Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
• 13:36 PM Fri Oct 30, 2015
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Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/romans/9and1 ROM 9and1-5 Brothers and sistersandI speak the truth in Christ, I do not liemy conscience joins with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witnessthat I have great sorrow and constant anguish in my heart.For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christfor the sake of my own people,my kindred according to the flesh.They are children of Israeltheirs the adoption, the glory, the covenants,the giving of the law, the worship, and the promisestheirs the patriarchs, and from them,according to the flesh, is the Christ,who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/psalms/147:12 PS 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 R.Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalempraise your God, O Zion.For he has strengthened the bars of your gateshe has blessed your children within you. R.Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has granted peace in your borderswith the best of wheat he fills you.He sends forth his command to the earthswiftly runs his word! R.Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.He has not done thus for any other nationhis ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia. R.Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/john/10:27 JN 10:27 R.Alleluia, alleluia.My sheep hear my voice, says the LordI know them, and they follow me.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/luke/14:1 LK 14:1-6 On a sabbath Jesus went to dineat the home of one of the leading Pharisees,and the people there were observing him carefully.In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?”But they kept silent so he took the man and,after he had healed him, dismissed him.Then he said to them Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern,would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”But they were unable to answer his question.