Sunday between 6 and 12 November
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Third Sunday before Advent (Year B) Remembrance
(or the Sunday before Remembrance)First Reading - 1 Kings 17.8-16
A reading from the first book of Kings. The Lord directed Elijah to go to the coastal town of Sarepta, in Lebanon, saying, ‘I have commanded a widow there to feed you.’ As Elijah approached the town, he saw a widow, gathering sticks. Elijah asked her for a cup of water, and as she went, he called after her, asking also for a piece of bread. She turned and said to Elijah, ‘As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked. I have only a handful of flour, in a jar, and a little oil, in a jug. I am gathering these sticks so that I may go home, and prepare all that remains, for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.’ Elijah said to her, ‘Do not be afraid. Go, and do as you have said. But first, make something, and bring it to me; and afterwards make something for yourself and your son. For the Lord, the God of Israel, says this: The jar of flour will not be empty, and the jug of oil will not run dry, until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth.’ She went and did as Elijah had said, and she, and Elijah, and her household, ate for many days; and the jar of flour was not empty, and the jug of oil did not run dry. This is the word of the Lord.Second Reading - Hebrews 9.24-28
A reading from the letter to the Hebrews. The earthly high priest enters a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one in heaven. But Christ enters into heaven itself, to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.Again and again,
the earthly high priest
enters the holy place,
with the blood of a bull, or a goat,
to offer sacrifice.
But Christ, entering heaven, does not
have to offer himself again and again:
for Christ appears once, at the right time,
to remove all sin, by the one sacrifice
of himself.
Mortals die once,
and face judgement.
And Christ,
having been sacrificed once, for the sins of many,
will appear, on that day,
to welcome many
into salvation.
And we trust in him
for that day.
This is the word of the Lord.