Saturday, 26 October 2024
Saturday, Twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time – Year II
Saturday, Mass of our Lady
Antiphons on page 1866 (CBVM # 7) and Readings on Page 1391 of the Daily Missal
First Reading: Ephesians 4:7-16
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 122:1-2.3-4ab.4cd-5 (R. see 1)
Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm
R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
I rejoiced when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
And now our feet are standing
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is built as a city
bonded as one together.
It is there that the tribes go up,
the tribes of the Lord.
For Israel’s witness it is
to praise the name of the Lord.
There were set the thrones for judgment,
the thrones of the house of David.
R/. Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.
Please stand for the Gospel.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord, but that he turn from his way and live.
Alleluia.
Gospel: Luke 13:1-9
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.
There were some present at that very time
who told Jesus of the Galileans
whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
And he answered them,
“Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners
than all the other Galileans
because they suffered thus?
I tell you, No;
but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.
Or those eighteen
upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them,
do you think that they were worse offenders
than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem?
I tell you, No;
but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
And he told this parable:
“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard,
and he came seeking fruit on it and found none.
And he said to the vinedresser,
‘Behold, these three years
I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree,
and I find none.
Cut it down;
why should it use up the ground?’
And he answered him,
‘Let it alone, sir, this year also,
till I dig about it and put on manure.
And if it bears fruit next year, well and good;
but if not, you can cut it down.’”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Communion Antiphon.
Mary treasured all these words, reflection on them in her heart.
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