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Weekday of Saturday November 18, 2023

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November 18, 2023

Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who bore the Creator of all things. You became the Mother of your Maker, and you remain for ever Virgin.

Texts of the day

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First reading

Reading (Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9)

When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne bounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land, bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree. And as...

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 105:2-3, 36-37, 42-43)

Sing to him, sing his praise, proclaim all his wondrous deeds. Glory in his holy name; rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD! R. Then he struck every firstborn throughout their land, the first fruits of all...

Gospel (Luke 18:1-8)

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in...