33rd Sunday
‘An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.’
Liturgical Colour: Green
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Jeremiah 29: 11, 12, 14
The Lord said: I think thoughts of peace and not of affliction.
You will call upon me, and I will answer you,
and I will lead back your captives from every place.
Opening Prayer
Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God,
the constant gladness of being devoted to you,
for it is full and lasting happiness
to serve with constancy
the author of all that is good.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
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32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A
(Wisdom 6:12-16; Psalm 63(62); 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Matthew 25:1-13)
Theme: Now Is the Time to Seek Wisdom
In the second reading, St. Paul calls us to encourage one another and not allow our minds and hearts to be hindered in our pursuit of success, joy, happiness, inner and outer peace, and communion with God, both here on earth and in the world to come. Sin, failure, suffering, illness, and death—even taken together—do not define the essence, purpose, or ultimate end of our life’s story. Why? Because the grace of wisdom helps renew our awareness of God’s promises, instilled in the core of our being.
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