November 4, 2012
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time.
We hope that today is a good day.
Today's Bible story based on the calendar of the Catholic Church.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendar.php
Most of these contents are things of The World English Bible.
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We hope that everyone in the peace of the Lord.
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+ Saints: St. Charles Borromeo
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+ First Reading: Deuteronomy 6:2-6
2 that you might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged.
3 Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
4 Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God; Yahweh is one:
5 and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
6 These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
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+ Psalm: Psalms 18:1-3, 46, 50
1 I love you, Yahweh, my strength.
2 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;
my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
3 I call on Yahweh, who is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.
46 Yahweh lives; and blessed be my rock.
Exalted be the God of my salvation,
50 He gives great deliverance to his king,
and shows loving kindness to his anointed,
to David and to his seed, forevermore.
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+ Second Reading: Hebrews 7:23-28
23 Many, indeed, have been made priests, because they are hindered from continuing by death.
24 But he, because he lives forever, has his priesthood unchangeable.
25 Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
27 who doesn't need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
28 For the law appoints men as high priests who have weakness, but the word of the oath which came after the law appoints a Son forever who has been perfected.
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+ Gospel: Mark 12:28b-34
28b Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
29 Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
30 you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.'‡This is the first commandment.
31 The second is like this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'§There is no other commandment greater than these."
32 The scribe said to him, "Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
34 When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God."
No one dared ask him any question after that.
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+ Today's Reading: The Wisdom Of Solomon 8:1-21
1 But she * reaches from one end of the world to the other with full strength,
And ordereth all things † graciously.
2 Her I loved and sought out from my youth,
And I sought to take her for my bride,
And I became enamoured of her beauty.
3 She glorifieth her noble birth in that it is given her to live with God,
And the Sovereign Lord of all loved her.
4 For she is initiated into the knowledge of God,
And she ‡ chooseth out for him his works.
5 But if riches are a desired possession in life,
What is richer than wisdom, which works all things?
6 § And if understanding works,
Who more than ** wisdom is an artificer of the things that are?
7 And if a man loves righteousness,
†† The fruits of wisdom's labor are virtues,
For she teaches soberness and understanding, righteousness and courage;
And there is nothing in life for men more profitable than these.
8 And if a man longeth even for much experience,
She knows ‡‡ the things of old, and §§ divineth the things to come:
She understands subtilties of speeches and interpretations of dark sayings:
She foresees signs and wonders, and the issues of seasons and times. .
9 I determined therefore to take her to me to live with me,
Knowing that she is one who would *** give me good thoughts for counsel,
And ††† encourage me in cares and grief.
10 Because of her I shall have glory among multitudes,
And honor in the sight of elders, though I be young.
11 I shall be found of a quick conceit when I give judgement,
And in the presence of ‡‡‡ princes I shall be admired.
12 When I am silent, they shall wait for me;
And when I open my lips, they shall give heed to me;
And if I continue speaking, they shall lay their hand upon their mouth.
13 Because of her I shall have immortality,
And leave behind an eternal memory to them that come after me.
14 I shall govern peoples,
And nations shall be subjected to me.
15 Dread princes shall fear me when they hear of me:
Among my §§§ people I shall show myself a good ruler, and in war courageous.
16 When I am come into my house, I shall find rest with her;
For converse with her has no bitterness,
And to live with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
17 When I considered these things in myself,
And took thought in my heart how that in kinship to wisdom is immortality,
18 And in her friendship is good delight,
And in the labors of her hands is wealth that fails not,
And in * assiduous communing with her is understanding,
And great renown in having fellowship with her words,
I went about seeking how to take her to myself.
19 Now I was † a child of parts, and a good soul fell to my lot;
20 Nay rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled.
21 But perceiving that I could not otherwise ‡ possess wisdom except God gave her me
(Yes and to know § by whom the grace is given, this too came of understanding),
I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said,
*8:1: Or, reaches from end onward to end mightily
†8:1: Or, to good use
‡8:4: Some authorities read deviseth for him.
§8:6: The Greek text of this clause is perhaps corrupt.
**8:6: Gr. she.
††8:7: Gr. Her labors are.
‡‡8:8: Some authorities read how to divine the things of old and the things to come.
§§8:8: Gr. conjectures.
***8:9: Or, hold counsel with me for good things, and...against cares and grief
†††8:9: Or, exhort Or, advise
‡‡‡8:11: Or, mighty men
§§§8:15: Gr. multitude.
*8:18: Gr. practice of communion.
†8:19: Or, a goodly child
‡8:21: This is the probable sense: the Greek text is perhaps defective.
§8:21: Gr. of whom is the grace.
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