Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Liturgical readings
Malachi 3:19-20
Psalm 98
2 Thessalonians 3:7-12
Luke 21:5-19
"Paul and his brethren present themselves as an example for us to imitate".
You know how you ought
to imitate us.
We did not live lives
of disorder
when we were among you,
nor depend on anyone for food.
Rather,
we worked day and night,
laboring to the point of exhaustion
so as not to impose
on any of you.
Not that we have no claim
on you,
but that we might
present ourselves
as an example for you to imitate.
Indeed,
when we were with you
we used to lay down
the rule that
anyone who would not work
should not eat.
We hear that some of you
are unruly,
not keeping busy
but acting like busybodies.
We enjoin all such,
and we urge them strongly
in the Lord Jesus Christ
to earn the food that they eat
by working quietly.
Verses from the Sunday readings:
"There will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays." (Malachi 3)
"The Lord will rule the world with justice and the peoples with equity." (Psalm 98)
"Paul exhorts his brethren in Christ Jesus to earn the food they eat by working quietly." (2 Thessalonians)
"The Lord says: 'I will give you words and a wisdom which your adversaries cannot contradict.'" (Luke 20)
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