Readings for
November 5, 2028
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Day
First Reading
Wisdom 11: 22 - 12: 2
22Indeed, before you the whole universe is like a grain from a balance, or a drop of morning dew come down upon the earth.
23But you have mercy on all, because you can do all things; and you overlook sins for the sake of repentance.
24For you love all things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for you would not fashion what you hate.
25How could a thing remain, unless you willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you?
26But you spare all things, because they are yours, O Ruler and Lover of souls, for your imperishable spirit is in all things!
1For your imperishable spirit is in everything!
2And thus, gradually, you correct those who offend; you admonish and remind them of how they have sinned, so that they may abstain from evil and trust in you, Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 145: 1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14
1Psalm 145 The Greatness and Goodness of God - Praise. Of David. I will extol you, my God and king; I will bless your name forever and ever.
2Every day I will bless you; I will praise your name forever and ever.
8The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in mercy.
9The LORD is good to all, compassionate toward all your works.
10All your works give you thanks, LORD and your faithful bless you.
11They speak of the glory of your reign and tell of your mighty works,
13Your reign is a reign for all ages, your dominion for all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in all his words, and loving in all his works.
14The LORD supports all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.
Second Reading
Second Thessalonians 1: 11 - 2: 2
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Alleluia
John 3: 16
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
Gospel
Luke 19: 1-10
1He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town.
2Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man,
3was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature.
4So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way.
5When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.”
6And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
7When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
8But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.”
9And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham.
10For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.” The Parable of the Ten Gold Coins.