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Thursday, October 17, 2024

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First Reading

Ephesians 1:1-10

1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are also faithful in Christ Jesus:
2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 98:1-6

1O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory.
2The LORD has made known his victory, he has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations.
3He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.
4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
6With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

Gospel

Luke 11:47-54

47Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets whom your fathers killed.
48So you are witnesses and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
50that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,
51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariʹah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.
52Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
53As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard, and to provoke him to speak of many things,
54lying in wait for him, to catch at something he might say.

First Reading

Philippians 3:17--4:1

3
17Brethren, join in imitating me, and mark those who so live as you have an example in us.
18For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
20But our commonwealth is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21who will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power which enables him even to subject all things to himself.
4
1Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 34:2-9

1I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2My soul makes its boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and be glad.
3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together!
4I sought the LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5Look to him, and be radiant; so your faces shall never be ashamed.
6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.
8O taste and see that the LORD is good! Happy is the man who takes refuge in him!

Gospel

John 12:24-26

24Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
25He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
26If any one serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant be also; if any one serves me, the Father will honor him.