Liturgy Planning
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Liturgy Planning
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
November 5, 2023
Year A - Lectionary [151]
First Reading
You have strayed from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your teaching | Malachi 1:14-2:2,8-10
I am a great king, says the Lord of Hosts, and my name is feared throughout the nations. And now, priests, this warning is for you. If you do not listen, if you do not find it in your heart to glorify my name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send the curse on you and curse your very blessing. But you, you have strayed from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your teaching. You have destroyed the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts. And so I in my turn have made you contemptible and vile in the eyes of the whole people in repayment for the way you have not kept to my paths but have shown partiality in your administration.
Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why, then, do we break faith with one another, profaning the covenant of our ancestors?
Responsorial
Keep my soul in peace before you, O Lord. | Psalm 130(131)
O Lord, my heart is not proud
nor haughty my eyes.
I have not gone after things too great
nor marvels beyond me.
Keep my soul in peace before you, O Lord.
Truly I have set my soul
in silence and peace.
A weaned child on its mother’s breast,
even so is my soul.
Keep my soul in peace before you, O Lord.
O Israel, hope in the Lord
both now and forever.
Keep my soul in peace before you, O Lord.
Second Reading
We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives | 1 Thessalonians 2:7-9, 13
Like a mother feeding and looking after her own children, we felt so devoted and protective towards you, and had come to love you so much, that we were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole lives as well. Let me remind you, brothers, how hard we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming God’s Good News to you.
Another reason why we constantly thank God for you is that as soon as you heard the message that we brought you as God’s message, you accepted it for what it really is, God’s message and not some human thinking; and it is still a living power among you who believe it.
Gospel Acclamation
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:
you have the message of eternal life.
1S3:9,Jn6:68
OR
You have only one Father, and he is in heaven;
you have only one Teacher, the Christ!
Mt23:9,10
Gospel
They do not practise what they preach | Matthew 23:1-12
Addressing the people and his disciples Jesus said, ‘The scribes and the Pharisees occupy the chair of Moses. You must therefore do what they tell you and listen to what they say; but do not be guided by what they do: since they do not practise what they preach. They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but will they lift a finger to move them? Not they! Everything they do is done to attract attention, like wearing broader phylacteries and longer tassels, like wanting to take the place of honour at banquets and the front seats in the synagogues, being greeted obsequiously in the market squares and having people call them Rabbi.
‘You, however, must not allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, since you have only one master, and you are all brothers. You must call no one on earth your father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor must you allow yourselves to be called teachers, for you have only one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Anyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.’
'Scripture readings taken from The Jerusalem Bible, published and copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, and used by permission of the publishers'
Psalms
My Soul in Stillness Waits
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Text: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Psalm 130/131: In You, O Lord
Composer: O'Carroll, Fintan
Publisher: IND
Psalm 63: In the Shadow of Your Wings
Composer: Joncas, Michael
Publisher: GIA
Psalm 63: Your Love Is Finer Than Life
Composer: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Hymns & Songs
All Will Be Well
Composer: Warner, Steven C.
Text: Julian of Norwich
Publisher: WLP
All the Earth Proclaim the Lord
Composer: Deiss, Lucien
Text: Psalm 100
Publisher: WLP
Come, Christians, All Rejoice
Publisher: Veritas
Come, Christians, Join to Sing
Composer: Bateman, Christian H.
For the Beauty of the Earth
Text: Pierpoint, Folliot S.
God of Day and God of Darkness
Composer: The Sacred Harp
Text: Haugen, Marty
Publisher: GIA
Grant to Us, O Lord
Composer: Deiss, Lucien
Text: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Publisher: WLP
Here I Am, Lord
Composer: Schutte, Dan
Text: Schutte, Dan
Publisher: OCP
In Christ There Is No East or West
Text: Oxenham, John
My Soul Is at Rest
Composer: Berthier, Jacques
Text: Berthier, Jacques
Publisher: GIA
One Bread, One Body
Composer: Foley SJ, John
Text: Foley SJ, John
Publisher: GIA
Only in God
Composer: Foley SJ, John
Text: Foley SJ, John
Publisher: OCP
Psalm 34: Taste and See (Kendzia)
Composer: Kendzia
Text: Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Oh, taste and see the goodness of the Lord.
Publisher: OCP
The Servant Song
Composer: Gillard, Richard
Text: Gillard, Richard
Ubi Caritas (Berthier)
Composer: Berthier, Jacques
Text: Taize Community
Publisher: GIA
Ubi Caritas (Biery)
Composer: Biery
Publisher: IND
We Are the Light of the World
Composer: Greif, Jean A.
Text: Greif, Jean A.
Where Charity and Love Prevail
Composer: Benoit OSB, Paul
Text: Westendorf, Omer
Publisher: WLP