November 6th, 2004, Wednesday of the 31st week in ordinary time.

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

My beloved, obedient as you have always been, not only when I am present, but all the more now

when I am absent. Work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

For God is the one who, for his good purpose,

works in you both to desire and to work.

Do everything without grumbling or questioning,

that you may be blameless and innocent,

children of God without blemish

in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like lights in the world as you hold on to the Word of Life, so that my boast for the Day of Christ may be that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. But, even if I am poured out as a libation upon the sacrificial service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.

In the same way, you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

The Word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

The response is

The Lord is my light and my salvation

The Lord is my light and my salvation

Whom should I fear

The Lord is my life's refuge

Of whom should I be afraid

The Lord is my light and my salvation. One thing I ask of the

Lord, this I seek, to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life that I may gaze on the

loveliness of the Lord and contemplate His temple. The Lord is my light and my salvation. I believe that I shall see the

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