Reading 11 Thes 4 : 13 - 18 We do not want you to be unaware , brothers and sisters , about those who have fallen asleep , so that you may not grieve like the rest , who have no hope . For if we believe that Jesus died and rose , so too will God , through Jesus , bring with him those who have fallen asleep . Indeed , we tell you this , on the word of the Lord , that we who are alive , who are left until the coming of the Lord , will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep . For the Lord himself , with a word of command , with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God , will come down from heaven , and the dead in Christ will rise first . Then we who are alive , who are left , will be caught up together with them in the cloudsto meet the Lord in the air . Thus we shall always be with the Lord . Therefore , console one another with these words . Responsorial PsalmPs 96 : 1 and 3 , 4 - 5 , 11 - 12 , 13 R . ( 13 b ) The Lord comes to judge the earth . Sing to the LORD a new song ; sing to the LORD , all you lands . Tell his glory among the nations ; among all peoples , his wondrous deeds . R . The Lord comes to judge the earth . For great is the LORD and highly to be praised ; awesome is he , beyond all gods . For all the gods of the nations are things of nought , but the LORD made the heavens . R . The Lord comes to judge the earth . Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice ; let the sea and what fills it resound ; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them ! Then shall all the trees of the forest exult . R . The Lord comes to judge the earth . Before the LORD , for he comes ; for he comes to rule the earth . He shall rule the world with justiceand the peoples with his constancy . R . The Lord comes to judge the earth . GospelLk 4 : 16 - 30 Jesus came to Nazareth , where he had grown up , and went according to his custominto the synagogue on the sabbath day . He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah . He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written : The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , because he has anointed meto bring glad tidings to the poor . He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captivesand recovery of sight to the blind , to let the oppressed go free , and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord . Rolling up the scroll , he handed it back to the attendant and sat down , and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him . He said to them , “ Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing . ” And all spoke highly of himand were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth . They also asked , “ Is this not the son of Joseph ? ” He said to them , “ Surely you will quote me this proverb , ‘ Physician , cure yourself , ’ and say , ‘ Do here in your native placethe things that we heard were done in Capernaum . ’” And he said , “ Amen , I say to you , no prophet is accepted in his own native place . Indeed , I tell you , there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijahwhen the sky was closed for three and a half yearsand a severe famine spread over the entire land . It was to none of these that Elijah was sent , but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon . Again , there were many lepers in Israelduring the time of Elisha the prophet ; yet not one of them was cleansed , but only Naaman the Syrian . ” When the people in the synagogue heard this , they were all filled with fury . They rose up , drove him out of the town , and led him to the brow of the hillon which their town had been built , to hurl him down headlong . But he passed through the midst of them and went away .