Saturday of the Thirty-Fourth Week in Ordinary Time – Year II
The Mass of our Lady (Commons BVM#2)
Readings on p. 1509 and Antiphons on p. 1863 of the Daily Missal.

First Reading: Revelation 22:1-7

A reading from the Book of Revelation.

Then the angel of the Lord showed me, John,
the river of the water of life,
bright as crystal,
flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
through the middle of the street of the city;
also, on either side of the river,
the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit,
yielding its fruit each month;
and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
There shall no more be anything accursed,
but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it,
and his servants shall worship him;
they shall see his face,
and his name shall be on their foreheads.
And night shall be no more;
they need no light of lamp or sun,
for the Lord God will be their light,
and they shall reign forever and ever.

And he said to me,
“These words are trustworthy and true.
And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets,
has sent his angel
to show his servants what must soon take place.
And behold, I am coming soon.”

Blessed is he who keeps the words
of the prophecy of this book.

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7abc (R. 1 Corinthians 16:22b; Revelation 22:20c)

Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm

R/. Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!

Come, let us ring out our joy to the Lord;
hail the rock who saves us.
Let us come into his presence, giving thanks;
let us hail him with a song of praise.

A mighty God is the Lord,
a great king above all gods.
In his hands are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his.
To him belongs the sea, for he made it,
and the dry land that he shaped by his hands.

O come; let us bow and bend low.
Let us kneel before the God who made us,
for he is our God and we
the people who belong to his pasture,
the flock that is led by his hand.

R/. Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!

Alleluia, Alleluia. Watch at all times, praying that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man.
Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 21:34-36

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

At that time:
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down
with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life,
and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare;
for it will come upon all
who dwell upon the face of the whole earth.
But watch at all times,
praying that you may have strength
to escape all these things that will take place,
and to stand before the Son of man.”

The Gospel of the Lord.