Sunday between 6 and 12 November
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Third Sunday before Advent (Year A) Remembrance
(or the Sunday before Remembrance)First Reading - Micah 3.5-12
A reading from the book of the prophet Micah. False prophets are leading the people astray. They promise peace to anyone who will feed them, and threaten war to those who will not. But they have no vision, or revelation, or word from God. And now they will be disgraced and put to shame, says the Lord. For the spirit of the Lord has come upon me with great power, to pronounce judgement on the transgressions of the nation. Your rulers hate justice, and distort the truth. You build the city with wickedness, and Jerusalem with bloodshed. Your judges take bribes. Your priests and your prophets serve not God but those who pay them. And still you say, ‘Surely the Lord is with us! No harm will come upon us!’ But it is because of you that Zion will be ploughed like a field, and Jerusalem, even the Temple Mount, will be in ruins, and overgrown. This is the word of the Lord.Second Reading - 1 Thessalonians 5.1-9
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians. You know that the day of the Lord will come at a date, and time, unknown - like a thief in the night. People will be confident in their peace and security, when destruction will be suddenly upon them, like the pains of childbirth, with no escape.But you are not
children of darkness,
for that day
to surprise you
like a thief.
You are children of the light, and of the day.
So keep awake, and alert.
Put on the armour
of faith and love,
and for a helmet,
the confidence you have
in your salvation.
For on that day of destruction,
God will indeed
be leading us,
not to condemnation,
but to salvation
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
This is the word of the Lord.