Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
24th October 2024 (Thursday)
Psalter: Week 1
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Ephesians 3:14-21 |
| Response | The Lord’s merciful love fills the earth. |
| Gospel | Luke 12:49-53 |
First Reading
Ephesians 3:14-21
Brethren: I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, sc that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 33:1-2, 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 (R. 5b)
R/. The Lord’s merciful love fills the earth.
Ring out your joy to the Lord, O you just;
for praise is fitting for the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord upon the harp;
with a ten-stringed lute sing him songs. R/.
For the word of the Lord is faithful,
and all his works to be trusted.
The Lord loves justice and right,
and his merciful love fills the earth. R/.
The designs of the Lord stand forever,
the plans of his heart from age to age.
Blessed the nation whose God is the Lord,
Yes, the Lord’s eyes are on those who fear him,
who hope in his merciful love,
to rescue their souls from death,
to keep them alive in famine. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
Philippians 3:8-9
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and be found in him
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Luke 12:49-53
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
