Monday, 34th week in Ordinary Time – Year II

Send us Fan MailMonday 25 November, 2024Monday, 34th week in Ordinary Time – Year IIAntiphons on page 1491 and Readings on page 1493 of the Daily Missal. Entrance AntiphonThe Lord speaks of peace to his people and his holy ones and to those who turn to him. First Reading: Revelation 14:1-3.4b-5A reading from the Book of RevelationI, John, looked, and behold,on Mount Zion stood the Lamb,and with him a hundred and forty-four thousandwho had his name and his Father’s namewritten on their foreheads.And I heard a voice from heavenlike the sound of many watersand like the sound of loud thunder;the voice I heardwas like the sound of harpers playing on their harps,and they sing a new song before the throneand before the four living creatures and before the elders.No one could learn that songexcept the hundred and forty-four thousandwho had been redeemed from the earth.It is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes;these have been redeemed from mankindas first fruits for God and the Lamb,and in their mouth no lie was found,for they are spotless.The word of the Lord.  Responsorial psalm: Ps 24:1-2.3-4ab.5-6Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:R./ These are the people who seek your face, O LordThe Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,the world, and all who dwell in it.It is he who set it on the seas;on the rivers he made it firm.Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?Who shall stand in his holy place?The clean of hands and pure of heart,whose soul is not set on vain things.Blessings from the Lord shall he receive,and right reward from the God who saves him.Such are the people who seek him,who seek the face of the God of Jacob.R./ These are the people who seek your face, O Lord Please stand for the GospelAlleluia, Alleluia.  Watch, therefore, and be ready; the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.Alleluia. Gospel: Luke 21:1-4A reading from the holy Gospel according to LukeAt that time:Jesus looked upand saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.And he said, “Truly I tell you,this poor widow has put in more than all of them;for they all contributed out of their abundance,but she out of her povertyput in all the living that she had.”The Gospel of the Lord. Communion AntiphonO praise the Lord all you nations, for his merciful love towards us is great.1