Posts from November 2020
Reading Advent 1 B
A reading from the Book of the Prophet ISAIAH. Is. 63:16b-17. 64:2-7. Lord, you are our Father, our Savior is your name forever. Lord, why did you allow us to loose our way? Why did you allow our hearts to become hard against you? Come back to us Lord; we are your servants. Come back to us because we belong to you. Rip open the sky and come down to earth, and the mountains will tremble (shake) at…
Sunday Advent 1 B
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark Mark 13: 33 – 37 Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake, always be ready, because you never know when the time will come. It is like a man that goes abroad. He leaves his house, giving responsibility to the servants to look after the house, and telling the person guarding the door to stay awake. So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is…
Gospel Christ the King A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Matthew 25: 31-26 Jesus said to his disciples, “When the Son of Man comes again in great glory, all the angels will be with him. He will sit on his royal throne. All the people of the world will come in front of him, and he will separate the people in two groups, as a shepherd that separates the sheep from goats. The Son of Man, now King, will put the…
Gospel Sunday 33 A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Matthew 25:14-30. Jesus told this parable to his disciples, “The kingdom of heaven is like a master that decided to go abroad. Before he left, he told his servants to look after his house and his land. Because each servant had different skills, the master gave five gold coins to the first servant, two gold coins to the second servant, and one gold coin to the third servant. Then the…
Gospel Sunday 32 A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Matthew 25:1-13. Jesus told this parable to the disciples: “The kingdom of heaven will be like the ten bridesmaids that took their lamps and went to wait for the bridegroom. Five bridesmaids were foolish, they took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The other five bridesmaids were wise, they took their lamps and also small bottle of oil. The bridegroom was late, and all ten bridesmaids…
Reading Sunday 32 A
A reading from the first letter of Paul to Thessalonians. Thessalonians 4:13-18 Brothers and sisters: We want you to know the truth about people that have died, so that you will not be very sad, like those people that think there is no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again. We believe it will be the same for those that have died. If they believed in Jesus, God will bring them to be with him. The word of…
Reading 2 All Saints A
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John I John 3:1-3. God the Father loves us very much, He lovingly made (created) us his children. The world refused to believe God, and so the world does not understand that we are God’s children. Dear friends, now we are children of God. But we do not know yet what we shall become in the future. We know that when Christ comes again, we shall be like him, because we shall…
Reading 1 All Saints A
A reading from the Book of Revelation Rev.7:2-4, 9-14. I, John, saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God. God had given 4 angels power to destroy the earth and the sea. The angel shouted out in a powerful voice to the 4 angels, “Do not damage the earth, the sea, or the trees, until we mark the servants of God with oil on their forehead.” And I heard the…
Gospel All Saints A
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew Mt. 5:1-12. Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the hill and sat down. His disciples sat around him. Jesus began to teach the people. “The people that are poor in spirit, they will be happy, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. The people that are gentle, they will be happy, because they will receive everything from the Lord. The people that mourn (cry), they will be happy, because God…