Reading I
Eccl/Qoh 1:2-11
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Mass Readings
Thursday of the twenty-fifth week of Ordinary Time
Weekday · Ordinary Time · Cycle A · Year II · Green
Reading I
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Responsorial Psalm
Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
For a thousand years in thy sight are as yesterday, which is past. And as a watch in the night,
Things that are counted nothing, shall their years be.
In the morning man shall grow up like grass; in the morning he shall flourish and pass away: in the evening he shall fall, grow dry, and wither.
Can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.
We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and direct thou the works of our hands over us; yea, the work of our hands do thou direct.
Gospel Acclamation
Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.
Gospel
Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. And he was in a doubt, because it was said
By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.
About These Readings
Scripture text from the Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision, 1899), which is in the public domain. The Mass readings appointed for today follow the Lectionary for Mass approved for the dioceses of the United States.
Psalm verses follow the Vulgate numbering in the Douay-Rheims, which may differ by one chapter and a few verses from the Hebrew numbering used by the modern Lectionary. The substance of each Psalm is the same.
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