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First Reading
Book of Isaiah (Is 45: 1, 4-6)
I grasp Cyrus by the hand to subdue the nations to him.
Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus,
whose right hand I grasp,
subduing nations before him,
and making kings run in his service,
opening doors before him
and leaving the gates unbarred:
For the sake of Jacob, my servant,
of Israel, my chosen one,
I have called you by your name,
giving you a title, though you knew me not.
I am the LORD and there is no other,
there is no God besides me.
It is I who arm you, though you know me not,
so that toward the rising and the setting of the sun
people may know that there is none besides me.
I am the LORD, there is no other.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 96: 1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10
Give the Lord glory and honor.
Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all you lands.
Tell his glory among the nations;
among all peoples, his wondrous deeds.
For great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
awesome is he, beyond all gods.
For all the gods of the nations are things of nought,
but the LORD made the heavens.
Give to the LORD, you families of nations,
give to the LORD glory and praise;
give to the LORD the glory due his name!
Bring gifts, and enter his courts.
Worship the LORD, in holy attire;
tremble before him, all the earth;
say among the nations: The LORD is king,
he governs the peoples with equity.
Second Reading
First Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians (1 Thes 1: 1-5b)
We remember your faith, your labor of love, your hope.
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians
in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
grace to you and peace.
We give thanks to God always for all of you,
remembering you in our prayers,
unceasingly calling to mind your work of faith and labor of love
and endurance in hope of our Lord Jesus Christ,
before our God and Father,
knowing, brothers and sisters loved by God,
how you were chosen.
For our gospel did not come to you in word alone,
but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with much conviction.
— The word of the Lord.
Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia.
Shine like lights in the world as you hold on to the word of life.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (Mt 22: 15-21)
Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.
The Pharisees went off
and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.
They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying,
“Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man
and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
And you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion,
for you do not regard a person’s status.
Tell us, then, what is your opinion:
Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?”
Knowing their malice, Jesus said,
“Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
Show me the coin that pays the census tax.”
Then they handed him the Roman coin.
He said to them,
“Whose image is this and whose inscription?”
They replied,
“Caesar’s.”
At that he said to them,
“Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
- Presented by Ratovoarivelo Ndrasantsoa Marie Frédeline
- Category: Deepening faith
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All aspects of this common good are affected when people are overwhelmed by the love of money. Remember that how we live and what we do affects others elsewhere because our daily lives are interconnected. The common good is our Christian hope, a hope that will benefit humanity. Catechesis on the family, in collaboration with Fr. Eric Frank Randriamiandrinirinarivo.
- Presented by Rasendramanana Charles Nirina
- Category: Gospel
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October 17, 2023 — Tuesday, Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time — The word of God is living and effective, able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke (Lk 11: 37-41)
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Frist Reading
Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans (Rom 4: 13, 16-18)
He believed, hoping against hope.
Brothers and sisters:
It was not through the law
that the promise was made to Abraham and his descendants
that he would inherit the world,
but through the righteousness that comes from faith.
For this reason, it depends on faith,
so that it may be a gift,
and the promise may be guaranteed to all his descendants,
not to those who only adhere to the law
but to those who follow the faith of Abraham,
who is the father of all of us, as it is written,
I have made you father of many nations.
He is our father in the sight of God,
in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead
and calls into being what does not exist.
He believed, hoping against hope,
that he would become the father of many nations,
according to what was said, Thus shall your descendants be.
— The word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 105: 6-7, 8-9, 42-43
The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
He, the LORD, is our God;
throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
He remembers forever his covenant
which he made binding for a thousand generations –
Which he entered into with Abraham
and by his oath to Isaac.
For he remembered his holy word
to his servant Abraham.
And he led forth his people with joy;
with shouts of joy, his chosen ones.
Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia.
The Spirit of truth will testify to me, says the Lord, and you also will testify.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke (Lk 12: 8-12)
The Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you,
everyone who acknowledges me before others
the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God.
But whoever denies me before others
will be denied before the angels of God.Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,
but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit
will not be forgiven.
When they take you before synagogues and before rulers and authorities,
do not worry about how or what your defense will be
or about what you are to say.
For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you should say.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
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