Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 2022
Complacency in our comfort leads to exile or to Hades in our passages, while seeing the need of others and pursuing virtue with our eyes on Jesus lives out our baptismal promises and brings the reward of Paradise.
Title
Outline
I’m OK so long as I do not hurt someone else
Amos is speaking to such folk
Paul also speaks about people who are going somewhere
The contrast is brought out by Jesus
So, Sisters, the message to us is clear
Readings
FIRST READING
Amos 6:1a, 4–7
1 Woe to those who are complacent in Zion,
secure on the mount of Samaria,
Leaders of the first among nations,
to whom the people of Israel turn.
4 Those who lie on beds of ivory,
and lounge upon their couches;
Eating lambs taken from the flock,
and calves from the stall;
5 Who improvise to the music of the harp,
composing on musical instruments like David,
6 Who drink wine from bowls,
and anoint themselves with the best oils,
but are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph;
7 Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile,
and the carousing of those who lounged shall cease.
RESPONSE
Psalm 146:1b
1 Hallelujah!
PSALM
Psalm 146:7–10
7 secures justice for the oppressed,
who gives bread to the hungry.
The LORD sets prisoners free;
8 the LORD gives sight to the blind.
The LORD raises up those who are bowed down;
the LORD loves the righteous.
9 The LORD protects the resident alien,
comes to the aid of the orphan and the widow,
but thwarts the way of the wicked.
10 The LORD shall reign forever,
your God, Zion, through all generations!
Hallelujah!
SECOND READING
1 Timothy 6:11–16
11 But you, man of God, avoid all this. Instead, pursue righteousness, devotion, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. 12 Compete well for the faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which you were called when you made the noble confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I charge [you] before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who gave testimony under Pontius Pilate for the noble confession, 14 to keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearance of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 that the blessed and only ruler will make manifest at the proper time, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
2 Corinthians 8:9
9 For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich, so that by his poverty you might become rich.
GOSPEL
Luke 16:19–31
19 “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. 20 And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21 who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. 22 When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, 23 and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. 24 And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ 25 Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. 26 Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’ 27 He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ 30 He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’ ”
Notes
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2022 | ORDINARY TIME
TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
YEAR C | ROMAN MISSAL | LECTIONARY
First Reading Amos 6:1a, 4–7
Response Psalm 146:1b
Psalm Psalm 146:7–10
Second Reading 1 Timothy 6:11–16
Gospel Acclamation 2 Corinthians 8:9
Gospel Luke 16:19–31