The 19th of November, 2021 is Friday in the Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar Year 2021.
Reading 1: 1 MC 4:36-37, 52-59
The first reading from the Book of Maccabees.
But Judas and his kindred said, “Behold, our enemies are defeated. Let’s go up to cleanse the holy place and to rededicate it.”
All the army was gathered together, and they went up to mount Zion.
They rose up early in the morning, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month Chislev, in the one hundred forty eighth year, and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt offerings which they had made.
At the time and day the Gentiles had profaned it, even then it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and with cymbals.
All the people fell on their faces, worshiped, and gave praise toward heaven, which had given them good success.
They celebrated the dedication of the altar eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
They decorated the front of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. They dedicated the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.
There was exceedingly great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.
Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy.
Responsorial Psalm: 1 CHR 29:10BCD, 11ABC, 11D-12A, 12BCD
Response: We thank you and praise your glorious name.
“You are blessed, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.”
R: We thank you and praise your glorious name.
“Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours.”
R: We thank you and praise your glorious name.
“Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.”
Both riches and honor come from you”
R: We thank you and praise your glorious name.
“And you rule over all! In your hand is power and might! It is in your hand to make great, and to give strength to all!”
R: We thank you and praise your glorious name.
Gospel of the Day: LK 19:45-48
From the gospel scripture according to Luke.
He entered into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house is a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers’!”
He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.
They couldn’t find what they might do, for all the people hung on to every word that he said.
