Reading I 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59
Judas and his brothers said,
“Now that our enemies have been crushed,
let us go up to purify the sanctuary and
rededicate it.”
So the whole army assembled, and went up
to Mount Zion.
Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth
day of the ninth month,
that is, the month of Chislev,
in the year one hundred and forty-eight,
they arose and offered sacrifice
according to the law
on the new altar of burnt offerings that
they had made.
On the anniversary of the day on which
the Gentiles had defiled it,
on that very day it was reconsecrated
with songs, harps, flutes, and cymbals.
All the people prostrated themselves and
adored and praised Heaven,
who had given them success.
For eight days they celebrated the
dedication of the altar
and joyfully offered burnt offerings and
sacrifices
of deliverance and praise.
They ornamented the facade of the temple
with gold crowns and shields;
they repaired the gates and the priests’
chambers
and furnished them with doors.
There was great joy among the people
now that the disgrace of the Gentiles
was removed.
Then Judas and his brothers and the
entire congregation of Israel
decreed that the days of the dedication
of the altar
should be observed with joy and gladness
on the anniversary every year for eight
days,
from the twenty-fifth day of the month
Chislev.
Responsorial Psalm 1
Chronicles 29:10bcd, 11abc, 11d-12a, 12bcd
R.
(13b) We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
“Blessed may you be, O LORD,
God of Israel our father,
from eternity to eternity.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
“Yours, O LORD, are grandeur and power,
majesty, splendor, and glory.
For all in heaven and on earth is
yours.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
“Yours, O LORD, is the sovereignty;
you are exalted as head over all.
Riches and honor are from you.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
“You have dominion over all,
In your hand are power and might;
it is yours to give grandeur and strength to all.”
R.
We praise your glorious name, O mighty God.
Alleluia Jn 10:27
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
I know them, and they follow me.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Lk 19:45-48
Jesus entered the temple area and
proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to
them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
And every day he was teaching in the
temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the
leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish
their purpose
because all the people were hanging on
his words.