31st Sunday of the Year (C): Wisdom 11:22 - 12:1

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

"The Lord spares all things, because they are His."



Before the Lord
the whole universe
is as a grain from a balance


or a drop of morning dew
come down upon the earth.


But you have mercy on all,
because you can do all things;


and you overlook the sins of men
that they may repent.


For you love all things that are
and loathe nothing
that you have made;


for what you hated,
you would not have fashioned.


And how could a thing remain,
unless you willed it;


or be preserved
had it not been called forth by you?


But you spare all things,
because they are yours,
O Lord and lover of souls,


for your imperishable spirit
is in all things!



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)