31st Sunday of the Year (C): 2 Thessalonians 1:11 - 2:2

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Liturgical readings
Wisdom 11:22 - 12:1
Psalm 145
2 Thessalonians 1:11 - 2:2
Luke 19:1-10

"Paul prays that the Lord God may fulfill by his power every honest intention and work of faith."


We pray for you always
that our God may make you
        worthy of his call,


and fulfill by his power
every honest intention
and work of faith.


In this way
the name of our Lord Jesus
may be glorified in you
and you in him,


in accord
with the gracious gift


of our God
and of the Lord Jesus Christ


and our being gathered
to him,


we beg you,


brothers,


not to be so easily agitated


or terrified,


whether by an oracular utterance


or rumor


or a letter
alleged to be ours,


into believing
that the day of the Lord is here.



Verses from the Sunday readings:
"The Lord overlooks the sins of men that they may repent." (Wisdom 11)
"The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness." (Psalm 145)
"Paul exhorts his brethren not to be easily agitated or terrified by a rumor that the day of the Lord is here." (2 Thessalonians)
"Salvation has come to Zacchaeus' house for the he had done what it means to be a son of Abraham." (Luke 19)