30/10/2021
October 30, 2021
Saturday of Week 30; Blessed Angelo of Acri
FIRST READING
Romans 11:1–2a, 11–12, 25–29
Brothers and sisters:
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? Of course not! For I too am a child of Israel, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
Hence I ask, did they stumble so as to fall? Of course not! But through their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make them jealous. Now if their transgression is enrichment for the world, and if their diminished number is enrichment for the Gentiles, how much more their full number.
I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not become wise in your own estimation: a hardening has come upon Israel in part, until the full number of the Gentiles comes in, and thus all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
The deliverer will come out of Zion, he will turn away godlessness from Jacob; and this is my covenant with them when I take away their sins.
In respect to the Gospel, they are enemies on your account; but in respect to election, they are beloved because of the patriarch. For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 94:12–13a, 14–15, 17–18
R. (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people.
Blessed the man whom you instruct, O LORD, whom by your law you teach, Giving him rest from evil days.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, nor abandon his inheritance; But judgment shall again be with justice, and all the upright of heart shall follow it.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
Were not the LORD my help, my soul would soon dwell in the silent grave. When I say, "My foot is slipping," your mercy, O LORD, sustains me.
R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
ALLELUIA
Matthew 11:29ab
R. Alleluia,