Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Revelation 20:1-4, 11-21:2

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 84:3, 4, 5-6a, 8a

1. 3

   my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

2. 4

   For the sparrow hath found herself a house, and the turtle a nest for herself where she may lay her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my king and my God.

3. 5

   Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever.

4. 6

   Blessed is the man whose help is from thee: in his heart he hath disposed to ascend by steps,

5. 8

   For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain

Gospel

Luke 21:29-33

1. 29

   And he spoke to them in a similitude. See the fig tree, and all the trees:

2. 30

   When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh;

3. 31

   So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand.

4. 32

   Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled.

5. 33

   Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain