http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ordinarytime/ en-us Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:03:56 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2395764/posts November 28, 2009                                 Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week                                 in Ordinary Time Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Dn 7:15-27 I, Daniel, found my spirit anguished within its covering of flesh,and I was terrified by the visions of my mind.I approached one of those presentand asked him what all this meant in truth;in answer, he made known to me the meaning of the things:“These four great beasts stand for four kingdomswhich shall arise on the earth.But the holy ones of the Most High shall receive the kingship,to... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2395764/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:03:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2395254/posts November 27, 2009                                     Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week                                 in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Dn 7:2-14 In a vision I, Daniel, saw during the night,the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea,from which emerged four immense beasts,each different from the others.The first was like a lion, but with eagle’s wings.While I watched, the wings were plucked;it was raised from the ground to stand on two feetlike a man, and given a human mind. The second was like a bear;... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2395254/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2394050/posts November 25, 2009                                     Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week                             in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords,with whom he drank.Under the influence of the wine,he ordered the gold and silver vesselswhich Nebuchadnezzar, his father,had taken from the temple in Jerusalem,to be brought in so that the king, his lords,his wives and his entertainers might drink from them.When the gold and silver vesselstaken from the house of God in... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2394050/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393240/posts November 24, 2009                                         Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung-Lac,                                     priest and martyr,                             and his companions, martyrs       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Dn 2:31-45 Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar:“In your vision, O king, you saw a statue,very large and exceedingly bright,terrifying in appearance as it stood before you.The head of the statue was pure gold,its chest and arms were silver,its belly and thighs bronze, the legs iron,its feet partly iron and partly tile.While you looked... USCCB.org/ New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2393240/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2392413/posts November 23, 2009                                     Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week                                      in Ordinary Time     Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Dn 1:1-6, 8-20 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah,King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon cameand laid siege to Jerusalem.The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah,and some of the vessels of the temple of God;he carried them off to the land of Shinar,and placed the vessels in the temple treasury of his god. The king told Ashpenaz, his chief chamberlain,to bring in... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2392413/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2391864/posts November 22, 2009                                     The Solemnity of Christ the King Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Dn 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I sawone like a Son of man coming,on the clouds of heaven;when he reached the Ancient Oneand was presented before him,the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.His dominion is an everlasting dominionthat shall not be taken away,his kingship shall not be destroyed. Responsorial PsalmPs 93:1, 1-2, 5 R. (1a) The LORD is king; he is robed in majesty.The... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2391864/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2390528/posts November 20, 2009                                        Friday of the Thirty-third Week                             in Ordinary Time     Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 11 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said,“Now that our enemies have been crushed,let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.”So the whole army assembled, and went up to Mount Zion. Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month,that is, the month of Chislev,in the year one hundred and forty-eight,they arose and offered sacrifice according to the lawon the new altar of burnt offerings that they had made.... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2390528/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2389690/posts November 19, 2009                                    Thursday of the Thirty-third Week                                     in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 11 Mc 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasycame to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices.Many of Israel joined them,but Mattathias and his sons gathered in a group apart.Then the officers of the king addressed Mattathias:“You are a leader, an honorable and great man in this city,supported by sons and kin.Come now, be the first to obey the king’s command,as all the Gentiles and the men of Judahand... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2389690/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388793/posts November 18, 2009                                 Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week                             in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 12 Mc 7:1, 20-31 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrestedand tortured with whips and scourges by the king,to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law. Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother,who saw her seven sons perish in a single day,yet bore it courageously because of her hope in the Lord.Filled with a noble spirit that stirred her womanly... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388793/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388013/posts November 17, 2009                                   Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 12 Mc 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes,a man of advanced age and noble appearance,was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork. But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement,he spat out the meat,and went forward of his own accord to the instrument of torture,as people ought to do who have the courage to reject the foodwhich it is unlawful to taste even for love of life. Those in charge of that unlawful ritual meal took the man aside privately,because... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2388013/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:10:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387239/posts November 16, 2009                                   Monday of the Thirty-third Week                                 in Ordinary Time Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 11 Mc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of AlexanderÂ’s officers]there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes,son of King Antiochus, once a hostage at Rome.He became king in the year one hundred and thirty‑sevenof the kingdom of the Greeks. In those days there appeared in Israelmen who were breakers of the law,and they seduced many people, saying:“Let us go and make an alliance with the Gentiles all around us;since we separated from them, many evils have... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2387239/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:26:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386720/posts November 15, 2009                                     Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Dn 12:1-3 In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the Lord:"At that time there shall ariseMichael, the great prince,guardian of your people;it shall be a time unsurpassed in distresssince nations began until that time.At that time your people shall escape,everyone who is found written in the book. “Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake;some shall live forever,others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace.“But the wise shall shine brightlylike... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386720/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:09:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386187/posts November 14, 2009                                 Saturday of the Thirty-second Week                                     in Ordinary Time       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everythingand the night in its swift course was half spent,Your all-powerful word, from heavenÂ’s royal thronebounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land,bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree.And as he alighted, he filled every place with death;he still reached to heaven, while he stood upon the earth. For all creation, in its several kinds, was being... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2386187/posts#comment Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:48:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2385363/posts November 13, 2009                                 Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, virgin       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Wis 13:1-9 All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;But either fire, or wind, or the swift air,or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water,or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2385363/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:41:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2384529/posts November 12, 2009                                 Memorial of Saint Josaphat, bishop and martyr   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Wis 7:22b–8:1 In Wisdom is a spiritintelligent, holy, unique,Manifold, subtle, agile,clear, unstained, certain,Not baneful, loving the good, keen,unhampered, beneficent, kindly,Firm, secure, tranquil,all-powerful, all-seeing,And pervading all spirits,though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion,and she penetrates and pervades all things by reason of her purity.For she is an aura of the might of Godand a pure effusion of the glory of the Almighty;therefore nought that is sullied enters into her.For she is... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2384529/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2383637/posts November 11, 2009                                   Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, bishop     Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Wis 6:1-11 Hear, O kings, and understand;learn, you magistrates of the earth’s expanse!Hearken, you who are in power over the multitudeand lord it over throngs of peoples!Because authority was given you by the Lordand sovereignty by the Most High,who shall probe your works and scrutinize your counsels.Because, though you were ministers of his kingdom, you judged not rightly,and did not keep the law,nor walk according to the will of God,Terribly and swiftly shall he come against... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2383637/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2382785/posts November 10, 2009                                    Memorial of Saint Leo the Great,                                     pope and doctor of the Church   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Wis 2:23–3:9 God formed man to be imperishable;the image of his own nature he made them.But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world,and they who are in his possession experience it. But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them.They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;and their... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2382785/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:17:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381953/posts November 9, 2009                                    Feast of the Dedication of the                                     Lateran Basilica in Rome   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Ez 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 The angel brought meback to the entrance of the temple,and I saw water flowing outfrom beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east,for the façade of the temple was toward the east;the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple,south of the altar.He led me outside by the north gate,and around to the outer gate facing the... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381953/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2009 05:54:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381318/posts November 8, 2009                                 Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 11 Kgs 17:10-16 In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath.As he arrived at the entrance of the city,a widow was gathering sticks there; he called out to her,"Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink." She left to get it, and he called out after her,"Please bring along a bit of bread." She answered, "As the LORD, your God, lives,I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jarand a little... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2381318/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:39:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2380713/posts November 7, 2009                                 Saturday of the Thirty-first Week                                 in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Rom 16:3-9, 16, 22-27 Brothers and sisters:Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus,who risked their necks for my life,to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles;greet also the Church at their house.Greet my beloved Epaenetus,who was the firstfruits in Asia for Christ.Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.Greet Andronicus and Junia,my relatives and my fellow prisoners;they are prominent... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2380713/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:55:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379720/posts November 6, 2009                                     Friday of the Thirty-first Week                                 in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Rom 15:14-21 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,that you yourselves are full of goodness,filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you,because of the grace given me by Godto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentilesin performing the priestly service of the Gospel of God,so that the... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2379720/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:19:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2378963/posts November 5, 2009                                    Thursday of the Thirty-first Week                                in Ordinary Time Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Rom 14:7-12 Brothers and sisters:None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself.For if we live, we live for the Lord,and if we die, we die for the Lord;so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.For this is why Christ died and came to life,that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.Why then do you judge your brother or sister?Or you, why do you look down on... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2378963/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:38:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2378074/posts November 4, 2009                                 Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week                                 in Ordinary Time Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Rom 13:8-10 Brothers and sisters:Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another;for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.The commandments, You shall not commit adultery;you shall not kill;you shall not steal;you shall not covet,and whatever other commandment there may be,are summed up in this saying, namely,You shall love your neighbor as yourself.Love does no evil to the neighbor;hence, love is the fulfillment of the law. Responsorial... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2378074/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375699/posts November 1, 2009                                        Solemnity of All Saints       Reading 1Responsorial PsalmReading 2Gospel Reading 1Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East,holding the seal of the living God.He cried out in a loud voice to the four angelswho were given power to damage the land and the sea,“Do not damage the land or the sea or the treesuntil we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”I heard the number of those who had been marked with the seal,one hundred and forty-four thousand markedfrom every tribe of the children of... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375699/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 04:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375169/posts October 31, 2009                                 Saturday of the Thirtieth Week                                 in Ordinary Time   Reading 1Responsorial PsalmGospel Reading 1Rom 11:1-2a, 11-12, 25-29 Brothers and sisters:I ask, then, has God rejected his people?  Of course not!For I too am a child of Israel, a descendant of Abraham,of the tribe of Benjamin.God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah,how he pleads with God against Israel? Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not!But... USCCB.org/New American Bible http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2375169/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:07:22 GMT