அக்டோபர் 20 : முதல் வாசகம்நம்பிக்கை கொண்டிருக்கும் நாமும் கடவுளுக்கு ஏற்புடையவர்கள் எனக் கருதப்படுவோம்.திருத்தூதர் பவுல் உரோமையருக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகத்திலிருந்து வாசகம் 4: 20-25

அக்டோபர் 20 :  முதல் வாசகம்

நம்பிக்கை கொண்டிருக்கும் நாமும் கடவுளுக்கு ஏற்புடையவர்கள் எனக் கருதப்படுவோம்.

திருத்தூதர் பவுல் உரோமையருக்கு எழுதிய திருமுகத்திலிருந்து வாசகம் 4: 20-25

சகோதரர் சகோதரிகளே,

கடவுளின் வாக்குறுதியைப் பற்றி ஆபிரகாம் ஐயப்படவே இல்லை; நம்பிக்கையில் அவர் மேலும் வலுப்பெற்றார்; கடவுளைப் பெருமைப்படுத்தினார். தாம் வாக்களித்ததைக் கடவுள் செய்ய வல்லவர் என்பதை அவர் உறுதியாய் அறிந்திருந்தார். ஆகவே “அதை ஆண்டவர் அவருக்கு நீதியாகக் கருதினார்."

“நீதியாகக் கருதினார்” என்று எழுதியுள்ளது அவரை மட்டும் குறிக்கவில்லை; நம்மையும் குறிக்கின்றது; இறந்த நம் ஆண்டவர் இயேசுவை உயிர்த்தெழச் செய்தவர்மீது நம்பிக்கை கொண்டிருக்கும் நாமும் அவ்வாறே கடவுளுக்கு ஏற்புடையவர்கள் எனக் கருதப்படுவோம். நம் குற்றங்களுக்காகச் சாகுமாறு கடவுள் இயேசுவை ஒப்புவித்தார்; நம்மைத் தமக்கு ஏற்புடையவர்களாக்குமாறு அவரை உயிர்த்தெழச் செய்தார்.

ஆண்டவரின் அருள்வாக்கு.

October 20th : Gospel Fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of youA reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 12:13-21

October 20th :  Gospel 

Fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 12:13-21 

A man in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.’ ‘My friend,’ he replied, ‘who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?’ Then he said to them, ‘Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man’s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.’

  Then he told them a parable: ‘There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, “What am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.” Then he said, “This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.” But God said to him, “Fool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?” So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.’

The Word of the Lord.

October 20th : Responsorial Psalm Luke 1:69-75 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.

October 20th :  Responsorial Psalm 

Luke 1:69-75 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.

He has raised up for us a mighty saviour

  in the house of David his servant,

as he promised by the lips of holy men,

  those who were his prophets from of old.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.

A saviour who would free us from our foes,

  from the hands of all who hate us.

So his love for our fathers is fulfilled

  and his holy covenant remembered.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.

He swore to Abraham our father

  to grant us that free from fear,

  and saved from the hands of our foes,

we might serve him in holiness and justice

  all the days of our life in his presence.

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel! He has visited his people.

Gospel Acclamation Ps24:4,5

Alleluia, alleluia!

Teach me your paths, my God,

make me walk in your truth.

Alleluia!

October 20th : First reading We must believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the deadA reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Romans 4: 20-25

October 20th :  First reading 

We must believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead

A reading from the letter of St.Paul to the Romans 4: 20-25 

Since God had made him a promise, Abraham refused either to deny it or even to doubt it, but drew strength from faith and gave glory to God, convinced that God had power to do what he had promised. This is the faith that was ‘considered as justifying him.’ Scripture however does not refer only to him but to us as well when it says that his faith was thus ‘considered’; our faith too will be ‘considered’ if we believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, Jesus who was put to death for our sins and raised to life to justify us.

The Word of the Lord.

October 19th : Gospel The parable of the unjust judgeA Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 18:1-8

October 19th :  Gospel 

The parable of the unjust judge

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 18:1-8 

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death.”’

  And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

The Word of the Lord.

October 19th : Second ReadingThe man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good workA Reading from the Second Letter of St.Paul to Timothy 3: 14-4:2

October 19th :  Second Reading

The man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work

A Reading from the Second Letter of St.Paul to Timothy 3: 14-4:2 

You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scriptures – from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. This is how the man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work.

  Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I put this duty to you, in the name of his Appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience – but do all with patience and with the intention of teaching.

The Word of the Lord.

Gospel Acclamation cf.Ep1:17,18

Alleluia, alleluia!

May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

enlighten the eyes of our mind,

so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.

Alleluia!

October 19th : Responsorial Psalm Psalm 120(121)

October 19th :  Responsorial Psalm 

Psalm 120(121) 

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

I lift up my eyes to the mountains;

  from where shall come my help?

My help shall come from the Lord

  who made heaven and earth.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

May he never allow you to stumble!

  Let him sleep not, your guard.

No, he sleeps not nor slumbers,

  Israel’s guard.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

The Lord is your guard and your shade;

  at your right side he stands.

By day the sun shall not smite you

  nor the moon in the night.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

The Lord will guard you from evil,

  he will guard your soul.

The Lord will guard your going and coming

  both now and for ever.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.