opened 22 and the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (Hclved 0Ui\~;;+v,'tfih+H*%,,,\·,,;h is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the re.ading. Chapter markers placed tnid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 70 Ash Wednesday - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 220) ( READING I J12: 12-18 (2"" o["The Twelve") A reading from the book of the prophet Joel. 12 "Yet even now"-says the Lord "Turn back to Me with all your hearts, And with fasting, weeping, and lamenting." 13 Rend your hearts Rather than your garments, And turn back to the Lord your God. For the Lord is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in kindness, And renouncing punishment. 14 Who knows but the Lord may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind For meal offering and drink offering To the Lord your God? 2 15 Blow a horn in Zion, Solemnize a fast, Proclaim an assembly! 16 Gather the people, Bid the congregation purify themselves. Bring together the old, Gather the babes Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8{"~2~iH{"" t-"i{H"}fik(,Bt'~~h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tum.s. Page 71 And the sucklings at the breast; ( Let the bridegroom come out of his chamber, The bride from her canopied couch. 17 Between the portico and the altar, Let the ptiests, the Lord's ministers, weep And say: "Oh, spare Your people, Lord! Let not Your possession become a mockety, To be taunted by nations! Let not the peoples say, 'Where is their God?''' . 2 18 Then the Lord was roused On behalf ofthe land ( And had compassioon Upon the people. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Pta;.'''':: 'C\fH"~tk:;lrike-t'HcHl;8t is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can-be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tl.lrtls .. Page 72 Ash Wednesday - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 220) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 51: 3-4, 5-6ab, 12-13,14,17 R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Have mercy upon me, 0 God, as befits Your faithfulness; in keeping with Your abundant compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly of my iniquity, and purify me of my sin. R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. For I recognize my transgressions, and am ever conscious of my sin. Against You alone have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight. ( R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Fashion a pure heart for me, 0 God; create in me a steadfast spirit. Do not cast me out of Your presence, Of take Your holy spirit away from me. R:· Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have simed. Let me again rejoice in Your help; let a vigorous spirit sustain me. o LORD, open my lips, and let my mouth declare Your praise. R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~l"Ht+""'tv<'!l'i t;[rik{'th'cHfgB is not read. Bold Italicized text within Itypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 73 Ash Weduesday - Cycles A, B & C (Mass 220) READING II 2 Cor 5:20 - 6:2 ( A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Coriuthians. 5 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconsiles to God. 21 For our sake Gos amde him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. 6 1 working together, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For God says: "In an acceptable time I heard you, and on the day of salvation I helped you." Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. The word of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~fJy2(i-H+'-+_'c_l\yj+H-:'ril:""hn'Hgh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text canlle found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid,chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnls .. Page 74 Ash Wednesday- Cycles A, B & C (Mass 220) GOSPEL Mt 6: 1-6,16-18 A reading from the Gospel of Matthew. 6 I {Jesus said to his disciples} "(But) take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense fi'om your heavenly Father. 6 2 "When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, 4 so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. 5 "When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 6 But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8;--·",yC'd-8;H·h"-:: \\'t8t:_1FiJ,*,h"iffi~h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 75 ( 16 "When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you. ( The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Bmced text} is added. G;Ofd :'c'-1L\c 18th .,:nkB0\feti2h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill Ityphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums .. Page 76 First Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 24) READING I Dt26:1-10 A reading from the book of Deuteronomy. 26 I When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as a heritage, and you possess it and settle in it, 2 you shall take some of every first fruit of the soil, which you harvest from the land that the Lord your God is giving you, put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God will choose to establish the divine name. 3 You shall go to the priest in charge at that time and say to him, "I acknowledge this day before the Lord your God that I have entered the land that the Lord swore to our ancestors to assign us." 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. s You shall then recite as follows before the Lord your God: "My ancestor was a fugitive Aramean, who went down to Egypt with meager numbers and sojoumed ( there; but there became a great and very populous nation. 6 The Egyptians dealt harshly with us and oppressed us; they imposed heavy labor upon us. 267 We cried to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our plea and saw our plight, our miselY, and our oppression. s The Lord freed us from Egypt by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm and awesome power, and by signs and pOltents. 9 The Lord brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 Wherefore I now bring the first fruits of the soil which You, 0 Lord, have given me." You shall leave it before the Lord your God and bow low before the Lord your God. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. G,~',d+'H ;;',[-vri*fl~"H~"lHdEh is not read. Bold Italicized text lVithill "yphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of-"He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible pag« tums. Page 77 First Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 24) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 91: 1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15 ( R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. o You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shelter of Shaddai, Say to the Lord, "My refurge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. No harm will befall you, no disease touch your tent. For the LORD will order the angels to guard you wherever you go. R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. They will catTy you in their hands lest you hurt your foot on a stone. You will tread on cubs and vipers; you will trample lions and asps. R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Because they are devoted to Me I will deliver them; I will keep them safe, for they know My name. When they call on Me, I will answer; I will be with them in distress; I will rescue them and make them honored. R: Be with me, Lord, when I am in trouble. Readers, please note: (Braced text} is added. C(::·,·:.·dqUH"",+~htjh{fiK"h'rrc."tl"lt is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill Izyphens- replaces tcxt in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can.be found at-the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 78 First Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 24) READING II Rom 10:8-18 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans. 10 -,-li48;=,'" ..'~'-.-'.) ,>\_u:"t.->~ 'l,;;·=-af>tffil-tlh'-,Fh4t~f,+P"5-!AAT . n,,_ ," ~~ .... _~ __~,-'~ • ~ r -i'B'±'~_.. Ll~.,T:! %Ri-'+h·" \. _ 't;'-~L-,-r. 1*",_""1'1-.." £D"- A"V'o;;:,~ '-----\- Lh";,",,~'-Jlrh:>*1Ji:;1"'/il<; -=--f}.----~~iH>::.,'\F1,'1-" ,:-'t"J.! ,; n 5;i::;>""O<.'" ri'W;,"'-"cili,H'~",,,,,,, - '1 lnt'i:r~.~qt':r,--~'-'-st=-~~t-ttittt ,." (A'''''-t'. J4-H;,----df"T:d·g-~ '" k;r r'.-··+... -Hn~H-tJf1" fto! n tfWzi<'ild) ,> 8 But what does -Scriptllre- say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9 for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. II For the scripture says, ''No one who believes in him will be put to shame." 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; the same Lord is Lord of all, enriching all who call upon the Lord. 13 For "evelyone who calls OIl the name ofthe Lord will be saved." 14 But how can they call on one in whom they have not believed? And how can they ( believe in one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 10 15 And how can people preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring (the) good news!" 16 But not everyone has heeded the good news; for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what was heard from us?" 17 Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. 18 But I ask, did they not hear? Certainly they did; for "Their voice has gone forth to all the earth, and their words to the ends ofthe world." The word of the Lord. a - Altar Bible te;r;1 -it Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~Hc~c,':5tl-('li!-\""'w:::; suik""ihh\i~ is not read. Bold Italicized text withifl Ityphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 79 First Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 24) GOSPEL Lk4:1-13 ( A reading from the gospel according to Luke. 4 1 Filled with the holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert 2 for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'One does not live by bread alone.'" 4 5 Then he took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single instant. 6 The devil said to him, "I shall give to you all this power and their glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I may give it to whomever I wish. 7 All this will be yours, if you worship me." 8 Jesus said to him in reply, "It is written: 'You shall worship the Lord, your God, . and the Lord alone shall you serve. ", 9 Then he led him to JelUsalem, made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and ( said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, 10 for it is written: 'The Lord will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,' II and: 'With their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone. ", 4 12 Jesus said to him in reply, "It also says, 'You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test. ", 13 When the devil had finished every temptation, he departed from him for a time. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (i(cyedBtH It'',,-w';*,+Bk~dhrm't''t is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can-be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 80 Second Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 27) ( READING I Gn 15:1 - 18 A reading from the book of Genesis. 15 I Some time later, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision. The Lord said, "Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." 2 But Abram said, "0 Lord God, what can You give me, seeing that I shall die . childless, and the one in charge of my household is Dammesek Eliezer!" 3 Abram said further, "Since You have granted me no offspring, my steward will be my heir." 4 The word ofthe Lord came to him in reply, "That one shall not be your heir; none but your very own issue shall be your heir." 5 The Lord took him outside and said, "Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them," and added, "So shall your offspring be." 6 And because he put his trust in the Lord, the Lord reckoned it to his merit. 15 7 Then the Lord said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur ofthe ( Chaldeans to assign this land to you as a possession." 8 And he said, "0 Lord God, how shall I know that I am to possess it?" 9 The Lord answered, "Bring Mc a three-year-old heifer, a three-year- old she-goat, a three year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young bird." 10 He brought the Lord all these and cut them in two, placing each half opposite the other; but he did not cut up the bird. II Birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 As the sun was about to set, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great dark dread descended upon him. 13 And the Lord said to Abram, "Know well that your offspling shall be strangers in a land not theirs, and they shall be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years; 14 but I will execute judgment on the nation they shall serve, and in the end they shall go free with great wealth. 15 As for you, You shall go to your ancestors in peace; You shall be buried at a ripe old age. 16 And they shall retum here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." 15 17 When the sun set and it was very dark, there appeared a smoking oven, and a Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ("2"<".'<\81i k'<-IV.il!lstr**,O+Hcl".,.b is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of tile reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUI1lS. Page 81 flaming torch which passed between those pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: The word of the Lord. ( ) Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. f~l'cyed0\;! k'ci-wH+h'tfi!("tMf,'Hglt is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces tcxt in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced tcxt calLbe found at the end orthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns., Page 82 Second Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 27) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 27: 1, 7-8a, 8b-9, 13-14 R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. The LORD is my light and my help; whom should I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life, whom should I dread? R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. Hear, 0 LORD, when I cry aloud; have mercy on me, answer me. In Your behalf my heart says: "Seek My face!" R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. o LORD, I seek Your face. Do not hide Your face from me; do not t111ust aside Your servant in anger; You have ever been my help. Do not forsake me, do not abandon me, o God, my deliverer. R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. Had I not the assurance that I would enjoy the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living ... Look to the LORD; be strong and of good courage! o look to the LORD! R: The Lord is my light and my salvation. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. G:"J"!t~''''Hl-+e,twi!'l .;friiH'lhr(",,,,h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 83 Second Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 27) READING II Phil 3:17 - 4:1 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Phillippians. 17 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. 18 For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destmction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their "shame." Their minds are occupied with earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21 He will change our lowly body to confonn with his glorified body by the power ( that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself. 4 I Therefore, my brothers {and sisters}, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand finn in the Lord, beloved. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (ff,)yz';,",ml-f\''rt-'yilh ,Atk-Bt,n';uf~ft is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") ReplaJ;ed text can_be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns., Page 84 Second Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 27) GQSPEL Lk 9: 28-36 "I A reading from the gospel according to Luke. 9028 Al1(JHt-"ili-gt1H.4{tY"h4hH·~··!,ai..4-tl'*, --Jesus -_Q took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. 29 While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem. 32 Peter and his companions had been overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. 33 As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." But he did not know what he was saying. 34 While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud. 9035 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, "This is my chosen Son; listen to him." 36 After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. They fell silent and did not at ( that time tell anyone what they had seen. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GS-Yc'd"u\ 1<"'+-wil'}-''';Tik~h''l",lT is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 8S Third Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 30) READING I Ex 3:1-15 ., ( A reading from the book of Exodus. 3 I Now Moses, tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, drove the flock into the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed, and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed. 3 3 Moses said, "I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn't the bush burn up?" 4 When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Here I am." 5 And said, "Do not come closer. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you .. stand is holy ground. 6 I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. ( 7 And the Lord continued, "I have marked well the plight of My people in Egypt and have heeded their outcry because of their taskmasters; yes, I am mindful of their sufferings. 8 I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians and to bring them out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the regio!). of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 9 Now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me; moreover, I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come, therefore, I will send you to Pharaoh, and YOll shall free My people, the Israelites, from Egypt." 3 II But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?" 12 And God said, "I will be with you; that shall be your sign Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. riny0d(",,+te"'{~Ninb\f,+C{·tfH\.l,,~h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can. be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 86 that it was I who sent you. And when you have freed the people from Egypt, you ( shaH worship God at this mountain." 13 Moses said to God, "When I come to the Israelites and say to them 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is God's name?' what shall I say to them?" 14 And God said to Moses, "Ehyeh- Asher- Ehyeh." God continued, "Thus shall you say to the Israelites, 'Ehyeh sent me to you. '" 15 And God said further to Moses, 'Thus shall you speak to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God ofIsaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: This shall be My name forever, This My appellation for all eternity. The word of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ('fRlJ'0(l-+'Hl-~"\+w+;+ Responsorial Psalm Ps 103: 1-2,3-4,6-7,8,11 II ( ! R: The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul all my being, bless the holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, and do not forget all the LORD'S bounties. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. The LORD forgives all your sins, . heals all your diseases; and redeems your life from the Pit. The LORD surrounds you with steadfast love and mercy. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. ( The LORD executes righteous acts and judgments for all who are wronged. The LORD made known the LORD'S ways to Moses, and the LORD'S deeds to the children ofIsrae\. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is God's steadfast love toward those who fear God. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. Read ers, p Iease no te.· {B race d t ex t}'IS a dd e,d <:""'Q.',!",)·.~=t,~~,!"',,,H~'d"h3>,,,, ",' .',,, , ·.i", ,·",'t-o,,' IS, no t rea, d Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e, "Jeslls" instead of "I:le") Replaced text can,be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. , Page 88 Third Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 30) READING II I Cor 10: 1-13 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 10 I I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, 2 and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 All ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was the Christ. 5 Yet God was not pleased with most of them, for they were stmck down in the desert. 6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did. 7 And do not become idolaters, as some of them did, as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel." 8 Let us not indulge in immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell within a single day. 9 Let us not test Christ as some ofthem did, and suffered death by serpent~. 10 Do not gmmble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer. "These things happened to them as an example, and they have been written down as a waming to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come. 10 )2 Therefore, those who think they are standing secure should take care not to fall. 13 No trial has come to you but what is human. God is faithful and will not let you be tried beyond your strength; but with the trial God will also provide a way out, so that you may be able to bear it. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. b"},:,,,d-")u:-tt"hYi:ft-,;\l~lttth{(:u,,*, is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turl)s. Page 89 Third Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 30) GOSPEL Lk l3: 1- 9 '( A reading from the gospel according to Luke. 13 I At that time some people who were present there told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. 2 He said to them in reply, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? 3 By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! 4 Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them --do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? 5 By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!" 13 6 And he told them this parable: "There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in an orchard, and who came in search of fruit on it but found none. 7 The ( person said to the gardener, 'For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. (So) cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?' 8 The gardener said in reply, 'Leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; 9 it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.. '" The gospel of the Lord. ReadeI,'s PIt· ease no e. {n race d t ex t}'s1 add e.d {-.T,..l}"""<.:,---.;:-itH---,,, .• ·.·0.·' '" . v;· '-. ,"\·_~:h-;:-f-tK-',,-,,,_v .;". ·,.·k.''..·· H':=;""+1" " IS. no t rea. d Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. \ Page 90 Fourth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 33) READING I Jos 5: 9-12 A reading from the book of Joshua. 9 And the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt." So that place was called Gilgal, as it still is. 10 Encamped at Gilgal, in the steppes of Jericho, the Israelites offered the passover sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the month, toward evening. lIOn the day after the passover offering, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the country, unleavened bread and parched grain. S 12 On that same day, when they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased. The Israelites got no more manna; that year they ate of the yield of the land of Canaan. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (",',,;y('(' _, 'X\;.c,,·';+~H1cdi,,·c'H~ is not read. Bold Italicized te;'(t witltill Itypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 91 Fourth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 33) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34: 2-3,4-5,6-7 ( R: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. I bless the LORD at all times; praise of the LORD is ever in my mouth. I glOly in the LORD; let the lowly hear it and rejoice. R: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Exalt the LORD with me; let us extol the LORD's name together. Itumed to the LORD, who answered me; Who saved me from all my terrors. R: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. People look to the LORD and be radiant; ( let their faces not be downcast. Here was a lowly person who called out and the LORD listened, and delivered him from all his troubles. R: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8fiy"tl-B'Hle4+-wilh"trii~ct);,(;\'t;1" is not read. Bold Italicized text withil1 hypftel1s- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can. be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 92 Fourth Sunday of Lent - Cyc1e C (Mass 33) ( READING II 2Cor5:17-21 A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians. whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. 18 And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Godself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 namely, God was reconciling the world to Godself, not counting their trespasses against them and entlUsting to us the message of reconciliation. S 20 So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God wcre appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake God made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. The word of the Lord. R ea d ers, p Iease no te.· {B race d t ex t}'IS a dd e.d n,.':'Ld-B~,,~" .. ~,. d ,,""<,," , ".. -H~d",.·"'·"r,,rr.. " .. "L~i'.·.,"",,· IS no t rea. d Bold Italicized text withill hYfJhells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") RepJaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 93 Fourth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 33) GOSPEL Lk 15: 1 - 32 ( A reading from the gospel according to Luke. 15 I The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to him, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 So to them he addressed this parable. 15 4 "Which one among you having a hundred sheep and losing one ofthem would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until it is found? 5 And when it is found, you set it on your shoulders with great joy .6 and, upon your alTival home, call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.' 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. 8 "Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to ( them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.' IO In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents. " 15 II Then he said, "A man had two sons, 12 and the younger son said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.' So the father divided the property between them. 13 After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. 14 When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he found himself in dire need. 15 So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his fann to tend the swine. 16 And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (C;,ny~1-B8-l,,·,t"\'i;hc"AA"4'j("Hc,h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can.be found at the endofthe reading. (. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 94 17 Coming to his senses he thought, 'How many of my father's hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. 18 I shall get up and ( go to my father and I shall say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. 19 I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.'" 15 20 "So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. 21 His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.' 22 But his father ordered his servants, 'Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 2) Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.' Then the celebration began. 25 Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. 27 The servant said to him, 'Your brother has returned and your father has ( slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.' 28 He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. 15 29 "He said to his father in reply, 'Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with my friends. 30 But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf' 31 He said to him, 'My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. 32 But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.'" The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braccd tcxt} is added. (+"'CJ'~iH·ip'i{·\Yi+}l-;,\fi~<'t''H\;U~~\j is not read. Bold Italicized text witltill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead oi"He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUITIS. Page 9S Fifth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 36) READING I Is 43: 16-21 ( A reading from the book ofisaiah. 43 16 Thus said the Lord, Who made a road through the sea And a path through mighty waters, 17 Who destroyed chariots and horses, And all the mighty host- They lay down to rise no more, They were extinguished, quenched like a wick: 18 Do not recall what happened of old, Or ponder what happened of yore! 19 I am about to do something new; Even now it shall come to pass, Suddenly you shall perceive it: I will make a road through the wilderness ( And rivers in the desert. 20 The wild beasts shall honor Me, Jackals and ostriches, For I provide water in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people, 21 The people I fonned ,for Myself That they might declare my praise. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (""::Ie:,,,,: B',H-te;( w)!\ :;'fik"th,,'),~ is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can_ be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 96 Fifth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 36) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 126: I -2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6 R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. When the LORD restores the fortunes of Zion -we see it as a dream- Our mouths shaH be filled with laughter, our tongues, with songs ofjoy. R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Then shall they say among the nations, "The LORD lias done great things for them!" The LORD will do great things for us And we shaH rejoice. R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Restore our fortunes, 0 LORD, like the watercourses in the Negeb. They who sow in tears ShalI reap with songs of joy. R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Thoug~ they go along weeping, canymg the seed-bag, they shall come baCK with songs of joy, carrying their sheaves. R: The Lord has done great things for us; we are filled with joy. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C'H\j'<;"HcHH','t{--h'{l{' s:;'ik~th",,!¥;;h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 97 Fifth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 36) READING II Phil 3: 7-14 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Philippians. 3 7 (But) whatever gains I had, these I have come to consider a loss because of Christ. 8 More than that, I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having any righteousness of my own based on the law but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God, depending on faith 10 to know him and the power of his resurrection and (the) sharing of his sufferings by being conformed to his death, II if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead. 12 It is not that I have already taken hold of it or have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed ( been taken possession of by Christ (Jesus). 13 Brothers and sisters, I for my patt do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies behind but straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gl+y('d~{+d L'\l \YiH~,,*,,*i,'th,c)H,:h is not read. Bold Italicized text withi" hypheus- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can_be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 98 Fifth Sunday of Lent - Cycle C (Mass 36) ( GOSPEL Jn 8: 1-11 A reading from the gospel according to Johll. 2 But early in the moming he arrived again in the temple area, and all the people started coming to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle. 4 They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?" 8 6 They said this to test him, so that they could have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. 7 But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." 8 Again he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 And in response, they went away one by one, beginning with the eIders. So he was left alone with the woman before him. 10 Then Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 She replied, "No one, sir." Then Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go,. (and) from now on do not sin any more." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ic,r~ y~d 08 te'i+wi':\·,ir*'0ntttYJ~h is 110t read. Bold Italicized text withill Ityphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead oJ"'He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 99 Palm Sunday - Cycle C (Mass 38) The Procession with Palms GOSPEL Lk 19: 28-40 ( A reading from the gospel according to Luke. u 19 ,?,:-AfR·f·h",~d ,;al,,·I+liis, -Jeslls- proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem. 29 As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany at the place called theMount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples. 30 He said, "Go into the village opposite you, and as you enter it you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 And if anyone should ask you, 'Why are you untying it?' you will answer, 'The Master has need of it. ", 32 So those who had been sent went off and found everything just as he had told them. 33 And as they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying this colt?" 34 They answered, "The Master has need of it." 35 So they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks over the colt, and helped Jesus to mount. 36 As he rode along, the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; 37 and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of his disciples began to praise God aloud with joy for all the mighty deeds they had seen. ( 19 38 They proclaimed: "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest." 39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." 40 He said in reply, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out!" The gospel of the Lord. a - Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. G'c:y«,'l-ryH-~\~wi!h"lHkethf\>u"f' is not read. Bold Italicized text witltillltypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text canbe found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums .. Page 100 Palm Sunday - Cycles A, B, &C (Mass 38) READING I Is 50: 4-7 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 4 The Lord God gave me a skilled tongue, To know how to speak timely words to the weary. Morning by morning, the Lord rouses, The Lord rouses my ear To give heed like disciples. 5 The Lord God opened my ears, And I did not disobey, I did not run away. 50 6 I offered my back to the floggers, And my cheeks to those who tore out my hair. I did not hide my face From insult and spittle. 7 But the Lord God will help me-' Therefore I feel no disgrace; Therefore I have set my face like flint, And I know I shall not be shamed. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GH:f{'d~*t'h'" wil'1,'!r;k-~thrt;\cltl+ is not read. Bold Italicized text witltillityphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 101 Palm Sunday - Cycles A, B, &C (Mass 38) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 22: 8-9, 17ab-18, 19-20,23-24 R: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? All who see me mock me; they curl their lips, they shake their heads. "Let him commit himself to the LORD; let God rescue him, let God save him, for god is pleased with him." R: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Dogs surround me; a pack of evil ones closes in on me, I take the count of all my bones while they look on and gloat. R: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? They divide my clothes among themselves, casting lots for my galments. ( But You, 0 LORD, be not far off; my strength hasten to my aid. R: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Then will I proclaim Your fame to my community; praise you in the congregation. "You who fear the LORD, praise the LORD; all you offspring of Jacob, honor your God." R: My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. i'Hy",dzHHt('\+w+lit-~h'i+:",C}n"\H,:h is not read. BoM Italicized text withifl hyphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "Be") Replaced text call.be fonnd at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns._ Page 102 Palm Sunday - Cycles A, B, &C (Mass 38) READING II Phil 2: 5-11 A reading from the lettel' of Paul to the Philippians. 2 5 Have among your selves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, 6 Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. 7 Rather, he emptied himself, taking the fonn of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, 8 he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. 9 Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the n!\me that is above evelY name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, II and every tongue confess that Jesus Chlist is Lord, To the glory of the God the Father. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is,added. ;'~hT.·,+BH-t"c"+-,'Citif W1KHh"''',,gh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") RepJaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 103 Palm Sunday - Cycle C (Mass 38C) GOSPEL Lk 22:14 - 23:56 ( The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. 22 9 They asked him, "Where do you want us to make the preparations?" 10 And he answered them, "When you go into the city, a man will meet you canying a jar of water. Follow him into the house that he enters II and say to the master of the house, 'The teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?''' 12 He will show you a large upper room that is furnished. Make the preparations there." 13 Then they went off and found everything exactly as he had told them, and there they prepared the Passover. 14 When the hour came, he took his place at table with the apostles. 15 He said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer, 16 for, I tell you, I shall not eat it (again) until there is fulfillment in the kingdom of God." 22 17 Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and said, "Take this and share it among yourselves; ( 18 for I tell you (that) from this time on I shall not drink of the fmit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." 19 Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me." 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you. 21 "And yet behold, the hand ofthe one who is to betray me is with me on the table; 22 for the Son of Man indeed goes as it has been determined; but woe to the one by whom he is betrayed." 23 And they began to debate among themselves who among them would do such a deed. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. fH~Jj,,,,i-{"J{-""hH;;' : 27 "For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one· seated at table? I am among you as the one who selves. 28 It is you who have stood by me in my trials; 29 and I confer a kingdom on you, just as my Father has conferred one on me, 30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 2231 "Simon, Simon, behold Satan has demanded to sift all of you like wheat, 32 but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail; and once you have turned back, you must strengthen your brothers." 33 He said to him, "Lord, I am prepared to go to prison and to die with you." 34 But he replied, "I tell you, Peter, before the cock crows this day, you will deny three times that you know me." 35 He said t~ them, "When I sent you forth without a money bag or a sack or sandals, were you in need of anything?" "No, nothing," they replied. 36 He said to them, "But now one who has a money bag should take it, and likewise a sack, and one who does not have a sword should sell his cloak and buy one. 37 For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, namely, 'He was counted among the wicked'; and indeed what is written about me is coming to fulfillment." 38 Then they said, "Lord, look, there are two swords here." But he replied, "It is enough!" 2239 Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. 40 When he arrived at the place he said to them, "Pray that you may not undergo the test." 41 After withdrawing about a stone's throw from Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (Tf:"y~d-*Hll-tt'\h"i!;~4r+k,*h("'Hgh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turn;;. Page lOS them and kneeling, he prayed, 42 saying, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be done." 43 (And to strengthen him an ( angel from heaven appeared to him. 44 He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.) 45 When he rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief. 46 He said to them, "Why arc you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test." 47 While he was still speaking, a crowd approached and in iiont was one of the Twelve, a man named Judas. He went up to Jesus to kiss him. 48 Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" 22 49 His disciples realized what was about to happen, and they asked, "Lord, shall we strike with a sword?" 50 And one of them struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. 51 But Jesus said in reply, "Stop, no more of this!" Then he touched the servant's ear and healed him. 52 And Jesus said to the chief priests and temple guards and elders ( who had come for him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs? 53 Day after day I was with you in the temple area, and you did not seize me; but this is your hour, the time for the power of darkness." 54 After arresting him they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest; Peter was following at a distance. 55 TIley lit a fire in the middle ofthe courtyard and sat around it, and Peter sat down with them. 56 When a maid saw him seated in the light, she looked intently at him and said, ''This man too was with him." 57 But he denied it saying, "Woman, I do not know him." 22 58 A short while later someone else saw him and said, "You too are one of them"; but Peter answered, "My friend, I am not." 59 About an hour later, still another I'S {~,,",~,,"-""-'-'~·~~,,;'l. c>,·;Ldh".,,!.h I'S Readers,. please note' {Braced text} added • C_""}"'-''." '~".<~ t,~_,~ 'F, H",1:~T~'V{:iJ"';~ t-" not read( . Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can, be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns., Page 106 insisted, "Assuredly, this man too was with him, for he also is a Galilean." 60 But Peter said, "My friend, I do not know what you are talking about." Just as he was saying this, the cock crowed, 61 and the Lord turned and looked at Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before the cock crows today, you will deny me three tiines." 62 He went out and began to weep bitterly. 2263 The men who held Jesus in custody were ridiculing and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and questioned him, saying, "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?" 65 And they reviled him in saying many other things against him. 66 When day came the council of elders of the people met, both chief priests and scribes, and they brought him before their Sanhedrin. 67 They said, "If you are the Messiah, tell us," but he replied to them, "IfI tell you, you will not believe, 68 and if I question, you will not respond. 69 But from this time on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God." 70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied to them, "You say that I am." 71 Then they said, "What further need have we for testimony? We have heard it from his own mouth." 23 1 Then the whole assembly ofthem arose and brought him before Pilate. 2 They brought charges against him, saying, "We found this man misleading our people; he opposes the payment oftaxes to Caesar and maintains that he is the Messiah, a king." 3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He said to him in reply, "You say so." 4 Pilate then addressed the chief priests and the crowds, "I find this man not guilty." 5 But they were adamant and said, "He is inciting the people with his teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he began even to here." 6 On hearing this Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean; 7 and upon learning that he was under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod who was in Jerusalem at that Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C"·;f)'._·,i-{"8\-l~"+ kH't~!'ik-Bl;-t"l\wh is not read. Bold Italicized text witltillltyplteJls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tum.s. Page 107 time. 8 Herod was very glad to see Jesus; he had been wanting to see him for a long time, for he had heard about him and had been hoping to see him perform some ( sign. 23 9 He questioned him at length, but he gave him no answer. 10 The chief priests and scribes; meanwhile, stood by accusing him harshly. II (Even) Herod and his soldiers treated him contemptuously and mocked him, and after clothing him in resplendent garb, he sent him back to Pilate. 12 Herod and Pilate became friends that very day, even though they had been enemies formerly. 13 Pilate then summoned the chief priests, the mIers, and the people 14 and said to them, "You brought this man to me and accused him of inciting the people to revolt. I have conducted my investigation in your presence and have not found this man guilty of the charges you have brought against him, 15 nor did Herod, for he sent him back to us. So no capital crime has been committed by him. 16 Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him." 23 18 But all together they shouted out, "Away with this man! Release Barabbas to US," 19 (Now Barabbas had been imprisoned for a rebellion that had taken place in the city and for murder.) 20 Again Pilate addressed them, still wishing to release Jesus, 21 but they continued their shouting, "Cmcify him! ClUcify him!" 22 Pilate addressed them a third time, "What evil has this man done? I found him guilty of no capital· crime. Therefore I shall have him flogged and then release him." 23 With loud shouts, however, they persisted in calling for his clUcifixion, and their voices prevailed. 24 The verdict of Pilate was that their demand should be granted. 25 So he released the man who had been imprisoned for rebellion and murder, for whom they asked, and he handed Jesus over to them to deal with as they wished. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. \,*:~yed+l}lk~+\!'o{'i+l";lTikd';h"\~h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call. be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 108 23 26 As they led him away they took hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the country; and after laying the cross on him, they made him carry it behind Jesus. 27 A large crowd of people followed Jesus, including many ~omen who mourned and lamented him. 28 Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep instead for yourselves and for your children, 29 for indeed, the days are coming when people will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed.' 30 At that time people will say to the mountains, 'Fall upon us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' 31 for if these things are done when the wood is green what will happen when it is dry?" 32 Now two others, both criminals, were led away with him to be executed. 23 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucifiedhim and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. 34 (Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.") They ( divided his garments by casting lots. 35 The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, "He saved others, let him save himselfifhe is the chosen one, the Messiah of God." 36 Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine 37 they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." 38 Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews." 39 Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us." 40 The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? 41 And indeed, we have been condemnedjustiy, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Cn."c'ei: ;'lft'k';, ""ilil-%'rik~l+}t"'+sr, is not read. Bold Italicized text withillltyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can bc found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 109 23 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." ( 44 It was now about noon and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon 45 because of an eclipse of the sun. Then the veil of the temple was tom down the middle. 46 Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit"; and when he had said this he breathed his last. 47 The centurion who witnessed what had happened glorified God and said, "This man was ilIDocent beyond doubt." 48 When all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts; 49 but all his acquaintances stood at a distance, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, and saw these events. 23 50 Now there was a virtuous and righteous man named Joseph who, though he was a member ofthe council, 51 had not consented to their plan of action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea and was awaiting the kingdom of God. 52 He (I went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53 After he had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth and laid him in a rock-hewn tomb in which no one had yet been buried. 54 It was the day of preparation, and the sabbath was about to begin. 55 The women who had come from Galilee with him followed behind, and when they had seen the tomb and the way in which his body was laid in it, 56 they returned and prepared spices and perfumed oils. Then they rested on the sabbath according to the commandment. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gny$,~vGtlt'·,t'}htf;-'4rik~thfuz~",h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can_be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page llO Easter Triduum and Easter Season Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 40) ( READING 1 Ex 12: 1-14 A reading from the book of Exodus. 12 I The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 This month shall mark for you the beginning ofthe months; it shall be the first ofthe months ofthe year for you. 3 Speak to the whole community ofIsracl and say that on the tenth of this month each of them shall take a lamb to a family, a lamb to a household. 4 But if the household is too small for a lamb, let them share one with a neighbor who dwells nearby, in proportion to the number of persons: you shall contribute for the lamb according to what each household will eat. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; you may take it ii-om the sheep or from the goats. 12 6 You shall keep watch over it until the fourteenth day of this month; and all the assembled congregation of the Israelites shall slaughter it at twilight. 7 They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they are to eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs. 9 Do not eat any of it raw, or cooked in any way with water, but roasted-head, legs, and entrails over the fire. 10 You shall not leave anyof it over until morning; if any of it is left until morning, you shall bum it. II This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hun-iedly: it is a passover offering to the Lord. 12 For that night I will go through the land of Egypt and stlike down every first-born in the land of Egypt, both humans and animals; and I will mete out punishments to all the gods of Egypt, I the Lord. 13 And the blood on the houses where you are staying shall be a sign for you: when I see the blood I will pass over you, so that no plague will destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 12 14 This day shall be to you one of remembrance: you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord throughout the ages; you shall celebrate it as an institution for all time. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced tcxt} is added. (-'rt3y, R: I will take up the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. How can I repay the LORD for all the LORD'S bounties to me? I raise the cup of deliverance and invoke the name of the LORD. R: I will take up the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. The death ofthe faithful ones is glievous in the LORD'S sight. o Lord, I am Your servant, . . . Your servant, the child of Your maidservant; You have undone the cords that bound me. ( R: I will take up the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. I will sacrifice a thank offering to You, and invoke the name of the LORD. I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all the people. R: I will take up the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. r'fdy('th'Ufl",t-,Yil~'-'Mi*a~m:!H!Sh is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers place-d mid-clmpier indicate Altar Bible page turns. ( . Page 112 Easter Triduum and Easter Season Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 40) READING II 1 Cor 11: 23-26 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthinans. 23 t~r I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on . the night he was handed over, took bread, 24 and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." 11 25 In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying," This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death ofthe Lord until he comes. The word of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (';"T:c(',f-'HcH-"'--f-' 13 I Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over. So, during supper, 3 fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was retuming to God, 4 he rose from supper and took off his outer gannents. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Master, are you going to wash my feet?" 7 Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later." 13 8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, "Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me." () 9 Simon Peter said to him, "Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well." 10 Jesus said to him, "Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all." II For he knew who would betray him; for this reason, he said, "Not all of you are clean." 12 So when he had washed their feet (and) put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, "Do you realize what I have done for you? 13 You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am. 14 Ifl, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet. 15 I have given you a model to follow, so that as i have done for you, you should also do. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. HGH," , wii;b,Hltt",hr(Hh:+\ is not read. Bold Italicized tex:t withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jeslls" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns . . Page 114 Easter Triduum and Easter Season Good Friday The Passion of the Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 41) READING I Is 52: 13 - 53: 12 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 52 13 "Indeed, My servant shall prosper, Be exalted and raised to great heights. 14 Just as the many were appalled at him So maned was his appearance, unlike that of mortals, His form, beyond human semblance- 15 Just so he shall startle many nations. Kings shall be silenced because of him, For they shall see what has not been told them, Shall behold what they never have heard." 53 I "Who can believe what we have heard? Upon whom has the arm ofthe Lord been revealed? 2 For he has grown, by the Lord's favor, like a tree crown, Like a tree trunk out of arid ground. He had no fom1 or beauty, that we should look at him: No charm, that we should find him pleasing. 3 He was despised, shunned by mortals, Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. SHye4Bu+ t("H-wifh ;.\ri*~~'t'''''H"lt is not read. Bold Italicize,[ text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 115 A man of suffering, familiar with disease. As one who hid his face from us, ( He was despised, we held him of no account. 53 4 "Yet it was our sickness that he was bearing, Our suffering that he endured. We accounted him plagued, Smitten and afflicted by God; 5 But he was wounded because of our sins, Crushed because of our iniquities. He bore the chastisement that made us whole, And by his bruises we were healed. 6 We all went astray like sheep, Each going our own way; And the Lord visited upon him ( The guilt of all of us." 7 He was maltreated, yet he was submissive, He did not open his mouth; Like a sheep being led to slaughter, Like ,a ewe, mute before those who shear her, He did not open his mouth, 8 By oppressive judgment he was taken away, Who could describe his abode? For he was cut offfrom the land of the living Through the sin of my people, who deserved Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. "'1"1\<',,-01,; 4-t'''+wl,h',\rikethHP.;h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns: Page 116 the punishment. ( 9 And his grave was set among the wicked, And with the rich, in his death- Though he had done no injustice And had spoken no falsehood. 53 10 But the Lord chose to crush him by disease, That, if he made himself an offering for guilt, He might see offspring and have long life, And that through him the Lord's purpose might prosper. II Out of his anguish he shall see it; He shall enjoy it to the full through his devotion. "My righteous servant makes the many righteous, It is their punishment that he bears; 12 Assuredly, I will give him the many as his pOliion, He .shall receive the multitude as his spoil. For he exposed himscIfto death And was numbered among the sinners, Whereas he bore the guilt of the many And made intercession for sinners." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. f'f3+·"d'}Ul'e"i-wWhfrikB{i,,~"ti"?l' is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "lIe") Replaced text Gan be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tutlls. Page 117 Easter Triduum and Easter Season Good Friday The Passion of the Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 41) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 31:2, 6,12-13,15-16,17,25 R: Father I put my life in Your hands. I seck refuge in You, 0 LORD; may I never be disappointed; as You are righteous, rescue me. Into Your hand I entrust my spirit; You redeem me, 0 LORD, faithful God. R: Father I put my life ill Your hands. Because of all my foes I am the particular butt of my neighbors, a horror to my friends; I am put out of mind like the dead; I am like an object given up for lost. R: Father I put my life in Your hands. ( But I bust in You, 0 LORD; I say, "You are my God!" My fate is in YOlll' hand; save me from the hand of my enemies and pursuers. R: Fathel· I put my life in Your hands. Show favor to Your servant; as You are faithful, deliver me. Be strong and of good courage, all you who wait for the LORD. R: Father I put my life in Your hands. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (eJ"'~-vm-~'tHv~i+i-",';k('ihfutli;h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hypht!lIs- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Repl~ced text Cal] be found at the end of the reading. Z Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns: Page 118 Easter Triduum and Easter Season Good Friday The Passion ofthe Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 41) READING II Heb 4: 14-16; 5: 7-9 A reading from the Ictter of Paul to thc Hebrews. 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. 16 So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. ****(TURN 2 PAGES)**** 5 7 In the days when he was in the flesh, he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. 8 Son thought he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; 9 and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~i'SY0d-\,>'H--tc·\r--+"i;-5*iY~'tl;ffitlgh is not read. Bold Italicized text within lzyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be fOllnd at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 119 Easter Triduum and Easter Season Good Friday The Passion of the Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 41) ) GOSPEL Jn 18: 1-19:42 The Passion of om' Lord Jesus Christ according to John. 18 IWh0ii-·ttr: haB-bai4-l+H", Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. 2 Judas his betrayer also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas got a band of soldiers and guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees and went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons. 4 Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, went out and said to them, "For whom are you looking?" 18 5 They answered him, "Jesus the Nazorean." He said to them, "I AM." Judas his betrayer was also with them. 6 When he said to them, "I AM," they turned away and . fell to the ground. 7 So he again asked them, "For whom are you looking?" They said, "Jesus the Nazorean." I 8 Jesus answered, "I told you that 1 AM. So if you are looking for me, let these people go." 9 This was to fulfill what he had said, "I have not lost any of those you gave me." 10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear. The slave's name was Malchus. II Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its scabbard. Shall 1 not drink the cup that the Father gave me?" 18 12 So the band of soldiers, the tribune, and the Jewish guards seized Jesus, bound him, 13 and brought him to Annas first. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was· high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had counseled that it was better that one man should die rather than the people. 15 Simon Peter and another disciple followed Jesus. Now the other disciple was known to the high priest, and he entered the courtyard of the high priest with Jesus. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (:'Hyt~k-1l+1t+:~{""if;l+hlketh:·&"gfi is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"fJ:e") Replaced text can. be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums .. Page 120 16 But Peter stood at the gate outside. So the other disciple, the acquaintance of the high priest, went out and spoke to the gatekeeper and brought Peter in. 17 Then the maid who was the gatekeeper said to Peter, "You are not one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." 18 Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire that they had made, because it was cold, and were wanning themselves. Peter was also standing there keeping wann. 18 19 The high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his doctrine. 20 Jesus answered him, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue or in the temple area where all the people gather, and in secret I have said nothing. 21 Why ask me? Ask those who heard me what I said to them. They know what I said." 22 When he had said this, one of the temple guards standing there struck Jesus and said, "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" 23 Jesus answered him, "1fT have spoken wrongly, testify to the wrong; but if! have spoken rightly, why do you strike me?" 24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. 25 Now Simon Peter was standing there keeping warni. And they said to him, "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." 26 One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?" 27 Again Peter denied it. And immediately the cock crowed. 18 28 Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passpver. 29 So Pilate came out to them and said, "W11at charge do you bring (against) this man?" 30 They answered and said to him, "Ifhe were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you." 31 At this, Pilate said t6 them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." They answered him, "We do not have the right to execute anyone," 32 in order that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he said indicating the kind of death he would die. 33 So Pilate went back into the praetorium and summoned Jesus and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you say this on your own or have others told you about me?" Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C;T:,'" ,)u:-t"~"'~i+\-"i\Tiketh",ugh is not read. Bold Italicize(l text with ill h)'lJhells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be fonnd at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUfl)S. Page 121 18 35 Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my ( attendants (would) be fighting to keep me from being handed over. But as it is, my kingdom is not here." 37 So Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say I am a king. For this I was bom and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice." 38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he again went out to the people and said to them, "I find no guilt in him. 39 But you have a custom that I release one prisoner to you at Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" 40 They cried out again, "Not this one but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a revolutionary. 19 I Then Pilate took Jesus and had him scourged. 2 And the soldiers wove a crown out ofthorns and placed it on his head, and clothed him in a purple cloak, 3 and they came to him and said, "Hail, King of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly. 4 Once more Pilate went out and said to them, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that L find no guilt in him." 5 SQ Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple cloak. And he said to them, "Behold, the man!" 6 When the chief priests and the guards saw him they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify ( ) him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him. I find no guilt in him." 7 They answered, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because hc made himself the Son of God." .19 8 Now when Pilate heard this statement, he became even more afraid, 9 and went back into the praetorium and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" Jesus did not answer him. 10 So Pilate said to him, "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you and I have power to crucify you?" II Jesus answered (him), "You would have no power over me if it had not been given to you from above. For this reason the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin." 12 Consequently, Pilate tried to release. him; but the crowd cried out, "If you release him, you are not a Friend of Caesar. Those who make themselves kings oppose Caesar." 13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus out and seated him on the judge's Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. bf:lY"'++>p':. ·':·,!-WHR-;,;.fi~'n'litlt is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Repla.ced text call be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 122 bench in the place called Stone Pavement, in Hebrew, Gabbatha. 14 It wa~ preparation day for Passover, and it was about noon. And he said to the crowd, ( "Behold, your king!" 19 15 They cried out, "Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your king?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." 16 Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and carrying the cross himse1fhe went out to what is called the Place ofthe Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle. 19 Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross. It read, "Jesus the Nazorean, the King of the Jews." 20 Now many of the people read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crllcified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. 21 So the chief priests said to Pilate, "Do not write 'The King of the Jews,' but that he said, 'I am the King of the Jews.'" 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." 19 23 When the soldiers had crucified Jeslls, they took his clothes and divided them into four shares, a share for each soldier. They also took his tunic, but the tunic was ( seamless, woven in one piece from the top down. 24 So they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it will be," in order that the passage of scripture might be fulfilled (that says):· "They divided my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots." This is what the soldiers did. 25 Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mmy of Magdala. 26 When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." 27 Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. 28 After this, aware that everything was now finished, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I thirst." 19 29 There was a vessel filled with common wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. Readers, please note: {Braced tcxt} is added. C; ,'B' v 37 And again another passage says: "They will look upon him whom they have pierced." 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus, though secretly out offear, asked Pilate ifhe could remove the body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took his body. 39 Nicodemus, the one who had first come to him at night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about one hundred )' ( . pounds. 40 They took the body of Jesus and bound it with burial cloths along with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom. 41 Now in the place where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried. 42 So they laid Jesus there because of the Jewish preparation day; for the tomb was close by. The gospel octhe Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GF+'F",hH'H"~"+""ilh\rib:H,"t'Hgh is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns . ( . Page 124 Easter Vigil- Cycle C (Mass 42C) EPISTLE Rom 6:3-11 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans. 3 Or are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 6 4 We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness oflife. 5 For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection. 6 We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin. 7 For a dead person has been absolved from sin. 8 If, then, we have ( died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. 9 We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him. 10 As to his death, he died to sin once and for all; as to his life, he lives for God. II Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as (being) dead to sin and living for God in Christ Jesus. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed-etlHex+wtttrstt41ffithffiHglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 124 insert Easter Vigil- Cycle C (Mass 42C) GOSPEL Lk 24:1-12 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 24 I But at daybreak on the first day of the week -the women- a took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were puzzling over this, behold, two people in dazzling garments appeared to them. 5 They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead? 6 He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day." 8 And they remembered his words. 9 Then they returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven and to all the others. 10 The women were ( Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, II but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them. 24 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened. The gospel of the Lord. , - Altar Bible text: they Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gh'lYOO-Bffi-iffi-witiHltHl Page 124 insCli Easter Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 43) READING I Acts 10: 34-43 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 10 34llwH Peter proceeded to speak and said, "In truth, I see that God shows no paItiality. 35 Rather, in every nation whoever fears God and acts uprightly is acceptable to God. 36 You know the word (that) was sent to the Israelites as God proclaimed peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all, 37 what has happened all over Judea, begilming in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, 38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. 10 39 "We are witnesses of all that he did both in the countIy of the Jews and (in) Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. 40 This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible, 41 not to all the people, but to us, ( the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. 43 to him all the prophets bear witness, that evelyone who believed in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (cT'3)'~,'8-tc~+--h',;h',tTjk~'''H,;h is not read. Bold Italicized text within ltyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") RepJaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 125 Easter Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 43) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 1-2,16-17,22-23 ( ) R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. Praise the LORD, for God is good, The LORD'S steadfast love is eternal. Let Israel declare, "God's steadfast love is eternal." R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. The right hand of the LORD is exalted! The right hand of the LORD is triumphant! I shall not die but live and proclaim the works of the LORD. ( ) R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our sight. R: This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad. R: Or: Alleluia Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (""·\<'~~tt'c:··A~"';,",-&ttik',~hrd\"c:+' is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of ,'tIe") Replaced tellt cattbe found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns., Page 126 Easter Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 43) ( READING II (Option 10f2) Col3: 1-4 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 3 I If deep you were raised with ·Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Think of what is above, not what is on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Chtist in God. 4 When Christ your life appears, than you too will appear with him in glory. The word of the Lord. READING II (Option 2 of2) I Cor 5: 6b-8 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthinans. ( the dough? 7 Clear out the old yeast, so that you may become a fresh batch of dough, inasmuch as you are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Cht'ist, has been sacrificed. 8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (cfr±~d 0 •.,: ir',+-\'d!h-S,HlR4lh'0u;:\; is not read. Bold Italicized text within It)lpltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 127 Easter Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 43) GOSPEL (Option 1 of2) Jn20:1-9 ( I 20 I On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. 2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him." 3 So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. 4 They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; 5 he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. 6 When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, 7 and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. 8 Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. 9 For they did not yet understand the scripture that he had to rise from the dead. ( ) The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Bmced text} is added. C'r'lyetl"7ljt4~{"l~\·!11:h'riY~fl¥.·tist+ is not read. Bold Italicized text lVithill hypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can,be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnls .. Page 128 Easter Sunday - Cycle C (Mass 43C) GOSPEL (Option 2 of2) Lk24:l-l2 A reading from the holy gospel accOI'ding to Luke. 24 I P>tlt at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. 2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; 3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 While they were puzzling over this, behold, two people in dazzling garments appeared to them. 5 They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead? 6 He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, 7 that the Son of Man must be handed over to silmers and be crucified, and rise on the third day." 8 And they remembered his words. 9 Then they returned from the tomb and announced all . these things to the eleven and to all the others. 10 The women were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James; the others who accompanied them also told this to the apostles, II but their story seemed like nonsense and they did not believe them. 24 12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, bent down, and saw the burial cloths alone; then he went home amazed at what had happened. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {8mccd text} is added. CH+yc,I·_1 !"~,v+h:"'l't;';;HH\'l~t is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphe/ls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 129 Second Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 46) READING I Acts 5: 12-16 ( A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 12 Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles. They werc all together in Solomon's portico. ( 13 None ofthe others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them. 14 Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them. 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them. S 16A large number of people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered, bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits, and they were all cured. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (:,~",~-"t+Hc";:-"cih\-S\fihetBts'\;,"f, is not rcad. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"Hc") Replaced text canbe found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 130 Second Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 46) / Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118: 2-4, 13-15,22-24 ( R: Give thanks to the Lord, Who is good, Whose steadfast love is fOl·ever. Let Israel declare, "God's steadfast love is eternal." Let the house of Aaron declare, "God's steadfast love is eternal." Let those who fear the LORD declare, "God's steadfast love is eternal. R Give thanks to the Lord, Who is good, Whose steadfast love is forever. You pressed me hard, I nearly fell; .but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and my might; The LORD has become my deliverance. The tents of the victorious resound with joyous shouts of deliverance. ( R: Give thanks to the Lord, Who is good, \Vhose steadfast love is forever. Thc stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous in our sight. This is the day that the LORD has made - let us exult and rejoice in it. R: Give thanks to the Lord, Who is good, Whose steadfast love is forever. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gn'i('( '>hHC', wi,!' 3"fk~-t;H"~ is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turqs. Page 131 Second Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 46) .-_ .... READING II Rev 1: 1 -19 '. ( A reading from the book of Revelation. 1 I The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who gives witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ by reporting what he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud and blessed are those who listen to this prophetic message and heed what is written in it, for the appointed time is near. 4 John, to the seven churches in Asia: grace to you and peace from the one who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before God's throne, 5 and from Jesus Cm'ist, the faithful witness, the ftrstborn of tht< dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 who has made us into a kingdom, priests for his God and Father, to him be glory (,) and power forever (and ever). Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming amid the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him . . All the peoples of the eaJih will lament him. Yes. Amen. 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "the one who is and who was and who is to come, the almighty." 9 I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God's word and gave testimony to Jesus. 10 I was caught up in spirit on Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (,F3y,·\!m!l·w, h\'iiB-"+Fik,·.~k"Hsft is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. (, Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 132 the Lord's day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, II which said, "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyma, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea." 1 12 Then I tumed to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I tumed, I saw seven gold lampstands 13 and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest. 14 The hair of his head was as white as white wool or as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. 15 His feet were like polished brass refined in a fumace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing water. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged sword came out of his mouth, and his face shone like the sun at its brightest. 17 When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead. He touched me with his light hand and said, "Do not be afraid.I am the first and the last, 18 the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld. ( 1 19 "Write down, therefore, what you have seen, and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards. The word of the Lord. Readers, please notc: {Et'aced text} is added. 8r:·:(""8jl·k·\+wi+h·.4'fk"t~1~'.\Hi'h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces tcxt in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 133 Second Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 46) GOSPEL Jn20: 19-31 ( ~) A reading from the gospel according to John. 19 On the evening of that first day ofthe week, the doors ofthe place where the disciples were having been locked, out of fear, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 (Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. 23 Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are (I) retained. " = 20 24 Thomas, called Didymus, one ofthe Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples said to him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." 26 Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." 27 Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe." Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~H:'ed(~Ul-te\+-W~f;L,lrihnk'Bc:8} is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text caIcbe found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 134 28 Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!" 29 Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed." 20 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of (his) disciples that are not written in this book. 31 But these are written that you may (come to) believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C,rBcj""~ :'u;t~"\-wil+;-&l¥ih"L~:Y)H'"lt is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "lIe") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 135 Third Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass49) READING I Acts 5: 27-42 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 21 When they had brought them iIi and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, 28 "We gave you strict orders (did we not?) to stop teaching in that name. Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your tcaching and want to bring this man's blood upon us." S 29 But Peter and the apostles said in reply, "We must obey God rather than humans. 30 The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him at God's right hand as leader and savior to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. 32 We are witnesses of these things, as is the holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey God." 33 When they heard this, they became infuriated and wanted to put them to death. 34 But a Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected by () all the people, stood up, ordered the men to be put outside for a short time, 35 and said to them, "Fellow Israelites, be careful what you are about to do to these people. 36 Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone important, and about four hundred people joined him, but he was killed, and all those who were loyal to him were disbanded and came to nothing. S 31 "After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census. He also drew people after him, but he too perished and all who were loyal to him were scattered. 38 So now I tell you, have nothing to do with these people, and let them go. For if this endeavor or this activity is of human origin, it will destroy itself. 39 But if it comes from God, you will not be able to destroy them; you may even find ... ',. R ea ders, . p It·ease no c. {B'lace d t ex t}'IS a dd e.d ,c__ H-:;O};:;-7,,~'tit---L"'--l;:... ,.; ~."~ .... \, ;"."d .".U',>_,--uf,-ditS:TI,'·;l.~'hx IS no t·lea. d Bold Italicized (ext withill hJ1lhells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 136 yourselves fighting against God." They were persuaded by him. 40 After recalling ( the apostles, they had them flogged, ordered them to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them. 41 So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. 42 And all day long, both at the temple imd in their homes, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the Messiah, Jesus. The word of the LOl·d. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Ctc;y<'d-HH-\{>" ·.\·ilf;-'ilri~H';(')\E':h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 137 Third Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass49) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 (i R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. I extol You, 0 LORD, for You have lifted me up, and not let my enemies rejoice over me. o LORD, you brought me up from Sheol, preserved me from going down into the Pit. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. o you faithful of the LORD, sing to the LORD, and praise the LORD'S holy name. For the LORD is angry but a moment, and when the LORD is pleased there is life. One may lie down weeping at nightfall ; but at dawn there are shouts of joy. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. Hear, 0 LORD and have merey on me; ( o LORD, be my help! You turned my lament into dancing; o LORD my God, I wiII praise You forever. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (j'Jy"' II I looked again and heard the voices of many angels who stm-ounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders. They were countless in number, 12 and they cried out in a loud voice: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing." 5 13 Then I heard evelY creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, everything in the universe, ery out: "To the one who sits on the throne and to ( the Lamb be blessing and honor, glOly and might, forever and ever." 14 The four living creatures answered, "Amen," and the elders fell down and worshiped. The word of the Lord. R ea d ers, p Iease no te. · {B'laCe( It ex ·t}· IS add e.d ';.!h~--;:,:-'''''>''~ <}-<.H-'~<""'-TI~}"L-"-'O;-T-;-7r<;:;~_,~ ,., ,. "".;,;. ,,,'Cc.""';' IS. no t re a.d Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 139 Third Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass49) GOSPEL Jn 21: 1-25 A reading from the gospel according to John. 21 I After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his .disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself in this way. 2 Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee's sons, and two others of his disciples. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We also will come with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, "Children, have you caught anything to eat?" They answered him, "No." 21 6 So he said to them, "Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something." So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish. 7 So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord." When Simon Peter ( heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea. 8 The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish. 9 When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish you just caught." II SO Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish. Even though there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast." And none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they realized it was the Lord. 21 13 Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish. 14 This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. HFh'2d('G\uj~;+w*, :,t;ik(,\fH",*,~' is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text caILbe found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 140 from the dead. 15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 16 He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep. 21 IS "Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." 19 He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me." 20 Peter tumed and saw the disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his chest during the supper and had said, "Master, who is the one who will betray you?" 21 When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" 22 Jesus said to him, "What ifI want him to remain until I come? What concem is it of yours? You follow me." 23 So the word spread among the disciples that that disciple would not die. But Jcsus had not told him that he would not die, just "What ifI want him to remain until I come? (What concem is it of yours?)" 21 24 It is this disciple who testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his tcstimony is true. 25 There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added.;- '''cit+~'ikcf'('::i2h is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 141 Fourth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 52) READING I Acts 13: 13-43 ( A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 13 From Paphos, Paul and his companions set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14 They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they entered (into) the synagogue and took their seats. 15 After the reading ofthe law and the prophets, the synagogue officials sent word to them, "My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation for the people, please speak." 13 16 So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said, "Fellow Israelites and you others who are God-fearing, listen. 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt. With uplifted arm God led them out of it IS and for about forty years God put up with ( them in the desert. 19 "When seven nations in the land of Canaan had been destroyed, God gave them their land as an inheritance 20 at the end of about four hundred and fifty years. After these things God provided judges up to Samuel (the) prophet. 21 Then they asked for a king. God gave thcm Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. 13 22 "Then God removed him and raised up David as their king; of him testified, 'I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will carry out my every wish.' 23 From this man's descendants God, according to the promise, has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus. Readers, please note: {B"accd tcxt} is added. 'c"c~J"d· ('l)i <'1: ";i{+;-9fikethhl{1,A, is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill h)ljJhells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page nuns .. Page 142 24 John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance to all the people ( ofIsrael; 25 and as John was completing his course, he would say, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. Behold, one is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.' 26 "My brothers and sisters, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who are God-fearing, to us this word of salvation has been sent. 27 The inhabitants of Jemsalem and their leaders failed to recognize him, and by condemning him they fulfilled the oracles of the prophets that are read sabbath after sabbath. 13 28 "For even though they found no grounds for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him put to death, 29 and when they had accomplished all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him £i'om the dead, 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jemsalem. These are (now) his witnesses before the ( people. 32 We ourselves are proclaiming this good news to you that what God promised our ancestors 33 God has brought to fulfillment for us, (their) children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my son; this day I have begotten you.' 34 And that God raised him from the dead never to return to cormption God declared in this way, 'I shall give you the benefits assured to David.' 35 That is why God also says in another psalm, 'You will not suffer your holy one to see cormption.' 13 36 "Now David, after he had served the will of God in his lifetime, fell asleep, was gathered to his ancestors, and did see cormption. 37 But the one whom God raised up did not see cOlTuption. 38 "You must know, my brothers and sisters, that R ea d ers, pI ease note.• {B lace• d tex t} IS' add e.d" i_~.--'·-"",.,~~~t,~ --,.-.' .. ;..;>"~'"-~~~ <0"(""4'" ~<~" ?,'t:-h.r~h.,'::.::B-IS'~".i-.'~-'-' . .L-' . not lea.• d Bold Italicized text withill hYfJhefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text C,1n be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnlS. Page 143 through him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you, (and) in regard to everything from which you could not be justified under the law of Moses, 39 in him .j every believer is justified. 40 Be careful, then, that what was said in the prophets not come about: 41 'Look on, you scoffers, be amazed and disappear. For I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will never believe even if someone tells you.'" 42 As they were leaving, they invited them to speak on these subjects the following sabbath. 43 After the congregation had dispersed, many Jews and worshipers who were converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to remain faithful to the grace of God. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. S'~'0d('C;k·'ldWi;;Hf,*·tjY(\Hgl; is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page (urns .. Page 144 Fourth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 52) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 100: 1-2,3, 5 R: We are God's people: the sheep of God's flock. Raise a shout for the LORD all the earth; worship the LORD in gladness; come into the LORD's presence with shouts of joy. R: We are God's people: the sheep of God's flock. Acknowledge that the LORD is God; God made us and we are God's, God's people, the flock God tends. ( R: We are God's people: the sheep of God's flock For the LORD is good; the LORD'S steadfast love is eternal; the LORD'S faithfulness is for an generations. R:' We are God's people: the sheep of God's flock. Readers, please note: {Bmced text} is added. G(",,~c" ''''l tZ"+-\'c'i:'c+trib:th",n,d, is not read. Bold Italicizetl text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" \. instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 145 Fourth Sunday of Eastel' - Cycle C (Mass 52) READING II Rev 7: 9-17 (l A reading from the book of Revelation. 9 After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. 10 They cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb." 7 II All the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They prostrated themselves before the throne, worshipped God, 12 and exclaimed: "Amen. Blessing and glory, wisdom and ( thanksgiving, honor, power, and might be to our God forever and ever. Amen." 13 Then one ofthe elders spoke up and said to me, "Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?" 14 I said, "My lord, you are the one who knows." The elder said to me, "These are the ones who have sUlvived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ffr:'::~';;'''.Hll'·+,,;iih.'' ik~1'cru:;h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( .J' Chapter markers placed mid~chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 146 15 "For this reason they stand before God's throne ( ,l and worship God day and night in the temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them. 7 16 They will not hunger or thirst anymore, nor will the sun or any heat strike them. 17 For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of life-giving water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (,;.. ,~,,,., ·":~(L'i+Wilh"tri·k-ethHtiCih is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyplzells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 147 Fourth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 52) GOSPEL In 10: 27-30 A reading from the gospel according to John. 10 26 "But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep. 27 My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out ofthe Father's hand. 30 The Father and I are one." The gospel of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C'(T0~Olll :~':ll+'il+h\,~k~tf,"'w#, is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthc reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns . . Page 148 Fifth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 55) ( READING I Acts 15: 1-21 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 15 I Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the disciples, "Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice, you cannot be saved." 15 2 Because there arose no little dissension and debate by Paul and Barnabas with them, it was decided that Paul, Bamabas, and some of the others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and presbyters about this question. 3 They were sent on their journey by the church, and passed through Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the disciples. 4 When they anived in Jemsalem, they were welcomed by the church, as well as by the apostles and the presbyters, and they reported what God had done with them. 5 But some from the party of the Pharisees who had become believers C_. stood up and said, "It is necessaty to circumcise them and direct them to observe the Mosaic law." 15 6 The apostles and the presbyters met together to see about this matter. 7 After much debate had taken place, Peter got up and said to them, "You are well aware that from early days God made a choice among you that through my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness by granting them the holy Spirit just as with us. 9 God made no distinction between us and them, for by faith God purified their heatis. 10 Why, then, are you now putting God to the test by placing on the shoulders of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? lIOn the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~F",'(;'t' ('H-k'"'!w\n~qR.~0thfc;th!:h is not read. Bold Italicized text withifl hyphefls- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 149 they." 12 The whole assembly fell silent, and they listened while Paul and Barnabas described the signs and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles through them. ( \) 15 13 After they had fallen silent, James responded, "Listen to me. 14 Symeon has described how God first was concerned with acquiring from among the Gentiles a people for God's name. 15 The words of the prophets agree with this, as is written: 16 'After this I shall return and rebuild the fallen hut of David; from its ruins I shall rebuild it and raise it up again, 17 so that the rest of humanity may seek out the Lord, even all the Gentiles on whom my name is invoked. Thus says the Lord who accomplishes these things, ( \, 18 known from of old.' 19 "It is my judgment, therefore, that we ought to stop troubling the Gentiles who tum to God, 20 but tell them by letter to avoid pollution from idols, unlawful marriage, the meat of strangled animals, and blood. 21 For Moses, for generations now, has had those who proclaim him in every town, as he has been read in the synagogues evelY sabbath." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. C"y,,,,'dZBt-k,,,WtH ',l'ikc'ib:!l'gh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" . instead of "He") Replaced text canbe found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 150 Fifth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 55) ( Rcsponsorial Psalm: Ps 145: 8-9,10-11,12-13 R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. The LORD is good to all, the LORD'S mercy is upon all the LORD'S works. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. All Your works shall praise You, 0 LORD, and Your faithful one shall bless You. They shall talk of the majesty of Your reign, and speak of Your might. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. Let them make Your mighty acts known among humans and the majestic glory of Your reign. Your rule is an eternal one; Your dominion is for all generations. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Cr:c/'>(+-oH-"'''i~'iil'l>ilm{!~;'\''H?''> is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 151 Fifth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 55) READING II Rev 21: 1-7 ( .~ A reading from the book of Revelation. 21 I Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The fonner heaven and the fonner earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 I also saw the holy city, a new JelUsalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with the human race. God will dwell with them and they will be God's people and God will always be with them (as their God). 4 God will wipe evelY tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for) the old order has passed away." 5 The one who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things new," and then, "Write these words down, for they are trustworthy and hue." 6 "They are accomplished. I (am) the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the ()') thirsty I will give a gift from the spring oflife-giving water. 7 The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be the victor's God, and the victor will be my child. The word of the Lord. Reade rs,peasenoc.I t · {B race d t ex t}'Isa dd ed "_'{'-'--'''"t,·-Eh,-,---l"~,-.t-7\:H-fi.G~.·"p'L ." ..•." •...••.. ".-'i'd',.,,,,) __ ,~u_~,_,,_,'v~T.:'';_~$ I' S101 t·lea. d Bold Italicized (crt within hJ'phens- replaccs tcxt in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced te»:t call be found at the end of the reading. ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns, Page 152 Fifth Sunday of Easter -Cycle C (Mass 55) GOSPEL Jn 13: 31-35 A reading fmlll the gospel according to John. 31 When he had left, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorifi.ed, and God is glorified in him. 32 (If God is glOlified in him,) God will also glorify him in himself, and will glorify him at once. 33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the crowd, 'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say it to you. 34 "I give you a new connnandment: love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. 35 This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gm:vd-0(H H;-,~ ",if">-+f*~C;nj{'d} is not reacl. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text c_an be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tu01S. Page 153 Sixth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 58) READING I Acts 7: 44-60 , ( \) A reading fmm the Acts of the Apostles. 44 "Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the desert just as the One who spoke to . Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen. 7 45 "Our ancestors who inherited it brought it with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out from before our ancestors, up to the time of David, 46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built a house for God. 48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: 49 'The heavens are my throne, the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, or what is to be my resting place? 50 Did not my hand make all these things?' 51 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. 53 You received the law as transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it." 7 54 When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him. 55 But --Stephen--", fiIled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. f~ryet"*i\+:'*i\";t'h'irjk-Btbt"Hgl; is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid~chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. ( . Page 154 the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and he said, ( "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of \ God." 57 But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together. 58 They threw him out of the city, and bcgan to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he said this, he fell asleep. The word of the Lord. (~ a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~.'-f"t+-2u1-rC"fwi:"sfrik"thr(l\lgtt is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphe/ls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tum.s. Page 155 Sixth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 58) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 67: 2-3, 5, 6, 8 R: 0 God, let all the nations praise You! May God be gracious to us and bless us; may God show us favor, That Your way be known on earth, Your deliverance among all nations. R: 0 God, let all the nations praise You! Nations will exult and shout for joy; for You IUle the peoples with equity, You guide the nations of the earth. R: 0 God, let all the nations praise You! ( ) The peoples will praise You, 0 God; all peoples will praise You. May God bless us, and be revered to the ends of the earth. R: 0 God, let all the nations praise You! Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gf3c",<,,1+tr\ leT. ,>.'l!;h>fik ( READING II Rev 22: 12-21 A reading from the book of Revelation. 12 "Behold, I am coming soon. I bring with me the recompense I will give to all according to their deeds. 13 1 am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." 14 Blessed are they who wash their robes so as to have the . right to the tree oflife and enter the city through its gates. 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit. 16 "1, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the root and offspring of David, the bright morning star." 17 The Spirit and the blide say, "Come." Let the hearer say, "Come." Let the one who thirsts come forward, and the one who wants it receive the gift of life-giving water. 22 18 I warn evelyone who hears the prophetic words in this book: if any add to them, God will add to them the plagues described in this book, 19 and if any take away from the words in this prophetic book, God will take away their share in the tree of life and in the holy city described in this book. 20 The one who gives this testimony says, "Yes, I am coming soon." Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. \~n'yed.zmt t""'i+·w*+C,\,ih{4'ffi+\"~ is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUI11S. Page 157 Sixth Sunday of Easter - Cycle C (Mass 58) GOSPEL 1n 17: 20-26 20 "I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me. 22 And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, ( ) 23 I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me. 1724 "Father, they are your gift to me. I wish that where I am they also may be with me, that they may see my glory that you gave me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. 26 1 made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note; {Braced text} is added. (",,, yed-0t!1-+A+WH'\,tnk~'RiHf,h is not read. Bold Italicized te.xt within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "Be") Replaced tex! can.be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUniS .. Page 158 Ascension of the Lord - Cycle C (Mass 59C) READING I Acts: I: I-II The beginning of the Acts of theApostles. 1 1 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught 2 until the day he was taken up, after giving instruction through the holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 While meeting with them, he enjoined them not to depart from Jemsalem, but to wait for "the promise of the Father about which you have heard me speak; 5 for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy Spirit." 6 When they had gathered together they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" 7 He answered them, "It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by the Father's own authority. 8 L But you will receive power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jemsalem, throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." 1 9 When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight. 10 While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going, suddenly two figures dressed in white garments stood beside them. 11 The said, "People of Galilee, why are you standing there looking at the sky? This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ("raY'·'("(>m·t"\iw:!·'t~+ibi.':··.'H'"h is not read. Bold Italicized text withillityphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 159 Ascension of the Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 59) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 47: 2-3,'6-7, 8-9 ( 1 R: God mounts God's throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord. All you peoples, clap your hands, Raise a joyous, shout for God, For the LORD Most High is awesome, Great sovereign over all the earth. R: God mounts God's throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord. God ascends midst acclamation; The LORD, to the blasts of the hom. Sing, 0 sing to God; Silig, 0 sing to our ruler. R: God mounts God's throne to shouts of joy; a blare of trumpets for the Lord. ( ) God is sovereign over all the earth; Sing a hymn. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on the holy throne. R: God mounts God's throne to shouts of joy; . a blare of trumpets for the Lord. R: Or: Alleluia Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (~U:'T" G,,+te'CR.*+htrib'3fbF;lIgh is not read. Bold Italicized text within Izyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e, "Jesus" instead of "IJe") Repla~cd tex.! can.be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid·chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums,. Page 160 Ascension of the Lord - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 59) READING II (Option 1 of 2) Eph 1: 17-23 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians. refl""R4t'fiJ:¥~-VE>tr-ttt~H:lV~LJ'}w:;,,'rscc 17 -May--a the god of our Lord Jesus Christ, the '-' ,/" ~ ~ , Father of gIOlY, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation resulting in knowledge of God, 1 18 May the eyes of (your) hemis be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope that belongs to God's call, what are the riches of glOlY in God's inheritance among the holy ones, 19 and what is the surpassing greatness of God's power for us L who believe, in accord with the exercise of the great might, 20 which God worked in Christ, raising him from the dead an seating him at God's right hand in the heavens, 21 far above every principality, authority, power, and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this age but also in the one to come, 22 And God put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his bocly, the fullness of the one who fills all things in every way. The word of the Lord. a _ Altar Biblc tcxt: that Readers, please note: {Braced text) is added. GfJYc'{,-(+st-¥'il-Wf!fl"ti'-ih (l READING II (Option 2 of 2) Eph 4: 1-23 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Ephesians. 4 I I, then, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, 3 striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace: 4 one body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; s·one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in aIL 7 But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore, it says: "He ascended on high and took prisoners captive; he gave gifts to humanity." ( 9 What does "he ascended" mean except that he also descended into the lower (regions) ofthe earth? 10 The one who descended is also the one who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. 4 II And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the holy ones for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God, to mature adulthood, to the extent of the full stature of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be infants, tossed by waves and swept along by evelY wind of teaching arising from human trickery, from their cunning in the interests of deceitful scheming. 15 Rather, living the truth in love, we should grow in every way into him who is the head, Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (cTl.'y",i-B'*t",,,(·,y!8Sirik-Z41;C;)\(.,,h is not read. 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Page 162 joined and held together by every supporting ligament, with the proper functioning of each pati, brings about the body's growth and builds itself up in love. 4 17 So I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds; 18 darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God because oftheir ignorance, because of their hardness of heart, 19 they have become callous and have handed themselves over to licentiousness for the practice of every kind of impurity to excess. 20 That is not how you leamed Christ, 21 assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him as tmth is in Jesus, 22 that you should put away the old self of your former life, cormpted through deceitful desires, 23 arid be renewed in the spirit of your minds. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. f'H\Y("~~HH-j"'*t-wi,;, ¥ftk~hr"u"h is not read. 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Page 163 Ascension of the Lord - Cycle C (Mass 59C) GOSPEL Lk 24: 44-53 A reading from the gospel according to Luke. a 2442 -The Apostles- gave -Jeslis-h a piece of baked fish; 43 he took it and ate it in front of them. 44 He said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled." 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures. 46 And he said to them, "Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day 47 and that repentance, for the' forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And (behold) I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." 50 Then he led them (out) as far as Bethany, raised his hands, and blessed them. 51 As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven. 52 They did him homage and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and they were continually in the temple praising God. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: they b - Altar Bible text: him R ea dCIS,· p It·ease no c. {B'I ace d t ex'f}' IS add e.d \_,\·cC"·" l_} ·.L--de ,--j I, Reading I (Option 1 of 4) Gn II: 1-9 A reading from the book of Genesis. {At that time} 11 I Everyone on earth had the same language and the same words. 2 And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and bUill them hard." - Brick served them as stone and bitumen served them as mortar .-4 And they said, " Come let us build a city, and a tower with its top in the sky, to make a name for ourselves; else we shall be scattered all over the world." 5 The Lord came down to look at the city and tower that they had built, 6 and the Lord said, "If, as one people with one language for all, this is how they have begun to act, then nothing that they may propose to do will be out of their reach. 7 Let us, them, go down and confound htheir speech there, so that they shall not understand one another's speech." 8 Thus the Lord scattered then from there over the face of the wholc ealih; and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel, because there the Lord confounded the speech of the whole earth; and from there the Lord scattered them over the face of the earth. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gt~ ,'(".\0\]\' ":'t-Wi\fh"ik':(4"'W~'" is not read. Bold Italicized (ext within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar ,Bible page turns. Page 165 Pentecost Vigil- Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) (l READING I (Option 2 of 4) Ex 19:3-8, 16-20 A reading from the Book of Exodus. ti'8Hi-~:'J1XY'1lO!cffi{S*h-dill children of Israel: 4 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Me. I9s Now then, if you will obey Me faithfully and keep My covenant, you shall be My treasured possession among all the peoples. In deed, all the earth is Mine, 6 but you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the children ofIsrael." 7 Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him. 8 All the people answered as one, saying "All that the Lord has spoken we will do!" And Moses brought back the people's words to the LOI'd • ;.;< __ -"~ L~~- Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (c43Y'i'8-+HH-t,,'i" ".;U-MH~thr(JH",$ is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jeslls" instead of "He") Replaced text can_be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUl11s .. Page 166 L 16 On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightniilg, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the horn; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 Moses led the people out of the camp toward God and they took their places at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke, for the Lord had come down upon it in fire; the ,smoke rose like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled violently. 19 The blare of the hom grew louder and louder. As Moses spoke, God answered him in thunder. 20 The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ,'H2f""*,,,tk" ,-wi;i'-';'rikR1-.Htigh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"He") RepJaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tum~. Page 167 Pentecost Vigil- Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) (I READING I (Option 3 of 4) Ez37: 1-14 A l'eading from the book of Ezekiel. 37 I The hand of the Lord came upon me. The Spirit of the Lord took me out and set me down in the valley. It was full of bones. 2 The Lord led me all around them; there were very many of them spread over the valley, and they were dry. 3 The Lord said to me, "0 mortal, can these bones live again?" I replied, "0 Lord God, only You know." 4 And the Lord said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them:.O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thus said the Lord God to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you and you shall live again. 6 I will lay sinews upon you, and cover you with flesh, and form skin over you. And I will put breath into you, and you shall live again. And you shall know that I am the Lord!" 37 7 I prophesied as I had been commanded. And while I was prophesying, C) suddenly there was a sound of rattling, and the bones came together, bone to matching bone. 8 I looked, and there were sinews on them, and flesh had grown, and skin had formed over them; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then the Lord said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, 0 mortal! Say to the breath: Thus said the Lord God: Come, 0 breath, from the four winds, and breathe into these . slain, that they may live again." 10 I prophesied as the Lord commanded me. The breath entered them, and they came to life and stood up upon their feet, a vast multitude. II And the Lord said to me, "0 mortal, these bones are the whole House of Israel. They say, 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone; we are doomed.' 12 Prophesy, Readers, p\t;~ase note: {Braced text} is added. (1Gy",j ~+,,'\-\wHh-ortftlc"th'\i\j:d\ is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text call be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tmTIs. Page 168 therefore, and say to them: Thus said the Lord God: I am going to open your graves ( and lift you out ofthe graves, 0 My people, and bring you to the land ofIsraeL 13 You shall know, 0 My people, that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves and lifted you out of your graves. 14 I will put My breath into you and you shall live again, and I will set you upon your own soil. Then you shall know that I the Lord have spoken and have acted"---declares the Lord. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GC;'fi*-HlH-4{"'i-%itfl"h~k-0tbrd,g\; is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible pagc tUrt)s. Page 169 Pentecost Vigil- Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) READING! (Option 4 of 4) J13: 1-5 (2nd of "the Twelve") A reading from the book of the prophet Joel. {Thus says the Lord:} 3 I After that, I will pour out My spirit on all flesh; Your sons and daughters shall prophesy; Your old people shall dream dreams, And your young people shall see visons. 2 I will even pour out My spirit Upon male and female slaves in those days. 3 3 Before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes, I will set portents in the sky and on the eatih: ( ) Blood and fire and pillars of smoke; 4 The sun shall turn into darkness and the moon into blood. s But everyone who invokes the name of the Lord shall escape; for there shall be a remnant on Mount Zion and in Jemsalem, as the Lord promised. Anyone who invokes the Lord will be among the sUlvivors. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {BI'aced text} is added. fct-J;'v+,>ul-""'t'>¥i-:+1--&lrikethT')i±'~ is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Rephwed text call be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns., Page 170 Pentecost Vigil- Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104: 1-2a, 24, 35b, 27-28, 29bc, 30 R: Lord, send out Your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul; o LORD, my God, You are velY great; You are clothed in glory and majesty, wrapped in a robe of light. R: Lord, send out Your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. How many are the things You have made, 0 LORD; You have made them all with wisdom; The earth is full of Your creations. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul. Hallelujah. R: Lord, send out Your Spirit, and renew the face of the em·th. All of them look to You To give them their food when it is due. Give it to them, they gather it up; Open Your hand, they are well satisfied. R: Lord, send out Your Spirit, and renew the face ofthe earth. Take away their breath, they perish And tum again into dust, Send back Your breath, they are created, And You renew the face of the earth. R: Lord, send out Your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. flH;t'd0Ut-~i{wii+1-',4'*,~-'f"\fsh is not read. Bold Italicized text within Ilyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tun)s. Page 171 Pentecost Vigil - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) ( READING II Rom 8: 22-27 A reading fl'om the Letter of Paul to the Romans. 22 We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; 23 and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that sees for itself is not hope. For who hopes for what one sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance. 26 In the same way, the Spirit too comes to the aid of our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes with inexpressible groanings. 27 And the one who searches hearts knows what is the intention of the Spirit, because it intercedes for the holy ones according to God's will. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8r~yed ;".++r;c',hHWt-';trikeH"ttp,sR is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead oCHe") Repl~ced text Cal} be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible pagc turns: Page 172 Pentecost Vigil - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 63) GOSPEL Jn 7: 37-39 A reading from the holy gospel according to John. 7 37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed, "Let anyone who thirsts come to me and drink. 38 Those who believe in me, as scripture says: . 'Rivers of living water will flow from within them. '" 39 He said this in reference to the Spirit that those who come to believe in him were to receive. There was, of course, no Spirit yet, because Jesus had not yet been glOlified. (~ The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Geye,: z>Hi-+',+w'~'\fik*>thn)\tglt is not read. 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Page 173 Pentecost Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 64) READING I Acts 2: 1-11 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles. 2 I When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. 2 And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. 3 Then there appeared to them tongues of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. 4 And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues as the Spirit enable them to proclaim. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven staying in Jemsalem. 6 At this sound, they gathered in a large crowd, but they were confused because they all heard them speaking in their own languages. 2 7 They were astounded, and in amazement they asked, "Are not all these people who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how do we all hear them in our own native ( ) languages? 9 We are Parthians, Medes, and Elamites, inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, IO Pluygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya near Cyrene, as well as travelers from Rome, II both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. b'F;l;''(~''''u! !;'", 'Yil:b!Rl8!th",,*,.~:h is not read. Bold Italicized text with if/ hyphef/s- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of ,TIe") Replaced text canbe found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums .. Page 174 Pentecost Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 64) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104: lab, 24, 29bc-30, 31, 34 R: Lord, send our Your Spirit and renew the face ofthe earth. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul; o LORD, my God, You are velY great; How many arc the things You have made, 0 LORD; the earth is full of Your creations. R: Lord, send our Your Spirit and renew the face of the earth. Take away their breath, they perish and tum again into dust, Send back Your breath, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth .. R: Lord, send our Your Spirit and renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in the LORD'S works! May my prayer be pleasing to God; I will rejoice in the LORD. R: Lord, send our Your Spirit and renew the face ofthe earth. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (""j*~,ml~\tVi::'l "ink-~"}("mslt is not read. Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" \. instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 175 Pentecost Sunday - Cycles A, B, & C (Mass 64) READING II 1 Cor 12: 3b-13 ) A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. Fi2'~··{ -{€'-t~--y:eH~{l-td ( (4;~-l(~:V -i-dBls-:--.:t-Th0,{\.-4t) . n . *'€t+fSHF And no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the holy Spirit. 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; 5 there are different fOlms of service but the same Lord; 6 there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. 7 To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the one Spirit; 10 to another might deeds; to another prophecy; to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues; to another interpretation oftongues. II But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as the Spirit wishes. 1212 As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the patis of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ('U)'e.: 'JUi kC,~ \\'ff+\-"tri8't~fdt,,,h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "I;fe") Replaced text can. be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 176 Pentecost Sunday - Cycles A,B, & C (Mass 64) GOSPEL In 20: 19-23 A reading from the holy gospel according to John. 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, the doors of the place where the disciples were having been locked, out of fear, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 (Jesus) said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. 23 Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." The word of the LOI·d. L Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. f""""C(·jmHiC'''h·ii!f\-''fih~'''-"u,:h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphe/ls- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. 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Page 177 Sunday aftel' Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 167) Trinity Sunday READING I Prv 8: 22-31 A reading from the book of Proverbs. 22 'The Lord created me at the beginning of the course As the first of the Lord's works of old. 23 In the distant past I was fashioned, At the beginning, at the origin of earth. 24 There was still no deep when I was brought forth, No springs rich in water; 25 Before [the foundation of] the mountains were sunk, Before the hills I was born. 8 26 "The Lord had not yet made earth and fields, Or the world's first clumps of clay. 27 I was there when the Lord set the heavens into place And fixed the horizon upon the deep; 28 When the Lord made the heavens above L·) film, ~ And the fountains of the deep gushed forth; 29 When the Lord assigned the sea its limits, So that its waters never transgress the command; When the Lord fixed the foundations of the eal1h, 30 I was with the Lord as a confidant, A source of delight every day, Rejoicing before the Lord at all times, 31 Rejoicing in the inhabited world, Finding delight with mankind. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {BI'aced text} is added. C,t'cp({'4*>uHe\; v4th-sfrikt'lft"lIi;h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"He") Repll\ced text call be fonnd at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 178 Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 167) Trinity Sunday Responsorial Psalm: Ps 8: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 R: 0 Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth. When I behold the heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place, what are human beings that You have been mindful of us. mortals that You have taken note of us? R: 0 Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth. You have made us little less than divine, and adorned us with glory and majesty; , You gave us mastery over Your handiwork, laying the World at our feet. R: 0 Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth. Sheep and oxen, all of them, and wild beasts, too; the birds of the heavens, the fish of the sea, whatever travels the paths ofthe seas. R: 0 Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GHt''''~''I\ k"+",i":~3~*C{'¥" \I,;h is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced tcxt can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page, turns. Page 179 Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 167) Trinity Sunday READING II Rom 5: 1-5 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans. 5 I Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access (by faith) to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, 4 and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, 5 and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the holy Spirit that has been given to us. The word of the Lord. ( ) Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gnyt'd0t:: ,:,''C: \':iUstrikeHmtUf;; is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text canbe found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUnlS . . Page 180 Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 167) Trinity Sunday GOSPEL In 16:12-15 A reading from the holy gospel according to John. 12 "1 have much more to tell you, but you camlOt bear it now. 13 But when the Spirit of truth comes, you will be guided to all truth. The spirit will not speak of itself, but will speak what it hears, and will declare to you the things that are corning. 14 The spirit will glorify me and will take from what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Evcrything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that the spirit will take from what is mine and declare it to you. The word of the Lord. •• { ."., jm • Readers ).please 11ote' {Bt'aced text} 'IS ad READING I Gn 14: 18-20 A reading from the book of Genesis. 18 And King Melchizedek of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High. 19 He blessed him, saying, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. 20 And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your foes-into your hand." ( And [Abram] gave him a tenth of everything. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ("'''yo;' U~; lC'.l wtl;\-"triket+H,>ugh is not read. Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns .. Page 182 Second Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 170) Corpus Christi Responsorial Psalm: Ps 110: 1,2,3,4 R: You are priest forever,after the manner ofMelchizedek. The LORD said to my lord, "Sit at My right hand while I make your enemies your footstool." R: You are priest forever, after the manner ofMelchizedek. The LORD will stretch forth from Zion your mighty scepter; hold sway over your enemies! R: You are priest forever, after the manner ofMelchizedek. Your people come forward willingly on day of battle. ( In majestic holiness, from the womb, from the dawn, yours was the dew of youth. R: You are priest forever, after the manner ofMelchizedek The LORD has sworn and will not relent, ·-"Yuu arc-a priest-forever;after1tr~manner -- - of Melchizedek. R: You are priest forever, aftel· the manner ofMelchizedek. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. (;tJyez1-{7ti1-*,t,y~;+,!rik~hr\)w",lt is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 183 Second Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 170) Corpus Christi READING II 1 Cor 11: 23-26 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, 24 and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." 11 2sIn the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death ofthe Lord until he comes. The word of the Lord. ( ) Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 4cy,,:i ;Hill(,o·!'.ytl;\-';;riY"";"h1W;:h is not read. Bold Italicized text with ill hypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of"J-Ie") Repillced tellt call be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums: Page 184 Second Sunday after Pentecost - Cycle C (Mass 170) Corpus Christi GOSPEL Lk9:11-17 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 11 The crowds, meanwhile, learned of this and followed him. He received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he healed those who needed to be cured. 12 As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve approached him and said, "Dismiss the crowd so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms and find lodging and provisions; for we are in a deserted place here." 913 He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves." They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have, unless we ourselves go and buy food for all thesc people." 14 Now they numbered about five thousand. Then he said to his diseiples, "Have them sit down in groupsof (about) fifty." 15 They did so and made them all sit down. 16 Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, L he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. 17 They all ate and were satisfied. And when the leftover fragments were picked up, they filled twelve wicker baskets. The gospel of the Lord. · {B d t t}' dd d {~~~",,~.. '. "p.,';';', •. , "'L.·.. (lot (. d R ea d ers, p Iease no te. race ex IS a e. ~.:H~ ..< "".. ,+--8-B-.,.-:~f-'ir-,,,-. _"-:fH~-eb,n7"._-::::n,,=,.· IS ea . Bold Italicized text withi" hyphel1s- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He") Replaced text can be found at the end oflhe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 185 Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 67) READING I Is 62: 1-5 A reading f!"Om the book of the prophet Isaiah. 62 I For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, For the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still, Till her victory emerge resplendent And her triumph like a flaming torch. 2 Nations shall see your victory, And every king your majesty; And you shall be called by a new name Which the Lord God shall bestow. 3 You shall be a glorious crown In the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem In the palm of your God: .'-::. .. ~ 624 NevelIDore shall you be called "Forsaken," Nor shall your land be called "Desolate"; ( ) But you shall be called "I delight in her," And your land "Espoused." For the Lord takes delight in you, And your land shall be espoused. 5 As a youth espouses a maiden, Your sons shall espouse you; And as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, So will your God rejoice over you. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gruyoo-HtH-lC)(t with stril Page 186 Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 67) ( Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 9-10 R: Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all you lands, Sing to the LORD, bless his name. R: Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Announce his salvation, day after day. Tell his glory among the nations; Among his peoples, his wondrous deeds. R: Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Ascribe to the LORD, 0 families of the people ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory of God's name, bring tribute and enter the LORD's courts. R: Proclaim his marvelous deeds to all the nations. Bow down to the LORD majestic in holiness; tremble in the LORD's presence, all the earth Declare among the nations, "The LORD is king!" the world stands firm; it cannot be shaken; The LORD judges the people with equity. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed out !eliHvith-strikethR>ttglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be fOlllld at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. I'age 187 Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 67) READING II 1 Cor 12: 4-11 , \ ; .I A reading from the letter of Paul to the Corinthians. nnff'Narc. r¥~*dmm¥ hev;, whon you-were pag 4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; 5 there are different forms of service but the same Lord; 6 there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in evelyone. 7 To each individual the manifestation of the .Spirit is given for some benefit. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the ~xpres~l()n: of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; to to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy; to another discemment of spirits; to another varieties oftongues; to another interpretation of tongues. II But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as the Spirit wishes. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. GHl)'Bd-HU1-t<>*l-wit~P.itfj.*,,1hmtlgh is not read. -Bold Italicized (ex( with ill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. l'age 188 Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 67) GOSPEL Jn 2: 1-12 A reading from the holy gospel according to John. 2 1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine ran shOlt, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." 4(And) Jesus said to her, "Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come." 5 His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you. 6 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each holding twenty to thirty gallons. 7 Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with water." So they filled them to the brim. 8 Then he told them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. 9 And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom lOand said to him, "Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now." 2 II Jesus did this as the begilming of his signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glOly and his disciples began to believe in him. 12 After this, he and his mother, (his) brothers, and his disciples went down to Capernaum and stayed there only a few days. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. ~\t1-*,,*1-wi+H-8Hk€I+}FltHgt} is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 189 Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 70) READING I Neh 8: 2-10 A reading from the book of the prophet Nehemiah. 2 On the first day ofthe seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Teaching before the congregation, men and women and all who could listen with understanding. 3 He read from it, facing the square before the Water Gate, from the first light until midday, to the men and the women and those who could understand; the ears of all the people were given to the scroll of the Teaching. 4 Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden tower made for the purpose, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah at his right, and at his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam. 5 Ezra opened the scroll in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; as he opened it, all the people stood up. S 6 Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, "Amen, Amen," with hands upraised. Then they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin,AkkUb, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, . Pelaiah, and the Levites explained the Teaching to the people, while the people stood in their places. 8 They read from the scroll of the Teaching of God, translating (~ it and giving the sense; so they understood the reading. 9 Nehemiah the Tirshatha, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were explaining to the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the Lord your God: you must not moum or weep," for all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Teaching. S 10 He further said to them, "Go, eat choice foods and drink sweet drinks and send portions to whoever has nothing prepared, for the day is holy to our Lord. Do not be sad, for your rejoicing in the Lord is the source of your strength." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gfa)~l-eHt-it'JH-with-stFiketmoogft is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphefls- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tul1lS. Page 190 Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 70) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 19: 8,9, 10, 15 R: Your words, 0 Lord, are spirit and life. The teaching ofthe LORD is perfect, renewing life; The decrees of the LORD are enduring, making the simple wise. R: Your words, 0 Lord, are spirit and life. The precepts of the LORD are just, rejoicing the heart; The instruction of the LORD is lucid, making the eyes light up. R: Your words, 0 Lord, arc spirit and life: ... The fear of the LORD is pure, .~ abiding forever. the judgements of the LORD are true, righteous altogether. R: Your words, 0 Lord, are spirit and life. May the words of my mouth and the prayer of my heart Be acceptable to You, o Lord, my rock and my redeemer. R: Your words, 0 Lord, are spirit and life. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayw-Btlt-h'lfHvtt!t4Ffhcthffltlg» is not read. -Bold Italicized text withifl hyphefls- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of."He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. l)age 191 Third Sunday of thc Y car - Cyclc C (Mass 70) READING II 1 Cor 12: 12-30 ( A reading from thc first Icttcr of Paul to the Corinthians, 12 12 As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit. 14 Now the body is not a single part, but many. 15 If a foot should say, "Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. 16 Or if an ear should say, "Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body," it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. 17 Ifthe whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But as it is, God placed the patts, each one of them, in the body as was intended. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do notneed you," nor again the head to the feet, "I do not need you." ., ...... 12 22 Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, 23 and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we sUlTound with C) greater honor, and our less presentable pmts are treated with greater propriety, 24 whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constmcted the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, 25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the patts may have the same concern for one another. 26 If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one patt is honored, all the parts share its joy. 27 Now you are Christ's body, and individually patts of it. 28 Some people God has designated in the church to be, first, apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then, gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work mighty deeds? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? The word of thc Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gt Page 192 Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 70) GOSPEL Lk 1: 1-4; 4: 14-21 A reading f.·om the holy gospel according to Luke. 11 Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as those who were eyewitnesses from the begimling and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, 3 I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received. ****(TURN 21 PAGES)**** 14 Jesus retumed to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. 15 He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all. 16 He came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, arid went accofciing to'his . custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read 17 and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage L where it was written: 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, who has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor, Who has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovelY of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, 19 and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord." 4 20 Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. 21 He said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G;·~-*lH.1'*,-wj+lP;l+iktlffi)Hgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyplzells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tmus. I'age 193 Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 73) READING I Jer 1: 4-10,17-19 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah. 4 The word of the Lord came to me: 5 Before I created you in the womb, I selected you; Before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations. 6 I replied: Ah, Lord God! I don't know how to speak, ForI am still a boy. 7 And the Lord said to me: Do not say, "I am still a boy," But go wherever I send you . . . And speak whatever I cOmlnand you. 18 Have no fear of them, For I am with you to deliver you ( -declares the Lord. 9 The Lord put out a hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: Herewith I put My words into your mouth. 10 See, I appoint you this day Over nations and kingdoms: To uproot and to pull down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant. 11 The word of the Lord came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree. 12 The Lord said to me: You have seen right, For I am watchful to bring My word to pass. 13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time: What do you see? I replied: I see a steaming pot, Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. GffiYL>B-em-t"hl-wi1.Jt-stfiketfmmglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of'.'Hc"). Rep!aced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 194 Tipped away from the north. 1 14 And the Lord said to me: From the north shall disaster break loose Upon all the inhabitants of the land! 15 For I am summoning all the peoples ofthe kingdoms of the north --declares the Lord. They shall come, and shall each set up a throne Before the gates of Jerusalem, Against its walls roundabout, And against all the towns of Judah. 16 And I will argue My case against them For all their wickedness: They have forsaken Me And sacrificed to other gods· And worshiped the works oftheir hands. 17 So you, gird up your loins, Arise and speak to them All that I command you. Do not break down before them, Lest I break you before them. (~ 1 18 I make you this day A fortified city, And an iron pillar, And bronze walls Against the whole land- Against Judah's kings and officers, And against its priests and citizens. 19 They will attack you, But they shall not overcome you; For I am with you--declares the Lord-to save you. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gtnye&-9HH~)tl-witlt-5lflk-etRH*Ib>!t is not read. -Bold Italicized text lVitlli" IIypltens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. l)agc 195 Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 73) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 71: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 15-17 ( R: I will sing of your salvation. I seek refuge in You, 0 LORD; may I never be disappointed. As You are beneficent, save me and rescue me; incline Your ear to me and deliver me. R: I will sing of your salvation. Be a sheltering rock for me to which I may always repair; decree my deliverance, for You are my rock and my fortress. My God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and the lawless. R: I will sing of your salvation. For You are my hope, 0 LORD God, my trust from my youth. While yet unborn, I depended on You; in the womb of my mother, You were my support; I sing your praises always. R: I will sing of your salvation. My mouth tells of Your beneficence, of Your deliverance all day long, . though I know not how to tell it. I will come with praise of Your mighty acts, o LORD God; I celebrate Your beneficence, Yours alone. You have let me experience it, God, fi'om my youth; until now I have proclaimed Your wondrous deeds. R: I will sing of your salvation. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed olll*Jf1-\-\'tl'h striked~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "Hc"). Replaced text c(jn be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 196 Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 73) READING II 1 Cor 12: 31-13: 13 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 31 Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. 13 I If! speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. 2 And if! have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if! have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If! give away everything I own, and if! hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, 5 it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests,it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, 6 it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. ( 8 Love never fails. Ifthere are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing; if tongues, they will cease; if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing. 9 For we know partially and we prophesy partially, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 13 11 When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think as a child, reason as a child; when I became an adult, I put aside childish things. /2 At present we see indistinctly, as in a min'or, but then face to face. At present I know partially; then I shall know fully, as I am fully known. 13 So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed OH1-~'<'iith strikelAAmgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 197 Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 73) GOSPEL Lk 4: 21-30 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. a 21 -Jesus-- said to them, "Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing." 22 And all spoke highly of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth. They also asked, "Isn't this the son of Joseph?" 23 He said to them, "Surely you will quote me this proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself,' and say, 'Do here in your native place the things that we heard were done in Capernaum. '" 24 And he said, "Amen, I say to you, prophets are not accepted in their own native places. 25 Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. 26 It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon. 27 Again, there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one ofthem was cleansed, but only Naaman the ( ) Syrian." 4 28 When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. 29 They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. 30 But he passed through the midst ofthem and went away. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: He Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G1'ay€4-Htlt-te-x.pNilh-;;!~k-eilifooglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of'.'He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 198 Fifth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 76) ( READING I Is6: 1-8 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. 6 [ In the year that King Uzziah died, I beheld my Lord seated on a high and lofty throne; and the skirts of the robe ofthe Lord filled the Temple. 2 Seraphs stood in attendance. Each of them had six wings: with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their legs, and with two they would fly. 3 And one would call to the other, "Holy, holy, holy! The Lord of Hosts! Whose presence fills all the earth!" 4 The doorposts would shake at the sound of the one who called, and the House kept filling with smoke. 5 I cried, "Woe is me; I am lost! For 1 am aman of unclean lips And I live among a people Of unclean lips; Yet my own eyes have beheld The King Lord of Hosts." 6 6 Then one ofthe seraphs flew over to me with a live coal, which had been taken fi'om the altar with a pair oftongs 7 touched it to my lips and declared, "Now that this has touched your lips, Your guilt shall depaIt And your sin be purged away." 8 Then 1 heard the voice of my Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I; send me." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed out tel;t with stril;-e,hfHHgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turr~s. Page 199 Fifth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 76) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 138: 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 7-8 ( ) R: In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord. I praise you with all my heart, sing a hynm to You before the divine. I bow toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your steadfast love and faithfulness. R: In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord. Because You have exalted Your name, Your word, above all. When I called, You answered me, You inspired me with courage. R: In the sight of the angels, I will sing your prajses,Lord. All the kings of the earth shall praise you, 0 LORD, For they have heard the words You spoke. ( They shall sing of the ways of the Lord, "Great is the majesty ofthe LORD!" R: In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord. Though I walk among enemies, You preserve me in the face of my foes; You extend Your hand; with Your right hand You deliver me. The LORD will settle accounts for me. o LORD, Your steadfast love is eternal; do not forsake the work of Your hands. R: In the sight of the angels, I will sing your praises, Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gflt~-{_l-,<\'itfl-;;tfik<4flreHgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text clln be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 200 Fifth Sunday of thc Ycar- Cyclc C (Mass 76) READING II I Cor 15: 1-20 A rcading from thc first Icttcr of Paul to thc Corinthians. 15 I Now r am reminding you, brothcrs and sisters, of the gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. 2 Through it you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. 3 For I handed on to you as of first importance what r also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures; 4 that he was buried; that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures; 5 that he appeared to Kephas, then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred others at once, most of whom are stilI living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 After that he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one born abnormally, he appeared to me. 9 For I am the least ofthe apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. \0 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and God's grace to me has not been ineffective. Indeed, I have toiled harder than all of them; not I, however, but the grace of God (that is) with me. II Therefore, whether it be I or they, so we preach and so you believed. 15 12 But if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some among you say there is no resulTection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection ofthe dead, then neither has Christ been raised. 14 And if Clu'ist has not been raised, then empty (too) is our preaching; empty, too, your faith. 15 Then we are also false witnesses to God, because we testified against God who raised Christ, whom God did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For ifthe dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are stilI in your sins. 18 Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life.only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all. 20 But now Christ has been raised fi'om the dead, the firstfmits ofthose who have fallen asleep. Thc word of thc Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. GrayeEl-eBl-{(>M-Wt'*'iH·jlH'lMoogft is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltin Itypltens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of·"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page hum. Page 201 Fifth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 76) GOSPEL Lk 5: 1-11 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 5 I While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. 2 He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 4 After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch." 5 Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lower the nets." 6 When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were . . tearing. 7 They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that they were in danger of sinking. 58 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart fi·om me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." 9 For astonishment at the catch offish they had made seized him and all those with him, 10 and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be fishers of people." II When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G1' Page 202 Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 79) READING I Jer 17: 5-8 A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah. 17 4 You "'''-Hi-ferfeit, by YBHf-0Wfr-aef; =t~<>-tnflffitance +-ha-ve-gi-ven you; H¥-HJ .. make you a slave to )'Bttf--eRCflii.es ItHl-J.an&-yeu have llC'>'ef-*HeWfu Fer yeu hff\'e-ktr~&-the-#Hme of My wrath \Vhich shul-!--l7um for all time-o 5 Thus said the Lord: Cursed is one who trusts in humans, Who makes mere flesh one's strength, And turns one's thoughts fi-om the Lord. 6 Such a one shall be like a bush in the desert, Which does not sense the coming of good: It is set in the scorched places of the wilderness, In a batTen land without inhabitant. 7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, Whose trust is the Lord alone. 8 Such a one shall be like a tree planted by waters, Sending forth its roots by a stream: It does not sense the coming of heat, Its leaves are ever fresh; It has no care in a year of drought, It does not cease to yield fruit. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. (fffiJ'L'<:I--BHl texl '<,;ith strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltin hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 203 Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 79) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 1: 1-2,3,4,6 ( R: Happy are they who hope in the Lord. Happy are they who have not followed the counsel of the wicked, or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent; Rather, the teaching of the LORD is their delight and they study that teaching day and night. R: Happy are they who hope in the Lord. They are like trees planted beside streams of water, which yield their fruit in season, whose foliage never fades, and whatever they produce thrives. R: Happy are they who hope in the Lord. ( ) Not so the wicked; rather, they are like chaff that wind blows away. R: Happy al'e they who hope ill the Lord. For the Lord cherishes the way of the righteous, but the way ofthe wicked is doomed. R: Happy al'e they who hope in the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gl'tl)'€{t-8ul (elit 'Nilh-stfH Page 204 Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 79) ( READING II 1 Cor 15: 35-44 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians, 35 But someone may say, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?" 36 You fool! What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies. 37 And what you sow is not the body that is to be but a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind; 38 but God gives it a body as God chooses, and to each of the seeds its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for human beings, another kind of flesh for animals, another kind of flesh for birds, and another for fish. 15 40 There are both heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the brightness of the heavenlyis one kind and that ofthe earthly. another. 41 The brightness of the sun is one kind, the brightness of the moon another, and the brightness of the stars another. For star differs from star in brightness. 42 So also is the resurrection ofthe dead. It is sown conuptible; it IS raised incorruptible. 43 It is sown dishonorable; it is raised glorious. It is sown weak; it is raised powerful. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. Ifthere is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Graye·4-BHt-tclt1 witlt-stTiJ«'lI'lRcHtgn is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 205 Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 79) GOSPEL Lk 6: 17-26 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 6 17 And he came down with them and stood on a stretch oflevel ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon 18 came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even those who were tormented by unclean spirits were cured. 19 Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him because power came fOlih from him and healed them all. 20 And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours. 21 Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh. 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, ( and denounce your name as evil on account ofthe Son of Man. 23 Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way. 6 24 "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation. 25 But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep. 26 Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayoo-Bul-tt'rrl-wttll-strikedmJUf,.fl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Ityphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 206 Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 82) READING I 1 Sm 26: 1-25 A reading from the first book of the prophet Samuel. 26 1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, "David is hiding in the hill of Hachilah facing Jeshimon." 2 Saul went down at once to the wilderness of Ziph, together with three thousand picked soldiers ofIsrael, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph, 3 and Saul encamped on the hill ofHachilah which faces Jeshimon, by the road. When David, who was then living in the wilderness, learned that Saul had come after him into the wilderness, 4 David sent out scouts and made sure that Saul had come. 5 David went at once to the place where Saul had encamped, and David saw the spot where Saul and his almy commander, Abner son ofNer, lay asleep. Saul lay asleep inside the barricade and the troops were posted around him. 26 6 David spoke up and asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?" And Abishai answered, "I will go down-with you;" 7 So David and Abisnaiapproached thelroops by night, and found Saul fast asleep inside the barricade, his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the troops sleeping around him. 8 And Abishai said to David, "God has delivered your enemy into your hands today. Let me pin him to the ground with a single thrust of the spear. I will not have to strike him twice." 9 But David said to Abishai, "Don't do him violence! No one can lay hands on the Lord's anointed with impunity." 10 And David went on, "As the Lord lives, .the Lord will strike him down, or his time will come and he will die, or he will go down to battle and perish. 11 But the Lord forbid that I should lay a hand on the Lord's anointed! Just take the spear and the water jar at his head and let's be off." 12 So David took away the spear and the water jar at Saul's head, and they left. No one saw or knew or woke up; all remained asleep; a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them. 26 13 David crossed over to the other side and stood afar on top of a hill; there was considerable distance between them. 14 And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son ofNer, "Abner, aren't you going to answer?" And Abner shouted back, "Who are you to shout at the king?" 15 And David answered Abner, "You are a man, aren't you? And there is no one like you in Israel! So why didn't you keep watch Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. ~jHlye(4H1-~·witlT5H'H",tlm'Hlg!, is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 207 over your lord the king? For one of [our] troops came to do violence to your lord the king. 16 You have not given a good account of yourself! As the Lord lives, [all of! you deserve to die, because you did not keep watch over your lord, the Lord's anointed. Look around, where are the king's spear and the water jar that were at his ( head?" 26 17 Saul recognized David's voice, and he asked, "Is that your voice, my son· David?" And David replied, "It is, my lord king." 18 And he went on, "But why does my lord continue to pursue his servant? What have I done, and what wrong am I guilty of? 19 Now let my lord the king hear his servant out. If the Lord has incited you against me, let the Lord be appeased by an offering; but if it is people, may they be accursed of the Lordl For they have driven me out today, so that I cannot have a share in the Lord's possession, but am told, 'Go and worship other gods.' 20 Oh, let my blood not fall to the ground, away from the presence of the Lordl For the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea-as ifhe were hunting a partridge in the hills." 26 21 And Saul answered, "I am in the wrong. Come back, my son David, for I will never harm you again, seeing how you have held my life precious this day. Yes, I have been a fool, and I have erred so very much." 22 David replied, "Here is Your Majesty's spear. Let one of the young men come over and get it. 23 And the Lord will requite everyone for right conduct and loyalty-for this day the Lord delivered you into my hands and I would not raise a hand against the Lord's anointed. 24 And ( just as I valued your life highly this day, so may the Lord value my life and may the Lord rescue me fi-om all trouble." 25 Saul answered David, "May you be blessed, my son David. You shall achieve, and you shall prevail." David then went his way and Saul returned home. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gmy€cH3uHi";+->.vitlt-5lfi.kt4rel±gh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turn$. Page 208 Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 82) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 103: 1-2,3-4,8, 10, 12-13 R: The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul all my being, bless the holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, and do not forget all the LORD's bounties. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. The LORD forgives all your sins, heals all your diseases; and redeems your life from the Pit. The LORD surrounds you with steadfast love and mercy. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. ( The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is God's steadfast love toward those who fear God. R: The Lord is kind and merciful. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gl'Hy€EI-oot-~<1-\\4tfrMFiJ~Hgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hypltells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of-"He")_ Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 209 Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 82) READING II 1 Cor 15: 45-53 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 45 So, too, it is written, "The first human, Adam, became a living being," the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46 But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual. 47 The first human was liOin the ealih, earthly; the second human, fi'om heaven. 48 As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly, and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one. 15 50 This I declare, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in an instant, in the blink of an ( } eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For that which is corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gruyed ou1 tE'*k"iHct-sk.jffi>tBfflHgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in the Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" , instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. l'agc 210 Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 82) GOSPEL Lk 6: 27-38 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 27 "But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you, and fi'om the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. 6 34 "If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. 35 But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children ofthe Most High, for the Most High is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful. 37 "Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condenming and you will not be ( condenmed. Forgive and you will be forgiven. 38 Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyffi-em-t€'!.4wi#!-5ffilreHll'ellgl-l is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 211 Eighth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C ( Mass 85) READING I Sir 27:4-7 () A reading from the book of the prophet Sirach. 27 + For the sake of profit many sin, --flafHll{Hhe struggle for wealth bfuK-I&4e eye& :>---bi1,e-a-peg-dri¥en-BEffiveea--4:itlea-stones, --Bbetwecn buytng-and selling sIn is ------w.."'edged in. ;----tTnless you er.rnestly-hold fast-te-t-hc rear of ---t-he-bOl't!-, ------!lstlcldenly yotlf-house '","ill be thrOWfl: do\Nfu 4 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do a person's faults when the person speaks. 5 As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in conversation is the test of a person. ( ) 27 6 The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so too does a person's speech disclose the bent ofthe mind. 7 Praise none before they speak, for it is then that people are tested. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed-eat text \';'11-11 strikethreagh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 212 Eighth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 85) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 92: 2-3, 13- 14, 15-16 ( R: Lord, it is good to give thanks to You. It is good to praise the LORD, to sing hynms to Your name, 0 Most High, To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night. R: Lord, it is good to give thanks to You. The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; Planted in the house of the LORD, they flourish in the courts of our God. R: Lord, it is good to give thanks to You. In old age they still produce fiuit; they are full of sap and freshness, ( Attesting that the LORD is upright, my rock, in whom there is no wrong. R: Lord, it is good to give thanks to You. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed ouftext 'Aitlt-5trilretiw(mgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 213 Eighth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C ( Mass 85) READING II 1 Cor 15:54-58 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 15 ~g·:llH-s-kleeffire;-BretkefS-llnd sistersf-ffesh and blood cannot inhefi.t..#le kingdom e-tGBB, nor decsetWl'ttJ*iBJt--i.!il1eHt-ineol'mption. ,wBehe1d, TtCll-yOlHHttystefY. 'Ne ffi1ntl·-Het-a+}-j:a1J-'i'~~mHv-e-w-i-H-f\IJ be changed, ;8 in an instant, in t-h-e--l.*ink of an eye-,aHhe--lt1-sHrampet. For the tHlrnp-et-Witl sound, the dead·3.v-i-lJ-+~ff\-i-sefi fnoo-FH.lpti&l-e,rnffi---we-shaTI-be ehanged-;-S'\ For that vihi€!Hs corruptible must clotho i-ts-e#'--, vi-tJ-HHOOff-ttptibi-l-i-ty-,antHhah-vhi-elHs--ffi ortal must cl ot-he--i-p~vitlt H-B-HtOl'ffiJ.i-t-j. 54 And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: "Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 Where, 0 death, is your victory? ( } Where, 0 death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8fayeE\--eut--text ",dIll stHkethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ~ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 214 Eigh th Sunday of the Year - Cycle C ( Mass 85) GOSPEL Lk 6: 39-49 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 39 And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? 40 No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like the teacher. 6 41 "Why do you notice the splinter in your sibling's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? 42 How can you say to your sibling, 'Here, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your sibling's eye. 43 "A good tree does not bear rotten fi'uit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. 44 For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. 45 A good person out of a store of goodness in the heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. ( 6 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command? 47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, listens to my words, and acts on them. 48 That one is like a person building a house, who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when the flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it because it had been well built. 49 But the one who listens and does not act is like a person who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against it, it collapsed at once and was completely destroyed." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyecl--ftltHel Page 215 Ninth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 88) READING I 1 Kgs 8:41-43 ( A reading from the first book of Kings. 8 '*1 any ptagu~iffifr.il1-i1ny disease,~-ffl-af'rFpra)W Bl'-Supplieatietr offered by-af!)' peffit1ft-ameBg-ltl-l--¥etH~peopIe--!:s-r-ael all ot'whom:--l(;:H~l'Wir ewn atllietiens when-tkTSftf-ead4eirpalms towaffi-this--Hettse,m-flfr,---hearifl-Y-ffitrlleffi'cnl-y-aboEle; ftfld-tlflrdefl--uud-tilife--acli-ett+--Rcfl-der to aU aecofEl-irtg--te-H1eir ways as Yott--lffiew their hemt-s--te--be-----tiw--y-oH--a+om~--ffiow the heltfl-s-et'-a-l-l--j3coj:l1e--.w-BB-tftat--they may l'Cwre-Y-ou--a-l-l---the-4tys-tfHl-t-they-l-t-ve--o&-tlie--land-th-at---¥---ou--ga-ve--to OUT ancestors. 41 "Or if a foreigner who is not of Your people Israel comes from a distant land for the sake of Your name-42 for they shall hear about Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm-when a foreigner comes to pray toward this House, 43 oh, hear in Your heavenly abode and grant all that the foreigner asks You for. Thus all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and revere You, as ( does Your people Israel; and they will recognize that Your name is attached to this House that I have built. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmye4-BuHeM-witl-l-st~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 216 Ninth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 88) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 117: 1,2 ( R: Go out to all the world, And tell the Good News. Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol God, all you peoples! R: Go out to all the world, And tell the Good News. For great is God's steadfast love towards us; the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. R: Go out to all the world, And tell the Good News. R: Or: Hallelujah. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. G-reyecl ..euf-!eK-f-with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens.. replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 217 Ninth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 88) READING II Gall: 1-10 ( ') A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 1 1 Paul, an apostle not fi-om human beings nor through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, 2 and all the disciples who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: 3 grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himselffor our sins that he might rescue us from the present evil age in accord with the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly forsaking the one who called you by (the) grace (of Christ) for a different gospel 7 (not that there is another). But there are some who are disturbing you and wish to perveli the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach (to you) a gospel other than the one that we preached to you, let that one be accursed! 9 As we have said before, ( ) and now I say again, if anyone preaches to you a gospel other than the one that you received, let that one be accursed! 1 10 Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? 1fT were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gfi~eHH"*i--\,,,tlh-strike~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. l Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 218 Ninth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 88) GOSPEL Lk 7: 1-10 \ A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 7 I When he had finished all his words to the people, he entered Capernaum. 2 A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die, and he was valuable to him. 3 When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave. 74 They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying, "He deserves to have you do this for him, 5 for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us." 6 And Jesus went with them, but when he was only a short distance from the house, the centurion sent fiiends to tell him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for 1 am not worthy to have you enter under my roof. 7 Therefore, 1 did not consider myself worthy to come to you; but say the word and let my servant be healed. 8 For 1 too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And 1 say to one, 'Go,' and he goes; and to another, 'Come here,' and he comes; and to my slave, 'Do this,' and it is done." 9 When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have 1 found such faith." !O When the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GmyM-oul text witlt-tlffikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 219 Tenth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 91) READING I 1 Kgs 17:17-24 ( \ A reading from the first book of Kings. 17 After a while, the son of the mistress of the house fell sick, and his illness grew worse, until he had no breath left in him. 18 She said to Elijah, "What harm have I done you, 0 man of God, that you should come here to recall my sin and cause the death of my son?" 19 "Give me the boy," he said to her; and taking him from her anns, he carried him to the upper chamber where he was staying, and laid him down on his own bed. 20 He cried out to the Lord and said, "0 Lord my God, wiII You bring calamity upon this widow whose guest I am, and let her son die?" 21 Then he stretched out over the child three times, and cried out to the Lord, saying, "0 Lord my God, let this child's life return to his body!" 17 22 The Lord heard Elijah's plea; the child's life returned to his body, and he ( revived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and brought him down from the upper room into the main room, and gave him to his mother. "See," said Elijah, "your son is alive." 24 And the woman answered Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord is truly in your mouth." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Graye4-oot text with stRkethRmgfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 220 Tenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 91) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 30: 2, 4, 5-6, 11, I2a, 13b R: . I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. I extol You, 0 LORD, for You have lifted me up, and not let my enemies rejoice over me. o LORD, You have brought me up from Sheol, preserved me from going down into the Pit. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. o you faithful of the LORD, sing to the LORD, and praise the LORD's holy name. For the LORD is angry but a moment, and when the LORD is pleased there is life. One may lie down weeping at nightfall; ( but at dawn there are shouts of joy. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. Hear, 0 LORD, and have mercy on me; o LORD, be my help! You turned my lament into dancing; o LORD my God, I will praise You forever. R: I will praise You, Lord, for You have rescued me. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grilyed-&ut text \\ ith StFi!reHlf01.it;tl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 221 Tenth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 91) READING II Gal 1:11-2:10 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 11 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin. 12 For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it, but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you heard of my former way oflife in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it, 14 and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions. 15 But when (God), who from my mother's womb had set me apart and called me through grace, was pleased 16 to reveal the Son to me, so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult flesh and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; rather, I went ( into Arabia and then returned to Damascus. 1 18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to confer with Kephas and remained with him for fifteen days. 19 But I did not see any other of the apostles, only James the brother of the Lord. 20 (As to what I am writing to you, behold, before God, I am not lying.) 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was unknown personally to the churches of Judea that are in Christ; 23 they only kept hearing that "the one who once was persecuting us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy." 24 So they glorified God because of me. 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Page 222 2 1 Then after fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. 2 I went up in accord with a revelation, and I presented to them the ( gospel that I preach to the Gentiles-but privately to those of repute-so that I might not be running, or have run, in vain. 2 3 Moreover, not even Titus, who was with me, although he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised, 4 but because of the false disciples secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, that they might enslave us- 5 to them we did not submit even for a moment, so that the truth ofthe gospel might remain intact for you. 6 But from those who were reputed to be important (what they once were makes no difference to me; God shows no pattiality)--those of repute made me add nothing. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter to the circumcised, 8 for the one who worked in Peter for an apostolate to the circumcised worked also in me for the Gentiles, 9 and when they recognized the grace bestowed ( upon me, James and Kephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas their right hands in partnership, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, we were to be mindful of the poor, which is the very thing I was eager to do. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. 8roy-ee-eBHCJ;t with lltrik-etllfeHglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 223 Tenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 91) GOSPEL Lk 7:11-23 ( ) A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. u 11 Soon afterward -Jesus- journeyed to a city called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him. 7 12 As he drew near to the gate of the city, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, "Do not weep." 14 He stepped forward and touched the coffin; at this the bearers halted, and he said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!" 15 The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, "A great prophet has arisen in our midst," and "God has visited God's people." 17 This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the sun'ounding region. 18 The disciples of John told him about all these things. John summoned two of his disciples 19 and sent them to the Lord to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or () should we look for another?" 7 20 When they came to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'" 21 At that time he cured many of their diseases, sufferings, and evil spirits; he also granted sight to many who were blind. 22 And he said to them in reply, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them. 23 And blessed is the one Who takes no offense at me." The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gfilye{}-t1ut-(eJict-wifh-.str-iketlffimgfi is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Pagc224 Eleventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 94) READING I 2 Sm 12:1-13 A reading from the second book of the prophet Samuel. 1 12 1 But the Lord was displeased with what David had done, and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said, "There were two men in the same city, one rich and one poor. 2 The rich man had very large flocks and herds, 3 but the poor man had only one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He tended it and it grew up together with him and his children: it used to share his morsel of bread, drink from his cup, and nestle in his bosom; it was like a daughter to him. 12 4 "One day, a traveler came to the rich man, but he was loath to take anything from his own flocks or herds to prepare a meal for the guest who had come to him; so he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the one who had come to him." 5 David flew into a rage against the man, and said to Nathan, "As the Lord lives, the ( man who did this deserves to die! 6 He shall pay for the lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and showed no pity." 7 And Nathan said to David, "That man is you! Thus said the Lord, the God ofIsrael: 'It was I who anointed you king over Israel and it was I who rescued you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your . master's house and possession of your master's wives; and I gave you the House of Israel and Judah; and ifthat were not enough, I would give you twice as much more. 9 Why then have you flouted the command of the Lord and done what displeases the Lord? You have put Uriah the Hittite to the sword; you took his wife and made her your wife and had him killed by the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Therefore the sword shall never depart from your House- because you spurned Me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite and making her your wife.' Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed o1;lHem-\'it#t-stTlliet+1fflBgfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 225 12 II "Thus said the Lord: 'I will make a calamity rise against you from within your own house; I will take your wives and give them to another man before your very (\ eyes and he shall sleep with your wives under this very sun. 12 You acted in secret, but I will make this happen in the sight of all Israel and in broad daylight. '" 13 David said to Nathan, "I stand guilty before the Lord!" And Nathan replied to David, "The Lord has remitted your sin; you shall not die. The word of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyea-eut-*"t-with strikeHlHmg\l is not read. -Bold italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 226 Eleventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 94) Responsorial Psalm: Ps: 32: 1-2, 5, 11 ( R: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Happy is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered over. Happy the one whom the LORD does not hold guilty, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. R: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Then I acknowledged my sin to You; I did not cover up my guilt; I resolved, "I will confess my transgression to the LORD," and You forgave the guilt of my sin. R: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Rejoice in the LORD and exult, 0 you righteous; shout for joy, all upright people. R: Lord, forgive the wrong I have done. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed out text-with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Pagc227 Eleventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 94) READING II Gal 2:15-3:6 ( ) A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 15 We, who are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles, 16 (yet) who know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. 2 17 But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? Of course not! 18 But if! am building up again those things that I tore down, then I show myself to be a transgressor. 19 For through the law I died to the law, that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ; 20 yet I live, no longer I, but Christ lives in me; insofar as I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who has loved me and given himself up for me. 21 I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. 3 1 0 stupid Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was (\ publicly portrayed as crucified? 2 I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit from works ofthe law, or from faith in what you heard? 3 Are you so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh? 4 Did you experience so many things in vain?-ifindeed it was in vain. 3 5 Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you and works mighty deeds among you do so from works of the law or from faith in what you heard? 6 Thus Abraham "believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmye4-eut--!ext with slrilcetlllimgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 228 Eleventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 94) GOSPEL Lk 7:36 - 8:3 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 36 A Pharisee invited -Jesus-a to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. 37 Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, 38 she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner." 40 Jesus said to him in reply, "Simon, I have something to say to you." "Tell me, teacher," he said. 41 "Two people were in debt to a celtain creditor; one owed five hundred days' wages and the other owed fifty. ( 742 "Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?" 43 Simon said in reply, "The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven." He said to him, "You have judged rightly." 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. 47 So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little." 48 He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 49 The others at table said to Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GTayee-oHt text viith {ltflkctlll'eHgfl is not read. -Bold italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 229 themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" 50 But he said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." 8 I Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve 2 and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their resources. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: him ( 1 Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gh"tyed-~t-wtth striketl1R.mgb is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 230 Twelfth Suuday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 97) READING I Zee 12:10-11 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Zechariah. {Thus says the Lord:} 12 1-T-fle-L-Bf€h~'il+give··\4ot(1)i-{f)-the-tents-Bf-JBGaR--H1'sf;--sE}-that-the-g.J:ery--&Hl1:e HHHs0-\:)·r-Thwid-ilrul-tll:e-g!H.fy-HHIte-iill1arufHms-of.Jerusal:e111-fi1ay-it<+Be--ttJo grom fuFJttduh,..g-lH-tflftf-Eh1)\-tfl.ebere-wH+-sltiekl-tfle-inflabffimt3-flf-JcrBsalCfl¥,-tmfl--the feehle&t·{)f.them-slmll-l:le-fn-thHt-duy-til~e-±h1vicl,aHEl--the-HeBse-eH~avfMi!re-a-4ivffie l:leing-lih'-::1H~1-eHhe--beffl---t1-t-tfleir-llBa4-9--1+Hhat--Elay--Hv.fH-.aH-oot-atlftihilate a+!-tl1e--twtieHstl1ftt-€tlrne-t!p-.otgaillilt-Jen:tsalol11; JOBut I will fill the House of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem with a spirit of pity and compassion; and they shall lament to Me about those who are slain, wailing over them as over a favorite son and showing bitter grief as over a first-born. II In that day, the wailing in Jerusalem shall be as great as the wailing at Hadad-rimmon in the plain ofMegiddon. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GJuye4-fllfHe>H:-witlHiffilretltrOOglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 231 Twelfth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 97) ResponsoriaI Psalm: Ps. 63: 2, 3-4,5-6,8-9 (1 R: My soul is thirsting for you, 0 Lord my God. God, You are my God; I search for You, my soul thirsts for You, my body yearns for You, as a parched and thirsty land that has no water. R: My soul is thirsting for you, 0 Lord my God. I shall behold You in the sanctuaty, and see Your might and glory, Truly Your faithfulness is better than life; my lips declare Your praise. R: My soul is thirsting for you, 0 Lord my Go I bless You all my life; I lift up my hands, invoking Your name. ( I am sated as with a rich feast, I sing praises with joyful lips. R: My soul is thirsting for you, 0 Lord my God. You are my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I shout for joy. My soul is attached to You; Your right hand supports me. R: My soul is thirsting for you, 0 Lord my God. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. ~tH>\lHeKkvilh-stR*etlmmgfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 232 Twelfth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 97) READING II Gal 3: 7-25 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 7 Realize then that it is those who have faith who are children of Abraham. 8 Scripture, which saw in advance that God would justifY the Gentiles by faith, foretold the good news to Abraham, saying, "Through you shall all the nations be blessed." 9 Consequently, those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham who had faith. 10 For all who depend on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not persevere in doing all the things written in the book of the law." 11 And that no one is justified before God by the law is clear, for "the one who is righteous by faith will live." 12 But the law does not depend on faith; rather, "the one who does these things will live by them." ( 3 13 Christ ransomed us from the curse ofthe law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who hangs on a tree," 14 that the blessing of Abraham might be extended to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brothers and sisters, in human terms I say that no one can annul or amend even a human will once ratified. 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his descendant. It does not say, "And to descendants," as referring to many, but as referring to one, "And to your descendant," who is Christ. 17 This is what I mean: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise. 18 For ifthe inheritance comes fi'om the law, it is no longer from a promise; but God bestowed it on Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gi~oulleJ[t vA{lr5tril{etiwe~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 233 Abraham through a promise. 3 19 Why, then, the law? It was added for transgressions, until the descendant came to whom the promise had been made; it was promulgated by angels at the hand of a mediator. 20 Now there is no mediator when only one pmty is involved, and God is one. 21 Is the law then opposed to the promises (of God)? Of course not! For if a law had been given that could bring life, then righteousness would in reality come from the law. 22 But scripture confined all things under the power of sin, that through faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe. 23 Before faith came, we were held in custody under law, confined for the faith that was to be revealed. 24 Consequently, the law was our disciplinarian for Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a disciplinarian. ( ) The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Graycd-etlHeM-with strike!Hr~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 234 Twelfth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 97) GOSPEL Lk 9:18-25 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 18 Once when Jesus was praying in solitude, and the disciples were with him, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" 19 They said in reply, "John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, 'One of the ancient prophets has arisen.'" 9 20 Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said in reply, "The Messiah of God." 21 He rebuked them and directed them not to tell this to anyone. 22 He said, "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised." 23 Then he said to all, "If you wish to come after me, you must deny yourself and take up your cross daily and follow me. 24 For if you wish to save your life, you will ( lose it, but if you lose your life for my sake, you will save it. 25 What profit is there for you to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit yourself? The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmye4-eBH€*I:-witiHiffilret'lwffilgIl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 235 Thirteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 100) READING I 1 Kgsl9: 15b -21 A reading from the first book of Kings. 19 15 The Lord said to -Elijah-_a, "Go back by the way you came, [and] on to the wilderness of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael as king of Aram. 16 Also anoint Jehu son ofNimshi as king ofIsrael, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Whoever escapes the sword ofHazael shall be slain by Jehu, and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu shall be slain by Elisha. 18 I will leave in Israel only seven thousand--every knee that has not knelt to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." 19 He set out from there and came upon Elisha son of Shaphat as he was plowing. There were twelve yoke of oxen ahead of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah came over to him and threw his mantle over him. 20 He left the oxen and ran after Elijah, saying: "Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you." And he answered him, "Go back. What have I done to you?" 21 He turned back from (j him and took the yoke of oxen and slaughtered them; he boiled their meat with the gear of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and became his attendant. The word of the Lord. a __ Altar Bible text: him Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gffiyed-ooHeli-t ...lith stl'iketMmgfi is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 236 Thirteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 100) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16: 1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 R: You are my inheritance, 0 Lord. Protect me, 0 God, for I seek refuge in You. I say to the Lord, "You are my benefactor; there is none above You." The LORD is my allotted share and portion; You control my fate. R: You are my inheritance, 0 Lord. I bless the LORD who has guided me; my conscience admonishes me at night. I am ever mindful of the LORD'S presence; The LORD is at my right hand; I shall never be shaken. R: You are my inheritance, 0 Lord. (~ So my heart rejoices, my whole being exults, and my body rests secure. For you will not abandon me the Sheol, or let Your faithful one see the Pit. R: You are my inheritance, 0 Lord. You will teach me the path oflife. In Yom· presence is perfect joy; delights are ever in Your right hand. R: You are my inheritance, 0 Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyffi-But telet with Gtl'ikcthl'(tugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 237 Thirteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 100) READING II Gal 3:26-4:7 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 26 For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 3 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendant, heirs according to the promise. 4 1 I mean that as long as the heir is not of age, the heir is no different from a slave, although the owner of everything, 2 but is under the supervision of guardians and administrators until the date set for inheritance. 3 In the same way we also, when we were not of age, were enslaved to the elemental powers ofthe world. ( 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent the Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption. 6 As proof that you are children, God sent the spirit ofthe Son into our hemis, crying out, "Abba, Father!" 7 So you are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also an heir, through God. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GfltyOO-euH'*t--wfllHlfi~ga is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" I instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. \ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 238 Thirteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 100) GOSPEL· Lk 9:51-62 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 9 51 When the days for -Jeslls,-_a being taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely detennined to journey to Jerusalem, 52 and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there, 53 but they would not welcome him because the destination of his jouniey was Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire fi'om heaven to consume them?" 55 Jesus turned and rebuked them, 56 and they journeyed to another village. 57 As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." 58 Jesus answered, "Foxes have dens and birds ofthe sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head." 59And to another he said, "Follow me." But this one replied, "(Lord,) let me go first and bmy my father." ( 9 60 But he answered, "Let the dead bmy their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." 61 And another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home." 62 Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God." The word of the Lord. a-Altar Bible text: his Readers, please note: {Braccd tcxt} is added. Groyed-mt~IHYtrikethftmgiJ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 239 Fourteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 103) READING I Is 66:1O-14c ( ) A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. {Thus says the Lord:} 66 10 Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, All you who love her! Join in her jubilation, All you who moumed over her~ 11 That you may suck from her breast Consolation to the full, That you may draw from her bosom Glory to your delight. 12 For thus said the Lord: I wiIl extend to her Prosperity like a stream, The wealth of nations Like a wadi in flood; And you shall drink of it. ( You shall be carried on shoulders And dandled upon knees. 13 As a mother comforts her son So I will comfort you; You shall find comfort in Jerusalem. 14 You shall see and your heart shall rejoice, Your limbs shall flourish like grass. The power of the Lord shall be revealed In behalf ofthe Lord's servants; But-tJ.re-fJl.,)1'd-slia+l-fagB-Ug{til'lBt--frll-f-OOS7 The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. {flayed out teJfrv.-1-tlt-strikethrougb is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 240 Fourteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 103) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 66: 1-3,4-5,6-7,16,20 R: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Raise a shout for God all the Earth sing the glory of the LORD'S name, make glorious God's praise. Say to God, "How awesome are Your deeds, Your enemies cower before Your great strength." R: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. "All the earth bows to You, and sings hymns to You; all sing hymns to Your name." Come and see the works of God, Who is held in awe by mortals for great acts. R: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. God turned the sea into dry land; they crossed the river on foot; we therefore rejoice in the LORD. Who rules forever in might; Whose eyes scan the nations; letthe rebellious not assert themselves. R: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Come and hear; all God-fearing people, as I tell what the LORD did for me. Blessed is God who has not turned away my prayer or faithful care from me. R: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GfHyOO-tHIf-W'K+-wi#rstTilreHwe Pagc241 Fourteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 103) READING II Gal 5:13-25 ( ) A reading from the letter of Paul to the Galatians. 13 For you were called for freedom, brothers and sisters. But do not use this freedom as an 0pp0l1unity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 15But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. 161 say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratifY the desire ofthe flesh. 17 For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want. 5 18 But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry, jealousy, outbursts of fury, acts of selfishness, dissensions, factions, 21 occasions of envy, drinking bouts, orgies, and the like. 1 wam you, as I warned (~~ ) you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 In contrast, the fmit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 Now those who belong to Christ (Jesus) have cmcified their flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Ifwe live in the Spirit, let us also follow the Spirit. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gffiy€a-eut lext wilh-stfiketfirettgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 242 Fourteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 103) GOSPEL Lk 10:1-24 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 10 I After this the Lord appointed seventy (-two) others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to evelY town and place he intended to visit. 2 He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for the harvest. 3Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4 Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. 5 Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' 6 If a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on that person; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the laborer deserves payment. Do not move about fi'om one house to another. 8 Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, 9 cure the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.' 10 10 "Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, II 'The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake off against you.' Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand. 12 I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town. 13 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And as for you, Capernaum, 'Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.' 16 Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me." 10 17 The seventy ( -two) returned rejoicing, and said, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name." 18 Jesus said, "I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky. 19Behold, I have given you the power 'to tread upon serpents' and scorpions and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will hal111 you. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Groyea-em-telft with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 243 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven." 21 At that very moment he rejoiced (in) the holy Spirit and said, "I give you praise, ( .) Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. 22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal the Father." 10 23 Turning to the disciples in private he said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see. 24 For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it." The word of the Lord. (- Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyea-etIH&t-with-sffil I'age 244 Fifteenth Sunday ofthe Year - Cycle C (Mass 106) READING I Dt 30: 9-14 A reading from the book of Deuteronomy. 30 sXou, howeveF,will agaif:l-heed the Lol'cl.:'1ll:cl-0bey all tlte-€BmTllnndmenfs-tttaH OHjetH1:!pEffi-J'Btl-this-dHr. 9 Am! tho Lord your God will grant you abounding prosperity in all your undertakings, in the issue of your womb, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord will again delight in your well being, as the Lord did in that of your ancestors, 10 since you will be heeding the Lord your God and keeping the commandments and laws that are recorded in this book of the Teaching-once you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. 11 Surely, this Instruction which I enjoin upon you this day is not too baffling for you, nor is it beyond reach. 12 It is not in the heavens, that you should say, "Who among us can go up to the heavens and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may ( observe it?" 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, "Who among us can cross to the other side of the sea and get it for us and impart it to us, that we may observe it?" 14 No, the thing is velY close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Graye4-tluHex-t with stl'il{ethreugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 245 Fifteenth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 106) Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 69: 14, 17,30-31,33-34, 36a, 37 R: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. May my prayer come to You, 0 LORD, at a favorable moment; o God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance. Answer me, 0 LORD, according to Your great steadfastness; in accordance with Your abundant mercy turn to me. R: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. I am lowly and in pain; Your help, 0 God, keeps me safe. I will extol God's name with song, and exalt the Lord with praise. R: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. The lowly will see and rejoice; you who are mindful of God, take heart! ( For the LORD listens to the needy, and does not spurn the captives. R: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. '-, '~1 ; For the LORD will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; the offspring of God's servants shall possess it; those who cherish God's name shall dwell there. R: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyed-eHH€*t-wifh-frtfil Page 246 Fifteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 106) READING II Col 1:9-20 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 1 9 Therefore, from the day we heard this, we do not cease praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding 10 to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God, 11 strengthened with every power, in accord with God's glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance ofthe holy ones in light. 13 God delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom ofthe beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For in him were created all things in heaven and on emih, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or ( principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. 117 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced tcxt} is added. Gl-ayefl-ooHe1EH¥ith-sffilre#tre Page 247 Fifteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 106) GOSPEL Lk 10:25-37 \ ( I A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. u 25 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test -Jesus- and said, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit etemallife?" 26 Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" 27 He said in reply, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself." 28 He replied to him, "You have answered correctly; do this and you will live." 29 But because he wished to justity himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went offleaving him half-dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 10 32 "Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. 33 But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with ( .) compassion at the sight. 34 He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn and cared for him. 35 The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, 'Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.' 36 Which ofthese three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" 37 He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise." The word of the Lord. a-Altar Bible text: him Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gn~yed {Hl1-teB-wilh slrilEetlm~ugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 248 Sixteenth Sunday ofthe Year -- Cycle C (Mass 109) READING I Gn 18:1-15 A reading from the book of Genesis. 18 I The Lord appeared to him by the terebinths ofMamre; he was sitting at the entrance ofthe tent as the day grew hot. 2 Looking up, he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them, he ran fi'om the entrance of the tent to greet them and, bowing to the ground, 3 he said, "My lords, if it please you, do not go on past your servant. 4 Let a little water be brought; bathe your feet and recline under the tree. 18 5 And let me fetch a morsel of bread that you may refresh yourselves; then go on-seeing that you have come your servant's way." They replied, "Do as you have said." 6 Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quick, three seahs of choice flour! Knead and make cakes!" 7 Then Abraham ran to the herd, took a calf, tender and choice, and gave it to a servant-boy, who hastened to prepare it. 8 He took curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared and set these before them; and he waited on them under the tree as they ate. 18 9 They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he replied, "There, in the ( tent." 10 Then one said, "I will return to you next year, and your wife Sarah shall have a son!" Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind him. II Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years; Sarah had stopped having the periods of women. 12 And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "Now that I am withered, am I to have enjoyment-with my husband so old?" 13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I in truth bear a child, old as I am?' 14 Is anything too wondrous for the Lord? I will return to you at the same season next year, and Sarah shall have a son." 15 Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," for she was fi·ightened. But the Lord replied, "You did laugh." . The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gtayea-out text witlrstfilreHweugll is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 249 Sixteenth Sunday of the Year -- Cycle C (Mass 109) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 15: 2-3a, 3bc-4, 5 (\ R: They who do justice will live in the presence of the Lord. One who lives without blame, who does what is right, and in the heart acknowledges the truth; whose tongue is not given to evil; R: They who do justice will live in the presence of the Lord. Who has never done harm to a fellow, or borne reproach for acts towards a neighbor; For whom the contemptible person is abhonent, but who honors those who fear the LORD. R: They who do justice will live in the presence of the Lord. Who has never lent money for gain, or accepted a bribe against the innocent. The person who acts this shall never be shaken. ( R: They who do justice will live in the presence of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gfitye{+-oot-text '.vith-s\ril Page 250 Sixteenth Sunday ofthe Year -- Cycle C (Mass 109) READING I Col 1:21-29 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 21 And you who once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds 22 he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through his death, to present you holy, without blemish, and ilTeproachable before him, 23 provided that you persevere in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting fi'om the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister. 1 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the church, 25 of which I am a minister in accordance with God's stewardship given to me to bring to completion for you the word of God, 26 the mystery hidden from ages and from generations past. But now it has been manifested to the holy ones, 27 to whom God chose to make known the riches ofthe glory of this mystelY among the Gentiles; it is Christ in you, the hope for gI01Y. 28 It is he whom we proclaim, admonishing everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. 29 For this I labor and stmggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed- out {ext witlHtril,etlwettglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page2S1 Sixteenth Sunday ofthe Year -- Cycle C (Mass 109) GOSPEL Lk 10:38-42 ( \ A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. a 10 38 As they continued their journey -Jesus- entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. 39 She had a sister named Mmy (who) sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. 40 Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me." 41 The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. 42 There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her." The gospel of the Lord. a ~ Altar BibJe text: he ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gfflyefr-(mt lext \'fi.tlrffiriketflfl7ugfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 252 Seventeenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 112) READING I Gn 18:16-33 ( A reading from the book of Genesis. 18 16 The men set out from there and looked down toward Sodom, Abraham walking with them to see them off. 17 Now the Lord had said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 since Abraham is to become a great and populous nation and all the nations of the earth are to bless themselves by him? 19 For I have singled him out, that he may instruct his children and his posterity to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is just and right, in order that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what the Lord has promised him." 20 Then the Lord said, "The outrage of Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave! 21 I will go down to see whether they have acted altogether according to the outcry that has reached Me; if not, I will take note." 18 22 The men went on from there toSodom, while Abraham remained standing before the Lord. 23 Abraham came forward and said, "Will You sweep away the innocent along with the guilty? 24 What if there should be fifty innocent within the city; will You then wipe out the place and not forgive it for the sake of the innocent fifty who are in it? 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing, to bring death upon the innocent as well as the guilty, so that innocent and guilty fare alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" 26 And the Lord answered, "If I find within the city of Sodom fifty innocent people, I will forgive the whole place for their sake." 27 Abraham spoke up, saying, "Here I venture to speak to my Lord, I who am but dust and ashes: 28 What if the fifty innocent should lack five? Will You destroy the Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gr-ayed-em'-1eJet v,ith striketlweugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 253 whole city for want of the five?" And the Lord answered, "I will not destroy if! find forty-five there." 18 29 But he spoke to the Lord again, and said, "What ifforty should be found there?" And the Lord answered, "I will not do it, for the sake ofthe forty." 30 And he said, "Let not my Lord be angly if! go on: What if thirty should be found there?" And the Lord answered, "I will not do it if! find thirty there." 31 And he said, "I venture again to speak to my Lord: What if twenty should be found there?" And the Lord answered, "I will not destroy, for the sake of the twenty." 32 And he said, "Let not my Lord be angry if! speak but this last time: What iften should be found there?" And the Lord answered, "I will not destroy, for the sake of the ten." 33 When the Lord had finished speaking to Abraham, the Lord departed; and Abraham returned to his place. The word of the Lord. ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GRlyed-e1iHeB-\'vi~llR. is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 254 Seventeenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 112) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 138: I-2ab, 2c-3, 6-7ab, 7c-8 R: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. I praise You with all my heart, and sing a hymn to You before the divine beings; I bow toward Your holy temple and praise Your name. R: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. F or Your steadfast love and faithfulness, Because You have exalted Your name, Your word, above all. When I called, You answered me, You inspired me with courage. R: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. High though the LORD is, the LORD sees the lowly; lofty, the LORD perceives from afar. Though I walk among enemies, You preserve me in the face of my foes; You extend Your hand; R: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. With Your right hand You deliver me. The LORD will settle accounts for me. o LORD, Your steadfast love is eternal; do not forsake the work of Your hands. R: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gfayffi-euHelfrwi+!rstfilretlweugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 255 Seventeenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 112) READING II Col 2:4-15 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 24 I say this so that no one may deceive you by specious arguments. 5 For even ifI am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing as I observe your good I order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. 6 So, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in him, 7 rooted in him and built upon him and established in the faith as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 8 See to it that no one captivate you with an empty, seductive philosophy according to human tradition, according to the elemental powers of the world and not according to Christ. 9 For in him dwells the whole fullness of the deity bodily, 10 and you share in this fullness in him, who is the head of every principality and power. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not administered by hand, by stripping off the carnal body, with the circumcision of Christ. 2 12 You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him ( through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And even when you were dead (in) transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God brought you to life along with him, having forgiven us all our transgressions; 14 obliterating the bond against us, with its legal claims, which was opposed to us, God also removed it from our midst, nailing it to the cross; 15 despoiling the principalities and the powers, God made a public spectacle of them, leading them away in triumph by it. The word of the Lord. I Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Graye Page 256 Seventeenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 112) GOSPEL Lk 11:1-13 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 11 1 He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples." 2 He said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our daily bread 4 and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test." 11 5 And he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend to whom you go at midnight and say, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, 6 for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer', 7 and your neighbor says in reply from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give ( you anything.' 8 I tell you, if your neighbor does not get up to give you the loaves because of your friendship, your neighbor will get up to give you whatever you need because of your persistence. 9 "And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. JOFor evelyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. II What parent among you would hand your child a snake when asked for a fish? 12 Or a scorpion when asked for an egg? J3 If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the holy Spirit to those who ask?" The word of the Lord. a -Altar Bible TextHe Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyffi-tttMelli-witft",mkethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page2S? Eighteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 115) READING I Eccl (Qoh) 1:1-18 A reading from the book of Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth). 1 I The words ofKoheleth son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Utter futility!-said Koheleth Utter futility! All is futile! 3 What real value is there for humans In all the gains they make beneath the sun? 4 One generation goes, another comes, But the earth remains the same forever. 5 The sun rises, and the sun sets- And glides back to where it rises. 6 Southward blowing, Turning northward, Ever turning blows the wind; On its rounds the wind returns. 7 All streams flow into the sea, ( Yet the sea is never full; To the place [from] which they flow The streams flow back again. 8 All such things are wearisome: No one can ever state them; The eye never has enough of seeing, Nor the ear enough of hearing. 1 9 Only that shall happen Which has happened, Only that occur Which has OCCUlTed; There is nothing new Beneath the sun! Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GmyeEl-eut lext with strikethfHUgH is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 258 10 Sometimes there is a phenomenon of which they say, "Look, this one is new!"-it occurred long since, in ages that went by before us. II The earlier ones are not remembered; so too those that will occur later will no ( more be remembered than those that will occur at the velY end. 12 I, Koheleth, was king in JelUsalem over Israel. 13 I set my mind to study and to probe with wisdom all that happens under the sun. -An unhappy business, that, which God gave human beings to be concerned with! 14 I observed all the happenings beneath the sun, and I found that all is futile and pursuit of wind: 15 A twisted thing that cannot be made straight, A lack that cannot be made good 16 I said to myself: "Here I have grown richer and wiser than any that lUled before me over JelUsalem, and my mind has zealously absorbed wisdom and learning." 17 And so I set my mind to appraise wisdom and to appraise madness and folly. And I learned-that this too was pursuit of wind: 18 For as wisdom grows, vexation grows; To increase learning is to increase heartache. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. GJ'ayecl-ERtH~reflwffi!glt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 259 Eighteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 115) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95: 1-2,6-7,8-9 (~) R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Come let us sing joyously to the LORD, raise a shout for our rock and deliverer; let us come into God's presence with praise; let us raise a shout in song! R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Come let us bow down and kneel, bend the knee before the LORD our maker; For the LORD is our God and we are the people God tends, the flock in God's care. R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. ( 0, if you would but heed God's charge this day; Do not be stubborn as at Meribah, as on the day ofMassah, in the wilderness, when your ancestors put me to the test, tried me, though they had seen my deeds. R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyed out text willrstfik-e!llrougfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 260 Eighteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 115) READING II Col 3:1-17 ( A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. 3 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death, then, the parts of you that are earthly: immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and the greed that is idolatry. 6 Because of these the wrath of God is coming (upon the disobedient). 3 7 By these you too once conducted yourselves, when you lived in that way. 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, fury, malice, slander, and obscene language out of your mouths. 9 Stop lying to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed, for knowledge, in the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all and in all. 12 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, heatifelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if one has a grievance against another; as the Lord has forgiven you, so must you also do. 14 And over all these put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of Christ control your hearts, the peace into which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. 3 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, as in all wisdom you teach and admonish one another, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your heatis to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do evelything in the name ofthe Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyea-ol.,Hwft-,\¥itlrsffiltethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" \ instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 261 Eighteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 115) GOSPEL Lk 12:13-31 A reading from the gospel according to Luke. 13 Someone in the crowd said to -Jesus-a, "Teacher, telI my brother to share the inheritance with me." 14 He replied, "Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?" 12 15 Then he said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions." 16 Then he told them a parable. "There was someone rich whose land produced a bountiful harvest 17 who thought, 'What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest? 18 This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods 19 and I shall say to myself, "Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, ( drink, be merry! '" 20 But God said, 'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom wilI they belong?' 21 Thus will it be for those who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God." 1222 He said to (his) disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life and what you will eat, or about your body and what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food and the body more than clothing. 24 Notice the ravens: they do not sow or reap; they have neither storehouse nor barn, yet God feeds them. How much more important are you than birds! 25 Can any of you by worrying add a moment to your lifespan? 26 If even the Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyee-eut lext with stlikethr-l3ugh is not read. -Bold Italicized textwifhin hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 262 smallest things are beyond your control, why are you anxious about the rest? 27 Notice how the flowers grow. They do not toil or spin. But I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of them. 28 If God so clothes the grass in the field that grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will God not much more provide for you, 0 you of little faith? 29 As for you, do not seek what you are to eat and what you are to drink, and do not wony anymore. 30 All the nations of the world seek for these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, seek God's kingdom, and these other things will be given you besides. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: him ( Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Grayed mrt-w*wtit1-&!filreHlfffilgli is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed .mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns . Page 263 Nineteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 118) READING I Wis 18:6-9 ( ) A reading from the book of Wisdom. 6 That night was known beforehand to our ancestors, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. 7 Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction oftheir foes. 8 For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned. 18 9 For in secret the holy children ofthe good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine institution, That your holy ones should share alike the same good things and dangers, having previously sung the praises ofthe ancestors. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced text} is added. Gmyed-ooHeJH-witlHt~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "Jesus" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 264 Nineteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 118) Responsorial Psalm: Ps33: 1, 12, 18-19,20,22 R: Happy the people chosen to be God's own. Sing forth, 0 you righteous, to the LORD, it is fit the upright acclaim God. Happy the nations whose God is the LORD, the people chosen to be God's own. R: Happy the people chosen to be God's own. Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear the LORD, who wait for the LORD'S faithful care to save them from death to sustain them in famine. ( R: Happy the people chosen to be God's own. We set our hope on the LORD. who is our help and shield. May we enjoy, 0 LORD, your faithful care, as we have put our hope in You. R: Happy the people chosen to be God's own. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gra)'c4-Bt1t text '.vilh strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 265 Nineteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 118) READING II Heb 11:1-19 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Hebrews. 11] Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence ofthings not seen. 2 Because of it the ancients were well attested. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being through the invisible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain's. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks. 11 5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and "he was found no more because God had taken him." Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please God, for anyone who approaches God must believe that God exists and that God rewards those who seek ( ) God. 7 By faith Noah, warned about what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the righteousness that comes through faith. 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out, not knowing where he was to go. 9 By faith he sojourned in the promised land as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same promise; 10 for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God. 11 By faith he received power to generate, even though he was past the normal age-and Sarah herself was sterile-for he thought that the one who had made the promise was trustworthy. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed 6uHt'hl-wiifrstrikethreag!l is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" \ instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 266 11 12 So it was that there came forth fi'om one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sands on the ( seashore. 13 All these died in faith. They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, 14 for those who speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking ofthe land from which they had come, they would have had oppOltunity to retul11. 16 But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for having prepared a city for them. 17 By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was ready to offer his only son, 18 of whom it was said, "Through Isaac descendants shall bear your name." 19 He reasoned that God was able to raise even from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed o1lH~tlHitfilretll!'EH*gfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text withi" hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicatc Altar Bible page turns. Page 267 Nineteenth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 118) GOSPEL Lk 12:32-48 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. {Jesus said to his disciples} 12 32 "Do not be afraid any longer, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell your belongings and give alms. Provide money bags for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven that no thief can reach nor moth destroy. 34 For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. 35 "Gird your loins and light your lamps 36 and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them. 38 And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants. 39 Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come." 1241 Then Peter said, "Lord, is this parable meant for us or for everyone?" 42 And ( the Lord replied, "Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the master will put in charge of his servants to distribute (the) food allowance at the proper time? 43 Blessed is that servant whom the master on arrival finds doing so. 44 Truly, I say to you, he will put that servant in charge of all his property. 45 But ifthat servant says, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, to eat and drink and get drunk, 46 then that servant's master will come on an unexpected day and at an unknown hour and will punish that servant severely and assign that servant a place with the unfaithful. 47 That servant who knew the master's will but did not make preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten severely; 48 and the servant who was ignorant of the master's will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly. Much will be required ofthe person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded ofthe person entrusted with more. The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Groye4-euHom-with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill Ityphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 268 Twentieth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 121) READING I Jer 38: 4-10 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Jeremiah. a 4 :r-hen the officials said to the king, "Let -Jeremiah- be put to death, for he disheartens the soldiers, and all the people who are left in this city, by speaking such things to them. That man is not seeking the welfare ofthis people, but their harm!" 5 King Zedekiah replied, "He is in your hands; the king cannot oppose you in anything!" 6 So they took Jeremiah and put him down in the pit ofMalchiah, the king's son, which was in the prison compound; they let Jeremiah down by ropes. There was no water in the pit, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. 38 7 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit. The king was then sitting at the Benjamin Gate; 8 so Ebed-melech left the king's palace, and spoke to the king: 9 "0 lord king, those men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah; they have put him down in the pit, to die there of hunger." For there was no more bread in the city. 10 Then the king instructed Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take with you thirty men from here, and pull the prophet Jeremiah up from the pit before he dies." The word of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: that man Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed out text with slriketlll'ffi!gh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 269 Twentieth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 121) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 40: 2ab, 2c-3, 4,18 ( ) R: Lord, come to my aid! I put my hope in the LORD; the LORD inclined toward me. R: Lord, come to my aid! The LORD heeded my Cly. The LORD lifted me out of the miry pit, the slimy clay, and set my feet on a rock, steadied my legs. R: Lord, come to my aid! God put a new song in my mouth, a hymn to our God. May many see it and stand in awe, and trust in the LORD. ( R: Lord, come to my aid! I am poor and needy; may the LORD devise deliverance for me. You are my help and my rescuer; my God, do not delay. R: Lord, come to my aid! Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gf!lyea-ffilHe,,1 v.. ith stfiketlireugfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill Itypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" I instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. \ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 270 Twentieth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 121) READING II Heb 11 :32-12:3 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Hebrews. 32 What more shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions, 34 put out raging fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful, became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders. 35 Women received back their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection. 36 Others endured mockery, scourging, even chains and imprisonment. 11 37 They were stoned, sawed in two, put to death at sword's point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy, afflicted, tormented. 38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth. 39 Yet all these, though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised. 40 God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be made perfect. 12 I Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us 2 while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith. For the sake ofthe joy that lay before him he endured the cross, despising its shame, and has taken his seat at the right of the throne of God. 3 Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow wemy and lose heart. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grnyed out text viitlrstfll~rouglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Itypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tnrns. Page 271 Twentieth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 121) GOSPEL Lk 12:49-53 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. {Jesus said to his disciples} 12 49 "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! 50 There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on a household of five will be divided, three against two and two against three; 53 a father will be divided against his son and a son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a daughter against her mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and a daughter-in law against her mother-in-law." The gospel of the Lord. ( .. ) Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gn'l)'ecl-t'HH-tt'*t-wtllrstrikctnroogh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 272 Twenty-First Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 124) READING I Is 68:18b-21 A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. ~r'i}H-fltHBwJ--theircleetls-£lfl{+pBl'pesefr; [The time] has come to gather all the nations and tongues; they shall come and behold My glory. 19 I will set a sign among them, and send from them survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud-that draw the bow-to Tubal, Javan, and the distant coasts, that have never heard My fame nor beheld My glory. They shall declare My glory among these nations. 66 20 And out of all the nations, said the Lord, they shall bring all your kindred on horses, in chariots and drays, on mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem My holy mountain as an offering to the Lord-just as the Israelites bring an offering in a pure vessel to the House of the Lord. 21 And from them likewise I will take some to be levi tical priests, said the Lord. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. ~kl-em text with stfllwtlwtmglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 273 Twenty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 124) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 117: 1,2 ( ) R: Go out to an the world, And ten the Good News. Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol God, all you peoples! R: Go out to all the world, And tell the Good News. For great is God's steadfast love towards us; the faithfulness ofthe Lord endures forever. ( ) R: Go out to all the world, And tell the Good News. R: Or: Hallelujah. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmye&-etlt-tcxt witfrSllikclhrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Itypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 274 Twenty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 124) READING II Reb 12:4-13 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Hebrews. READING II 12 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. s You have also forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as heirs: "My child, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by the Lord; 6 for whom the Lord loves, the Lord disciplines; and scourges every heir whom the Lord acknowledges." 7 Endure your trials as "discipline"; God treats you as heirs. For what "child" is there whom the parent does not discipline? 8 If you are without discipline, in which ( all have shared, you are not heirs but bastards. 9 Besides this, we have had our earthly parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not (then) submit all the more to the Father of spirits and live? 10 They disciplined us for a short time as seemed right to them, but God does so for our benefit, in order that we may share God's holiness. II At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. 12 12 So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. 13 Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed oU~tri-ketfifOOg» is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page27S Twenty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 124) GOSPEL Lk 13:22-35 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 13 22 -JeslIs-a passed through towns and villages, teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" He answered them, 24 "Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough. 25 After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door, then will you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Lord, open the door for us.' The Lord will say to you in reply, 'I do not know where you are from.' 26 And you will say, 'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.' 27 Then the Lord will say to you, 'I do not know where (you) are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!' 28 And there will be wailing and grinding ofteeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out. 29 And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. 30 For behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." () 13 31 At that time some Pharisees came to him and said, "Go away, leave this area because Herod wants to kill you." 32 He replied, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and I perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I accomplish my purpose. 33 Yet I must continue on my way today, tomorrow, and the following day, for it is impossible that a prophet should die outside of Jerusalem.' 34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were unwilling! 35 Behold, your house wiII be abandoned. (But) I teIl you, you wiII not see me until (the time comes when) you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name ofthe Lord.''' The gospel of the Lord. a -Altar Bible text: He Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. 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Page 276 Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 127) READING I Sir 3:17-29 A reading from the book of the prophet Sirach. 17 My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. 18 Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. 19 For great is the power of God; by the humble is God glorified. 20 What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. 21 What is committed to you, attend to; for what is hidden is not your concern. 22 With what is too much for you meddle not, when shown things beyond human understanding. 3 23 Their own opinion has misled many, and false reasoning unbalanced their judgment. 24 Where the pupil of the eye is missing, there ( is no light, and where there is no knowledge, there is no wisdom. 25 The stubborn will fare badly in the end, and they who love danger will perish in it. 26 The stubborn will be burdened with SOlTOW; a sinner will heap sin upon sin. 27 For the affliction ofthe proud there is no cure; that one is the offshoot of an evil plant. 28 The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the wise person's joy. 29 Water quenches a flaming fire, and alms atone for sins. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Greyed-ffilt--Iext with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-JeslIs-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 277 Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 127) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 68: 4-5, 6-7, 10-11 R: God, in Your goodness, You have made a home for the poor. The righteous shall rejoice; they shaH exult in the presence of God. they shall be exceedingly joyful. Sing to God, Chant hymns to God's name; extol the One who rides the clouds; the LORD is God's name. Exalt in God's presence. R: God, in Your goodness, You have made a home for the poor. The parent of orphans, the champion of widows, God, in the holy habitation. God restores the lonely to their homes, sets fi'ee the imprisoned, safe and sound, while the rebellious must live in a parched land. R: God, in Your goodness, You have made a home for the poor. ( ) You released a bountiful rain, 0 God; when Your own land languished, You sustained it. Your tribe dwells there; o God, in Your goodness You provide for the needy. R: God, in Your goodness, You have made a home for the poor. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. fJmye&-etlH~tlp.rtriketlmmgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( ',J Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 278 Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 127) READING II Reb 12:18-24 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Hebrews. 18 You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and stOlID 19 and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them, 20 for they could not bear to hear the command: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned." 12 21 Indeed, so fearful was the spectacle that Moses said, "I am terrified and trembling." 22 No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, 23 and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect, 24 and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled ( blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel. The word of the Lord. 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Pagc279 Twenty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 127) GOSPEL Lk 14:1-14 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 14 I On a sabbath -Jesus--a went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. 2 In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 Jesus spoke to the scholars ofthe law and Pharisees in reply, asking, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?" 4 But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him. 5 Then he said to them, "Who among you, if your child or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull it out on the sabbath day?" 6 But they were unable to answer his question. 7 He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited, 9 and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place. 14 10 "Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that the host () may corne to you and say, 'My friend, move up to a higher position.' Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table. II For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, but those who humble themselves will be exalted." 12 Then he said to the host who invited him, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. 13 Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; 14 blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection ofthe righteous." The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmyed-BuHB*t-with-strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 280 Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 130) READING I Wis 9:13-18 A reading from the book of Wisdom. 13 For what person knows God's counsel, or who can conceive what our Lord intends? 14 For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. 15 For the conuptible body burdens the soul and the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns. 16 And scarce do we guess the things on earth, and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things are in heaven, who can search them out? 17 Or who ever knew your counsel, except you had given Wisdom and sent your holy spirit from on high? 9 18 And thus were the paths of those on earth made straight, and people learned what was your pleasure, and were saved by Wisdom. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed-e~ith sll'ikctJlroBgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page2S1 Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 130) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90: 3-4, 5-6,12-13, 14-17 ( J R: In every age, 0 Lord, You have been our refuge. You return humans to dust; You decreed, "Return you mortals!" For in Your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that has past, like a watch ofthe night. R: In every age, 0 Lord, You have been our refuge. You engulf humans in sleep; at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself; At daybreak it flourishes anew; by dusk it withers and dries up. R: In every age, 0 Lord, You have been our refuge. Teach us to count our days rightly, , that we may obtain a wise hemt. i Turn, 0 LORD! How long? Show mercy to Your servants. R: In every age, 0 Lord, You have been our refuge. Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love that we may sing for joy all our days. May the favor of the LORD, our God, be upon us; let the work of our hands prosper; o prosper the work of our hands! R: In every age, 0 Lord, You have been our refuge. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Greyed-effi-tffi-\'rlt1t-s!fikethreugll is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill flypflells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 282 Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 130) READING II Phlm 1-25 A reading of the letter of Paul to Philemon. 1 I Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our belovedand our co-worker, 2 to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church at your house. 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 4 I give thanks to my God always, remembering you in my prayers, 5 as I hear ofthe love and the faith youhave in the Lord Jesus and for all the holy ones, 6S0 that your patinership in the faith may become effective in recognizing every good there is in us that leads to Christ. 7 For I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the heatis of the holy ones have been refreshed by you, brother. 8 Therefore, although I ( have the full right in Christ to order you to do what is proper, 9 I rather urge you out oflove, being as I atn, Paul, an old man, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus. 1 10 I urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment, II who was once useless to you but is now useful to (both) you and me. 12 I am sending him, that is, my own heati, back to you. 13 I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel, 14 but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary. 15 Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, 16 no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Greyed out tClft-with stfikethretlgfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hypllells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 283 as a man and in the Lord. 17 So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me. 18 And ifhe has done you any injustice or owes you anything, charge it to me. 19 I, Paul, write this in my own hand: I will pay. May I not tell you that you owe ( ) me your very self. 20 Yes, brother, may I profit from you in the Lord. Refi'esh my heart in Christ. 1 21 With trust in your compliance I write to you, knowing that you wm do even more than I say. 22 At the same time prepare a guest room for me, for I hope to be granted to you through your prayers. 23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, 24 as well as Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my co-workers. 25 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. The word of the Lord. ( ) Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed-oot-tel'it-wi1il-StHlicetflreugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 284 Twenty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 130) GOSPEL Lk 14:25-33 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 25 Great crowds were traveling with -Jesus-a, and he turned and addressed them, 26 "If you come to me without hating your father and mother, spouse and children, brothers and sisters, and even your own life, you cannot be my disciple. 27 If you do not carry your own cross and come after me, you cannot be my disciple. 28 Which of you wishing to construct a tower does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see ifthere is enough for its completion? 29 Otherwise, after laying the foundation and finding yourself unable to finish the work the onlookers should laugh at you 30 and say, 'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.' 14 3 J "Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down and decide whether with ten thousand troops he can successfully oppose another king ( advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops? 32 But if not, while he is still far away, he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms. 33 In the same way, everyone of you who does not renounce all your possessions cannot be my disciple. The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: him Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gffi~m-te)(tviith~re1+wetl'6h is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 285 Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 133) READING I Ex 32: 7-14 A reading from the book of Exodus. 32 7 The Lord spoke to Moses, "Hurry down, for your people, whom you brought out ofthe land of Egypt, have acted basely. 8 They have been quick to turn aside from the way that I enjoined upon them. They have made themselves a molten calf and bowed low to it and sacrificed to it, saying: 'This is your god, 0 Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt!'" 9 The Lord further said to Moses, "I see that this is a stiffnecked people. 10 Now, let Me be, that My anger may blaze forth against them and that I may destroy them, and make of you a great nation." 11 But Moses implored the Lord his God, saying, "Let not Your anger, 0 Lord, blaze forth against Your people, whom You delivered from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand. 12 Let not the Egyptians say, 'It was with evil intent that the Lord God delivered them, only to kill them off in the mountains and annihilate them from the face of the e31ih.' Turn from Your blazing anger, and renounce the plan to punish Your people. ( ) 32 13 "Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, how You swore to them by Your Self and said to them: I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven, and I will give to your offspring this whole land of which I spoke, to possess forever." 14 And the Lord renounced the punishment the Lord had planned to bring upon the people. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gffiyed-EmHeB-wita striketfifE>llt,>h is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill Ityphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 286 Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 133) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 51: 3-4,12-13,18-19 R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Have mercy upon me, 0 God, as befits Your faithfulness; in keeping with Your abundant compassion, blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly of my iniquity, and purifY me of my sin. R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Fashion a pure heart for me, 0 God; create in me a steadfast spirit. Do not cast me out of Your presence, ( or take Your holy spirit away from me. R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. o Lord, open my lips, and let my mouth declare Your praise. True sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit; God, You will not despise a contrite and crushed heart. R: Be merciful, 0 Lord, for we have sinned. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gffiyocl out teNt viit~hrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 287 Twenty-Fourth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 133) READING II 1 Tm 1: 12-17 A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy. 12 I am grateful to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me trustworthy in appointing me to the ministry. 13 I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and an arrogant man, but I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief. 14 Indeed, the grace of our Lord has been abundant, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 1 15 This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Of these I am the foremost. 16 But for that reason I was mercifully treated, so that in me, as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display all his patience as an example for those who would come to believe in him for everlasting life. 17 To the king of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only God, honor and glory ('\ forever and ever. Amen. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmyed-eut text with striketruougk is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltillltyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 288 Twenty-Fourth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 133) GOSPEL Lk 15: 1-32 ( A reading of the holy gospel according to Luke. 15 I The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to him, 2 but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3 So to them he addressed this parable. 15 4 "Which one among you having a hundred sheep and losing one ofthem would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until it is found? 5 And when it is found, you set it on your shoulders with great joy 6 and, upon your a11'ival home, call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.' 7 I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance. 8 "Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, 'Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.' 10 In just the same ( way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents." 15 11 Then he said, "A man had two sons, 12 and the younger son said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.' So the father divided the property between them. 13 After a few days, the younger son collected all his belongings and set off to a distant country where he squandered his inheritance on a life of dissipation. 14 When he had freely spent everything, a severe famine shuck that country, and he found himself in dire need. 15 So he hired himself out to one of the local citizens who sent him to his farm to tend the swine. 16 And he longed to eat his fill of the pods on which the swine fed, but nobody gave him any. 17 Coming to his senses he thought, 'How many of my father's hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. 18 I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed out text ;.vith-striJ~ffilugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text with ill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 289 against you. 19 I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers.'" 15 20 "So he got up and went back to his father. While he was still a long way off, (. ') his father caught sight of him, and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him and kissed him. 21 His son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I no longer deserve to be called your son.' 22 But his father ordered his servants, 'Quickly bring the finest robe and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 Take the fattened calf and slaughter it. Then let us celebrate with a feast, 24 because this son of mine was dead, and has come to life again; he was lost, and has been found.' Then the celebration began. 25 Now the older son had been out in the field and, on his way back, as he neared the house, he heard the sound of music and dancing. 26 He called one of the servants and asked what this might mean. 27 The servant said to him, 'Your brother has returned and your father has slaughtered the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.' 28 He became angry, and when he refused to enter the house, his father came out and pleaded with him. 15 29 "He said to his father in reply, 'Look, all these years I served you and not once did I disobey your orders; yet you never gave me even a young goat to feast on with ~~. ( 30 But when your son returns who swallowed up your property with prostitutes, for him you slaughter the fattened calf.' 31 He said to him, 'My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. 32 But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.'" The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Greye€l-oot-lefl-witll-stflkethroogh is not read. -Bold Italicized text wi/llin flypflells- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 290 Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 136) READING I Am 8: 4-7 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Amos. 8-.I_+hie-·ts-wfiili-ffi-y-I7Bf(t-Gecl-$eweJ-me: ThCl'€-\vas-a-easlfet-of figs. ;r}.Ie-said, "Vlhat de )'ftlt-We,Ames?" Hi\. ba{tket-ef~''-±-¥epj.ie{k-Aflt!. the Lord saitJ.-te-ftlCO "'Fhe hour 13 f deoH:l-has-wH:le-fuf--£v1y-j7eepJ.e-±sn'1elt+wilt-ftet--j7afflefl-them-ttga.jfl~; And-the-s1ngi£g-\¥omefl-efihe-palaee-shnH-hB'lvt-en4at-·day-·-deeJ.afeS-tH)'·L--el'fi Ged~ ~~-Se-f!tHny-<:-f}fl3Ses ~-befHyiHg-evef)'\vhere+ 4 Listen to this, you who devour the needy, annihilating the poor of the land, 5 ( saying, "If only the new moon were over, so that we could sell grain; the sabbath, so that we could offer wheat for sale, using an ephah that is too small, and a shekel that is too big, tilting a dishonest scale, 6 and selling grain refuse as grain! We will buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals." 7 The Lord swears by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their doings." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. BreyeEhrnt text Yiit!t-sffikefflrettg!t is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 291 Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 136) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 113: 1-2,4-6,7-8 ) R: Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. o servants of the Lord, give praise; Praise the name of the Lord. Let the name of the Lord be blessed Now and forever. R: Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. The Lord is exalted above all nations; God's glory is above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, Who, enthroned on high, Sees what is below, In heaven and on earth? ( R: Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. The Lord raises the poor from the dust, Lifts the needy from the refuse heap To set them with the great, With the great ones of the people. R: Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gf-aycfr-etlHe*Hvith strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid"chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 292 Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 136) READING II 1 Tm2: 1-8 , . A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy. 2 I First of all, then, I ask that supplications, prayers, petitions, and thanksgivings be offered for everyone, 2 for kings and for all in authority, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity. 2 3 This is good and pleasing to God our savior, 5 For there is one God. There is also one mediator between God and the human race, Christ Jesus, himself human, who gave himself as ransom for all. ( 6 This was the testimony at the proper time. 7 For this I was appointed preacher and apostle (I am speaking the truth, I am not lying), teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 8 It is my wish, then, that in every place the people should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed out te),! ;"ttIt-54FllietlwetIgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 293 Twenty-Fifth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 136) GOSPEL Lk 16: 1-13 ( ) A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 16 1 Then -Jesus-a also said to his disciples, "A rich man had a steward who was reported to him for squandering his property. 2 He summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.' 3 The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away fi'om me? I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg. 4 I know what I shall do so that, when I am removed from the stewardship, they may welcome me into their homes.' 16 5 "He called in his master's debtors one by one. To the first he said, 'How much do you owe my master?' 6 He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.' He said to him, 'Here is yOUi' promissOlY note. Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.' 7 Then to another he said, 'And you, how much do you owe?' He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note; write one for eighty.' 8 And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently. "For the children of this world are more prudent in dealing with their own generation than are the children of light. 9 I tell you, make friends for yourselves () with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. 10 The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones; and the person who is dishonest in very small matters is also dishonest in great ones. 16 11 "If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth, who will trust you with true wealth? 12 If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours? 13 No servant can serve two masters. The servant will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon." The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed out text-withstrikethrollgn is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. l Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 294 Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 139) READING I Am 6: 1-7 ( A reading from the book of the prophet Amos. 6 I Ah, you who are at ease in Zion And confident on the hill of Samaria, You notables of the leading nation On whom the House ofIsrae1 pin their hopes: 2 Cross over to Calneh and see, Go from there to Great Hamath, And go down to Gath of the Philistines: Are [you] better than those kingdoms, Or is their telTitory larger than yours? 3 Yet you ward off [the thought of] a day of woe And convene a session of lawlessness. " They lie on ivory beds, Lolling on their couches, Feasting on lambs from the flock ( And on calves from the stalls. 5 They hum snatches of song To the tune ofthe lute- They account themselves musicians like David. 6 6 They drink [straight] from the wine bowls And anoint themselves with the choicest oils- But they are not concerned about the ruin of Joseph. 7 Assuredly, right soon They shall head the column of exiles; They shall loll no more at festive meals. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gffiye4-ffilt-le7!Hvith strikethfffitgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 295 Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 139) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 146: 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-l0 () R: Praise the Lord, my soul! The God of Jacob keeps faith forever, secures justice for those who are wronged, gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free. R: Praise the Lord, my soul! The Lord restores sight to the blind; the Lord make those who are bent stand straight; the Lord loves the righteous; The Lord watches over the stranger. R: Praise the Lord, my soul! ( ) The Lord gives courage to the orphan and widow, but makes the path of the wicked tortuous. The Lord shaIl reign forever. your God, 0 Zion, for all generations, HaIlelujah. R: Praise the Lord, my soul! Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmy,,4-00Hext with stfik-ethretlgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 296 Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 139) READING II 1 Tm 6: 11-16 A reading from the first letter of Paul to Timothy. 11 But you, man of God, avoid all this. Instead, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. 12 Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses. 6 13 I charge (you) before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, 14 to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 that the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord ofIords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be ( honor and eternal power. Amen. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G~~wtth strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltin Ilyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 297 Twenty-Sixth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 139) GOSPEL Lk 16: 19-31 ( A reading of the holy gospel according to Luke. {Jesus said to the Pharisees:} 16 19 "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. 20 And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who would gladly have eaten his fill ofthe scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. 22 When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.' 25 Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. ( 1 16 26 "'Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go ii'om our side to yours or from your side to ours.' 27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, send him to my father's house, 28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.' 29 But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.' 30 He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' 31 Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead. '" The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. GrayOO-eltHffi with s{r~HgIt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Ityphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. l Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 298 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 142) READING I Hb 1: 2-4. 2: 1-4 (Alternate Translation) A reading from the book of the prophet Habakkuk. 1 +-'Fhe-pffifietffi6etflenHllilde by the prophet Habakl-atk-;- 2 How long, 0 Lord, shall-J cry out And You not listen, Shall J shout to You, "Violence!" And You not save? 3 Why do You make me see iniquity [Why] do You look upon wrong? Raiding and violence are before me, Strife continues and contention goes on. 4 That is why decision fails ( And justice never emerges; For the villain hedges in the just person Therefore judgment emerges deformed. ***(TURN 2 PAGES)*** 2 1 I will stand on my watch, Take up my station at the post, And wait to see what the Lord will say to me, What the Lord will reply to my complaint. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed ouHeNf-with striketlweugll is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 299 2 2 The Lord answered me and said: Write the prophecy down, Inscribe it clearly on tablets, So that it can be read easily. 3 For there is yet a prophecy for a set telm, A truthful witness for a time that will come. Even if it tarries, wait for it still; For it will surely come, without delay: 4-be,-the-Sflifit-wfthil1-frt)uffeaUp,-ftBt-tlj7l'igfit, 13t*tile-flghteoos~me&-c'we-Te\varded-with-Itre FB1'4hcif-fidel+ty-; [Alternate translation (NAB): 4 The rash person has no integrity, ( but the just person, because of faith, shall live. ] The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Greye&-oot-tffi--\¥ith strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. \ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 300 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 142) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95: 1-2,6-7,8-9 R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Come let us sing joyously to the LORD, raise a shout for our rock and deliverer; let us come into God's presence with praise; let us raise a shout in song! R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Come let us bow down and kneel, bend the knee before the LORD our maker; For the LORD is our God and we are the people God tends, the flock in God's care. ( R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. 0, if you would but heed God's charge this day; Do not be stubborn as at Meribah, as on the day ofMassah, in the wilderness, when your ancestors put me to the test, tried me, though they had seen my deeds. R: If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. 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Page 301 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 142) READING II 2 Tm 1: 6-14 ( A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy. 6 For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. 7 For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. 8 So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. 1 9 God saved us and called us to a holy life, not according to our works but according to God's own design and the grace bestowed on us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but now made manifest through the appearance of our savior Christ Jesus, who destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 for which I was appointed preacher and apostle and teacher. 12 On this ( account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have believed and am confident that this one is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day. 13 Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 14 Guard this rich trust with the help of the holy Spirit that dwells within us. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmyea-O\l1-teM-\\~tl'jkelhreHgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-JeSl/S-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 302 Twenty-Seventh Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 142) GOSPEL Lk 17: 1-10 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 171 -Jesus-a said to his disciples, "Things that cause sin wiII inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. 2 It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a millstone around the neck than to cause one of these little ones to sin. 173 "Be on your guard! If your sibling sins, rebuke your sibling, and if your sibling repents, forgive your sibling. 4 And if your sibling wrongs you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times saying, 'I am sorry,' you should forgive your sibling." 5 And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." 6 The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to (this) mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 7 "Who among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here immediately and take your place at table'? 8 Would you not rather say, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron and ( wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished'? 9 Are you grateful ,to that servant who did what was commanded? 10 So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.''' The gospel of the Lord. a -Altar Bible lexl: He Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmycd-BHHe7fE-witlr-sffikethroHgfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltillltypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 303 Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass145) READING I 2 Kgs 5: 1-19a A reading from the second book of Kings. 5 I Naaman, commander ofthe army of the king of Aram, was important to his lord and high in his favor, for through him the Lord had granted victory to Aram. But the man, though a great warrior, was a leper. 2 Once, when the Arameans were out raiding, they carried off a young girl from the land of Israel, and she became an attendant to Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "I wish Master could come before the prophet in Samaria; he would cure him of his leprosy." 4 [Naaman] went and told his lord just what the girl from the land of Israel had said. 5 And the king of Aram said, "Go to the king ofIsrael, and I will send along a letter." 5 He set out, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 He brought the letter to the king ofIsrael. It read: "Now, ( when this letter reaches you, know that I have sent my courtier Naaman to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy." 7 When the king ofIsrael read the letter, he rent his clothes and cried, "Am I God, to deal death or give life, that this fellow writes to me to cure someone of leprosy? Just see for yourselves that he is seeking a pretext against me!" 8 When Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king ofIsrael had rent his clothes, he sent a message to the king: "Why have you rent your clothes? Let him come to me, and he willleam that there is a prophet in Israel." 59 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and halted at the door of Elisha's house. 10 Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, "Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean." II But Naaman was angered and walked away. "I thought," he said, "he would surely come out to me, Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. 8j'llyecl-0ttHeB-w*h~lhrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text witllillllyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 304 and would stand and invoke the Lord his God by name, and would wave his hand toward the spot, and cure the affected patio 12 Are not the Amanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters ofIsrael? I could bathe in them and be clean!" And he stalked off in a rage. 13 But his servants came fOlward and spoke to him. "Sir," they said, "if the prophet told you to do something difficult, would you not do it? How much more when he has only said to you, 'Bathe and be clean.'" 5 14 So he went down and immersed himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had bidden; and his flesh became like a little boy's, and he was clean. 15 Returning with his entire retinue to the man of God, he stood before him and exclaimed, "Now I know that there is no God in the whole world except in Israel! So please accept a gift from your servant." 16 But he replied, "As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept anything." He pressed him to accept, but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, "Then at least let your servant be given two mule-loads of eatih; for your servant will never again offer up burnt offering or sacrifice to any god, except the Lord. 18 But may the Lord pardon your servant for this: When my master enters the temple ofRimmon to bow low in worship there, and he is leaning on my ann so that I must bow low in the temple ofRimmon-when I bow low in the temple ofRimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this." 19And he said to him, "Go in peace." The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Greyee-ffilHelfkvith strikelllnmgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill Itypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 305 Twenty-Eighth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass145) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1, 2-3ab, 3c-4 ( ) R: The nations have seen the saving power of the Lord. Sing to the LORD a new song, Who has worked wonders; Whose right hand, Whose holy ann, has won victory. R: The nations have seen the saving power of the Lord. The LORD has manifested victOlY, has displayed triumph in the sight of the nations. The LORD was mindful of steadfast love and faithfulness toward the house ofIsrae1. R: The nations have seen the saving power of the Lord. All the ends of the earth beheld the victory of our God; ( ,) Raise a shout to the LORD, all the earth, break into joyous songs of praise! R: The nations have seen the saving power of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Gffiyed-6uHeM-wilfrBH*eilirolJgh is no! read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 306 Twenty-Eighth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass145) READING II 2 Tm 2: 8-13 A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy. 2 8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. 11 This saying is tlUstworthy: If we have died with him we shall also live with him; 12 if we persevere we shall also reign with him. But if we deny him he will deny us. 13 If we are unfaithful he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gnlyed Otlt-tefl-wttlrstfili-etfll'ettgll is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 307 Twenty-Eighth Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass145) GOSPEL Lk 17: 11-19 ( i A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 17 I I As he continued his journey to Jerusalem, --Jesus-- a traveled through Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was entering a village, ten lepers met (him). They stood at a distance from him J3 and raised their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" 14 And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed. 15 And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; 16 and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus said in reply, "Ten were cleansed, were they not? Where are the other nine? 18 Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?" ( 19 Then he said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you." The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. READING I Ex 17: 8-13 ( A reading from the book of Exodus. 8 Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, "Pick some men for us, and go out and do battle with Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top ofthe hill, with the rod of God in my hand." 10 Joshua did as Moses told him and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. II Then, whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; but whenever he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 17 12 But Moses' hands grew heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur, one on each side, supported his hands; thus his hands remained steady until the sun set. I3 And Joshua overwhelmed the people of Amalek with the sword. l. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gfaye Responsorial Psalm: Ps 121: 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8, R: Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth. I tum my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, maker of heaven and earth. R: Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth. The LORD will not let your foot give way; your guardian will not slumber; See, the guardian Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps! R: Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth. The LORD is your guardian, the LORD is Your protection at your right hand. ( By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night. R: Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth. ·1 The LORD will guard you from all harm; ·1 will guard your life. The LORD will guard your going and coming now and forever. R: Our help is from the Lord who made heaven and earth. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed OtlH:el'$\¥i#HlH'}kethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 310 1\venty-Ninth Sunday of the Year -- Cycle C (Mass 148) READING II 2 Tm 3:14 --4:2 ( A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy. 14 But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, 15 and that from infancy you have known (the) sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 3 16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in lighteousness, 17 so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work. 4 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: 2 proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmyed out tBM-with strikethreugfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 311 Twenty-Ninth Sunday of the Year -- Cycle C (Mass 148) GOSPEL Lk 18: 1-8 ( ') A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. b 18 1 Then -Jesus--" told -the liisciples- a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming wemy. He said, 2 "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. 3 And a widow in that town used to come to the Judge and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' 4 For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, 5 because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" 18 6 The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. 7 Will not God then secure the rights of the chosen ones who call out day and night? Will God be ( \ slow to answer them? 8 I tell you, God will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he b _ Altar bible text: them Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gfayee-out lext witfl-stFik{.'tlmffigfl is not read. -Bold Italicized (ext within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. l Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tU11lS. Page 312 Thirtieth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 151) READING I Sir 35: 10-18 ( A reading from the book of Sirach. IO Fef the Lord is one who always repays, who wiII give back to you sevenfold. I I But offer no bribes, these the Lord does not accept! Trust not in sacrifice ofthe fruits of extOltion, 12 For the Lord is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. 13 Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet the Most High hears the cry of the oppressed. 14 The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her complaint; 15 Do not the tears that stream down her cheek ( cry out against the person that causes them to falI? 35 16 Those who serve God willingly are heard; their petitions reach the heavens. 17 The prayer ofthe lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, 18 Nor wiII it withdraw tiII the Most High responds, judges justly and affilms the right. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Greyt'B-ffitHe7ff-with-5trikethroBgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within Ityphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 313 Thirtieth Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 151) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34: 2-3,17-18,19,23 ( \) R: The Lord hears the cry of the poor. I bless the LORD at all times; praise of the LORD is ever in my mouth. I glory in the LORD; let the lowly hear it and rejoice. R: The Lord hears the cry of the poor. The face of the LORD is set against evildoers, to erase their names from the earth. The righteous cry out and the Lord hears, and saves them from all their troubles. R: The Lord hears the cry of the poor. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; those clushed in spirit are delivered. ( The lives of the servants of the LORD are redeemed; all who take refuge in God shall not be mined. R: The Lord hears the cry of the poor. 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Page 314 Thirtieth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 151) READING II 2 Tm 4: 6-8, 16-18 A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy, 4 6 Fer I am already being poured out like a libation, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. 8 From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me; but to all who have longed for his appearance. 9.cr~iH-Hle soon, Hr-fer-Demas, CHttlllOred ofthc present worlMesertet!-ffle-fmd \-vent--ffi-'fhessa-lBlHett;--Greseens--to Gal ati-a-;-aHd-+:itus-te-Dal-matifr.- l-4 -bttl"c-+s the only oo-e-wi-tlrtfl.e:-Get-lVlafk.-ttl-ld-lwiHg-ffim---with-ye-tJ,fef--h-e-i-s-+1Clj3ful to n1 e-iR-the Ffljt1istiT~++1iIVe-seni;-'f)-chtetlS-to Ephesu~+;-\¥hett-YOU-wl11e,bI~g-the-effialt-1 left-w-itlT-Gafj3Hs-i-n-lfoas-;--tl1c pap)Tus--roll s, atld-espee-iaUy--t-lte-parOOffieffi-S-;- 1-4 A I exandef-the-wppCfSfTti-th-4a-rn-e-a--great-aeal-of hann; ~he-Lord wiH-fepay-hil11 tK-"'W1'6i n g to his-cleeds-c--+;-¥eu-too-l3e-oo-guffi'tl-agai-nst-hlffr,4fw-h c has strongly Feststed-eHi'-j3l"eacltiH~ ( 4 16 At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them! 17 But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that through me the proclamation might be completed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to the heavenly kingdom. To the Lord be glory forever and ever. Amen. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gfttye<'l-Hllt-le?it--wttlt-striketftfffi!glt is not read. -Bold Italicized text withillltyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"), Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 315 Thirtieth Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 151) GOSPEL Lk 18: 9-17 ( ') A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. a 9 -Jesus-- then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. 10 "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, '0 God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity-greedy, dishonest, adulterous-or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, '0 God, be merciful to me a sinner.' 18 14 "I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the fonner; for those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." (! 15 People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, "Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it." The gospel of the Lord. '- Altar Bible text: He Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. 8¥.ryed-oot-teNct-wHlrstr-ikctlmmglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 316 Thirty-First Sunday ofthe Year - Cycle C (MasslS4) READING I Wis 11: 22 -12: 1 A reading from the book of Wisdom. 11 22 Indeed, before you the whole universe is as a grain from a balance, or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth. 23 But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook the sins of people that they may repent. 24 F or you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you hated, you would not have fashioned. 25 And how could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? ( 26 But you spare all things, because they are yours, 0 Lord and lover of souls, 12 I for your imperishable spirit is in all things! The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. GfHyed oHHexH¥ftl-J-sffikethrougfl is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 317 Thirty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass154) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 145: 1-2,8-9,10-11, 13b*-14 )', R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. I will extol You, my God and sovereign, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. The LORD is good to all, and God's mercy is upon all the God's works. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. All Your works shall praise You, 0 LORD, and Your faithful one shall bless You. They shall talk of the majesty of Your reign, ( and speak of Your might. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. The Lord is tmstworthy in every word, and faithful in every work. * The Lord supports all who stumble, and makes all who are bent stand straight. R: I will praise your name forever, my sovereign and my God. 'verse 13b is RNAB - This verse does not exist in JPS Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. GHtyeEl-oHt*"t-with-stfiketMoogh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 318 Thirty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass154) READING II 2 Thes 1: 11-2: 2 A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Thessalonians. 11 To this end, we always pray for you, that our God may make you wOlthy of the calling and powerfully bring to fulfillment every good purpose and every effOlt of faith, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, in accord with the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ. 2 1 We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, 2 not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a "spirit," or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day ofthe Lord is at hand. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Greye&-fHlt tOlet with ~ltrikelhrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyplzens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading .. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 319 Thirty-First Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass154) GOSPEL Lk 19: 1-10 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 19 1 -Jesus-a came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. 2 Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, 3 was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because ofthe crowd, for he was short in stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. 5 When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house." 6 And he came down quickly and received him with joy. 7 When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." 8 But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and in have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it ( four times over." 9And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost." The gospel of the Lord. '-Altar Bible text: He Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G!'llyW-ooH_t-witlt-stfik~threugli is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltillltypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tnms. Page 320 Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 157) READING I 1 Mc 7: 1-9,20-31,38-41 A reading from the second book of Maccabees. 7 1 It also happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God's law. 2 One of the brothers, speaking for the others, said: "What do you expect to achieve by questioning us? We are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors." 3 At that the king, in a fury, gave orders to have pans and caldrons heated. 4 While they were being quickly heated, he commanded his executioners to cut out the tongue of the one who had spoken for the others, to scalp him and cut off his hands and feet, while the rest of his brothers and his mother looked on. 5 When he was completely maimed but still breathing, the king ordered them to catTY him to the fire and fry him. As a cloud of smoke spread from the pan, the brothers and their mother encouraged one another to die bravely, saying such words as these: 6 "The Lord God is looking on, and truly has compassion on us, as Moses declared in his canticle, when he protested openly with the words, 'And the Lord will have pity on the Lord's servants.'" ( 7 7 When the first brother had died in this manner, they brought the second to be made spOlt of. After tearing off the skin and hair of his head, they asked him, "Will you eat the pork rather than have your body tortured limb by limb?" 8 Answering in the language of his ancestors, he said, "Never!" So he too in turn suffered the same tortures as the first. 9 At the point of death he said: "You accursed fiend, you are depriving us of this present life, but the Ruler of the world will raise us up to live again forever. It is for that Sovereign'S laws that we are dying." i-o-Afwr him the third sltfrefefriheiF-erue-l-sflBrtc-I-ie put ouHtHHoRgt!e-a1'-BnCe when tokl-te--tlo-w,---and bravely-+tekl--otlt-hi 5 hands, H --as--tte--spe-k:e-fuese--nohle-Wffl'tls~ w.:'1S-from-Heave.a-tlnlt I recei\-ed-thcse;-ferthe--sake- '/-g-Aftef-he--hatH:l-iecl,-they to!1Hree,,"ulfr-makre.:1ted-the-fotlrth brotheHft-the same Wfr)";-{4-\\41€ft-he , 7 20 Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother, who saw her seven sons perish in a single day, yet bore it courageously because of her hope in the Lord. 21 Filled with a noble spirit that stirred her f',vBmRni:yt heart with [manly) courage, she exhorted each of them in the language of their ancestors with these words: 22 "I do not know how you came into existence in my womb; it was not I who gave you the breath oflife, nor was it I who set in order the elements of which each of you is composed. 23 Therefore, since it is the Creator of the universe who shapes each ( person's beginning, as the Lord brings about the origin of everything, the Lord, in mercy, will give you back both breath and life, because you now disregard yourselves for the sake ofthe Lord's law." 24 Antiochus, suspecting insult in her words, thought he was being ridiculed. As the youngest brother was still alive, the king appealed to him, not with mere words, but with promises on oath, to make him rich and happy ifhe would abandon his ancestral customs: he would make him his Friend and entrust him with high office. 7 25 When the youth paid no attention to him at all, the king appealed to the mother, urging her to advise her boy to save his life. 26 After he had urged her for a long time, she went through the motions of persuading her son. 27 In derision of the cruel tyrant, she leaned over close to her son and said in their native language: "Son, have pity on me, who calTied you in my womb for nine months, nursed you for three years, brought you up, educated and supported you to your present age. 28 I beg you, Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. ~m-tel ~,1,.2 "We, mJeed, are sufferiflg-Be{;.'tlHS~.H:}tif.. sit1fr;-:;;;. Thffitgh-0tlf-tiviftgteffi.ffeaffi tlS-!'lHffifl1y-fur a little wfrHe-tG-e0fl'eet-l:!s-'\¥ftfl-eftast1sefflCRID,4he-b:ll'{l-wi!1-agaiR-l7e l'ffOl'l€iled 'tritlHite-berd' s ser-\'ffittfY;-34-Bm-yoo;-wretch, vi lest of-aN-hmnans! dB-fief; ~1:tf-it!so!CRce"~"-.1"'.T ,,,,,.cOO:eel'fl:-VBttfSClfwtth-tmfBtlt'lded hope~se-veurhaftdo.J,~'-'.J'-''''''''''''>- '" agajnsHhe-ehj+&en~.,-~-:VBu-have-tI:et·yeh7S€tlpe<.+-theitttlg+neHt-BHhe ililnigfity-aHd aJ J seeing GOd"-J{i-Nl:y-bfot+ter.",afl~H':il'l:g-bl~aj.n,Jlffile-dftmk et=-OOVff-fui.J.ffig-l.j4e.,+H1der God's CO'iOfiflHt, bl:!t-you, by tl1e jl:!dgmcnt 0 f Geth.-S.frffil re€cP,'e.jHst-fJttnishments-fBi'TOHl~arr0gHH£%.-J+-hil~-l:Jrethcr&,··h4foF-HIHll)Lbody aflt!-H~+i+e-f0F-oHF-aHecstrallav:s, im}7lBfing God to show-mel~ur nutiOll, aRfr.by-a#1tetieftS-a~ke-y0U-OORte·ss-thnHhe-b01'd·il10Re-is-God~ ( ." 38 Through me and my brothers, may there be an end to the wrath of the Almighty that has justly fallen on our whole nation." 39 At that, the king became enraged and treated him even worse than the others, since he bitterly resented the boy's contempt. 40 Thus he too died undefiled, putting all his trust in the Lord. 41 The mother was last to die, after her sons. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Greye&-euHem-with stFikethrou&h is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-Jesus-" ( instead of"He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 323 Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 157) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 17: 1,5-6,8,15 \ ( I R: Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full. Hear, 0 LORD, what is just; heed my cry, give ear to my prayer, uttered without guile. R: Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full. My feet have held to Your paths; my legs have not given way. I call on You; You will answer me, God; turn Your ear to me, hear what I say. R: Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full. Guide me like the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings, ( ) Then I, justified, will behold Your face; awake, I am filled with the vision of You. R: Lord, when Your glory appears, my joy will be full. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gfayetl-ellHeJH-witlrstflketltr_gh is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltill Izyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. " ) Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUITIS. Page 324 Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 157) READING II 2 Thes 2: 16-3: 5 A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Thessalonians. 16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement and good hope through his grace, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word. 3 1 Finally, sisters and brothers, pray for us, so that the word ofthe Lord may speed forward and be glorified, as it did among you, 2 and that we may be delivered from perverse and wicked people, for not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful and wiII strengthen you and guard you from the evil one. 4 We are confident of you in the Lord that what we instruct you, you (both) are doing and will continue to do. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of Christ. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. G!~kffit-telfr-wtth-strikethr(ffigh is not read. -Bold Italicized text witllill IIypltells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 325 Thirty-Second Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 157) GOSPEL Lk 20: 27-44 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 27 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to -Jesus-a, 28 saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.' 29 Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. 30 Then the second 31 and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. 32 Finally the woman also died. 33 Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her." 34 Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry and remarry; 35 but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 20 36 "They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. 37 That the dead wiII rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; 38 God is not God of the dead, but ( of the living, for all are alive to God." 39 Some of the scribes said in reply, "Teacher, you have answered well." 40 And they no longer dared to ask him anything. 41 Then he said to them, "How do they claim that the Messiah is the Son of David? 42 For David himself in the Book of Psalms says: 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand 43 tiII I make your enemies your footstool.'" 44 Now if David calls him 'lord,' how can he be his son?" The gospel of the Lord. a-Allar Bible text: him Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. GfayeEl-ffilHeM-with strikethrooglT is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 326 Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 160) READING II Mal 3: 19-20a A reading from the book of the prophet Malachi. 3 19 ffi lo! That day is at hand, burning like an oven. All the alTogant and all the doers of evil shall be straw, and the day that is coming -said the Lord of Hosts shall burn them to ashes and leave ofthem neither stock nor boughs. 20 But for you who revere My name a sun of victory shall rise to bring healing. ¥--eH4all-ge-Rwth afltktrullfl-li!re-stilH-fe~ves,-u-aHtl-ysu-shtttl-{famples the-wteke€l-tB-a-pHlr,fsr they-shall-BMlHSt--!Jeneaift-yeHf-feet-en-thMluy-tlwt-J-iHtrpl'el*\ring said--the--t-oftf<-l--e-f Hest-s~ The word of the Lord. c -_. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed out tel,t \vitll striketllrouglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesl/s-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 327 Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 160) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98: 1,5-6, 7-8, 9 ( R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. Sing to the LORD a new song, who has worked wonders; Whose right hand, whose holy arm, has won victory. R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. Sing praise to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and melodious song. With trumpets and the blast of the hom raise a shout before the LORD, who reigns. R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. Let the sea and all within it thunder, the world and all its inhabitants; Let the rivers clap their hands, ( the mountains sing joyously together. R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. At the presence of the LORD, for the LORD is coming to rule the emih; The LORD will rule the world justly, and its peoples with equity. R: The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. G~HHe?H--Wi+ll-~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 328 Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 160) READING II 2 Thes 3: 7-12 A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Thessalonians. 36 \Ve instruet-~thef3 and sisters, in-4e-tmfl'l:e-t>f-(-&1Jr) Lord Jesus Christ, to shUH-thlf.,eJNh0-C-t)H-duet-themsclves in a disel'defly way and-HeHl€cording to-the t-fflffiti-eR-tlieY-l'ecciYcd fi"et1'l-tl&-:r¥-er you know how one must imitate us. For we did not act in a disorderly way among you, 8 nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you. 9 Not that we do not have the right. Rather, we wanted to present ourselves as a model for you, so that you might imitate us. 10 In fact, when we were with you, we instructed you that if anyone was unwilling to work, neither should that one eat. II We hear that some are conducting themselves among you in a disorderly way, by not keeping busy but minding the business of others. 12 Such (~ people we instruct and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and to eat their own food. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. GmyeEI-fHIHcxt with sffij~ethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 329 Thirty-Third Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 160) GOSPEL Lk21:5-19 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 5 While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly a stones and votive offerings, --JesllS- said, 6 "All that you see here---the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down." 21 7 Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?" 8 He answered, "See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and 'The time has come.' Do not follow them! 9 When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be telTified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end." 10 Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. 11 There will be powerful emihquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky. 12 "Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before ( kings and governors because of my name. 13 It will lead to your giving testimony. 14 Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, 15 for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. 21 16 "You will even be handed over by parents, siblings, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. 17 You will be hated by all because of my name, 18 but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. 19 By your perseverance you will secure your lives. The gospel of the Lord. a-Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grllyed-ettH"-w-witlH,ffketilfoogfi is not read. -Bold Italicized text witllill IIypllells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 330 Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday ofthe Year- Cycle C (Mass 163) Christ the King READING I 2 Sm 5: 1-12 A reading from the second book of Samuel. 5 I All the tribes ofIsrael came to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood. 2 Long before now, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel in war; and the Lord said to you: You shall shepherd My people Israel; you shall be lUler ofIsrael." 3 All the elders ofIsrael came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a pact with them in Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in JelUsalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years. 6 The king and his followers set out for Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the region. David was told, "You will never get in here! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back." (They meant: David will never enter here.) ( 5 7 But David captured the stronghold of Zion; it is now the City of David. sOn that occasion David said, "Those who attack the Jebusites shall reach the water channel and [strike down] the lame and the blind, who are hateful to David." That is why they say: "No one who is blind or lame may enter the House." 9 David occupied the stronghold and renamed it the City of David; David also fOliified the surrounding area, from the Millo inward. 10 David kept growing stronger, for the Lord, the God of Hosts, was with him. II King Hiram ofTyre sent envoys to David with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons; and they built a palace for David. 12 Thus David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingship for the sake of the Lord's people Israel. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gl'aJ'eEl-eut text V;itlr5tTH~ugft is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the readiug. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 331 Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday of the Year- Cycle C (Mass 163) Christ the King Responsorial Psalm: Ps 122; 1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5 ) R: I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord. I rejoiced when they said to me, "We are going to the House of the LORD." Our feet stood inside your gates, 0 Jerusalem. R: I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord. Jerusalem built up, a city knit together, to which tribes would make pilgrimage, the tribes ofthe Lord. R: I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord. I As was enjoined upon Israel ( ) to praise the name of the LORD. There the thrones of judgement stood, thrones ofthe house of David. R: I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go to the house of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gl'll)'OO-euHtllit-witlhstflkeweuglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 332 Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday of the Year - Cycle C (Mass 163) Christ the King READING II ColI: 12-20 A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians. a 12 --Give- thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light. 13 God delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the beloved Son, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him. 1 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 He is the head ofthe body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent. 19 For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, 20 and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven. The word of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: giving Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. ~ GOSPEL Lk23: 33-43 ( A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 23 33 When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him and the criminals there, one on his right, the other on his left. 34 (Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.") They divided his garments by casting lots. 35 The people stood by and watched; the rulers, meanwhile, sneered at him and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God." 36 Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine 37 they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself." 38 Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews." 39 Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us." 40 The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, ( "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condenmation? 41 And indeed, we have been condenmed justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal." 2342 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise." The gospel of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. GmY,->fr-euHext with sJ±ik""Hmmglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text witllin hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 334 August 15 - Assumption Vigil (Mass 621) (Solemnity) READING I 1 Chr 15: 3-4,14-16,27-16:2 A reading from the first book of Chronicles. 3 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it. 15 4 Then David gathered together the Aaronides and the Levites: ,,-ttlt'-5efts-ffi' Kehath: Uri cl the officcr illle-llts-reh1t-i.yes 129~(,-t~)el¥.',-ot~Mef&P.-AsilialHhe officeHlOO-his relatives 220; ;r--the-sElHs-BfGersh0Ill~0el-theoffi€ef-aHrl-hift relatives 139; 8--the sons ofEti~w.--SheJtlilffih-the onicer-am!--fli~datives ~O~ Unicl: ;\:mrnifiadab the OfftBef' and his relttt-ive:; 11~ 1+-Dffi~nt-fe!:'--2:ado* and Abiathm-ihe-f'riests, and fOf-the-beviks,-l:Jriel, -Asaialr, ( ;leeI,-8hernaialr,-Hi:cl,-alld-+\mfllinadahc-+;l He said to them, "'{-ell are the heads-ef tile-dans o1:'-#le-L-evfte~etHY-7'0llfSeIws,yOH-aml-y0ur--<..-4tfr,-iffiEl-Bflf1g up the At'k:-efthe-bord God 0 t'-lsmel to [the-ph1eet-I-ha.ye-prcpared fOf--i~+,,-BeeHtlSe-yoH v{ere lleHhel'c-{lw-Brst time, the--boffi-eur-G0fr-bltfSt-Dut-against us,-fsf-wC did not shew--dHe regal'El--for--the--boFfr.-" 15 14 The priests and Levites sanctified themselves in order to bring up the Ark of the Lord God ofIsrael. 15 The Levites carried the Ark of God by means of poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord. 16 David ordered the officers of the Levites to install the singers with musical instruments, harps, lyres, and cymbals,joyfully making their voices heard. ~4e bevftes-in-stnI1cd He1Yh1frSBJt-ef-Jeel-nf1El,o-fh~Hffifls, i\saph--soo-of-BereeJrialr, Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. 8mye4-out text with--slTi-ketlti'eUgh is not read. -BoM Italicized text witlzin IIypllens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 335 and, of the-''',ttms-.ef~Mefftfl-tlre:i~f-€Busins, Ethan sen ofKu8haWb.~~f-'Wi+h them were thcir-fel-atives-efseooftEHank:;--;?;eel-b:,wW1;-Ben, Jaaziel, Shemit~lr, Jolliel, Unni, ~E1i-aB,BeHai-ah~latthlti-ah,EHfJha1ehB,.tvlt!meiah, OIJed edem and kiel the gatekeepers-; *** (TURN 1 PAGE)*** 15 27 Now David and all the Levites who were carrying the Ark, and the singers and Chenaniah, officer of song of the singers, were wrapped in robes of fine linen, and David wore a linen ephod. 28 All Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord with shouts and with blasts ofthe horn, with tmmpets and cymbals, playing on harps and lyres, 29 As the Ark ofthe Covenant of the Lord arrived at the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing, and she despised him for it. ( 16 1 They brought in the Ark of God and set it up inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they sacrificed burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God, 2 When David finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and the offerings of well being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. 8n1)'W-8\H text v,itft-stt4k~ is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns, Page 336 August 15 - Assumption Vigil (Mass 621) (Solemnity) Responsorial Psalm: Ps 132: 6-7, 9-10,13-14 R: Lord go up to the place of your rest, You and the ark of your holiness. We heard it was in Ephrath; we came upon it in the region ofJaar. Let us enter the LORD'S abode, bow at the LORD'S footstool. R: Lord go up to the place of your rest, You and the ark of your holiness. Your priests are clothed in triumph; Your loyal one sing for joy. For the sake of Your servant David do not reject Your anointed one. R: Lord go up to the place of your rest, You and the ark of your holiness. For the LORD has chosen Zion; the LORD has desired it for a seat. "This is my resting-place for all time; here will I dwell, for I desire it." R: Lord go up to the place of your rest, You and the ark of your holiness. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gmyed out text with strilretlweugfi is not read. -Bold Italicized text witlzin Izyplzens- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 337 August 15 - Assumption Vigil (Mass 621) (Solemnity) READING II 1 Cor 15: 50-57 ( A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. 15 50 This I declare, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does cormption inherit incormption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last tmmpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised inconuptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For that which is conuptible must clothe itself with incormptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itselfwith immOliality. 54 And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: "Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 Where, 0 death, is your victory? ( Where, 0 death, is your sting?" 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gray€e-ooH=t-witfi-&tTiketllieug!t is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-JeslIs-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. l Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tums. Page 338 August 15 - Assumption Vigil (Mass 621) (Solemnity) GOSPEL Lk 11: 27-28 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 27 While -JeslIs-a was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that carries you and the breasts at which you nursed." 28 He replied, "Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it." The gospel of the Lord. a _ Altar Bible text: he Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Grayed cmHexct with slrikethrottglt is not read. -Bold Italicized text witltillltypltens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jeslls-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 339 August 15 -- Assumption (Mass 621) Mass during the Day (Solemnity) (\ READING I Rv 11: 19, 12:1-6, 10 A reading from the book of Revelation. 19 Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of the covenant could be seen in the temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals ofthunder, an earthquake, and a violent hailstorm. 12 I A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was with child and wailed aloud in pain as she labored to give birth. 3 Then another sign appeared in the sky; it was a huge red dragon, with seven heads and ten homs, and on its head were seven diadems. 4 Its tail swept away a third of the stars in the sky and hurled them down to the emih. Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give birth, to devour her child when she gave birth. 5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was caught up to God and God's throne. 6 The woman herself fled into the desert where she had a place prepared by God, that there she might be taken care of for twelve hundred and sixty days. -1-1-+-+helTwm~bl'Ellce uat in h€'av-eIt;-l'vlte!'NK"-! and his angels battled against the (~ dlUgetl~fie-Ehugon-al1tl-*,.3-aHgeb-foogl+H7aek:;-g-l:),Ht-tfiey-t!ffi-llet-pfevfttl-anB-there Was-RB-lettg-eJ'-ftHY place for theffl-ift-heaveH-;--,,-+he--httge-dmgBH,fhe-aRcienHefj3Cflt, who is eaUed the Dev-i-l-tlflEl-8atan,whe-t!eecived-the-whole "York!, WGS thfewth:!ewn te-eaTth,ttl1EHts-al1~Vel'e thrO\VlHlov.'H-W·i-th-tb.- 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "Now have salvation and power come, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of God's Anointed. For the accuser of our kin is cast out. who accuses them before our God day and night. The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. Grayed-eltt-teffi-w-itfrffirilcelhwltgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. ( Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 340 August 15 -- Assumption (Mass 621) Mass during the Day (Solemnity) ( Responsorial Psalm: Ps 45: 10, 11, 12, 16 R: The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold ofOphir. R: The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. Hear,O daughter, and see; turn your ear, forget your people and your father's house. R: The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. ( So shall the king desire your beauty; for he is your lord. R: The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. They are borne in with gladness and joy; they enter the palace ofthe king. R: The qileen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. Gffiye,i-BuHelff-with strikethrough is not read. -Bold Italicized text withill hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 341 August 15 -- Assumption (Mass 621) Mass during the Day (Solemnity) ) READING II J Cor 15: 20-25 A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthinans. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being. 15 22 For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life, 23 but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ; 24 then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power. 25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. ( The word of the Lord. Readers, please note: {Braced} text is added. 8faye4-e\lH_\-wi!lrsti~*etflreugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphells- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tUlTIS. Page 342 August 15 -- Assumption (Mass 621) Mass during the Day (Solemnity) ( GOSPEL Lk 1: 39-56 A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke. 39 During those days Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah, 40 where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 1 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, 42 cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled." 46 And Mary said: "My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; ( 47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior. 48 For God has looked upon this handmaid's lowliness; behold, ft'om now on will all ages call me blessed. 1 49 "The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is God's name, 50 Whose mercy is from age to age to those who show reverence, 51 Who has shown a mighty arm, and dispersed the arrogant of mind and hemi, 52 Who has thrown down the rulers from their thrones Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. ~-te)f-f-with striketlweugh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphens- replaces text in Altar Bible (i.e. "-Jesus-" ( instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end ofthe reading. Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page turns. Page 343 but lifted up the lowly, 53 Who has filled the hungry with good things and has sent the rich away empty, 54 Who has remembered mercy ( and helped Israel, God's servant, 55 according to the promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." 56 Mary remained with her about three months and then returned to her home. The gospel of the Lord. N.B. Verses 47 to 55 of this reading may be sung or chanted. Readers, please note: {Braced}text is added. gffiyefr.ooH'eM-lvi'h~tr-*ctliHmgh is not read. -Bold Italicized text within hyphms- replaces text in Altar Bible (Le. "-Jesus-" ; instead of "He"). Replaced text can be found at the end of the reading. \ Chapter markers placed mid-chapter indicate Altar Bible page tmns. Page 344