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 so that the community may be in union of faith with each other and with the worldwide community of the Church. These creeds are also shared by other Christian communities. The Creed may be sung or said; when recited, it can be said by everyone together or by two choirs responding one to the other.
‘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