MASS READING - WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2016

Wednesday of week 29 in Ordinary Time
 (Saints John of Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs )

Liturgical Colour: Red.



 Reading at Mass

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Entrance Antiphon
Cf. Gal 6: 14; 1 Cor 1: 18

May we never boast,
except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the word of the Cross is the power of God
to us who have been saved.


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Collect

O God, who chose to manifest
the blessed hope of your eternal kingdom
by the toil of Saints John de Brébeuf,
Isaac Jogues and their companions
and by the shedding of their blood,
graciously grant that through their intercession
the faith of Christians may be strengthened day by day.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.


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First reading 
Ephesians 3:2-12

You have probably heard how I have been entrusted by God with the grace he meant for you, and that it was by a revelation that I was given the knowledge of the mystery, as I have just described it very shortly. If you read my word you will have some idea of the depths that I see in the mystery of Christ. This that has now been revealed through the Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets was unknown to any men in past generations; it means that pagans now share the same inheritance, that they are parts of the same body, and that the same promise has been made to them, in Jesus Christ, through the gospel. I have been made the servant of that gospel by a gift of grace from God who gave it to me by his own power. I, who am less than the least of all the saints have been entrusted with this special grace, not only of proclaiming to the pagans the infinite treasure of Christ but also of explaining how the mystery is to be dispensed. Through all the ages, this has been kept hidden in God, the creator of everything. Why? So that the Sovereignties and Powers should learn only now, through the Church, how comprehensive God’s wisdom really is, exactly according to the plan which he had had from all eternity in Christ Jesus our Lord. This is why we are bold enough to approach God in complete confidence, through our faith in him.


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Responsorial Psalm
Isaiah 12
The rejoicing of a redeemed people

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Truly, God is my salvation,
    I trust, I shall not fear.
For the Lord is my strength, my song,
    he became my saviour.
With joy you will draw water
    from the wells of salvation.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Give thanks to the Lord, give praise to his name!
    Make his mighty deeds known to the peoples!
    Declare the greatness of his name.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.

Sing a psalm to the Lord
    for he has done glorious deeds;
    make them known to all the earth!
People of Zion, sing and shout for joy,
    for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.


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Gospel Acclamation
Jn10:27

Alleluia, alleluia!

The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice,
says the Lord,
I know them and they follow me.

Alleluia!


Or
Mt24:42,44

Alleluia, alleluia!

Stay awake and stand ready,
because you do not know the hour
when the Son of Man is coming.

Alleluia!


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Gospel
Luke 12:39-48

Jesus said to his disciples:
    ‘You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what hour the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house. You too must stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.’
    Peter said, ‘Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?’ The Lord replied, ‘What sort of steward, then, is faithful and wise enough for the master to place him over his household to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Happy that servant if his master’s arrival finds him at this employment. I tell you truly, he will place him over everything he owns. But as for the servant who says to himself, “My master is taking his time coming,” and sets about beating the menservants and the maids, and eating and drinking and getting drunk, his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful.
    The servant who knows what his master wants, but has not even started to carry out those wishes, will receive very many strokes of the lash. The one who did not know, but deserves to be beaten for what he has done, will receive fewer strokes. When a man has had a great deal given him, a great deal will be demanded of him; when a man has had a great deal given him on trust, even more will be expected of him.’


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Prayer over the Offerings

As we venerate the passion of your Martyrs N. and N.,
grant that through this sacrifice, O Lord,
we may proclaim worthily the Death of your Only Begotten Son,
who, not content with encouraging the Martyrs by word,
strengthened them likewise by example.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.


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Communion Antiphon
Mt 5: 10

Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.


Or
Mt 10: 32

Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father,
says the Lord.


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Prayer after Communion

Having fed upon heavenly delights,
we humbly ask you, O Lord,
that by the example of blessed N. and N.
we may bear in our hearts
the marks of your Son’s charity and suffering
and ever enjoy the fruit of perpetual peace.
Through Christ our Lord.