Today's Catholic Mass Readings & Gospel Reflection - Thursday, August 31, 2023

#TheWordTodayTV #TodayGospelReading #GospelReadingforToday #GospelandReflection #HolyMassReadings Today's Catholic Mass Readings & Gospel Reflection - Thursday, August 31, 2023 Reading 1: 1 Thes 3:7-13 Resp: Ps 90:3-5a, 12-13, 14 and 17 Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51 Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 428 Reading 1: 1 Thes 3:7-13 As a result, we were consoled in you, brothers, in the midst of all our difficulties and tribulations, through your faith. For we now live so that you may stand firm in the Lord. For what thanks would we be able to repay to God because of you, for all the joy with which we rejoice over you before our God? For night and day, ever more abundantly, we are praying that we may see your face, and that we may complete those things that are lacking in your faith. But may God our Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. And may the Lord multiply you, and make you abound in your charity toward one another and toward all, just as we also do toward you, in order to confirm your hearts without blame, in sanctity, before God our Father, unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ, with all his saints. Amen. Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:3-5a, 12-13, 14 and 17 R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! Do not reject humankind to be brought low; and you have said: "Be converted, O you sons of men." For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday, which has passed. And like a watch in the night. R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! Can you number your wrath? So make your right hand known; and let those who are learned in heart and wisdom understand. Return, O Lord, how long? Show favor to your servants. R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! We are filled in the morning with your mercy; and we have rejoiced and are delighted all our days. And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us; direct the works of our hands over us; yes, guide the work of our hands. R. Fill us with your love, O Lord, and we will sing for joy! Alleluia: Mt 24:42a, 44 R. Alleluia, alleluia. Stay awake! For you do not know when the Son of Man will come. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel: Matthew 24:42-51 Therefore, be vigilant. For you do not know at what hour your Lord will return. But know this: if only the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly keep vigil and not permit his house to be broken into. For this reason, you also must be prepared, for you do not know at what hour the Son of man will return. Consider this: who is a faithful and prudent servant, who has been appointed by his lord over his family, to give them their portion in due time? Blessed is that servant, if, when his lord has arrived, he shall find him doing so. Amen I say to you, he shall appoint him over all of his goods. But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’ and so, he begins to strike his fellow servants, and he eats and drinks with the inebriated: then the lord of that servant will arrive on a day that he does not expect, and at an hour that he does not know. And he shall separate him, and he shall place his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. === Reflection: https://mycatholic.life/books/catholi... Copyright © 2020 My Catholic Life! Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission. www.mycatholic.life === Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material used under 'fair use' for religious, educational, and inspirational purposes. I do not claim ownership of the copyrighted content. If you believe any material infringes on your copyright, please contact me at [email protected], and I will address it promptly. === today's holy mass reading,today's catholic mass reading,daily mass readings 2023,Today's Gospel Reading,today's mass reading catholic,mass readings english,Gospel Reading,Responsorial Psalm,mass,catholic,bible,the word today,daily mass readings,mass readings for today,catholic mass reading,the word today tv,catholic mass today,catholic mass,catholic daily mass readings 2023,catholic readings today,daily catholic readings,daily mass readings and reflections