SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2026​​

24TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

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INTRODUCTION​

Today the prophet Amos calls for justice to roll down like waters. Paul urges us to encourage one another

with the promised coming of the Lord. Jesus tells the parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids.

Surrounded by the faithful of every time and place, we celebrate Christ’s coming in our midst in the word

of life and the feast of victory—the marriage feast of the Lamb. 

PRAYER OF THE DAY

 O God of justice and love, you illumine our way through life with the words of your Son. Give us the

light we need, and awaken us to the needs of others, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

FIRST READING

AMOS 5:18-24
In the days of Amos, people thought that the day of the LORD would be a time of
     great victory, but Amos announced that it would be a day of darkness, not light.
     He said liturgy is no substitute for obedience. The LORD demands justice and
     righteousness in the community.

18 Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light,
19 as if someone fled from a lion
  and was met by a bear
  or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall
  and was bitten by a snake.
  20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
  and gloom with no brightness in it?

  21 I hate, I despise your festivals,
  and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
  22 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
  I will not accept them,
  and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
  I will not look upon.
  23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
  I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
  24 But let justice roll down like water
  and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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PSALM

PSALM 70
(Response) You are my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry. (Ps. 70:5)

1 Be pleased, O God, to deliver me;
O Lord, make haste to help me.
2 Let those who seek my life be put to shame and confounded;
let those who take pleasure in my misfortune draw back and be disgraced.
(Response) You are my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry. (Ps. 70:5)

3 Let those who say to me “Aha!” and gloat over me
turn back because of their shame.
4 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you;
  let those who love your salvation say forever, “Great is the Lord!”
5 But as for me, I am poor and needy; come to me quickly, O God.
You are my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry.
(Response) You are my helper and my deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry. (Ps. 70:5)​

SECOND READING

1ST THESSALONIANS 4:13-18
Some of the Thessalonians are worried that dead Christians will be excluded
     from the resurrection to eternal life when Christ comes again. Paul reassures
     them with the word of hope that all Christians, living or dead, will be raised into
     everlasting life with Christ.

13 We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who
     have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For
     since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God
     will bring with him those who have died. 15 For this we declare to you by the word
     of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by
     no means precede those who have died. 16 For the Lord himself, with a cry of
     command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will
     descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are
     alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the
     Lord in the air, and so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage
     one another with these words.

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​​​​GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia. Keep awake and be ready, for you do not know on what day your 
     Lord is coming. Alleluia. (Matt. 24:42, 44)

GOSPEL READING

MATTHEW 25:1-13
Jesus tells a parable about his own second coming,

emphasizing the need for readiness at all times.

[Jesus said to the disciples:] 1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten
     young women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them
     were foolish, and five were wise. 3 When the foolish took their lamps, they took
     no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the
     bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 6 But at midnight
     there was a shout, ‘Look! Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ 7 Then
     all those young women got up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish said to the
     wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise
     replied, ‘No! there will not be enough for you and for us; you had better go to the
     dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy it, the
     bridegroom came, and those who were ready went with him into the wedding
     banquet, and the door was shut. 11 Later the other young women came also,
     saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ 12 But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know
     you.’ 13 Keep awake, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”​

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