Thursday of the Thirty‑second week in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Wisdom 7:22-8:1
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175
Gospel: Luke 17:20-25

First Reading
Wisdom 7:22-8:1
For in wisdom there is a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through all spirits that are intelligent and pure and subtlest. For wisdom is more mobile than any motion; because of her pureness she pervades and penetrates all things. For she is a breath of the power of God and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore nothing defiled gains entrance into her. For she is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his goodness. Though she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God and prophets; for God loves nothing so much as the man who lives with wisdom. For she is more beautiful than the sun and excels every constellation of the stars. Compared with the light, she is found to be superior, for it is succeeded by the night, but against wisdom evil does not prevail. She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things well.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 119:89, 90, 91, 130, 135, 175
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

Forever is your word, O Lord, standing firm in the heavens.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

From age to age is your truth; like the earth, it stands firm.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

Your judgments endure to this day, for all things are your servants.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

The unfolding of your word gives light, and understanding to the simple.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

Let your face shine forth on your servant, and teach me your decrees.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

My soul shall live and praise you. Your judgments give me help.
R. Forever is your word, O Lord.

Gospel
Luke 17:20-25
At that time:Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” And he said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, ‘Look, there!’ or ‘Look, here!’ Do not go out or follow them. For as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.”

The Gospel of the Lord.