November 6 Readings 1st Reading: Phil 3:3-8a Brothers and sisters: We are the true circumcised people, since we serve according to the Spirit of God, and our confidence is in Christ Jesus, rather than in our merits. I, myself, do not lack those human qualities in which people have confidence. If some of them seem to be accredited with such qualities, how much more am I! I was circumcised when eight days old. I was born of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, born of Hebrews. With regard to the law , I am a Pharisee, and such was my zeal for the law that I persecuted the Church. As for being righteous according to the law, I was blameless. But once I found Christ, all those things that I might have considered as profit, I reckoned as loss. Still more, everything seems to me , as nothing, compared with the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord. Ps 105: Let hearts rejoice who search for the Lord. 2-3: Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds. Glory in his holy name; let those who seek the Lord rejoice. 4-5: Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. Remember his wonderful works, his miracles and his judgments. 6-7: You descendants of his servant Abraham, you sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! He is the Lord our God ; his judgments prevail on earth. Gospel: Lk 15: 1-10 Meanwhile tax collectors and sinners were seeking the company of Jesus, all of them eager to hear what he had to say. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law frowns at this , muttering, This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. So Jesus told them this parable: Who among you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, will. Or leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and seeks the lost one till he finds it? And finding it, will he not joyfully carry it home on his shoulders? Then he will call his friends and neighbors together, and say, Celebrate with me, for I have found my lost sheep! I tell you, in the same way, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner, than over ninety-nine decent people, who do not need to repent. What woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one, will not light a lamp, and sweep the house in a thorough search, till he finds the lost coin? And finds it, she will carry her friends and neighbors, and say,Celebrate with me, for I have found the silver coin I lost! I tell you, in the same way, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over once repentant sinner.
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