Immigrants to the United States take the Oath of Allegiance at a
naturalization ceremony at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, September
2016.
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 27,
2017
Lectionary: 148
Lectionary: 148
Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress
an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong
any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me,
I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.
"If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate."
I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.
"If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people, you shall not act like an extortioner toward him by demanding interest from him. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset; for this cloak of his is the only covering he has for his body. What else has he to sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him; for I am compassionate."
R. (2) I love you, Lord, my strength.
I love you, O LORD, my strength,
O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
My God, my rock of refuge,
my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!
Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,
and I am safe from my enemies.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
The LORD lives and blessed be my rock!
Extolled be God my savior.
You who gave great victories to your king
and showed kindness to your anointed.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
Brothers and
sisters: You know what sort
of people we were among you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of
the Lord, receiving the word in great affliction, with joy from the Holy
Spirit, so that you became a model for all the believers in Macedonia and in
Achaia. For from you the
word of the Lord has sounded forth not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but in every place
your faith in God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say
anything. For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of
reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living
and true God and to await his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers
us from the coming wrath.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord,
and my Father will love him and we will come to him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever loves me will keep my word, says the Lord,
and my Father will love him and we will come to him.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
When the Pharisees
heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of
them, a scholar of the law tested him by asking, "Teacher, which
commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall
love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul,
and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
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