First reading
Amos 6:1, 4–7
Woe to those who live in luxury.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 145(146):7–10
R. Praise the Lord, my soul!
Second reading
1 Timothy 6:11–16
Do all that you have been told, until the Appearing of the Lord.
Gospel acclamation
2 Corinthians 8:9
Jesus Christ was rich but he became poor, to make you rich out of his poverty.
Gospel
Luke 16:19–31
Dives and Lazarus.
Images from the Word
- Feast magnificently
- Covered with sores
- Listen to them
- Sprawlers’ revelry
- Dedicated to God
Liturgical notes
The purpose of the Symbolum or Profession of Faith, or Creed, is that the whole gathered people may respond to the word of God proclaimed in the readings taken from Sacred Scripture and explained in the Homily and that they may also call to mind and confess the great mysteries of the faith by reciting the rule of faith in a formula approved for liturgical use, before these mysteries are celebrated in the Eucharist.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §67
The profession of faith, either as the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed, is a response to the Word of God that fosters unity of faith among the community members and within the worldwide community of the Church. Other Christian communities also share these creeds. The Creed may also be sung or said; when said, it can be recited by everyone together or by two choirs responding to one another.
‘Remember your word to your servant, O Lord, by which you have given me hope. This is my comfort when I am brought low.’
—communion antiphon