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Lectionary Readings for All Saints
Years A, B, and C
Readings, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel
Reading I, Rv 7, 2-4. 9-14
A Reading from the Book of Revelation
I saw an immense crowd, beyond hope of counting,
of people from every nation, race, tribe and language.
I, John, saw another angel come up from the east
holding the seal of the living God. He cried out
at the top of his voice to the four angels who
were given power to ravage the land and the sea,"
Do no harm to the land or the sea or the trees
until we imprint this seal on the foreheads of
the servants of our God." I heard the number of
those who were so marked - one hundred and forty-
four thousand from every tribe of Israel. After
this I saw before me a huge crowd which no one
could count from every nation, race, people, and
tongue. They stood before the throne and the Lamb,
dressed in long white robes and holding palm branches
in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice,
"Salvation is from our God, who is seated on the
throne, and from the Lamb." All the angels who were
standing around the throne and the elders and the
four living creatures fell down before the throne
to worship God. They said: "Amen! Praise and glory,
wisdom, thanksgiving, and honor, power and might
to our God forever and ever. Amen!" Then one of
the elders asked me, "Who do you think these are,
all dressed in white? And where have they come from?"
I said to him, "Sir, you should know better than I."
He then told me, "These are the ones who have
survived the great period of trial; they have washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb."
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm, Ps 24, 1-2. 3-4. 5-6. R. v. 6
R.
Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.
1. The Lord's are the earth and its fullness;
the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the rivers. R.
2. Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord?
or who may stand in his holy place?
He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
who desires not what is vain. R.
3. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks for him,
that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. R.
Reading II, 1 Jn 3, 1-3
A Reading from the First Letter of John
We shall see God as he really is.
See what love the Father has bestowed on us in
letting us be called the children of God! Yet
that in fact is what we are. The reason the
world does not recognize us is that it never
recognized the Son. Dearly beloved, we are God's
children now; what we shall later be has not
yet come to light. We know that when it comes
to light we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is. Everyone who has this hope
based on him keeps himself pure, as he is pure.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel, Mt 5, 1-12
Alleluia, Mt 11, 28
R. Alleluia. Come to me, all you that labor
and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. R. Alleluia.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel, According to Matthew
Rejoice and be glad for your reward will be great in heaven.
When Jesus saw the crowds he went up on the mountainside.
After he had sat down his disciples gathered around him,
and he began to teach them: "How blest are the poor in
spirit: the reign of God is theirs. Blest too are the
sorrowing: they shall be consoled. Blest are the lowly;
they shall inherit the land. Blest are they who hunger
and thirst for holiness; they shall have their fill. Blest
are they who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs. Blest are
the single-hearted, for they shall see God. Blest too the
peacemakers; they shall be called sons of God. Blest are
those persecuted for holiness' sake; the reign of God is
theirs. Blest are you when they insult you and persecute
you and utter every kind of slander against you because
of me. Be glad and rejoice, for your reward in heaven is
great."
The gospel of the Lord.
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