October 22nd : Gospel The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expectA reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 12:39-48

October 22nd :  Gospel 

 

The Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 12:39-48

At this time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Know this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for all?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom his master will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the proper time? Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes. Truly, I say to you, he will set him over all his possessions. But if that servant says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming’, and begins to beat the male and female servants, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful. And that servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

October 22nd : Responsorial PsalmPsalm 124:1–3, 4–6, 7–8 (R. 8a)Response : Our help is in the name of the Lord.

October 22nd : Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 124:1–3, 4–6, 7–8 (R. 8a)

Response :  Our help is in the name of the Lord.

“If the Lord had not been on our side,” let Israel say— “If the Lord had not been on our side when people rose against us, then would they have swallowed us alive when their anger was kindled.

Response :  Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Then would the waters have engulfed us, the torrent gone over us; over our head would have swept the raging waters.” Blest be the Lord who did not give us a prey to their teeth.

Response :  Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Our life, like a bird, has escaped from the snare of the fowler. Indeed, the snare has been broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Response :  Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation 

Alleluia

V. Alleluia.

R. Alleluia.

V. Stay awake, and be ready; the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

R. Alleluia.

October 22nd : First reading Make every part of your body a weapon fighting on the side of GodA reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Romans 6: 12-18

October 22nd :  First reading 

Make every part of your body a weapon fighting on the side of God

A reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Romans 6: 12-18 

Brethren: Let not sin reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.

The word of the Lord.