Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, November 24 2019
Christ the King - Solemnity
Christ the King - Solemnity
1. Reading2nd book of Samuel
5,1-3.]In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: "Here we are, your bone and your flesh.
]In days past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led the Israelites out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, 'You shall shepherd my people Israel and shall be commander of Israel.'"
]When all the elders of Israel came to David in Hebron, King David made an agreement with them there before the LORD, and they anointed him king of Israel.
Psalms
122(121),1-2.3-4.5.]I rejoiced because they said to me,
"We will go up to the house of the LORD."
]And now we have set foot
within your gates, O Jerusalem.
]Jerusalem, built as a city
with compact unity.
]To it the tribes go up,
The tribes of the LORD.
According to the decree for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
]In it are set up judgment seats,
seats for the house of David.
Letter to the Colossians
1,12-20.]Brothers and sisters: Let us give thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to share in the inheritance of the holy ones in light.
]He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
]in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
]He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
]For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things were created through him and for him.
]He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
]He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.
]For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
]and through him to reconcile all things for him, making peace by the blood of his cross (through him), whether those on earth or those in heaven.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke
23,35-43.]The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Messiah of God."
]Even the soldiers jeered at him. As they approached to offer him wine
]they called out, "If you are King of the Jews, save yourself."
]Above him there was an inscription that read, "This is the King of the Jews."
]Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us."
]The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, "Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation?
]And indeed, we have been condemned justly, for the sentence we received corresponds to our crimes, but this man has done nothing criminal."
]Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom."
]He replied to him, "Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
St. Andrew Dung-Lac and His Companions(Martyrs (1745-1862) - Memorial)
SAINTS ANDREW DUNG-LAC Priest, AND HIS COMPANIONS (18th and 19th centuries) This feast day celebrates the martyrs who laid down their lives in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, from 1745 to 1862. Many of them were Dominican priests. Some belonged to the Paris Society for Foreign Missions. Others, including Andrew Dung-Lac, were Vietnamese. Paul Le-Bao-Tinh, a Vietnamese seminarian, wrote a letter shortly before his martyrdom in 1843: "I, Paul, chained for the name of Christ, wish to tell you the tribulations in which I am immersed every day, so that you, inflamed with love for God, may also lift up your praise to God, 'for his mercy endures forever.' This prison is truly the image of the eternal Hell: to the cruelest tortures of all types, such as fetters, iron chains and bonds, are added hate, vindictiveness, calumny, indecent words, interrogations, bad acts, unjust oaths, curses and finally difficulties and sorrow. But God, who once freed the three boys from the path of the flames, is always with me and has freed me from these tribulations and converted them into sweetness, 'for his mercy endures forever...' "Assist me with your prayers so that I may struggle according to the law, and indeed 'fight the good fight' and that I may be worthy to fight until the end, finishing my course happily; if we do not see each other again in this life, in the future age, nonetheless, this will be our joy, when standing before the throne of the spotless Lamb, with one voice we sing his praises, exulting in the joy of eternal victory. Amen."
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