November
20, 2015
Friday
of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Saint
of the Day: Saint Edmund Rich
Reading 1
36Judas
and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to
purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.”[1] 37So
the whole army assembled, and went up to Mount Zion.
52Early
in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, that is, the month
of Chislev, in the year one hundred and forty-eight,[2] 53they
arose and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt
offerings that they had made.
54On
the anniversary of the day on which the Gentiles had defiled it, on that very
day it was reconsecrated with songs, harps, flutes, and cymbals. 55All the
people prostrated themselves and adored and praised Heaven, who had given them
success.
56For
eight days they celebrated the dedication of the altar and joyfully offered
burnt offerings and sacrifices of deliverance and praise. 57They ornamented the
facade of the temple with gold crowns and shields; they repaired the gates and
the priests’ chambers and furnished them with doors. 58There was great joy
among the people now that the disgrace of the Gentiles was removed.
59Then
Judas and his brothers and the entire congregation of Israel decreed that the
days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness on
the anniversary every year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the
month Chislev.[3]
Responsorial Psalm
10b“Blessed
may you be, O LORD, 10cGod of Israel our father, 10dfrom eternity to eternity.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
11a“Yours,
O LORD, are grandeur and power, 11bmajesty, splendor, and glory. 11cFor all in
heaven and on earth is yours.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
11d“Yours,
O LORD, is the sovereignty; you are exalted as head over all. 12aRiches and
honor are from you.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
12b“You
have dominion over all, 12cIn your hand are power and might; 12dit is yours to
give grandeur and strength to all.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
My
sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
I
know them, and they follow me.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
45Jesus
entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling
things,[4] 46saying
to them, “It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made
it a den of thieves.”
47And
every day He was teaching in the temple area. The chief priests, the scribes, and the
leaders of the people, meanwhile, were seeking to put Him to death, 48but they
could find no way to accomplish their purpose because all the people were
hanging on His words.
Notes on Readings:
[1] 1 Maccabees 4: 36 - The sanctuary: the whole temple area with its walls, courts and outbuildings, to be distinguished from the temple proper, the oblong edifice with porch, main room and inner shrine.
[1] 1 Maccabees 4: 36 - The sanctuary: the whole temple area with its walls, courts and outbuildings, to be distinguished from the temple proper, the oblong edifice with porch, main room and inner shrine.
[2] 1
Maccabees 4: 52 - Twenty-fifth day of the ninth month . . . in the year one
hundred and forty-eight: December 14, 164 B.C.
[3] 1
Maccabees 4: 59 - Days of the dedication . . . Chislev: institution of thefeast
of Hannukah, also called the feast of Dedication (John 10:22). Josephus Flavius calls it the feast of Lights.
[4] Luke
19: 45-46 - Immediately upon entering the holy city, Jesus in a display of his
authority enters the temple (see Malachi 3:1-3) and
lays claim to it after cleansing it that it might become a proper place for His
teaching ministry in Jerusalem (Luke 19:47); 20:1; 21:37; 22:53. See Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:15-19; John 2:13-17 and
the footnotes there.
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