First Reading Wis 18:6-9
The night of the Passover
was known beforehand to our
fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they
put their faith, they might have
courage.
Your people awaited the
salvation of the just and the
destruction of their foes. For
when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us
whom you had summoned. For
in secret the holy children of
the good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with
one accord the divine institution.
The Word of the Lord!
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 33
R –Blessed the people the Lord
has chosen to be his own!
* Exult, you just, in the
Lord; praise from the upright
is fitting. Blessed the nation
whose God is the Lord, the
people he has chosen for his
own inheritance. R.
* See, the eyes of the Lord
are upon those who fear him,
upon those who hope for his
kindness, to deliver them from
death and preserve them in
spite of famine. R.
* Our soul waits for the
Lord, who is our help and our
shield. May your kindness, O
Lord, be upon us who have put
our hope in you. R.
Second Reading - Heb 11:1-2.8-19
Brothers and sisters:
Faith is the realization of
what is hoped for and evidence
of things not seen. Because of it
the ancients were well attested.
By faith Abraham obeyed
when he was called to go out to
a place that he was to receive
as an inheritance. He went out,
not knowing where he was to
go.
By faith he sojourned in the
promised land as in a foreign
country, dwelling in tents with
Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the
same promise; for he was looking forward to the city with
foundations, whose architect
and maker is God. By faith he
received power to generate,
even though he was past the
normal age – and Sarah herself
was sterile – for he thought
that the one who had made the
promise was trustworthy. So it
was that there came forth from
one man, himself as good as
dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and
as countless as the sands on the seashore.
All these died in faith.
They did not receive what had
been promised but saw it and
greeted it from afar and acknowledged themselves to be
strangers and aliens on earth,
for those who speak thus show
that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking
of the land from which they
had come, they would have had
opportunity to return. But now
they desire a better homeland,
a heavenly one. Therefore, God
is not ashamed to be called
their God, for he has prepared
a city for them.
By faith Abraham, when
put to the test, offered up Isaac,
and he who had received the
promises was ready to offer
his only son, of whom it was
said, “Through Isaac, descendants shall bear your name.”
He reasoned that God was able
to raise even from the dead,
and he received Isaac back as
a symbol.
Gospel Acclamation - Mt 24:42.44
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Stay awake and be ready!
For you do not know on
what day the Son of Man
will come.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 12:32-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not be afraid any longer,
little flock, for your Father is
pleased to give you the Kingdom.
Sell your belongings and
give alms. Provide money bags
for yourselves that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure
in heaven that no thief can
reach nor moth destroy. For
where your treasure is, there
also will your heart be.
Gird your loins and light
your lamps, and be like servants who await their master’s
return from a wedding, ready
to open immediately when he
comes and knocks. Blessed are
those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird
himself, have them recline at
table, and proceed to wait on
them. And should he come in
the second or third watch and
find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.
Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known
the hour when the thief was
coming, he would not have let
his house be broken into. You
also must be prepared, for at
an hour you do not expect, the
Son of Man will come.”
Then Peter said, “Lord,
is this parable meant for us or
for everyone?”
And the Lord replied,
“Who, then, is the faithful and
prudent steward whom the
master will put in charge of his
servants to distribute the food
allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom
his master on arrival finds doing so. Truly, I say to you, the
master will put the servant in
charge of all his property.
But if that servant says
to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and begins
to beat the menservants and
the maidservants, to eat and
drink and get drunk, then that
servant’s master will come on
an unexpected day and at an
unknown hour and will punish
the servant severely, and assign
him a place with the unfaithful.
That servant who knew his
master’s will but did not make
preparations nor act in accord
with his will shall be beaten
severely; and the servant who
was ignorant of his master’s
will but acted in a way deserving of a severe beating shall
be beaten only lightly. Much
will be required of the person
entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the
person entrusted with more.”
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