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SUNDAY READINGS.

2019-09-29

No: 44

FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of the prophet Amos 6:1a.4-7

A reading from the Book of the prophet Amos Thus says the Lord almighty: “woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria. Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst of the stall; who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David intent for themselves instruments of music; who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves in the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! Therefore they shall now be the first of those to go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves shall pass away.”
The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM
R. My soul, give praise to the Lord!

It is the Lord who preserves fidelity forever, who does
justice to those who are oppressed. It is he who gives
bread to the hungry, the Lord who sets prisoners free. R.

It is the Lord who opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord
who raises up those who are bowed down. It is the Lord
who loves the just, the Lord who protects the stranger. R.

The Lord upholds the orphan and the widow, but
thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign forever, the God of Sion from age to age. R.

SECOND READING
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy 6:11-16

O man of God, aim at righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the presence of God who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; and this will be made manifest at the proper time by the blessed and only sovereign, the king of kings and Lord of Lords, who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honour and eternal dominion.

Amen.
The word of the Lord.

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia!
Though Jesus Christ was rich, yet for your sake, he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
Alleluia!

GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 16:19-31

At that time; Jesus said to the Pharisees, “There was a rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, full of sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man?s table; moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham?s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried; and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes, and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. And he called out, „Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. “But Abraham said, „son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.? And he said, „Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father?s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.? But Abraham said, „No, father Abraham; but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.? “He said to him, „if they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.”
The Gospel of the Lord.

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SUNDAY READINGS.