Thursday 25 April 2024 (other days)
ANZAC Day
on Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide
on Thursday of the 4th week of Eastertide
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Liturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).
| First reading | Wisdom 3:1-9 © |
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The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God
The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,
no torment shall ever touch them.
In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die,
their going looked like a disaster,
their leaving us, like annihilation;
but they are in peace.
If they experienced punishment as men see it,
their hope was rich with immortality;
slight was their affliction, great will their blessings be.
God has put them to the test
and proved them worthy to be with him;
he has tested them like gold in a furnace,
and accepted them as a holocaust.
When the time comes for his visitation they will shine out;
as sparks run through the stubble, so will they.
They shall judge nations, rule over peoples,
and the Lord will be their king for ever.
They who trust in him will understand the truth,
those who are faithful will live with him in love;
for grace and mercy await those he has chosen.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Psalm 114(116):5-6,115(116):10-11,15-16 © |
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
or
Alleluia.
How gracious is the Lord, and just;
our God has compassion.
The Lord protects the simple hearts;
I was helpless so he saved me.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
or
Alleluia.
I trusted, even when I said:
‘I am sorely afflicted,’
and when I said in my alarm:
‘No man can be trusted.’
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
or
Alleluia.
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful.
Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds.
I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
or
Alleluia.
| Second reading |
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| 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 © |
We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God
The language of the cross may be illogical to those who are not on the way to salvation, but those of us who are on the way see it as God’s power to save. As scripture says: I shall destroy the wisdom of the wise and bring to nothing all the learning of the learned. Where are the philosophers now? Where are the scribes? Where are any of our thinkers today? Do you see now how God has shown up the foolishness of human wisdom? If it was God’s wisdom that human wisdom should not know God, it was because God wanted to save those who have faith through the foolishness of the message that we preach. And so, while the Jews demand miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
| Gospel Acclamation | Rv14:13 |
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Happy are those who have died in the Lord:
let them rest from their labours
for their good deeds go with them.
Alleluia!
| Or: | John 14:27 |
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Peace I leave with you, says the Lord;
my own peace I give you.
Alleluia!
| Gospel | John 12:23-28 © |
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If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest
Jesus said to Andrew and Philip:
‘Now the hour has come
for the Son of Man to be glorified.
I tell you, most solemnly,
unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies,
it remains only a single grain;
but if it dies,
it yields a rich harvest.
Anyone who loves his life loses it;
anyone who hates his life in this world
will keep it for the eternal life.
If a man serves me, he must follow me,
wherever I am, my servant will be there too.
If anyone serves me, my Father will honour him.
Now my soul is troubled.
What shall I say:
Father, save me from this hour?
But it was for this very reason that I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name!’
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