Friday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time, Year II

Send us Fan MailFriday 22 November, 2024Friday of the Thirty-third Week of Ordinary Time, Year IISt Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr, memorialAntiphons on page 1900 and Readings on page 1479 of the Daily Missal. Entrance AntiphonBehold, now she follows the Lamb who was crucified for us, powerful in virginity, modesty her offering, a sacrifice on the altar of chastity. First Reading: Revelation 10:8-11A reading from the Book of RevelationThe voice which I, John, had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll;and he said to me,“Take it and eat;it will be bitter to your stomach, but sweet as honey in your mouth.”And I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it;it was sweet as honey in my mouth,but when I had eaten it my stomach was made bitter.And I was told,“You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”The word of the Lord.Responsorial psalm: Ps 119:14.24.72.103.111.131Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R./ How sweet is your promise to my tongue, O Lord!I rejoice in the way of your precepts,as though all riches were mine.See, your decrees are my delightyour statutes are my counsellors.The law from your mouth means more to methan large quantities of silver and gold.How sweet is your promise to my tongue,more than honey in the mouth.Your decrees are my heritage forever,the joy of my heart.I have opened my mouth and I sigh,for I yearn for your commands.R/ How sweet is your promise to my tongue, O Lord! Gospel Acclamation:Alleluia, Alleluia. My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; and I know them, and they follow me. Alleluia. Gospel: Luke 19:45-48A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeAt that time: Jesus entered the templeand began to drive out those who sold, saying to wthem, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’;but you have made it a den of robbers.”And he was teaching daily in the temple.The chief priests and the scribesand the principal men of the people sought to destroy him;but they did not find anything they could do,for all the people hung upon his words.The Gospel of the Lord.Communion AntiphonThe lamb who is at the centre of the throne will lead them to the springs of the waters of life.