September 18, 2016
We hope that today is a good day.
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: 16:1-13
1 Since many have undertaken to set in order a narrative concerning those matters which have been fulfilled amongst us,
2 even as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word delivered them to us,
3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
4 that you might know the certainty concerning the things in which you were instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
6 They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.
8 Now while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
9 according to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to enter into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 The whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.
11 An angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 Zacharias was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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Amos 8:4-7
4 Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy,
and cause the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat,
making the ephah* small, and the shekel† large,
and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
6 that we may buy the poor for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes,
and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob,
"Surely I will never forget any of their works.
*8:5: 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel
†8:5: a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
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1 Timothy 2:1-8
1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:
2 for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
6 who gave himself as a ransom for all; the testimony in its own times;
7 to which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth in Christ, not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire therefore that the men in every place pray, lifting up holy hands without anger and doubting.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ September 18, 2016 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/16_09_18.mp3
◇ Daily Readings September 18, 2016
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/091816.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2016-09-18
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Luke.16
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Luke&chapter=16&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
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