FIFTH SUNDAY OF GRACETIDE

Proper G3: Our Choice

Prayer of the Day
Gracious Father, you have shown us that the path of life leads unto the fullness of your eternal kingdom and that the path of death leads to eternal damnation. Send your Spirit to dispel our confusion so that we may daily choose the way of your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Psalm of the Day:
62

Torah/History Readings:
Deuteronomy 11: 26-32 (A)
Deuteronomy 29: 28b – 30:14 (B)
Joshua 24: 14-28 (C)

Wisdom Readings:
Job 28: 1-28
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
Ecclesiastes 7: 1-25

Prophetic Readings:
Micah 7:18-20
Zechariah 1:1-6
Malachi 4:4-6

Deuterocanonical Reading:
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 5:9 – 6:4; 15: 16b-21

Apostolic Accounts:
Acts 4: 5-22 (B)
Revelation 3: 14-22 (C)

Apostolic Epistles:
2 Corinthians 1: 12-22 (A)
Hebrews 4: 1-13

Gospel Reading:
A Matthew 7: 24-27
B John 6: 52-59
C Luke 6: 46-49

Preface to the Eucharistic Prayer
It is indeed right and salutary
that we should at all times and in all places
offer thanks and praise to you,
O Lord, holy Father, through Christ our Lord.

For he is your Word who feeds and sustains your people;
the source of that gracious compassion which seeks out sinners and calls them to conversion,
and who has promised to empower us with the Spirit,
that we might answer his calling on our lives.

We praise you for these great gifts to your Church,
and with all who stand before the altar of the Lamb,
we join our voices and lift them to you,
as we sing the unceasing hymn of your praise.