The thirty-second Sunday in ordinary time
First Reading: Wisdom 6.12-16: Wisdom is found by those who seek her.
Responsorial Psalm: 63. 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 (R. 1a)
Response:
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18: Through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
Gospel Acclamation:
Gospel: Matthew 25.1-13: Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.
Motet: Sicut cervus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
[The Cambridge Singers]
Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum,
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
As the dear longs for springs of water,
so my soul longs for you, O God.
[Psalm 42: 1]