Thursday of the Thirty-First Week in Ordinary Time (I)

Official Translation

Reading 1 - Romans 14.7-12

Brothers and Sisters:
None of us lives by themself; and no one dies by themself,
for if we live, we live with the Lord,
and if we die, we die with the Lord.
Whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
For this Christ died and came back to life:
that he would be Lord of both the dead and the living.

So why do you judge your brother?
Or why do you even despise your brother?
For we all will stand before the judgment seat of God.

For it is written:
“I live”, says the Lord, “so to me every knee will bend,
and every tongue praise God.”
Therefore each of us will give a word about themself to God.

Responsorial - Psalm 27.1bcde, 4, 13-14

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

The Lord is my light and my salvation,
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the protector of my life:
of whom shall I be afraid?

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

One thing I have asked of the Lord,
this I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life.
That I may see the delight of the Lord,
and may visit his temple.

R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord
in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord with courage.
Let your heart take courage, and wait for the Lord.
R. I believe that I will see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

Gospel - Luke 15.1-10

Now the tax collectors and sinners, draw near to Jesus, heard him,
and the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.”

So he told them this parable, saying:
Which of you humans, having one hundred sheep, and losing one of them,
would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness,
and go after that the lost one until you find it,
and when you find it, put it on your shoulders, rejoicing,
and, coming home, call together your friends and neighbors,
saying to them, “Rejoice with me, because I have found my lost sheep”?

I say to you that, just so, there shall be more joy in heaven
for one sinner who reconsiders,
than for ninety-nine righteous ones
who have no use for reconsideration.

Or which woman, having ten dollars [drachmas],
if she were to lose one dollar,
would not light a lamp and search the house
and look carefully until she found it,
and, having found it, call together her friends and neighbors, saying,
“Rejoice with me, because I have found the dollar which I lost.”

Just so, I say to you,
there will be joy in the sight of the angels of God
upon one sinner reconsidering.