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Sunday, August 25, 2019
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Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gloria – Creed
First Reading
Isaiah 66:18-21
18"For I know their works and their thoughts, and I am coming to gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come and shall see my glory,
19and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands afar off, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
20And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.
21And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 117:1-2
1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
2For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!
Second Reading
Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13
5And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? -- "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
6For the Lord disciplines him whom he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives."
7It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
11For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant; later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
12Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,
13and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
Gospel
Luke 13:22-30
22He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23And some one said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
24"Strive to enter by the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
25When once the householder has risen up and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, `Lord, open to us.' He will answer you, `I do not know where you come from.'
26Then you will begin to say, `We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
27But he will say, `I tell you, I do not know where you come from; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!'
28There you will weep and gnash your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves thrust out.
29And men will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit at table in the kingdom of God.
30And behold, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last."
