Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/daniel/12:1 DN 12:1-3 In those days, I Daniel,heard this word of the Lordand At that time there shall ariseMichael, the great prince,guardian of your peopleit shall be a time unsurpassed in distresssince nations began until that time.At that time your people shall escape,everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awakesome shall live forever,others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace. But the wise shall shine brightlylike the splendor of the firmament,and those who lead the many to justiceshall be like the stars forever. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/psalms/16:5 PS 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 R. You are my inheritance, O Lord! O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,you it is who hold fast my lot.I set the LORD ever before mewith him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. R.You are my inheritance, O Lord! Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,my body, too, abides in confidencebecause you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. R.You are my inheritance, O Lord! You will show me the path to life,fullness of joys in your presence,the delights at your right hand forever. R.You are my inheritance, O Lord! Reading 2 and//usccb.org/bible/hebrews/10:11 HEB 10:11-14, 18 Brothers and sistersandEvery priest stands daily at his ministry,offering frequently those same sacrificesthat can never take away sins.But this one offered one sacrifice for sins,and took his seat forever at the right hand of Godnow he waits until his enemies are made his footstool.For by one offeringhe has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated.Where there is forgiveness of these,there is no longer offering for sin. Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/luke/21:36 LK 21:36 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Be vigilant at all timesand pray that you have the strength to stand before the Son of Man.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/mark/13:24 MK 13:24-32 Jesus said to his disciplesand In those days after that tribulationthe sun will be darkened,and the moon will not give its light,and the stars will be falling from the sky,and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see 'the Son of Man coming in the clouds'with great power and glory,and then he will send out the angelsand gather his elect from the four winds,from the end of the earth to the end of the sky. Learn a lesson from the fig tree.When its branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves,you know that summer is near.In the same way, when you see these things happening,know that he is near, at the gates.Amen, I say to you,this generation will not pass awayuntil all these things have taken place.Heaven and earth will pass away,but my words will not pass away. But of that day or hour, no one knows,neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.