Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, November 26 2017
Christ the King - Solemnity
Christ the King - Solemnity
1. ReadingBook of Ezekiel
34,11-12.15-17.]Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep.
]As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark.
]I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD.
]The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal but the sleek and the strong I will destroy, shepherding them rightly.
]As for you, my sheep, says the Lord GOD, I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.
Psalms
23(22),1-2a.2b-3.5.6.]The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
]In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
]beside restful waters he leads me;
]He refreshes my soul.
He guides me in right paths
For his name's sake.
]You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
]Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
First Letter to the Corinthians
15,20-26.28.]Brothers and sisters: Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
]For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.
]For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought to life,
]but each one in proper order: Christ the firstfruits; then, at his coming, those who belong to Christ;
]then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and power.
]For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
]The last enemy to be destroyed is death,
]When everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself will (also) be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew
25,31-46.]Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne,
]and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
]He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.
]Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
]For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,
]naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me.'
]Then the righteous will answer him and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
]When did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you?
]When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
]And the king will say to them in reply, 'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.'
]Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
]For I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink,
]a stranger and you gave me no welcome, naked and you gave me no clothing, ill and in prison, and you did not care for me.'
]Then they will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison, and not minister to your needs?'
]He will answer them, 'Amen, I say to you, what you did not do for one of these least ones, you did not do for me.'
]And these will go off to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."
St. Peter of Alexandria(Bishop and Martyr († 311))
SAINT PETER OF ALEXANDRIA, Bishop and Martyr ( 311) St. Peter governed the church in Alexandria during Diocletian's persecution. He was the first to excommunicate Melitius and Arius, the schismatics. He upheld the Apostles Creed and Traditions and shielded his flock from persecution. St. Peter resisted the efforts of heretics to divide the Church. "Heresy turns the mood against the mind," wrote GK Chesterton. Arius is perhaps the most notable schismatic who declared that Jesus Christ is a man and not God. In doing so, he predated the teachings of Islam on Jesus' divinity by 300-something years.
St. Sylvester(Abbot († 1267))
Saint Sylvester Abbot ( 1267) St. Sylvester was a nobleman from Osimo, Picenum (modern Ancona, Italy). He possessed a keen intellect and was morally upright. After being instructed in sacred learning and made a canon, he became a model of piety and disinterested love. Upon verifying a relative's remains at a funeral, he was struck by the reality of sin and death. St. Sylvester went to a desert and conformed himself to Christ. He worked, meditated and exercised the norms of piety. He disciplined his urges through vigils, prayer and fasting. He gave his body a little less than it asked for (St. Jose Maria Escriva). St. Sylvester sometimes changed his dwelling place to secure his hermitic vocation. He eventually arrived in Monte Fano and built a church in honor of St. Benedict. In doing so, he laid the foundation of the Congregation of Sylvestrines. St. Sylvester guided monks in spiritual life and worked with docility to the Holy Spirit. With authority from his priestly character, he prophesied and exorcised demons. In 1267, he passed away and joined the Church Triumphant in heaven. St. Sylvester nurtured his faith for it to grow and encountered Christ in the ordinary moments of each day. The Catechism's teaching rings true: "Through a plan of sheer loving goodness, God created us; to communicate Himself to us and make us sharers in His own blessed life" (CCC 1). Let us emulate St. Sylvester in the norms of piety and daily prayers.
St. Leonard of Port Maurice()
Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2017 / Catholic Missal of november 2017
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