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A FAITHFUL SERVANT

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ' Now then! Take the talent from him and give it to the one with ten.' First Reading Proverb  31:10-13.19-20.30-31 A perfect wife - who can find her? When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She obtains wool and flax and works with loving hands. She puts her hands to the distaff, and her fingers ply the spindle. She reaches out her hands to the poor, and extends her arms to the needy. Charm is deceptive and beauty fleeting; the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her a reward for her labors, and let her works praise her at the city gates. Responsorial Psalm: Blessed are those who fear the Lord. Second Reading Thessalonians 5:1-6   God will bring with him those who have died in Jesus Concerning times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to ...