Stay awake! For you do not know when the Son of Man will come - Daily Bible Readings November 24,2014

1^ST READING

 

How many people will be saved? It depends on the loving mercy of God. It is God’s love and mercy that will have the final say on whether or not we will be saved. So let us prepare ourselves as well as we can for our own judgment so that we will not fear it.

 

Revelation 14:1-3, 4-5

1 I, John, looked and there was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 I heard a sound from heaven like the sound of rushing water or a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 They were singing what seemed to be a new hymn before the throne, before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn this hymn except the hundred and forty-four thousand who had been ransomed from the earth. 4 These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been ransomed as the firstfruits of the human race for God and the Lamb. 5 On their lips no deceit has been found; they are unblemished.

 

P S A L M

 

Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

R: Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

1 The Lord’s are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it. 2 For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. (R) 3 Who can ascend the mountain of the Lord? Or who may stand in his holy place? 4 He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean, who desires not what is vain. (R) 5 He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, a reward from God his savior. 6 Such is the race that seeks for him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob. (R)

 

GOSPEL

 

What does it mean to be generous? It is relative to our individual circumstances. It is not determined by the size of our donation but more by our capacity to give. Money does not have to be involved — we can give our time and talents just as well. In fact, they are probably more important in the long run as relationships are the key to building God’s Kingdom, not buildings and money.

 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

Stay awake! For you do not know when the Son of Man will come.

 

Luke 21:1-4

1 When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury 2 and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. 3 He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; 4 for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”

 

think:  Let us prepare ourselves as well as we can for our own judgment so we will not fear it.

 

T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST

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