THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C Lectionary #156

“Jesus Christ is the first born of the dead,” we sing. While we believe that life does not end with death, we have trouble imaging what life beyond death might be like. Jesus suggests that such speculation is useless: The faithful who die “are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise.”

2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14. Jewish thought before the time of Jesus believed in a reward for the faithful beyond death.

Psalm of the Day: Ps (16) 17. In this individual lament, the psalmist prays for God's help against enemies, hoping for vindication. Christians use the imagery at the end of today's verses as a way of talking about the risen life: “On waking I shall be content in your presence.”

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Guimont) PRM C102/WS 205/PMB 737/LPMG 156

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Hughes/Gelineau) WOR 960/LPGG 965

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Klusmeier/Dean) CBW 207

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Kogut) PCY10 6

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Schiavone) LP 188/JS 1043

Lord, When Your Glory Appears (Stewart) GC 25/RS 37/PCY5 73

Suggested Common Psalm

Ps 121 (122): Let Us Go Rejoicing (See suggestions for Christ the King)

2 Thessalonians 2:16–3:5. Paul encourages the community to trust in God's faithful presence that will stay with them through all difficulties.

Luke 20:27-38. One of the Saducees makes fun of belief in the resurrection by inventing an impossible scenario. Jesus points out that we change when we go through death into resurrection, and we don't know what the risen life is like.

Other Songs for the Liturgy

Alive in Christ Jesus (1,G) GC 799

All Things New (1,G) GC 427

Alleluia, Alleluia, Give Thanks (1,Ps) WOR 441/WC 708/CBW 383/MI-BB/GC 443/JS 439/RS 581/GP 389/PMB 353/WS 508

Around the Throne, a Glorious Band (1) CBW 450/WOR 719

Blest Be the Lord (1) JS 708/GP 599/MI-BB/GC 617

By All Your Saints Still Striving (1) WOR 706/WC 945/RS 887/PMB 524/JS 784

Center of My Life , v 3 (1) JS 697/MI-BB/GC 598/GP 593

Eat This Bread (1) WOR 734/GC 838/MI-BB/LMGM 130/WC 617/CBW 602/RS 928/WS 452

For All the Saints (1) WOR 705/WC 943/GP 445/LMGM 105/GC 793/JS 526/CBW 449/MI-BB/RS 889/WS 677/PMB 521

For You Are My God (1) GP 612/CBW 483/MI-BB/GC 616/JS 710

God Is My Great Desire (1,2) WOR 581

Good News (1,G) LMGM 317/GC 679/RS 797

How Can I Keep from Singing? (1) GC 603/WC 822/JS 721/MI-BB/RS 733/GP 616/PMB 439/WS 583

How Firm a Foundation (1) WOR 585/LMGM 102/WC 826/GC 606/JS 716/MI-BB/RS 731/PMB 438

How Shall I Sing to God? (1,G) GC 591

I Am the Bread of Life/Yo Soy el Pan de Vida—Toolan (1,G) WOR 738/GC 828/WC 624/MI-BB/LMGM 133/RS 931/WS 445

I Am the Living Bread (1,G) GP 519/JS 822/MI-BB

I Call You to My Father's House (1,G) WC 684/PMB 343/WS 486

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (1,G) WOR 176, 445/WC 693, 713/CBW 10A, 647/MI-BB/LMGM 63/GC 430, 854, 857/JS 131, 586/RS 582, 936/GP 388, 482/PMB 40, 363/WS 17, 499

I Shall See My God (1,G) GC 856

I Will Not Die (1) JS 658/GC 657/MI-BB/RS 771/GP 716

Jesus, Lord, Have Mercy (1,G) WC 686

Keep in Mind (1,G) WC 802/MI-BB/GC 674/JS 589/RS 940/GP 492/PMB 36/WS 567

O, How I Long to See (1,Ps) GP 306

On Eagle's Wings (1,G) JS 704/GP 598/MI-BB/GC 611/WC 844/RS 740/PMB 453/WS 604

On the Wings of Change (1,G) WC 931/PMB 512/WS 668

Ps 16: Keep Me Safe, O God (1)

*Ps 23: The Lord Is My Shepherd (C)

Ps 27: The Lord Is My Light (1,G)

Ps 34: Taste and See (1)

Ps 91: Be with Me (1)

Shelter Me, O God (1,Ps) JS 724/MI-BB/GC 636/CBW 372/RS 765/GP 626

Sing with All the Saints in Glory (1) WOR 476/GP 724/JS 789/GC 442/CBW 406/RS 595/WC 926/PMB 510/WS 664

The God of Abraham Praise (1,G) WOR 537/GC 544/JS 602/RS 685/MI-BB

The Land of the Living (1) CBW 636

The Lord Is My Hope (1) JS 730/GC 613/GP 631/MI-BB

The Name of God (1,G) GC 110/RS 152

Unless a Grain of Wheat (1,G) JS 760, 802/MI-BB/GC 697/RS 804/GP 579

We Shall Rise Again (1,G) GC 772/RS 872

We Who Once Were Dead (1,G) CBW 402

We Will Rise Again (1,G) JS 714/MI-BB/GP 603

What Wondrous Love Is This (1,G) JS 755/WOR 600/GC 627/WC 541/GP 642/MI-BB/RS 749/PMB 253/WS 397

You Are the Way (1,G) WC 711/JS 386/CBW 441/PMB 365/WS 512/MI-BB