The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Year II

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 9 November 2024The Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Year IIAntiphons and Readings on p. 1808 of the Daily Missal.First Reading: Ezekial 47:1-2.8-9.12Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 46:2-3.5-6.8-9 (R. 5)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. The waters of a river give joy to God’s city,​the holy place, the dwelling of the Most High.God is for us a refuge and strength,an ever-present help in time of distress:so we shall not fear though the earth should rock,though the mountains quake to the heart of the sea.The waters of a river give joy to God’s city,the holy place, the dwelling of the Most High.God is within, it cannot be shaken;God will help it at the dawning of the day.The Lord of hosts is with us:the God of Jacob is our stronghold.Come and behold the works of the Lord,the awesome deeds he has done on the earth.R/. The waters of a river give joy to God’s city,​the holy place, the dwelling of the Most High.  Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11.16-17A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.Brothers and sisters: You are God’s building. According to the commission of God given to me, like a skilled master builder, I laid a foundation, and another person is building upon it. Let each one take care how they build upon it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy them. For God’s temple is holy, and that temple you are.The Word of the Lord. Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.I have chosen and consecrated this house, says the Lord, that my name maybe there forever.Alleluia. Gospel: John 2:13-22A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers at their business. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; and he poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; you shall not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for thy house will consume me.” The Jews then said to him, “What sign have you to show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he spoke of the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.The Gospel of the Lord.