In those days, I, Daniel,
heard this word of the Lord:
“At that time there shall arise
Michael, the great prince,
guardian of your people.
It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since 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 brightly like the
splendor of the firmament,
and those who lead the many
to justice shall be like the stars
forever.”
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16
R –You are my inheritance, O
Lord!
* O Lord, my allotted portion and my cup, you it is who
hold fast my lot. I set the Lord
ever before me; with him at my
right hand I shall not be disturbed. R.
* Therefore my heart is glad
and my soul rejoices, my body,
too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my
soul to the netherworld, nor
will you suffer your faithful
one to undergo corruption. R.
* You will show me the path
to life, fullness of joys in your
presence, the delights at your
right hand forever. R.
Second Reading: Heb 10:11-14.18
Brothers and sisters:
Every priest stands daily
at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices
that can never take away sins.
But this one [Jesus] offered
one sacrifice for sins, and took
his seat forever at the right
hand of God. Now he waits
until his enemies are made his
footstool. For by one offering
he has made perfect forever
those who are being consecrated.
Where there is forgiveness
of sins, there is no longer offering for sin.
Gospel Acclamation
All –Alleluia! Alleluia!
Be vigilant at all times
and pray that you may
have the strength to stand
before the Son of Man.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: Mk 13:24-32
In those days after that tribulation,
the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not
give its light, and the stars will
be falling from the sky, and the
powers in the heavens will be
shaken.
And then they will see ‘the
Son of Man coming in the
clouds’ with great power and
glory, and then he will send out
the angels and gather his elect
from the four winds, from the
end of the earth to the end of
the sky.
Learn a lesson from the fi g
tree. When its branch becomes
tender and sprouts leaves, you
know that summer is near. In
the same way, when you see
these things happening, know
that he is near, at the gates.
Amen, I say to you, this
generation will not pass away
until all these things have taken
place. Heaven and earth
will pass away, but my words
will not pass away. But of that
day or hour, no one knows, neither
the angels in heaven, nor
the Son, but only the Father.”
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