Rev 15:1-4; Luke 21

Wednesday, 34^th Week of Ordinary Time, Year II
Readings on p.1499 of Daily Missal

Entrance Antiphon

The Lord established for him a covenant of peace, and made him the prince, that he might have the dignity of the priesthood forever.

First Reading: Revelation 15:1-4

A reading from the Book of Revelation

I, John, saw another sign in heaven,
great and wonderful,
seven angels with seven plagues, which are the last,
for with them the wrath of God is ended.

And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass
mingled with fire,
and those who had conquered the beast
and its image and the number of its name,
standing beside the sea of glass
with harps of God in their hands.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“Great and wonderful are your deeds,
O Lord God the Almighty!
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the ages!
Who shall not fear and glorify your name, O Lord?
For you alone are holy.
All nations shall come and worship you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial psalm: Ps 98: 1.2-3ab. 7-8. 9

Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm beginning and ending with the response:

R./ Great and wonderful are your deeds,
O Lord God Almighty!

O sing a new song to the Lord,
for he has worked wonders.
His right hand and his holy arm
have brought salvation.

The Lord has made known his salvation,
has shown his deliverance to the nations.
He has remembered his merciful love
and his truth for the house of Israel.

Let the sea and all within it thunder;
the world, and those who dwell in it.
Let the rivers clap their hands,
And the hills ring out their joy.
At the presence of the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world with justice,
and the peoples with fairness.

R./ Great and wonderful are your deeds,
O Lord God Almighty!

Please stand for the Gospel
Alleluia, Alleluia.  Be faithful until death, says the Lord, and I will give you the crown of life
Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 21:12-19

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

At that time:
Jesus said to his disciples,
“They will lay their hands on you and persecute you,
delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons,
and you will be brought before kings and governors
for my name’s sake.
This will be a time for you to bear testimony.
Settle it therefore in your minds,
not to meditate beforehand how to answer;
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
which none of your adversaries
will be able to withstand or contradict.
You will be delivered up
even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends,
and some of you they will put to death;
you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
But not a hair of your head will perish.
By your endurance you will gain your lives.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Communion Antiphon
O praise the Lord all you nations, for his merciful love towards us is great.