{"id":1201074,"date":"2022-08-25T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/news\/1201074\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:49:22","slug":"thursday-of-the-twenty-first-week-in-ordinary-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lourdescatholic.org\/church\/daily-readings\/1201074\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reading 1 1 COR 1:1-9<\/a><\/h4>\n
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Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
\nand Sosthenes our brother,
\nto the Church of God that is in Corinth,
\nto you who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be holy,
\nwith all those everywhere who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
\ntheir Lord and ours.
\nGrace to you and peace from God our Father
\nand the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

I give thanks to my God always on your account
\nfor the grace of God bestowed on you in Christ Jesus,
\nthat in him you were enriched in every way,
\nwith all discourse and all knowledge,
\nas the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you,
\nso that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift
\nas you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nHe will keep you firm to the end,
\nirreproachable on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nGod is faithful,
\nand by him you were called to fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Responsorial Psalm PS\u00a0145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 <\/a><\/h4>\n
\n

R. \u00a0(1) I will praise your name for ever, Lord.<\/strong>
\nEvery day will I bless you,
\nand I will praise your name forever and ever.
\nGreat is the LORD and highly to be praised;
\nhis greatness is unsearchable.
\nR. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.<\/strong>
\nGeneration after generation praises your works
\nand proclaims your might.
\nThey speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
\nand tell of your wondrous works.
\nR. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.<\/strong>
\nThey discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
\nand declare your greatness.
\nThey publish the fame of your abundant goodness
\nand joyfully sing of your justice.
\nR. I will praise your name for ever, Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alleluia MT 24:42A, 44 <\/a><\/h4>\n
\n R. Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong>
Stay awake! \u00a0
For you do not know when the Son of Man will come.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n

Gospel MT 24:42-51 <\/a><\/h4>\n
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Jesus said to his disciples:
\n\u201cStay awake!
\nFor you do not know on which day your Lord will come.
\nBe sure of this:\u00a0
\nif the master of the house
\nhad known the hour of night when the thief was coming,
\nhe would have stayed awake
\nand not let his house be broken into.
\nSo too, you also must be prepared,
\nfor at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
\nwhom the master has put in charge of his household
\nto distribute to them their food at the proper time?
\nBlessed is that servant whom his master on his arrival finds doing so.
\nAmen, I say to you, he will put him in charge of all his property.
\nBut if that wicked servant says to himself, \u2018My master is long delayed,\u2019
\nand begins to beat his fellow servants,
\nand eat and drink with drunkards,
\nthe servant\u2019s master will come on an unexpected day
\nand at an unknown hour and will punish him severely
\nand assign him a place with the hypocrites,
\nwhere there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n