Sunday, October 2, 2016:  (TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME)  Readings for today:  Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4  /  2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14  /  Luke 17:5-10:   

Readings from:  http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/100216.cfm   (Pics from elsewhere on the internet)

Reading 1 - A reading from the book of the Prophet Habakkuk (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4):

How long, O LORD? I cry for help
but you do not listen!
I cry out to you, “Violence!”
but you do not intervene.
Why do you let me see ruin;
why must I look at misery?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife, and clamorous discord.
Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write down the vision clearly upon the tablets,
so that one can read it readily.
For the vision still has its time,
presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint;
if it delays, wait for it,
it will surely come, it will not be late.
The rash one has no integrity;
but the just one, because of his faith, shall live.

Responsorial Psalm - (Psalm 95: "If today you hear His Voice" by David Haas):

Video From:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZZoVBbmbRc

Lyrics from:  https://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/02/01/your-sunday-hymn-psalm-95-if-today-you-hear-gods-voice/

Re: If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (repeat)

1. Come, ring out our joy to the Lord. Hail the Rock who saves us.
Let us come now before our God. With songs let us hail the Lord.

Re: If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (repeat)

2. Come, let us bow and bend low.
Let us kneel before God who made us,
for he is our God, we His people, the flock that is led by His hand.

Re: If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (repeat)

3. O that today you would hear His voice,
“Harden not your hearts, as on that day in the dessert,
when your parents put me to the test.”

Re: If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (repeat)
 

 

Reading 2 - A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to Timothy (2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14):

Beloved:

I remind you, to stir into flame
the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but rather of power and love and self-control.
So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord,
nor of me, a prisoner for his sake;
but bear your share of hardship for the gospel
with the strength that comes from God.

Take as your norm the sound words that you heard from me,
in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Guard this rich trust with the help of the Holy Spirit
that dwells within us.

Alleluia:  (1 Peter 1:25)

From:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fktp5L3K9J4

 

R. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

The word of the Lord remains forever.
This is the word that has been proclaimed to you.

R. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.

Gospel - A reading from the holy Gospel according to St. Luke (Luke 17:5-10):

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
The Lord replied,
“If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

“Who among you would say to your servant
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’?
Would he not rather say to him,
‘Prepare something for me to eat.
Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
You may eat and drink when I am finished’?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
So should it be with you.
When you have done all you have been commanded,
say, ‘We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.’”

Homily

From:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln3YkVGOsTA

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