November 3, 2003, Friday of the 30th week in ordinary time.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.

Brothers and sisters, I speak the truth in Christ. I do not lie.

My conscience joins with the Holy Spirit in bearing me witness that I have great sorrow and constant

anguish in my heart.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my

own people, my kindred according to the flesh.

They are children of Israel.

There is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law,

the worship, and the promises. There's the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh,

is the Christ, who is overall. God blessed forever. Amen. The word of the Lord. The responsorial psalm.

The response is, praise the Lord Jerusalem. Glorify the Lord, O Jerusalem. Praise your God,

O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has

blessed your children within you. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. He has granted peace in your borders,

with the best of wheat he fills you. He sends forth his command to the earth,

swiftly runs his word.

Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.

He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,

his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.

He has not done thus for any other nation. His ordinances he has not made known to them.

Alleluia. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Luke.

On a Sabbath, Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the

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