Entrance Antiphon: "Let my prayer come into your presence. Incline your ear to my cry for help. O Lord."
Collect: "Almighty and merciful God, graciorsly keep from us all adversity, so that, unhindered in mind and body alike, we may pursue in freedom of heart that things that are yours."
First Reading is from the second Book of Maccabees: 7:1-2, 9-14
Responsorial Psalm: +Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full."
The Second Reading is from the second Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians: 2:16-3:5
Gospel is from Luke 20:27-38 The Sadducees who deny that there is a resurrection, try to trap Jesus.
"Jesus’ response to the Sadducees can offer us a few points for reflection. His emphasis on the God of the living gives us a way to think about Jesus’ resurrection and our own understanding of eternal life. Likewise, Jesus’ strategy might help us as we encounter people with differing views. Jesus models openness when he listens to the Sadducees’ views, and rather than being led into a contentious debate, he draws on shared traditions as foundations on which to have open dialogue." Taken from a commentary to help us see how Jesus manages to work with those of different beliefs. Pope Francis seems to have learned from Jesus how to deal with those who argue and do not want to hear the truth.
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