{"id":3669,"date":"2017-11-22T09:15:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3669"},"modified":"2017-11-22T07:58:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T12:58:02","slug":"mass-readings-november-22nd-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/mass-readings-november-22nd-2017","title":{"rendered":"Mass Readings for November 22nd, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Reading –\u00a02 MC 7<\/span><\/h4>\n

It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested
\nand tortured with whips and scourges by the king,
\nto force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law.<\/p>\n

Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the mother,
\nwho saw her seven sons perish in a single day,
\nyet bore it courageously because of her hope in the Lord.
\nFilled with a noble spirit that stirred her womanly heart with manly courage,
\nshe exhorted each of them
\nin the language of their ancestors with these words:
\n“I do not know how you came into existence in my womb;
\nit was not I who gave you the breath of life,
\nnor was it I who set in order
\nthe elements of which each of you is composed.
\nTherefore, since it is the Creator of the universe
\nwho shapes each man’s beginning,
\nas he brings about the origin of everything,
\nhe, in his mercy,
\nwill give you back both breath and life,
\nbecause you now disregard yourselves for the sake of his law.”<\/p>\n

Antiochus, suspecting insult in her words,
\nthought he was being ridiculed.
\nAs the youngest brother was still alive, the king appealed to him,
\nnot with mere words, but with promises on oath,
\nto make him rich and happy if he would abandon his ancestral customs:
\nhe would make him his Friend
\nand entrust him with high office.
\nWhen the youth paid no attention to him at all,
\nthe king appealed to the mother,
\nurging her to advise her boy to save his life.
\nAfter he had urged her for a long time,
\nshe went through the motions of persuading her son.
\nIn derision of the cruel tyrant,
\nshe leaned over close to her son and said in their native language:
\n“Son, have pity on me, who carried you in my womb for nine months,
\nnursed you for three years, brought you up,
\neducated and supported you to your present age.
\nI beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth
\nand see all that is in them;
\nthen you will know that God did not make them out of existing things;
\nand in the same way the human race came into existence.
\nDo not be afraid of this executioner,
\nbut be worthy of your brothers and accept death,
\nso that in the time of mercy I may receive you again with them.”<\/p>\n

She had scarcely finished speaking when the youth said:
\n“What are you waiting for?
\nI will not obey the king’s command.
\nI obey the command of the law given to our fathers through Moses.
\nBut you, who have contrived every kind of affliction for the Hebrews,
\nwill not escape the hands of God.”<\/p>\n

Gospel – Luke 19<\/span><\/h4>\n

While people were listening to Jesus speak,
\nhe proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem
\nand they thought that the Kingdom of God
\nwould appear there immediately.
\nSo he said,
\n“A nobleman went off to a distant country
\nto obtain the kingship for himself and then to return.
\nHe called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins
\nand told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’
\nHis fellow citizens, however, despised him
\nand sent a delegation after him to announce,
\n‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
\nBut when he returned after obtaining the kingship,
\nhe had the servants called, to whom he had given the money,
\nto learn what they had gained by trading.
\nThe first came forward and said,
\n‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’
\nHe replied, ‘Well done, good servant!
\nYou have been faithful in this very small matter;
\ntake charge of ten cities.’
\nThen the second came and reported,
\n‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’
\nAnd to this servant too he said,
\n‘You, take charge of five cities.’
\nThen the other servant came and said,
\n‘Sir, here is your gold coin;
\nI kept it stored away in a handkerchief,
\nfor I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man;
\nyou take up what you did not lay down
\nand you harvest what you did not plant.’
\nHe said to him,
\n‘With your own words I shall condemn you,
\nyou wicked servant.
\nYou knew I was a demanding man,
\ntaking up what I did not lay down
\nand harvesting what I did not plant;
\nwhy did you not put my money in a bank?
\nThen on my return I would have collected it with interest.’
\nAnd to those standing by he said,
\n‘Take the gold coin from him
\nand give it to the servant who has ten.’
\nBut they said to him,
\n‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
\nHe replied, ‘I tell you,
\nto everyone who has, more will be given,
\nbut from the one who has not,
\neven what he has will be taken away.
\nNow as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king,
\nbring them here and slay them before me.'”<\/p>\n

After he had said this,
\nhe proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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