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Lectionary Readings for the 21st Sunday of the Year, Year C
Readings, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel
Reading I, Is 66, 18-21A Reading from the Book of the Prophet IsaiahThey will gather all of your brothers from all nations. I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory. I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations. They shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their offering to the house of the Lord in clean vessels. Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the Lord. The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm, Ps 117, 1. 2. R. v. Mk 16, 15R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.1. Praise the Lord, all you nations; glorify him, all you peoples! R. 2. For steadfast is his kindness toward us, and the fidelity of the Lord endures forever. R. Reading II, Heb 12, 5-7. 11-13A Reading from the Letter to the HebrewsThe Lord disciplines those he loves. You have forgotten the encouraging words addressed to you as sons: "My sons, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord nor lose heart when he reproves you; for, whom the Lord loves, he disciplines; he scourges every son he receives." Endure your trials as the discipline of God, who deals with you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? At the time it is administered, all discipline seems a cause of grief and not for joy, but later it brings forth the fruit of peace and justice to those who are trained in its school. So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight the paths you walk on, that your halting limbs may not be dislocated but healed. The Word of the Lord. Gospel, Lk 13, 22-30
Alleluia Jn 14, 5
R. Alleluia. I am the way, the truth, and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, except through me. R. Alleluia. A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Luke Men from the east and the west will come to take their place in the kingdom of God. Jesus went through cities and towns teaching - all the while making his way toward Jerusalem. Someone asked him, "Lord, are they few in number who are to be saved?" He replied: "Try to come in through the narrow door. Many, I tell you, will try to enter and be unable. When once the master of the house has risen to lock the door and you stand outside knocking and saying, 'Sir, open for us,' he will say in reply, 'I do not know where you come from.' Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your company. You taught in our streets.' But he will answer, 'I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Away from me, you evildoers!' "There will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets safe in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves rejected. People will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and will take their place at the feast in the kingdom of God. Some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last." The Gospel of the Lord.
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