Mass Readings for November 9, 2023

Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12
Psalms 46:2-3,5-6,8-9
1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17
John 2:13-22

Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12
(1) He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters flowed out from under the threshold of the house eastward, for the front of the house faced toward the east. The waters came down from underneath, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. (2) Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of the gate that looks toward the east. Behold, waters ran out on the right side. (8) Then he said to me, “These waters flow out toward the eastern region, and will go down into the Arabah. Then they will go toward the sea; and flow into the sea which will be made to flow out; and the waters will be healed. (9) It will happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, will live. Then there will be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters have come there, and the waters of the sea will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river comes. (12) By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”

Psalms 46:2-3,5-6,8-9
(2) Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas; (3) though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah. (5) God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn. (6) The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice, and the earth melted. (8) Come, see Yahweh’s works, what desolations he has made in the earth. (9) He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.

1 Corinthians 3:9-11,16-17
(9) For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s farming, God’s building. (10) According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it. (11) For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. (16) Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you? (17) If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, which you are.

John 2:13-22
(13) The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. (14) He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting. (15) He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew their tables. (16) To those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!” (17) His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.” (18) The Jews therefore answered him, “What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?” (19) Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (20) The Jews therefore said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple! Will you raise it up in three days?” (21) But he spoke of the temple of his body. (22) When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.