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Lectionary Readings for the 34th or Last Sunday of the Year, Year C, Christ the King
Readings, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel
Reading I, 2 Sam 5, 1-3A Reading from the Second Book of Samuel 5, 1-3They anointed David king of Israel. All the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: "Here we are, your bone and your flesh. In days past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led the Israelites out and brought them back. And the Lord said to you, 'You shall shepherd my people Israel and shall be commander of Israel.'" When all the elders of Israel came to David in Hebron, King David made an agreement with them there before the Lord, and they anointed him king of Israel. The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm, Ps 122, 1-2. 3-4. 4-5. R. v. 1R. I rejoiced when I heard them say: let us go tothe house of the Lord. 1. I rejoiced because they said to me, "We will go up to the house of the Lord." And now we have set foot within your gates, O Jerusalem. R. 2. Jerusalem, built as a city with compact unity. To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. R. 3. According to the decree for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. In it are set up judgment seats, seats for the house of David. R. Reading II, Col 1, 12-20A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the ColossiansHe has taken us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. Give thanks to the Father for having made you worthy to share the lot of the saints in light. He rescued us from the power of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of his beloved Son. Through him we have redemption, the forgiveness of our sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creatures. In him everything in heaven and one earth was created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominations, principalities or powers; all were created through him, and for him. He is before all else that is. In him everything continues in being. It is he who is head of the body, the church; he who is the beginning, the first-born of the dead, so that primacy may be his in everything. It pleased God to make absolute fullness reside in him and, by means of him, to reconcile everything in his person, everything, I say, both on earth and in the heavens, making peace through the blood of his cross. The Word of the Lord. Gospel, Lk 23, 35-43
Alleluia Mk 11, 10
R. Alleluia. Blessed is he who inherits the kingdom of David our father; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. R. Alleluia. A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Luke Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom. The people stood there watching, and the leaders kept jeering at Jesus, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one." The soldiers also made fun of him by coming forward and offering him their sour wine while saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." There was an inscription over his head: "This is the King of the Jews." One of the criminals hanging in crucifixion blasphemed him: "Aren't you the Messiah? Then save yourself and us." But the other one called him to task: "Have you no fear of God, seeing you are under the same sentence? We deserve it, after all. We are only paying the price for what we've done, but his man has done nothing wrong." He then said, "Jesus, remember me when you enter upon your reign." And Jesus replied, "I assure you: this day you will be with me in paradise." The Gospel of the Lord.
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