Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Posted by Bob Kenward on November 2, 2009
Prepare for MassNovember 8, 2009 – (11/8/2009)
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sunday November 8 2009 is the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
The poor widow’s mite
This poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they have all contributed from their surplus, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood.
Trust in God
Giving all you got
The value of the little one’s work is great in the eyes of God
1 Kgs 17:10-16
Ps 146:7, 8-9, 9-10
Heb 9:24-28
Mk 12:38-44 or 12:41-44
From the First Reading Elijah enounters a poor widow who had scarcely enough to eat for her and her son. “As the LORD, your God, lives, I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jar
and a little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a couple of sticks, to go in and prepare something for myself and my son; when we have eaten it, we shall die.” Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go and do as you propose. But first make me a little cake and bring it to me. Then you can prepare something for yourself and your son.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, says,
‘The jar of flour shall not go empty,
nor the jug of oil run dry,
until the day when the LORD
sends rain upon the earth.’”
She left and did as Elijah had said.
She was able to eat for a year, and he and her son as well;
the jar of flour did not go empty,
nor the jug of oil run dry,
as the LORD had foretold through Elijah.
Responsorial Psalm
Praise the Lord, my soul!
The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
The LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
the LORD loves the just.
The LORD protects strangers.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
2nd Reading
Christ’s one and only sacrifice
…Just as it is appointed that human beings die once,
and after this the judgment, so also Christ,
offered once to take away the sins of many,
will appear a second time, not to take away sin
but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await him.
from the Gospel…
Jesus sat down opposite the treasury
and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury.
Many rich people put in large sums.
A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury.
For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had,
her whole livelihood.”
GOD BLESS YOU
watch CatholicTV
Mass Preparation for this Sunday
Catholic New Agency Homily of the Day
Gus Lloyd’s Reflections
Fr Tommy Lane
St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church – www.scborromeo.org
LifeTeen
Catholic Doors Homilies
Loyola Press Sunday Connection
Homilies and Reflections from Australia
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