{"id":3537,"date":"2017-10-22T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T05:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2017-10-21T21:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T01:15:00","slug":"mass-readings-october-22nd-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-october-22nd-2017","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for October 22nd, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id=\"reading1is45146\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Reading 1<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Is 45:1, 4-6<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus,<br \/>\nwhose right hand I grasp,<br \/>\nsubduing nations before him,<br \/>\nand making kings run in his service,<br \/>\nopening doors before him<br \/>\nand leaving the gates unbarred:<br \/>\nFor the sake of Jacob, my servant,<br \/>\nof Israel, my chosen one,<br \/>\nI have called you by your name,<br \/>\ngiving you a title, though you knew me not.<br \/>\nI am the LORD and there is no other,<br \/>\nthere is no God besides me.<br \/>\nIt is I who arm you, though you know me not,<br \/>\nso that toward the rising and the setting of the sun<br \/>\npeople may know that there is none besides me.<br \/>\nI am the LORD, there is no other.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"responsorialpsalmps96134578910\"><\/h5>\n<h4 id=\"reading21thes115b\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Reading 2<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>1 Thes 1:1-5b<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians<br \/>\nin God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:<br \/>\ngrace to you and peace.<br \/>\nWe give thanks to God always for all of you,<br \/>\nremembering you in our prayers,<br \/>\nunceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love<br \/>\nand endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br \/>\nbefore our God and Father,<br \/>\nknowing, brothers and sisters loved by God,<br \/>\nhow you were chosen.<br \/>\nFor our gospel did not come to you in word alone,<br \/>\nbut also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction.<\/p>\n<h5 id=\"alleluiaphil215d16a\"><\/h5>\n<h4 id=\"gospelmt221521\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Gospel<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Mt 22:15-21<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Pharisees went off<br \/>\nand plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.<br \/>\nThey sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying,<br \/>\n&#8220;Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.<br \/>\nAnd you are not concerned with anyone&#8217;s opinion,<br \/>\nfor you do not regard a person&#8217;s status.<br \/>\nTell us, then, what is your opinion:<br \/>\nIs it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?&#8221;<br \/>\nKnowing their malice, Jesus said,<br \/>\n&#8220;Why are you testing me, you hypocrites? 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