Catholic lectionary 17.11.2023 == BIBLE-CENTER

Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 13, verses 1-9

¹Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;

²But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.

³With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.

⁴But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.

⁵For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.

⁶But yet for this they are the less to be blamed: for they peradventure err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.

⁷For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.

⁸Howbeit neither are they to be pardoned.

⁹For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?

Luke, Chapter 17, verses 26-37

²⁶And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

²⁷They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;

²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

³⁰Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

³¹In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.

³²Remember Lot's wife.

³³Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

³⁴I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

³⁵Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

³⁶Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

³⁷And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.


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Catholic lectionary for 17 November 2023

Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 13, verses 1-9

Luke, Chapter 17, verses 26-37