HOLY MASS FRIDAY THIRTY-SECOND WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2017

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Friday, 2017-11-17:

• St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Third Order (Feast) 2017:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  1 Timothy 5:3-10

  3Honor widows who are real widows. 4If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents;for this is acceptable in the sight of God. 5She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day;6whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7Command this, so that they may be without reproach. 8If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband;10and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  1 Timothy 5:3-10

  3Honor widows who are real widows. 4If a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn their religious duty to their own family and make some return to their parents;for this is acceptable in the sight of God. 5She who is a real widow, and is left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day;6whereas she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. 7Command this, so that they may be without reproach. 8If any one does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 9Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband;10and she must be well attested for her good deeds, as one who has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, relieved the afflicted, and devoted herself to doing good in every way.

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Psalms 31:4-5, 8-9, 20, 24-25

  3Yea, thou art my rock and my fortress;for thy name's sake lead me and guide me, 4take me out of the net which is hidden for me, for thou art my refuge. 7I will rejoice and be glad for thy steadfast love, because thou hast seen my affliction, thou hast taken heed of my adversities, 8and hast not delivered me into the hand of the enemy;thou hast set my feet in a broad place. 19O how abundant is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for those who fear thee, and wrought for those who take refuge in thee, in the sight of the sons of men! 23Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily. 24Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD!

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Matthew 25:31-40

  31"When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left. 34Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;35for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.' 37Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink? 38And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee? 39And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?' 40And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

• FRIDAY THIRTY-SECOND WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2017:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Wis 13:1-9

  All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,
  and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,
  and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;
  But either fire, or wind, or the swift air,
  or the circuit of the stars, or the mighty water,
  or the luminaries of heaven, the governors of the world, they considered gods.
  Now if out of joy in their beauty they thought them gods,
  let them know how far more excellent is the Lord than these;
  for the original source of beauty fashioned them.
  Or if they were struck by their might and energy,
  let them from these things realize how much more powerful is he who made them.
  For from the greatness and the beauty of created things
  their original author, by analogy, is seen.
  But yet, for these the blame is less;
  For they indeed have gone astray perhaps,
  though they seek God and wish to find him.
  For they search busily among his works,
  but are distracted by what they see, because the things seen are fair.
  But again, not even these are pardonable.
  For if they so far succeeded in knowledge
  that they could speculate about the world,
  how did they not more quickly find its Lord?
  
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 19:2-3, 4-5ab

  R. (2a) The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
  The heavens declare the glory of God,
  and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
  Day pours out the word to day,
  and night to night imparts knowledge.
  R. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
  Not a word nor a discourse
  whose voice is not heard;
  Through all the earth their voice resounds,
  and to the ends of the world, their message.
  R. The heavens proclaim the glory of God.
  
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Lk 17:26-37

  Jesus said to his disciples:
  "As it was in the days of Noah,
  so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
  they were eating and drinking,
  marrying and giving in marriage up to the day
  that Noah entered the ark,
  and the flood came and destroyed them all.
  Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot:
  they were eating, drinking, buying,
  selling, planting, building;
  on the day when Lot left Sodom,
  fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all.
  So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
  On that day, someone who is on the housetop
  and whose belongings are in the house
  must not go down to get them,
  and likewise one in the field
  must not return to what was left behind.
  Remember the wife of Lot.
  Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,
  but whoever loses it will save it.
  I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed;
  one will be taken, the other left.
  And there will be two women grinding meal together;
  one will be taken, the other left."
  They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?"
  He said to them, "Where the body is,
  there also the vultures will gather."