Sunday between 30 October and 5 November
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Fourth Sunday before Advent
All Saints Sunday (Year C)
First Reading - Isaiah 25.6-9
A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.
On this holy mountain, the Lord God
will prepare for all people
a feast
of rich food
and fine wine.
The Lord will take away
the cloud of darkness
that hangs over peoples and nations.
The Lord God
will bring to an end
the humiliation of the people,
will wipe away
the tears from all faces,
and will destroy
the power of death
for ever.
And the people will say, ‘This is the day
of the Lord our God.
Let us rejoice,
for we trusted in God,
and the day
of our salvation
has come.’
This is the word of the Lord.
Second Reading - 2 Thessalonians 1.1-4, 11-12
A reading from the second letter of Paul
to the Thessalonians.
From Paul, Silas, and Timothy,
to the church at Thessalonika.
Grace to you, and peace,
from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Brothers and sisters,
we give thanks to God
for your continuing growth
both in faith
and in love for one another.
We gladly tell others
in all the churches
about your faith
that remains steadfast
in the face of so many
hardships and persecutions.
And we always pray for you,
that God will strengthen you
in all your works of faith,
as you seek to fulfil your calling,
and rejoice in all that is good.
And so may the name of our Lord Jesus
be glorified in you,
and may you be glorified in him,
by the grace of God
and our Lord Jesus Christ!
This is the word of the Lord.
Gospel - Luke 19.1-10
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke.
Jesus was passing through Jericho
on his way to Jerusalem.
Zacchaeus, a wealthy
chief tax-collector,
could not see over the crowds
to see who Jesus was.
So he ran ahead
and climbed into a tree
on the route that Jesus was following.
When Jesus saw him there,
he said, ‘Zacchaeus,
come down at once,
for I must stay at your house today.’
Zacchaeus
came down quickly
from the tree,
and welcomed Jesus
into his home.
Those who saw this
began to complain,
saying that Jesus
had gone to be the guest
of someone
completely unworthy.
But Zacchaeus said to Jesus,
‘My Lord,
half of all my possessions
I will give to the poor.
And if I have cheated anyone of anything,
I will pay it back
four times over.’
And Jesus said, ‘Today,
salvation has come to this house.
For Zacchaeus also
is a child of Abraham.
And the Son of Man came
to seek out
and rescue
the lost.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord.