Today's Gospel November 28, 2020 with the words of Pope Francis

READING OF THE DAY
From the book of the Apocalypse of Saint John the Apostle
Rev 22,1: 7-XNUMX

The angel of the Lord showed me, John, a river of living water, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb. In the middle of the town square, and on both sides of the river, there is a tree of life which bears fruit twelve times a year, bearing fruit every month; the leaves of the tree serve to heal the nations.

And there will be no more curse.
In the city there will be the throne of God and of the Lamb:
his servants will adore him;
they will see his face
and they will bear his name on their foreheads.
There will be no more night,
and they will no longer need
of lamplight or sunlight,
because the Lord God will enlighten them.
And they will reign forever and ever.

And he said to me: «These words are certain and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants the things that are to happen shortly. Here, I'm coming soon. Blessed is he who keeps the prophetic words of this book ».

GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Luke
Lc 21,34-36

At that time, Jesus said to his disciples:

«Be careful to yourselves, that your hearts do not become heavy in dissipations, drunkenness and worries of life and that that day does not fall upon you suddenly; in fact, like a snare it will fall upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth.

Stay awake at all times praying, so that you may have the strength to escape from everything that is about to happen and to appear before the Son of man ».

WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
Stay awake and pray. Inner sleep arises from always turning around ourselves and being stuck in the enclosure of one's life with its problems, joys and sorrows, but always turning around ourselves. And this tires, this bores, this closes to hope. Here lies the root of the numbness and laziness of which the Gospel speaks. Advent invites us to a commitment of vigilance looking outside ourselves, expanding our minds and hearts to open ourselves to the needs of the people, of the brothers, to the desire for a new world. It is the desire of so many peoples tormented by hunger, injustice, war; it is the desire of the poor, the weak, the abandoned. This time is opportune to open our hearts, to ask ourselves concrete questions about how and for whom we spend our lives. (Angelus, December 2, 2018