Sunday of the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
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Mass Readings
First Reading – Dn 12:1-3
In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the Lord: “At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; it shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since 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 awake; some shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace. “But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever.”
Responsorial Psalm – Ps 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11 (R.1)
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 me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed. R.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption. R.
You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever. R.
Second Reading – Heb 10:11-14, 18
Brothers and sisters: Every priest stands daily at his ministry, offering frequently those same sacrifices that can never take away sins. But this one offered one sacrifice for sins, and took his seat forever at the right hand of God; now he waits until his enemies are made his footstool. For by one offering he has made perfect forever those who are being consecrated. Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer offering for sin.
Gospel – Mk 13:24-32
Jesus said to his disciples: “In those days after that tribulation the 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 angels and 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 away until 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.”
Featured Saints
Sunday takes precedence over the memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary, religious (†1231). Daughter of the King of Hungary, she was married to Louis IV of Thuringia with whom she had three children. After the death of her husband, she made a vow of celibacy and left her castle to lead a life of extraordinary charity taking the habit of the third order of St. Francis. She died at the age of 24 in the Hospital of Marburg which she built, and where she dedicated herself to caring for the sick.
St. Hugh of Lincoln, abbot and bishop (†1200). Of Burgundian nobility, he became a Benedictine in his youth, and then a Carthusian, entering the Grande Chartreuse. He was sent in 1179 to become the prior of the first Carthusian house in England, Witham Charterhouse. Under obedience, he accepted appointment as the Bishop of Lincoln, which see flourished under his wise and just direction.
St. Hilda of Whitby, abbess (†680). A princess of Northumbria who was baptized by St. Paulinus and, under the guidance of St. Aiden, became the abbess of the monsastery of Hartpool, and later of Whitby Abbey, an important religious centre where the decisive Synod of Whitby was held.
Sts. Jordan Ansalone and Thomas Rokuzayemon Nishi, priests and martyrs (†1634). Dominican priests martyred in Nagasaki, Japan.
St. Lazarus of Constantinople, monk (†circa 867). Born in Armenia, he became a monk in Constantinople. Accomplished painter of sacred images.
Blessed Josaphat Kocylovskyj, bishop and martyr (†1947). Basilian religious elected Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland. He died in a concentration camp on the outskirts of Kiev.
Blessed Salomea of Krakow, abbess (†1268). Polish noblewoman married to the king of Hungary. After the death of her spouse, she became a Poor Clare.
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