29th Sunday of the Year (C)

28th Sunday of the Year (C): 2 Timothy 2:8-13

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Liturgical readings
2 Kings 5:14-17
Psalm 98
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19

If we have died with Christ, we shall also live with him.


Remember that Jesus Christ,
a descendant of David,
was raised from the dead.


This is the gospel I preach;
in preaching it
I suffer as a criminal,


even to the point
of being thrown into chains


- but there is no chaining
the word of God!


Therefore
I bear with all of this
for the sake of those
whom God has chosen,


in order that they may obtain
the salvation to be found
in Christ Jesus
and with it eternal glory.


You can depend on this:


If we have died with him
we shall also live with him;


If we hold out to the end
we shall also reign with him.


But if we deny him
he will deny us.


If we are unfaithful
he will still remain faithful,


for he cannot deny himself.



Scripture verses from the readings:
"Naaman's flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy." (2 Kings 5)
"He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel." (Psalm 98)
"If we hold out to the end we shall also reign with him." (2 Timothy 2)

28th Sunday of the Year (C): 2 Kings 5:14-17

Sunday Readings for Your Reflection: Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Liturgical readings
2 Kings 5:14-17
Psalm 98
2 Timothy 2:8-13
Luke 17:11-19

The Samaritan came back praising God in a loud voice.



On his journey to Jerusalem
Jesus passed along the borders
of Samaria and Galilee.


As he was entering a village,
ten lepers met him.


Keeping their distance,
they raised their voices


and said,


"Jesus, Master, have pity on us!"


When he saw them,
he responded,


"Go and show yourselves to the priests."


On their way there
they were cured.


One of them,
realizing that he had been cured,
came back praising God in a loud voice.


He threw himself on his face
at the feet of Jesus
and spoke his praises.


This man was a Samaritan.


Jesus took the occasion to say,


"Were not all ten made whole?
Where are the other nine?
Was there no one to return and give thanks to God
except this foreigner?"


He said to the man,


"Stand up
and go your way;
your faith has been your salvation."

Scripture verses from the readings:
"Naaman's flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy." (2 Kings 5)
"He has remembered his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel." (Psalm 98)
"If we hold out to the end we shall also reign with him." (2 Timothy 2)