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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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St. Leonard of Port Maurice, OFM, Priest (Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Daniel 2:31-45
31“You saw, O king, and behold, a great image. This image, mighty and of exceeding brightness, stood before you, and its appearance was frightening.
32The head of this image was of fine gold, its breast and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze,
33its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.
34As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it smote the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces;
35then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
36“This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.
37You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory,
38and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the sons of men, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air, making you rule over them all—you are the head of gold.
39After you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and yet a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.
40And there shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron breaks to pieces and shatters all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these.
41And as you saw the feet and toes partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but some of the firmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the miry clay.
42And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle.
43As you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay.
44And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;
45just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
Responsorial Psalm
Daniel 3:57-61
58“Bless the Lord, all works of the Lord, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
59Bless the Lord, you heavens, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
60Bless the Lord, you angels of the Lord, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
61Bless the Lord, all waters above the heaven, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
62Bless the Lord, all powers, sing praise to him and highly exalt him for ever.
Gospel
Luke 21:5-11
5And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said,
6“As for these things which you see, the days will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
7And they asked him, “Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign when this is about to take place?”
8And he said, “Take heed that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.
9And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this must first take place, but the end will not be at once.”
10Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
11there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
From the Franciscan Lectionary
First Reading
Ephesians 1:3-14
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
4even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
5He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
6to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
8which he lavished upon us.
9For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ
10as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
11In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,
12we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.
13In him 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,
14who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 85:2-4, 7-11
1LORD, thou wast favorable to thy land; thou didst restore the fortunes of Jacob.
2Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. Selah
3Thou didst withdraw all thy wrath; thou didst turn from thy hot anger.
6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7Show us thy steadfast love, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
8Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
9Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
Gospel
Matthew 16:24-27
24Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
25For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
26For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?
27For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.