First Reading

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

13And we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are sleeping, so as not to be sorrowful, like these others who do not have hope. 14For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him. 15For we say this to you, in the Word of the Lord: that we who are alive, who remain until the return of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16For the Lord himself, with a command and with the voice of an Archangel and with a trumpet of God, shall descend from heaven. And the dead, who are in Christ, shall rise up first. 17Next, we who are alive, who are remaining, shall be taken up quickly together with them into the clouds to meet Christ in the air. And in this way, we shall be with the Lord always. 18Therefore, console one another with these words.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 95

1A Canticle of David himself, when the house was built after the captivity. Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth. 2Sing to the Lord and bless his name. Announce his salvation from day to day. 3Announce his glory among the Gentiles, his miracles among all peoples. 4For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is terrible, beyond all gods. 5For all the gods of the Gentiles are demons, but the Lord made the heavens. 6Confession and beauty are in his sight. Sanctity and magnificence are in his sanctuary. 7Bring to the Lord, you natives of the nations, bring to the Lord glory and honor. 8Bring to the Lord glory for his name. Lift up sacrifices, and enter into his courts. 9Adore the Lord in his holy court. Let the entire earth be shaken before his face. 10Say among the Gentiles: The Lord has reigned. For he has even corrected the whole world, which will not be shaken. He will judge the peoples with fairness. 11Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; let the sea and all its fullness be moved. 12The fields and all the things that are in them will be glad. Then all the trees of the forest will rejoice 13before the face of the Lord: for he arrives. For he arrives to judge the earth. He will judge the whole world with fairness and the peoples with his truth.

Gospel

Luke 4:16-30

16And he went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. And he entered into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the Sabbath day. And he rose up to read. 17And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. And as he unrolled the book, he found the place where it was written: 18“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this, he has anointed me. He has sent me to evangelize the poor, to heal the contrite of heart, 19to preach forgiveness to captives and sight to the blind, to release the broken into forgiveness, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and the day of retribution.” 20And when he had rolled up the book, he returned it to the minister, and he sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. 21Then he began to say to them, “On this day, this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” 22And everyone gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said, “Is this not the son of Joseph?” 23And he said to them: “Certainly, you will recite to me this saying, ‘Physician, heal yourself.’ The many great things that we have heard were done in Capernaum, do here also in your own country.” 24Then he said: “Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25In truth, I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elijah in Israel, when the heavens were closed for three years and six months, when a great famine had occurred throughout the entire land. 26And to none of these was Elijah sent, except to Zarephath of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27And there were many lepers in Israel under the prophet Elisha. And none of these was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.” 28And all those in the synagogue, upon hearing these things, were filled with anger. 29And they rose up and drove him beyond the city. And they brought him all the way to the edge of the mount, upon which their city had been built, so that they might throw him down violently. 30But passing through their midst, he went away.