Gospel of 8 November 2018

Letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians 3,3-8a.
Brothers, we are the true circumcised, we who make the worship moved by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus, without trusting in the flesh,
although I can also boast in the flesh. If anyone believes he can trust in the flesh, I more than he:
circumcised on the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Jew from the Jews, Pharisee as for the law;
as for zeal, persecutor of the Church; irreproachable as regards the justice that derives from the observance of the law.
But what could have been a gain for me, I considered it a loss because of Christ.
Indeed, everything now I consider a loss in the face of the sublimity of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord.

Salmi 105(104),2-3.4-5.6-7.
Sing to him sing of joy,
meditate on all his wonders.
Glory out of his holy name:
the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

Seek the Lord and his power,
always seek his face.
Remember the wonders it has accomplished,
his wonders and the judgments of his mouth;

You descendant of Abraham, his servant,
sons of Jacob, his chosen one.
He is the Lord, our God,
on all the earth its judgments.

From the Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Luke 15,1-10.
At that time, all tax collectors and sinners came to Jesus to listen to him.
The Pharisees and scribes murmured: "He receives sinners and eats with them."
Then he told them this parable:
«Who among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and goes after the lost one, until he finds it?
Find her again, she happily puts it on her shoulder,
go home, call friends and neighbors saying: Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep that was lost.
Thus, I say to you, there will be more joy in heaven for a converted sinner, than for ninety-nine righteous who need no conversion.
Or which woman, if she has ten dramas and loses one, doesn't turn on the lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?
And after finding her, she calls her friends and neighbors, saying: Rejoice with me, because I found the drama I had lost.
Thus, I say to you, there is joy before the angels of God for one sinner who is converted ».