Reading I Dn 7:13-14
As the visions during the night
continued, I saw
one like a Son of man coming,
on the clouds of heaven;
when he reached the Ancient One
and was presented before him,
the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;
all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away,
his kingship shall not be destroyed.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 93:1,
1-2, 5
R. (1a) The Lord is king; he is robed in
majesty.
The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.
R. The Lord is king; he is robed in
majesty.
And he has made the world firm,
not to be moved.
Your throne stands firm from of old;
from everlasting you are, O LORD.
R. The Lord is king; he is robed in
majesty.
Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed;
holiness befits your house,
O LORD, for length of days.
R. The Lord is king; he is robed in
majesty.
Reading II Rv 1:5-8
Jesus Christ is the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead and ruler of
the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us
from our sins by his blood,
who has made us into a kingdom, priests
for his God and Father,
to him be glory and power forever and
ever. Amen.
Behold, he is coming amid the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him.
All the peoples of the earth will lament
him.
Yes.
Amen.
"I am the Alpha and the Omega,
" says the Lord God,
"the one who is and who was and who
is to come, the almighty."
Alleluia Mk 11:9, 10
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of
the Lord!
Blessed is the kingdom of our father
David that is to come!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Jn 18:33b-37
Pilate said to Jesus,
"Are you the King of the
Jews?"
Jesus answered, "Do you say this on
your own
or have others told you about me?"
Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew,
am I?
Your own nation and the chief priests
handed you over to me.
What have you done?"
Jesus answered, "My kingdom does
not belong to this world.
If my kingdom did belong to this world,
my attendants would be fighting
to keep me from being handed over to the
Jews.
But as it is, my kingdom is not
here."
So Pilate said to him, "Then you
are a king?"
Jesus answered, "You say I am a
king.
For this I was born and for this I came
into the world,
to testify to the truth.
Everyone who belongs to the truth
listens to my voice."