Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1.26-31
Look at your calling, brothers and sisters,
how not many are wise according to the flesh,
not many mighty, and not many noble,
but God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,
and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,
and God chose the lowly of the world, and the despised, the nothings,
that he might bring to nothing the things that are,
that no flesh should boast before God.
From him you are in Christ Jesus,
who was made wisdom for us wisdom from God,
and righteousness, sanctification, and redemption,
so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 33.12-13, 18-19, 20-21 Resp. 12
R. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen for his own.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.
The Lord looks from heaven.
He sees all the sons of men.
R. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen for his own.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his loving kindness;
to deliver their soul from death,
to keep them alive in famine.
R. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen for his own.
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
For our heart rejoices in him,
because we have trusted in his holy name.
R. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen for his own.
Gospel – Matthew 25.14-30
Jesus said to his disciples:
The kingdom of heaven is like a human going away,
who called his servants and entrusted to them his property.
To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one,
to each according to his abilities.
Then he went away.
Immediately, he who had received the five talents
went and traded with them and earned another five.
and likewise, he who had received two earned another two,
but he who had received one
went away and dug in the ground, and hid his master's money.
After a long time,
the master of those servants came back
and settled accounts with them.
So he who had received five talents came forward
and brought the other five talents,
saying, ‘Master, you entrusted me with five talents.
Behold, I have earned another five talents.’
His master said to him,
‘Well done, good and faithful servant.
you have been faithful over a few things,
I will make you ruler over many things.
Enter into your master’s joy!’
And he who had received two talents came forward
saying, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents.
Behold, I have earned another two talents.’
His master said to him,
‘Well done, good and faithful servant.
you have been faithful over a few things,
I will make you ruler over many things.
Enter into your master’s joy!’
And he who had received one talent came forward,
saying, ‘Master, I knew you, that you are a hard human,
reaping where you had not planted,
and gathering from where you had not scattered,
and I was afraid, so I went away
and hid your talent in the ground.
Behold, you have what is yours.’
Answering, his master said to him,
‘You useless and cowardly servant.
So you knew that I reap where I had not planted
and gather where I had not scattered, did you?
The you should have put my money in the bank,
and then, when I came back,
I would have received mine plus interest.
Therefore, take the talent from him,
and give it to the one who has ten talents.
For all who have will be rewarded,
and have an abundance,
but the one who does not have,
that which they have will be taken from them.
And expel the unprofitable servant
into the darkness outside,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mass Readings
Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1.17-25
Brothers and sisters:
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel,
and not in the wisdom of logic, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
For the logic of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
Where are the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of God,
the world through its wisdom did not know God,
it was God’s good pleasure to, through the folly of our preaching, save those who believe.
For Jews demand signs, and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified:
a stumbling block to Jews, and folly to Gentiles,
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than that of humans,
and the weakness of God is stronger than that of humans.
Responsorial – Psalm 33.1-2, 4-5, 10-11 Resp. 5
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous!
Praise is fitting for the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre.
Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.
He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
The counsel of the Lord stands fast forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Gospel – Matthew 25.1-13
Jesus said to his disciples:
Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins,
who, taking their own lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.
Now, five of them were foolish and five wise.
For the foolish ones, having taken their lamps,
did not take oil with them,
but the wise took oil in their bottles with their own lamps.
But the bridegroom being delayed, they all were drowsy and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, there was a shout:
“Behold the bridegroom! Go forth to meet him!”
Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lamps.
The foolish said to the wise,
“Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have run out.”
However, the wise said, “Definitely not!
There is not enough for us and for you.
Instead, go to the sellers and purchase some.”
But while they were gone shopping, the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready
went in with him to the wedding feast,
and the door was shut.
Finally, the other virgins came, saying,
“Lord, Lord, open up for us”,
but he answered saying,
“Amen I say to you, I do not know you.”
Stay awake, therefore,
because you do not know the day nor the hour.
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1.17-25
Brothers and sisters:
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel,
and not in the wisdom of logic, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.
For the logic of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying,
but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing.”
Where are the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age?
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since, in the wisdom of God,
the world through its wisdom did not know God,
it was God’s good pleasure to, through the folly of our preaching, save those who believe.
For Jews demand signs, and Greeks seek wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified:
a stumbling block to Jews, and folly to Gentiles,
but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,
Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than that of humans,
and the weakness of God is stronger than that of humans.
Responsorial – Psalm 33.1-2, 4-5, 10-11 Resp. 5
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous!
Praise is fitting for the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre.
Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The word of the Lord is right.
All his work is done in faithfulness.
He loves righteousness and justice.
The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing.
He makes the thoughts of the peoples to be of no effect.
The counsel of the Lord stands fast forever,
the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Gospel – Matthew 25.1-13
Jesus said to his disciples:
Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins,
who, taking their own lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.
Now, five of them were foolish and five wise.
For the foolish ones, having taken their lamps,
did not take oil with them,
but the wise took oil in their bottles with their own lamps.
But the bridegroom being delayed, they all were drowsy and fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, there was a shout:
“Behold the bridegroom! Go forth to meet him!”
Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lamps.
The foolish said to the wise,
“Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have run out.”
However, the wise said, “Definitely not!
There is not enough for us and for you.
Instead, go to the sellers and purchase some.”
But while they were gone shopping, the bridegroom came,
and those who were ready
went in with him to the wedding feast,
and the door was shut.
Finally, the other virgins came, saying,
“Lord, Lord, open up for us”,
but he answered saying,
“Amen I say to you, I do not know you.”
Stay awake, therefore,
because you do not know the day nor the hour.
Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1.1-9
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
and our brother Sosthenes,
to the Church of God at Corinth;
those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,
with all who, in every place, call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always concerning you,
for the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus,
that in everything you are enriched in him,
in all speech and all knowledge.
Just as the martyrdom of Christ was established in you.
Therefore you are not lacking in any gift,
awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who will also establish you until the end,
blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is the God through whom you were called into
fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 1
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Every day I will bless you,
and I will praise your name forever; yea, forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and of his greatness there is no end.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Generation upon generation will praise your works
and declare your power.
They will speak of the magnificence of your glorious holiness:
and tell of your wondrous works.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Humans will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
I will declare your greatness.
They will utter the memory of your great goodness,
and will sing of your righteousness.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Gospel – Matthew 24.42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
Stay awake! For you do not know what day your Lord is coming.
But know this: if the master of the house had known
in what watch of the night the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake,
and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect,
the Son of Human will come.
Who then is the faithful and wise servant,
whom his master has set over his household,
to give them their food in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he comes.
Amen I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect,
and at an hour he does not know,
and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites,
where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 1.1-9
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God,
and our brother Sosthenes,
to the Church of God at Corinth;
those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints,
with all who, in every place, call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
their Lord and ours.
Grace to you and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
I give thanks to my God always concerning you,
for the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus,
that in everything you are enriched in him,
in all speech and all knowledge.
Just as the martyrdom of Christ was established in you.
Therefore you are not lacking in any gift,
awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who will also establish you until the end,
blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is the God through whom you were called into
fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 1
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Every day I will bless you,
and I will praise your name forever; yea, forever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
and of his greatness there is no end.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Generation upon generation will praise your works
and declare your power.
They will speak of the magnificence of your glorious holiness:
and tell of your wondrous works.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Humans will speak of the might of your awesome acts.
I will declare your greatness.
They will utter the memory of your great goodness,
and will sing of your righteousness.
R. Lord, I will bless your name forever.
Gospel – Matthew 24.42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
Stay awake! For you do not know what day your Lord is coming.
But know this: if the master of the house had known
in what watch of the night the thief was coming,
he would have stayed awake,
and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Therefore you also be ready, for in an hour that you do not expect,
the Son of Human will come.
Who then is the faithful and wise servant,
whom his master has set over his household,
to give them their food in due season?
Blessed is that servant whom his master finds doing so when he comes.
Amen I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
But if that evil servant should say in his heart, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’
and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eat and drink with the drunkards,
the master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect,
and at an hour he does not know,
and will cut him in pieces and put him with the hypocrites,
where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
The Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Official Translation
Jeremiah 1:17-19
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“You, gird your loins, arise,
and say to them all that I command you.
Be not dismayed because of them,
as though I would leave you dismayed before them.
For, behold, I have made you today a fortified city,
an iron pillar, and bronze walls,
against the whole land,
against the kings of Judah,
against its princes, against its priests,
and against the people of the land.
They will fight against you,
but they will not prevail against you;
for I am with you”, says the Lord, “to rescue you.”
Responsorial – Psalm 71.1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17 Resp. 15ab
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
In you, Lord, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn your ear to me, and save me.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
Be to me a rock of refuge,
a safe stronghold.
You are my rock and my fortress.
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
For you are my hope, O Lord;
my confidence from my youth.
I have relied on you from the womb.
You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
and of your salvation all day,
God, you have taught me from my youth.
Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
Gospel – Mark 6.17-29
For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John,
and bound him in prison
for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
for he had married her.
For John said to Herod,
“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Herodias set herself against him,
and desired to kill him, but she could not,
for Herod feared John,
knowing that he was a righteous and holy man,
and kept him safe.
When he heard him, he was confused but he heard him gladly.
Then a day of opportunity came,
when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles,
the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
When Herod’s own daughter came in and danced,
she pleased Herod and those sitting with him.
The king said to the young lady,
“Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me,
I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
She came in immediately with haste to the king,
and asked, “I want you to give me right now
the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
The king was exceedingly sorry,
but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests,
he did not wish to refuse her.
Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard,
and commanded him to bring John’s head,
and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
and brought his head on a platter,
and gave it to the young lady;
and the young lady gave it to her mother.
When his disciples heard this,
they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Jeremiah 1:17-19
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“You, gird your loins, arise,
and say to them all that I command you.
Be not dismayed because of them,
as though I would leave you dismayed before them.
For, behold, I have made you today a fortified city,
an iron pillar, and bronze walls,
against the whole land,
against the kings of Judah,
against its princes, against its priests,
and against the people of the land.
They will fight against you,
but they will not prevail against you;
for I am with you”, says the Lord, “to rescue you.”
Responsorial – Psalm 71.1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15ab+17 Resp. 15ab
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
In you, Lord, I take refuge.
Never let me be disappointed.
Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me.
Turn your ear to me, and save me.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
Be to me a rock of refuge,
a safe stronghold.
You are my rock and my fortress.
Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked,
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
For you are my hope, O Lord;
my confidence from my youth.
I have relied on you from the womb.
You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
My mouth will tell about your righteousness,
and of your salvation all day,
God, you have taught me from my youth.
Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
R. My mouth will tell of your salvation.
Gospel – Mark 6.17-29
For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John,
and bound him in prison
for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
for he had married her.
For John said to Herod,
“It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Herodias set herself against him,
and desired to kill him, but she could not,
for Herod feared John,
knowing that he was a righteous and holy man,
and kept him safe.
When he heard him, he was confused but he heard him gladly.
Then a day of opportunity came,
when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles,
the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
When Herod’s own daughter came in and danced,
she pleased Herod and those sitting with him.
The king said to the young lady,
“Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me,
I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
She came in immediately with haste to the king,
and asked, “I want you to give me right now
the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
The king was exceedingly sorry,
but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests,
he did not wish to refuse her.
Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard,
and commanded him to bring John’s head,
and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
and brought his head on a platter,
and gave it to the young lady;
and the young lady gave it to her mother.
When his disciples heard this,
they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Tuesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 2 Thessalonians 2.1-3a, 14-17
Now, brothers and sisters, with regard to
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,
we ask you not to be suddenly shaken in your mind,
nor to be troubled, either by spirit or by word, or by letter as if from us,
saying that the day of the Lord has come.
Let no one deceive you in any way.
For this purpose he called you through our Gospel:
in order to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold to the traditions
which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father,
who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.10, 11-12, 13 Resp. 13b
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
The world is also established. It cannot be moved.
He will judge the people with equity.
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
They will rejoice before the Lord; for he comes,
for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Gospel – Matthew 23.23-26
Jesus said:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,
but have left undone the weightier matters of the law:
justice, mercy, and faith.
You ought to have done these, without leaving the other undone.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
For you clean the outside of the cup and plate,
but within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup,
that its outside may become clean also.
Reading 1 – 2 Thessalonians 2.1-3a, 14-17
Now, brothers and sisters, with regard to
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to him,
we ask you not to be suddenly shaken in your mind,
nor to be troubled, either by spirit or by word, or by letter as if from us,
saying that the day of the Lord has come.
Let no one deceive you in any way.
For this purpose he called you through our Gospel:
in order to obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold to the traditions
which you were taught by us, whether by word or by letter.
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father,
who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts and establish you in every good work and word.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.10, 11-12, 13 Resp. 13b
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
The world is also established. It cannot be moved.
He will judge the people with equity.
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
They will rejoice before the Lord; for he comes,
for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
R. The Lord comes to rule the earth.
Gospel – Matthew 23.23-26
Jesus said:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,
but have left undone the weightier matters of the law:
justice, mercy, and faith.
You ought to have done these, without leaving the other undone.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
For you clean the outside of the cup and plate,
but within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup,
that its outside may become clean also.
Monday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - 2 Thessalonians 1.1-5, 11-12
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters,
as is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly,
and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds;
so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God
concerning your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and in the afflictions which you endure.
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God,
so that you may be counted worthy of
the Kingdom of God for which you suffer.
We pray for you always, that our God may count you worthy of his calling,
and powerfully fulfill every good purpose and work of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5 Resp. 3
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord! Bless his name!
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Gospel – Matthew 23.13-22
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against humans;
You do not enter in yourselves,
nor do you give permission for those who are entering in to enter.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you travel around by sea and land to make one convert,
and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Woe to you, you blind guides, who say:
‘If one swears by the temple, it is nothing;
but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing,
but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is obligated.’
You blind fools! Which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
Whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
Whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
Reading 1 - 2 Thessalonians 1.1-5, 11-12
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalonians
in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters,
as is appropriate, because your faith grows exceedingly,
and the love of each and every one of you toward one another abounds;
so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God
concerning your patience and faith in all your persecutions
and in the afflictions which you endure.
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God,
so that you may be counted worthy of
the Kingdom of God for which you suffer.
We pray for you always, that our God may count you worthy of his calling,
and powerfully fulfill every good purpose and work of faith,
that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him,
according to the grace of our God and Lord Jesus Christ.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5 Resp. 3
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord! Bless his name!
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised!
He is to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.
R. Declare God’s marvelous works among all the people.
Gospel – Matthew 23.13-22
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against humans;
You do not enter in yourselves,
nor do you give permission for those who are entering in to enter.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you travel around by sea and land to make one convert,
and when he becomes one,
you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
Woe to you, you blind guides, who say:
‘If one swears by the temple, it is nothing;
but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’
You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing,
but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is obligated.’
You blind fools! Which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
Whoever swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
Whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Joshua 24.1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem,
summoning the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel.
and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua said to all the people,
“If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord,
choose today whom you will serve,
whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell,
as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
The people answered,
“Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods,
for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers
up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
and who did those great signs in our sight,
and preserved us on the entire way which we went,
and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
The Lord drove out from before us all the peoples,
even the Amorites who lived in the land.
Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise shall be always in my mouth.
In the Lord my soul will be joyful.
Let the meek hear and rejoice.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
The eyes of the Lord are on the just,
and his ears are for their prayers.
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
R. I will bless the Lord at all times.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
He protects all of his bones.
Not one of them is broken.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 - Ephesians 5.21-32
Brothers and sisters:
Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife,
and Christ also is the head of the Church,
he is the Savior of his body.
As the Church submits to Christ,
so let wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the Church,
and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the Church to himself in glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she would be holy and without defect.
Just so, husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no one ever hated their own flesh,
but nourishes and cherishes it,
just as the Lord does the Church,
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a human will leave his father and mother,
and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
This mystery is great: I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Reading 1 - Joshua 24.1-2a, 15-17, 18b
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem,
summoning the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel.
and they presented themselves before God.
Joshua said to all the people,
“If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord,
choose today whom you will serve,
whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell,
as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
The people answered,
“Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods,
for it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers
up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
and who did those great signs in our sight,
and preserved us on the entire way which we went,
and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.
The Lord drove out from before us all the peoples,
even the Amorites who lived in the land.
Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise shall be always in my mouth.
In the Lord my soul will be joyful.
Let the meek hear and rejoice.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
The eyes of the Lord are on the just,
and his ears are for their prayers.
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers,
to cut off remembrance of them from the earth.
R. I will bless the Lord at all times.
The just cried, and the Lord heard them,
and delivered them out of all their troubles.
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and he will save the humble of spirit.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
He protects all of his bones.
Not one of them is broken.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 - Ephesians 5.21-32
Brothers and sisters:
Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife,
and Christ also is the head of the Church,
he is the Savior of his body.
As the Church submits to Christ,
so let wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the Church,
and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the Church to himself in glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she would be holy and without defect.
Just so, husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no one ever hated their own flesh,
but nourishes and cherishes it,
just as the Lord does the Church,
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a human will leave his father and mother,
and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
This mystery is great: I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
Gospel – John 6.60-69
Many of Jesus’ disciples,
when they heard this, said,
“This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?”
But Jesus knowing in himself
that his disciples murmured at this,
said to them,
“Does this scandalize you?
Then what if you were to see
the Son of Human ascending
to where he was before?
It is the Spirit who gives life.
The flesh profits nothing.
The words that I speak to you
are Spirit and life.
But there are some of you
who do not believe.”
For Jesus knew from the beginning
who did not believe,
and who it was who would betray him.
He said, “For this cause have I said to you
that no one can come to me,
unless it is given to them by my Father.”
At this, many of his disciples went back,
and walked no more with him.
Jesus said therefore to the Twelve,
“You do not also want to go away, do you?”
Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom would we go?
You have the words of eternal life.
We have come to believe and know
that you are the Christ,
the Son of the living God.”
Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 43.1-7ab
The angel brought me to the gate,
the gate that looks toward the east.
Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east,
and his coming sounded like the sound of many waters;
and the earth shone with his glory.
It was according to the appearance of the vision
which I saw when he came to destroy the city,
and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar,
and I fell on my face.
The glory of the Lord entered the temple
by way of the gate that faces east.
The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court,
and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
I heard one speaking to me out of the temple; a man stood by me.
He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne,
and the place of the soles of my feet,
where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever.”
Responsorial – Psalm 85.9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14 R. 10b
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
for he will speak peace unto his people,
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth springs out of the earth,
and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
The Lord will give what is good,
and our land shall yield its increase.
Righteousness shall go before him,
and shall prepare a way for his footsteps to walk.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
Gospel – Matthew 23.1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples, saying:
“The scribes and the Pharisees
have sat in the chair of Moses.
Therefore, observe and do all things whatsoever they say to you,
but do not act according to their works.
For they speak and do not act.
For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens
and lay them on the shoulders of humans:
but they do not wish to move them with their own finger.
They do all their works for the attention of humans.
For they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes.
And they love the first places at feasts
and the first chairs in the synagogues,
and salutations in the marketplace,
and to be called by humans, ‘Rabbi’.
But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’.
For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
And do not call your father upon the earth,
For one is your Heavenly Father.
And do not be called masters: for your master is one: the Christ.
But the greatest of you, will be your servant.
Whoever exalts themself will be humbled,
and whoever humbles themself will be exalted.”
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 43.1-7ab
The angel brought me to the gate,
the gate that looks toward the east.
Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the east,
and his coming sounded like the sound of many waters;
and the earth shone with his glory.
It was according to the appearance of the vision
which I saw when he came to destroy the city,
and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar,
and I fell on my face.
The glory of the Lord entered the temple
by way of the gate that faces east.
The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court,
and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
I heard one speaking to me out of the temple; a man stood by me.
He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of my throne,
and the place of the soles of my feet,
where I will dwell among the children of Israel forever.”
Responsorial – Psalm 85.9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14 R. 10b
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
for he will speak peace unto his people,
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
Mercy and truth are met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth springs out of the earth,
and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
The Lord will give what is good,
and our land shall yield its increase.
Righteousness shall go before him,
and shall prepare a way for his footsteps to walk.
R. The glory of the Lord will dwell in our land.
Gospel – Matthew 23.1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and his disciples, saying:
“The scribes and the Pharisees
have sat in the chair of Moses.
Therefore, observe and do all things whatsoever they say to you,
but do not act according to their works.
For they speak and do not act.
For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens
and lay them on the shoulders of humans:
but they do not wish to move them with their own finger.
They do all their works for the attention of humans.
For they make their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes.
And they love the first places at feasts
and the first chairs in the synagogues,
and salutations in the marketplace,
and to be called by humans, ‘Rabbi’.
But as for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’.
For one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
And do not call your father upon the earth,
For one is your Heavenly Father.
And do not be called masters: for your master is one: the Christ.
But the greatest of you, will be your servant.
Whoever exalts themself will be humbled,
and whoever humbles themself will be exalted.”
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Revelation 21.9b-14
The angel spoke with me, saying,
“Come here. I will show you the bride, the lady of the Lamb.”
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God.
Her light was like a most precious stone,
as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
It had a great and high wall, twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels,
and names written on them, the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates,
and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.10-11, 12-13, 17-18 Resp. 12
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
Let all your works, O Lord, praise you,
and let your holy ones bless you.
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom:
and tell of your power.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
and gracious in all his works.
The Lord is near to all those who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
Gospel – John 1.45-51
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him,
“We have found him of whom Moses in the law,
and the prophets, wrote:
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Nathanael said to him,
“Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and said about him, “Behold, a true Israelite,
in whom there is no deceit!”
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered him,
“Before Philip called you,
when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathanael answered him,
“Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
Jesus answered him, “Do you believe because I told you,
‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ ?
You will see greater things than these!”
He said to him, “Amen, Amen, I say to you,
hereafter you will see heaven opened,
and the angels of God ascending and descending
on the Son of Human.”
Reading 1 - Revelation 21.9b-14
The angel spoke with me, saying,
“Come here. I will show you the bride, the lady of the Lamb.”
He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
having the glory of God.
Her light was like a most precious stone,
as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
It had a great and high wall, twelve gates and at the gates twelve angels,
and names written on them, the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.
On the east were three gates, and on the north three gates,
and on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
The wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.10-11, 12-13, 17-18 Resp. 12
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
Let all your works, O Lord, praise you,
and let your holy ones bless you.
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom:
and tell of your power.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
The Lord is righteous in all his ways,
and gracious in all his works.
The Lord is near to all those who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
R. Your friends make known, O Lord, the glory of the majesty of your kingdom.
Gospel – John 1.45-51
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him,
“We have found him of whom Moses in the law,
and the prophets, wrote:
Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
Nathanael said to him,
“Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and said about him, “Behold, a true Israelite,
in whom there is no deceit!”
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered him,
“Before Philip called you,
when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathanael answered him,
“Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
Jesus answered him, “Do you believe because I told you,
‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ ?
You will see greater things than these!”
He said to him, “Amen, Amen, I say to you,
hereafter you will see heaven opened,
and the angels of God ascending and descending
on the Son of Human.”
Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 36:23-28
Thus says the LORD:
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God.
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. Ezekiel 36:25
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Gospel – Matthew 22.1-14
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like some king,
who put on a marriage feast for his son
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast,
but they would not come.
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited,
“Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’
But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants,
and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy.
Go therefore along the routes of the roads,
and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’
Those servants went out on the roads
and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good.
The wedding was filled with guests, but when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothes,
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here
without having wedding clothing?’
He was speechless.
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and throw him into the outer darkness where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
For many are called, but few chosen.”
Reading 1 - Ezekiel 36:23-28
Thus says the LORD:
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God.
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. Ezekiel 36:25
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your filthiness.
Gospel – Matthew 22.1-14
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like some king,
who put on a marriage feast for his son
and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast,
but they would not come.
Again he sent out other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited,
“Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My cattle and my fatlings are killed,
and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!”’
But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants,
and treated them shamefully, and killed them.
When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies,
destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy.
Go therefore along the routes of the roads,
and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.’
Those servants went out on the roads
and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good.
The wedding was filled with guests, but when the king came in to see the guests,
he saw there a man who did not have on wedding clothes,
and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here
without having wedding clothing?’
He was speechless.
Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away,
and throw him into the outer darkness where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’
For many are called, but few chosen.”
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 34:1-11
The word of the Lord came to me saying,
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and tell them, the shepherds,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves!
Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool,
you kill the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep.
You have not strengthened the diseased,
nor have you healed what was sick,
nor have you bound up what was broken,
nor have you brought back what was driven away,
nor have you sought what was lost;
but with force and brutality you have ruled over them.
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd,
and they became food to all the animals of the field.
My sheep were scattered and wandered
through all the mountains and on every high hill.
My sheep were scattered over all the surface of the earth,
and there was no one who looked after them or for them.”
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord,
“As I live”, says the Lord God, “because my sheep became prey,
and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field,
because there was no shepherd,
nor did my shepherds search for my sheep,
and though the shepherds fed themselves,
they did not feed my sheep,
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.”
Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am coming against the shepherds,
and I will claim my sheep from their hands,
and cause them to cease feeding the sheep,
nor shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore,
and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, from being food for them.”
For thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I, myself, will look after and for my sheep.”’”
Responsorial - Psalm 23.1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Resp. 1
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He has me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff –
they comfort me.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
You prepare a table before me,
in the presence of my foes.
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Gospel – Matthew 20.1-16
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a human master of a household,
who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day,
he sent them into his vineyard.
He went out around the third hour
and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,
and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
Again he went out around the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
Around the eleventh hour, he went out, and found others standing idle.
He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,
and you will receive whatever is right.’
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager,
‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages,
beginning with the last to the first.’
When those who were hired around the eleventh hour came,
they each received a denarius.
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more,
but they likewise each received a denarius.
When they received it,
they murmured against the master of the household, saying,
‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us,
who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Take what is yours, and go your way.
It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?
Or is it bad in your eyes that I am good?’
So the last will be first, and the first last.
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 34:1-11
The word of the Lord came to me saying,
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel,
prophesy, and tell them, the shepherds,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
“Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves!
Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
You eat the fat, and you clothe yourself with the wool,
you kill the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep.
You have not strengthened the diseased,
nor have you healed what was sick,
nor have you bound up what was broken,
nor have you brought back what was driven away,
nor have you sought what was lost;
but with force and brutality you have ruled over them.
They were scattered, because there was no shepherd,
and they became food to all the animals of the field.
My sheep were scattered and wandered
through all the mountains and on every high hill.
My sheep were scattered over all the surface of the earth,
and there was no one who looked after them or for them.”
Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord,
“As I live”, says the Lord God, “because my sheep became prey,
and my sheep became food to all the animals of the field,
because there was no shepherd,
nor did my shepherds search for my sheep,
and though the shepherds fed themselves,
they did not feed my sheep,
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.”
Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am coming against the shepherds,
and I will claim my sheep from their hands,
and cause them to cease feeding the sheep,
nor shall the shepherds feed themselves anymore,
and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, from being food for them.”
For thus says the Lord God,
“Behold, I, myself, will look after and for my sheep.”’”
Responsorial - Psalm 23.1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Resp. 1
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He has me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff –
they comfort me.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
You prepare a table before me,
in the presence of my foes.
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Gospel – Matthew 20.1-16
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a human master of a household,
who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.
When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day,
he sent them into his vineyard.
He went out around the third hour
and saw others standing idle in the marketplace.
He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,
and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way.
Again he went out around the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.
Around the eleventh hour, he went out, and found others standing idle.
He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’
“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
“He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard,
and you will receive whatever is right.’
When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager,
‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages,
beginning with the last to the first.’
When those who were hired around the eleventh hour came,
they each received a denarius.
When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more,
but they likewise each received a denarius.
When they received it,
they murmured against the master of the household, saying,
‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us,
who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong.
Did you not agree with me for a denarius?
Take what is yours, and go your way.
It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own?
Or is it bad in your eyes that I am good?’
So the last will be first, and the first last.
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 28.1-10
The Lord’s word came again to me, saying,
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
Because your heart is lifted up,
and you have said, “I am a god,
I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas”,
yet you are man, and not God,
though you set your heart as the heart of God:
Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that is hidden from you;
by your wisdom and by your understanding
you have gotten yourself riches,
and have put gold and silver into your treasuries;
by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches,
and your heart is lifted up because of your riches,
therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers against you, the worst of the nations,
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
and they shall defile your brightness.
They shall bring you down to the pit,
and you shall die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
Will you yet say before him who kills you, “I am a god!”?
You are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers, for I have spoken it, says the Lord God.’”
Responsorial – Deuteronomy 32.26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-36ab Resp. 39c
R. I kill, and I give life.
I said that I would scatter them afar.
I would make their memory to cease from among men,
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
lest their adversaries should wrongly boast.
R. I kill, and I give life.
‘Our hand is exalted,
the Lord has not done all this.’”
For they are a nation void of wisdom.
There is no understanding in them.
R. I kill, and I give life.
How could one chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had delivered them up?
R. I kill, and I give life.
For the day of their calamity is at hand.
Their doom rushes at them.
The Lord will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants.
R. I kill, and I give life.
Gospel – Matthew 19.23-30
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Amen I say to you, a rich person only with difficulty
enters into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, “Who then can be saved?”
Looking at them, Jesus said,
“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you.
What then will we have?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen I tell you that you who have followed me,
in the regeneration, when the Son of Human will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my the sake of my name,
will receive one hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 28.1-10
The Lord’s word came again to me, saying,
“Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre,
‘Thus says the Lord God:
Because your heart is lifted up,
and you have said, “I am a god,
I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas”,
yet you are man, and not God,
though you set your heart as the heart of God:
Yes, you are wiser than Daniel;
there is no secret that is hidden from you;
by your wisdom and by your understanding
you have gotten yourself riches,
and have put gold and silver into your treasuries;
by your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches,
and your heart is lifted up because of your riches,
therefore thus says the Lord God:
Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
therefore, behold, I will bring strangers against you, the worst of the nations,
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom,
and they shall defile your brightness.
They shall bring you down to the pit,
and you shall die the death of those who are slain in the heart of the seas.
Will you yet say before him who kills you, “I am a god!”?
You are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds you.
You shall die the death of the uncircumcised
by the hand of strangers, for I have spoken it, says the Lord God.’”
Responsorial – Deuteronomy 32.26-27ab, 27cd-28, 30, 35cd-36ab Resp. 39c
R. I kill, and I give life.
I said that I would scatter them afar.
I would make their memory to cease from among men,
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy,
lest their adversaries should wrongly boast.
R. I kill, and I give life.
‘Our hand is exalted,
the Lord has not done all this.’”
For they are a nation void of wisdom.
There is no understanding in them.
R. I kill, and I give life.
How could one chase a thousand,
and two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
and the Lord had delivered them up?
R. I kill, and I give life.
For the day of their calamity is at hand.
Their doom rushes at them.
The Lord will judge his people,
and have compassion on his servants.
R. I kill, and I give life.
Gospel – Matthew 19.23-30
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Amen I say to you, a rich person only with difficulty
enters into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel
to go through the eye of a needle,
than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard it, they were exceedingly astonished,
saying, “Who then can be saved?”
Looking at them, Jesus said,
“With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you.
What then will we have?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen I tell you that you who have followed me,
in the regeneration, when the Son of Human will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my the sake of my name,
will receive one hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 24.15-23
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Son of man, behold,
I will take away from you the desire of your eyes
with a sudden shock,
yet you shall neither mourn nor weep,
nor shall your tears run down.
Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead;
bind your turban on and put your shoes on your feet,
and do not cover your beard, and do not eat men’s bread.”
So I spoke to the people in the morning,
and at evening my wife died,
and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
The people said to me, “Will you not tell us
what these things are to us, that you act so?
Then I said to them, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
“Speak to the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power,
the desire of your eyes, and what your soul pities,
and your sons and your daughters
whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.’
You shall do as I have done:
you shall not cover your beards,
nor eat the bread of men.
Your turbans shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet:
you shall not mourn nor weep,
but you shall pine away in your iniquities,
and groan one to another.
Responsorial – Deuteronomy 32.18-19, 20, 21 Resp. 18a
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Of the Rock your father, you are unmindful,
and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
The Lord saw and abhorred,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
He said, “I will hide my face from them.
I will see what their end will be;
for they are a very perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
They have moved me to jealousy with their no-God.
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities.
I will move them to jealousy a no-people.
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Gospel – Matthew 19.16-22
Behold, someone came to Jesus and said,
“Teacher, what good shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
He said to him, “Why do you ask me about the good?”
There is only one who is good.
But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
He said to him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
‘Honor your father and mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
The youth said to him,
“All these things I have kept. What am I missing?”
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect,
go, sell what you have, and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
But when the youth heard these words,
he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 24.15-23
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Son of man, behold,
I will take away from you the desire of your eyes
with a sudden shock,
yet you shall neither mourn nor weep,
nor shall your tears run down.
Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead;
bind your turban on and put your shoes on your feet,
and do not cover your beard, and do not eat men’s bread.”
So I spoke to the people in the morning,
and at evening my wife died,
and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
The people said to me, “Will you not tell us
what these things are to us, that you act so?
Then I said to them, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
“Speak to the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power,
the desire of your eyes, and what your soul pities,
and your sons and your daughters
whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.’
You shall do as I have done:
you shall not cover your beards,
nor eat the bread of men.
Your turbans shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet:
you shall not mourn nor weep,
but you shall pine away in your iniquities,
and groan one to another.
Responsorial – Deuteronomy 32.18-19, 20, 21 Resp. 18a
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Of the Rock your father, you are unmindful,
and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
The Lord saw and abhorred,
because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
He said, “I will hide my face from them.
I will see what their end will be;
for they are a very perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
They have moved me to jealousy with their no-God.
They have provoked me to anger with their vanities.
I will move them to jealousy a no-people.
I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
R. You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
Gospel – Matthew 19.16-22
Behold, someone came to Jesus and said,
“Teacher, what good shall I do, that I may have eternal life?”
He said to him, “Why do you ask me about the good?”
There is only one who is good.
But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
He said to him, “Which ones?”
Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’
‘Honor your father and mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”
The youth said to him,
“All these things I have kept. What am I missing?”
Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect,
go, sell what you have, and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
But when the youth heard these words,
he went away sad, for he had many possessions.
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Proverbs 9.1-6
Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has set her table.
She has sent out her maidens.
She cries from the highest places of the city:
“Whoever is simple, turn in here!”
As for the one who is void of understanding,
she says to him, “Come, eat some of my bread.
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Leave behind foolishness and live.
Walk in the way of understanding.”
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 – Ephesians 5.15-20
Brothers and sisters:
Therefore watch carefully that you walk
not as the foolish but as the wise;
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Do not be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation,
but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs;
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord;
giving thanks always concerning everything
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father;
Gospel – John 6.51-58
Jesus said to the crowds:
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews argued with one another, saying,
“How can this one give us his flesh to eat?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Human
and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you.
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
lives in me and I in them.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father;
so the one who feeds on me, will also live because of me.
This is the bread which came down from heaven—
not like what our fathers ate and died.
The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Reading 1 – Proverbs 9.1-6
Wisdom has built her house.
She has carved out her seven pillars.
She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.
She has set her table.
She has sent out her maidens.
She cries from the highest places of the city:
“Whoever is simple, turn in here!”
As for the one who is void of understanding,
she says to him, “Come, eat some of my bread.
Drink some of the wine which I have mixed!
Leave behind foolishness and live.
Walk in the way of understanding.”
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 – Ephesians 5.15-20
Brothers and sisters:
Therefore watch carefully that you walk
not as the foolish but as the wise;
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Do not be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation,
but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs;
singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord;
giving thanks always concerning everything
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God the Father;
Gospel – John 6.51-58
Jesus said to the crowds:
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
The Jews argued with one another, saying,
“How can this one give us his flesh to eat?”
So Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Human
and drink his blood,
you do not have life within you.
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
lives in me and I in them.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father;
so the one who feeds on me, will also live because of me.
This is the bread which came down from heaven—
not like what our fathers ate and died.
The one who eats this bread will live forever.”
Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 18.1-10, 13b, 30-32
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
“What do you mean when you use this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
but the children’s teeth are set on edge?’
As I live, says the Lord God,
you shall not use this proverb anymore in Israel.
Behold, all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
the soul who sins, he shall die.
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
and has not eaten on the mountains,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
nor defiled his neighbor’s wife,
nor come near to a woman in her impurity,
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
he who has not lent at interest, nor taken any increase,
who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man,
has walked in my statutes and has kept my ordinances, dealing truly;
he is just, he shall surely live”, says the Lord God.
“If he begets a son who is a robber, who sheds blood,
who has lent at interest, and has taken increase;
shall he then live? He shall not live.
He has done all these abominations;
he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord God.
“Return and turn yourselves away from all your transgressions;
so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions,
in which you have transgressed;
and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit.
Why should you die, house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies”,
says the Lord God, “Therefore turn yourselves and live.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 19.13-15
Then little children were brought to Jesus,
that he would lay his hands on them and pray,
but the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus, however, said, “Let the little children come to me
and do not forbid them,
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
He laid his hands on them and departed from there.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 18.1-10, 13b, 30-32
The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
“What do you mean when you use this proverb
concerning the land of Israel, saying,
‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
but the children’s teeth are set on edge?’
As I live, says the Lord God,
you shall not use this proverb anymore in Israel.
Behold, all souls are mine;
as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine;
the soul who sins, he shall die.
But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
and has not eaten on the mountains,
nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel,
nor defiled his neighbor’s wife,
nor come near to a woman in her impurity,
and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge,
has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry,
and has covered the naked with a garment;
he who has not lent at interest, nor taken any increase,
who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity,
has executed true justice between man and man,
has walked in my statutes and has kept my ordinances, dealing truly;
he is just, he shall surely live”, says the Lord God.
“If he begets a son who is a robber, who sheds blood,
who has lent at interest, and has taken increase;
shall he then live? He shall not live.
He has done all these abominations;
he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.
Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel,
everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord God.
“Return and turn yourselves away from all your transgressions;
so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions,
in which you have transgressed;
and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit.
Why should you die, house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies”,
says the Lord God, “Therefore turn yourselves and live.”
Responsorial – Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 19.13-15
Then little children were brought to Jesus,
that he would lay his hands on them and pray,
but the disciples rebuked them.
Jesus, however, said, “Let the little children come to me
and do not forbid them,
for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”
He laid his hands on them and departed from there.
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 16.1-15, 60, 63
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem:
“Your birth and your origin is of the land of Canaan;
the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
As for your birth, in the day you were born
your navel was not cut,
nor were you washed in water to cleanse you;
you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you,
to have compassion on you.
Instead you were cast out in the open field,
for that you were abhorred, in the day that you were born.
When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood,
I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live.’
Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live.’
I caused you to multiply like a plant in the field,
and you increased and grew tall,
and you attained to excellent ornament;
your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown;
yet you were naked and bare.
Now when I passed by you, and looked at you,
behold, your time was the time of love,
and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness:
yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,”
says the Lord God, “and you became mine.
Then I washed you with water;
yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you,
and I anointed you with oil.
I clothed you with embroidered work,
and shod you with fine leather.
I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
I decked you with ornaments,
and I put bracelets on your hands,
and a chain on your neck.
I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears,
and a beautiful crown on your head.
Thus you were decked with gold and silver,
and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work;
you ate fine flour and honey and oil,
and you were exceedingly beautiful,
and you succeeded to royalty.
Your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty;
for it was perfect through my majesty which I had put on you.”
says the Lord God.
“But you trusted in your beauty,
and played the prostitute because of your renown,
and poured out your prostitution on everyone.
Whoever passed by, his it was.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant
that I made with you in the days of your youth,
and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant,
so that you may remember and be confounded,
and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame,
when I have forgiven you all that you have done”,
says the Lord God.’”
Or Ezekiel 16:59-63 59
Thus says the Lord God:
“I will deal with you as you have done,
you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant
that I made with you in the days of your youth,
and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed,
when you receive your sisters,
your elder sisters and your younger,
and I will give them to you for daughters,
though not by your covenant.
I will establish my covenant with you,
and you shall know that I am the Lord;
that you may remember and be confounded,
and never open your mouth anymore, because of your shame,
when I have forgiven you all that you have done”,
says the Lord God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 R. 1c
R. You have turned from your anger.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord is my strength and song,
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. You have turned from your anger.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. You have turned from your anger.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. You have turned from your anger.
Gospel – Matthew 19.3-12
Pharisees came to Jesus, testing him, and saying,
“Is it lawful for a human to divorce his wife for any reason?”
He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning
he who made them, made them male and female,
and said, ‘For this cause a human shall leave his father and mother,
and shall join to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?’
So that they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore, what God has joined together,
do not let a human tear apart.”
They asked him,
“Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce and dismiss her?”
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your wives,
but from the beginning it has not been so.
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for perversity,
and marries another, commits adultery,
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him,
“If this is the case of the human with his wife, it is not beneficial to marry.”
But he said to them, “Not all can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb,
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by humans,
and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs
for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The one who is able to receive it, let them receive it.”
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 16.1-15, 60, 63
The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
“Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations;
and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem:
“Your birth and your origin is of the land of Canaan;
the Amorite was your father, and your mother was a Hittite.
As for your birth, in the day you were born
your navel was not cut,
nor were you washed in water to cleanse you;
you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
No eye pitied you, to do any of these things for you,
to have compassion on you.
Instead you were cast out in the open field,
for that you were abhorred, in the day that you were born.
When I passed by you, and saw you wallowing in your blood,
I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live.’
Yes, I said to you, ‘Though you are in your blood, live.’
I caused you to multiply like a plant in the field,
and you increased and grew tall,
and you attained to excellent ornament;
your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown;
yet you were naked and bare.
Now when I passed by you, and looked at you,
behold, your time was the time of love,
and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness:
yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,”
says the Lord God, “and you became mine.
Then I washed you with water;
yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you,
and I anointed you with oil.
I clothed you with embroidered work,
and shod you with fine leather.
I dressed you with fine linen and covered you with silk.
I decked you with ornaments,
and I put bracelets on your hands,
and a chain on your neck.
I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears,
and a beautiful crown on your head.
Thus you were decked with gold and silver,
and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work;
you ate fine flour and honey and oil,
and you were exceedingly beautiful,
and you succeeded to royalty.
Your renown went out among the nations because of your beauty;
for it was perfect through my majesty which I had put on you.”
says the Lord God.
“But you trusted in your beauty,
and played the prostitute because of your renown,
and poured out your prostitution on everyone.
Whoever passed by, his it was.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant
that I made with you in the days of your youth,
and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant,
so that you may remember and be confounded,
and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame,
when I have forgiven you all that you have done”,
says the Lord God.’”
Or Ezekiel 16:59-63 59
Thus says the Lord God:
“I will deal with you as you have done,
you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant.
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant
that I made with you in the days of your youth,
and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed,
when you receive your sisters,
your elder sisters and your younger,
and I will give them to you for daughters,
though not by your covenant.
I will establish my covenant with you,
and you shall know that I am the Lord;
that you may remember and be confounded,
and never open your mouth anymore, because of your shame,
when I have forgiven you all that you have done”,
says the Lord God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 R. 1c
R. You have turned from your anger.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord is my strength and song,
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. You have turned from your anger.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. You have turned from your anger.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. You have turned from your anger.
Gospel – Matthew 19.3-12
Pharisees came to Jesus, testing him, and saying,
“Is it lawful for a human to divorce his wife for any reason?”
He answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning
he who made them, made them male and female,
and said, ‘For this cause a human shall leave his father and mother,
and shall join to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?’
So that they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore, what God has joined together,
do not let a human tear apart.”
They asked him,
“Why then did Moses command us to give her a bill of divorce and dismiss her?”
He said to them, “Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts,
allowed you to divorce your wives,
but from the beginning it has not been so.
I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for perversity,
and marries another, commits adultery,
and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
His disciples said to him,
“If this is the case of the human with his wife, it is not beneficial to marry.”
But he said to them, “Not all can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.
For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb,
and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by humans,
and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs
for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven.
The one who is able to receive it, let them receive it.”
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 12.1-12
The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house,
who have eyes to see, but do not see,
who have ears to hear, but do not hear;
for they are a rebellious house.
Therefore, son of man, prepare your things for exile,
and leave by day in their sight;
and you shall leave from your place
to another place in their sight:
it may be they will consider,
though they are a rebellious house.
You shall bring out your things by day in their sight,
Like things for exile;
and you shall go out yourself
at evening in their sight,
as when men go out into exile.
Dig through the wall in their sight,
and carry your things out that way.
In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder,
and carry it out in the dark;
you shall cover your face so that you do not see the land:
for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.”
I did as I was commanded:
I brought out my things by day, as things for exile,
and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand;
I brought it out in the dark,
and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
In the morning, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,
said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
This prophecy concerns Jerusalem,
and all the house of Israel within.
I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them;
they shall go into exile, into captivity.
The prince who is among them shall shoulder his burden
and shall go out in the dark
they shall dig through the wall to escape through.
He shall cover his face, lest he see the land with his eyes.
Responsorial – Psalm 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62 Resp. 7b
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
They tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
and did not keep his testimonies;
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
They were turned aside like a treacherous bow.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
When God heard this, he was angry,
and greatly abhorred Israel.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
He delivered his strength into captivity,
his glory into the adversary’s hand.
He gave his people over to the sword,
and was angry with his inheritance.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
Gospel – Matthew 18.21–19.1
Then Peter came and said to him,
“Lord, how often should I forgive
my brother when he sins against me?
Even seven times?”
Jesus said to him,
“I do not tell you ‘even seven times’,
but, even seventy times seven.
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king,
who wanted to reconcile accounts
with his servants.
When he had begun to reconcile,
one was brought to him who owed him
ten thousand talents.
But because he could not pay,
his lord commanded him to be sold,
with his wife, his children, and all that he had,
and payment be made.
The servant therefore fell down
and kneeled before him, saying,
‘Lord, have patience with me,
and I will repay you all!’
The lord of that servant,
being moved with compassion,
released him and forgave him the debt.
But that servant went out,
and found one of his fellow servants,
who owed him one hundred denarii,
and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat,
saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
So his fellow servant fell down at his feet
and begged him, saying,
‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
He would not but went and cast him into prison,
until he should pay back what was due.
So when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were exceedingly upset,
and came and told their lord all that had happened.
So his lord called him in, and said to him,
‘You wicked servant!
I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow servant,
even as I had mercy on you?’
His lord was angry and delivered him to the tormentors,
until he should pay all that was due to him.
So my heavenly Father will do to you as well,
if each of you does not forgive their brother or sister
from your heart.”
When Jesus had finished these words,
he departed from Galilee,
and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 12.1-12
The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
“Son of man, you dwell in the middle of the rebellious house,
who have eyes to see, but do not see,
who have ears to hear, but do not hear;
for they are a rebellious house.
Therefore, son of man, prepare your things for exile,
and leave by day in their sight;
and you shall leave from your place
to another place in their sight:
it may be they will consider,
though they are a rebellious house.
You shall bring out your things by day in their sight,
Like things for exile;
and you shall go out yourself
at evening in their sight,
as when men go out into exile.
Dig through the wall in their sight,
and carry your things out that way.
In their sight you shall bear it on your shoulder,
and carry it out in the dark;
you shall cover your face so that you do not see the land:
for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.”
I did as I was commanded:
I brought out my things by day, as things for exile,
and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand;
I brought it out in the dark,
and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
In the morning, the Lord’s word came to me, saying,
“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house,
said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God:
This prophecy concerns Jerusalem,
and all the house of Israel within.
I am your sign: as I have done, so shall it be done to them;
they shall go into exile, into captivity.
The prince who is among them shall shoulder his burden
and shall go out in the dark
they shall dig through the wall to escape through.
He shall cover his face, lest he see the land with his eyes.
Responsorial – Psalm 78:56-57, 58-59, 61-62 Resp. 7b
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
They tempted and rebelled against the Most High God,
and did not keep his testimonies;
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers.
They were turned aside like a treacherous bow.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
When God heard this, he was angry,
and greatly abhorred Israel.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
He delivered his strength into captivity,
his glory into the adversary’s hand.
He gave his people over to the sword,
and was angry with his inheritance.
R. Do not forget God’s deeds.
Gospel – Matthew 18.21–19.1
Then Peter came and said to him,
“Lord, how often should I forgive
my brother when he sins against me?
Even seven times?”
Jesus said to him,
“I do not tell you ‘even seven times’,
but, even seventy times seven.
Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a king,
who wanted to reconcile accounts
with his servants.
When he had begun to reconcile,
one was brought to him who owed him
ten thousand talents.
But because he could not pay,
his lord commanded him to be sold,
with his wife, his children, and all that he had,
and payment be made.
The servant therefore fell down
and kneeled before him, saying,
‘Lord, have patience with me,
and I will repay you all!’
The lord of that servant,
being moved with compassion,
released him and forgave him the debt.
But that servant went out,
and found one of his fellow servants,
who owed him one hundred denarii,
and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat,
saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
So his fellow servant fell down at his feet
and begged him, saying,
‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’
He would not but went and cast him into prison,
until he should pay back what was due.
So when his fellow servants saw what had happened,
they were exceedingly upset,
and came and told their lord all that had happened.
So his lord called him in, and said to him,
‘You wicked servant!
I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow servant,
even as I had mercy on you?’
His lord was angry and delivered him to the tormentors,
until he should pay all that was due to him.
So my heavenly Father will do to you as well,
if each of you does not forgive their brother or sister
from your heart.”
When Jesus had finished these words,
he departed from Galilee,
and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mass During The Day
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Revelation 11.19a; 12.1-6a, 10ab
God’s temple in heaven was opened,
and the Ark of the Lord’s covenant
was seen in his temple.
A great sign was seen in heaven:
a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
She was with child.
She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Another sign was seen in heaven.
Behold, an enormous red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns,
and on his heads seven crowns.
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky,
and threw them to the earth.
The dragon stood before
the woman who was about to give birth,
so that when she gave birth
he might devour her child.
She gave birth to a son, a male child,
who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.
Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
The woman fled into the wilderness,
where she has a place prepared by God.
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, the power,
and the Kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Christ has come.
Responsorial – Psalm 45.10, 11, 12, 16 Resp. 10bc
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.
Forget your own people, and even your father’s house.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
So will the king desire your beauty,
honor him, for he is your lord.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led.
They shall enter into the king’s palace.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.20-27
Brothers and Sisters:
Now Christ is risen from the dead,
and is the firstfruits of those who fell asleep.
For since through a human came death,
the resurrection of the dead also came through a human.
For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ all will be made alive.
But each in their own order:
Christ the firstfruits.
Afterward, at his coming, those who are Christ’s.
Then comes the end,
when he will deliver the kingdom to his God and Father,
when he will tear down
all government and all authority and power.
For it is necessary that he reign,
until he has put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
“For he subjected everything under his feet.”
Gospel – Luke 1.39-56
Mary arose in those days
and went into the hill country with haste,
into a town of Judah,
and entered into the house of Zachariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the baby leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
She called out with a loud voice, and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Why am I so favored,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For behold, when the voice of your greeting
came to my ears,
the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Blessed is she who believed,
that there will be a fulfillment of the things
which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord.
My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked at the
humble state of his handmaid.
For behold, from now on,
all generations will call me blessed.
For the Almighty has done great things for me.
Holy is his name.
His mercy is for generations of generations
for those who fear him.
He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down princes from their thrones.
And has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things.
He has sent the rich away empty.
He has given help to Israel, his servant,
remembering his mercy,
as he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months,
and then returned to her home.
Reading 1 – Revelation 11.19a; 12.1-6a, 10ab
God’s temple in heaven was opened,
and the Ark of the Lord’s covenant
was seen in his temple.
A great sign was seen in heaven:
a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet,
and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
She was with child.
She cried out in pain, laboring to give birth.
Another sign was seen in heaven.
Behold, an enormous red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns,
and on his heads seven crowns.
His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky,
and threw them to the earth.
The dragon stood before
the woman who was about to give birth,
so that when she gave birth
he might devour her child.
She gave birth to a son, a male child,
who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron.
Her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
The woman fled into the wilderness,
where she has a place prepared by God.
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, the power,
and the Kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Christ has come.
Responsorial – Psalm 45.10, 11, 12, 16 Resp. 10bc
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.
Forget your own people, and even your father’s house.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
So will the king desire your beauty,
honor him, for he is your lord.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be led.
They shall enter into the king’s palace.
R. At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ophir.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.20-27
Brothers and Sisters:
Now Christ is risen from the dead,
and is the firstfruits of those who fell asleep.
For since through a human came death,
the resurrection of the dead also came through a human.
For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ all will be made alive.
But each in their own order:
Christ the firstfruits.
Afterward, at his coming, those who are Christ’s.
Then comes the end,
when he will deliver the kingdom to his God and Father,
when he will tear down
all government and all authority and power.
For it is necessary that he reign,
until he has put all enemies under his feet.
The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
“For he subjected everything under his feet.”
Gospel – Luke 1.39-56
Mary arose in those days
and went into the hill country with haste,
into a town of Judah,
and entered into the house of Zachariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,
the baby leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
She called out with a loud voice, and said,
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
Why am I so favored,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For behold, when the voice of your greeting
came to my ears,
the baby leaped in my womb for joy!
Blessed is she who believed,
that there will be a fulfillment of the things
which have been spoken to her from the Lord!”
Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord.
My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked at the
humble state of his handmaid.
For behold, from now on,
all generations will call me blessed.
For the Almighty has done great things for me.
Holy is his name.
His mercy is for generations of generations
for those who fear him.
He has shown strength with his arm.
He has scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down princes from their thrones.
And has exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things.
He has sent the rich away empty.
He has given help to Israel, his servant,
remembering his mercy,
as he spoke to our fathers,
to Abraham and his offspring forever.”
Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months,
and then returned to her home.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Vigil Mass
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Chronicles 15.3-4, 15-16; 16.1-2
David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem,
to bring up the Lord’s Ark
to the place which he had prepared for it.
David gathered together
the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
the children of the Levites bore the Ark of God
on their shoulders with its poles,
as Moses commanded according to the Lord’s word.
David spoke to the chief of the Levites
to appoint their brothers the singers,
with instruments of music:
stringed instruments and harps and cymbals,
sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
They brought in the ark of God,
and set it in the middle of the tent
that David had pitched for it.
They offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before God.
When David had finished offering
the burnt offering and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 132.6-7, 9-10, 13-14 Resp. 8
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah.
We found it in the field of Jaar:
We will go into his dwelling place.
We will worship at his footstool.
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Let your priest be clothed with righteousness.
Let your saints shout for joy!
For the sake of your servant David,
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
For the Lord has chosen Zion.
He has desired it for his dwelling.
“This is my resting place forever.
Here I will live, for I have desired it.”
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.54b-57
Brothers and sisters:
When the mortal has put on immortality,
then what is written will happen:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel – Luke 11.27-28
While Jesus said these things,
a woman from the crowd
lifted up her voice and said to him,
“Blessed is the womb that bore you
and the breasts which nursed you!”
But he said, “On the contrary,
blessed are those who hear the word of God
and keep it.”
Reading 1 – 1 Chronicles 15.3-4, 15-16; 16.1-2
David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem,
to bring up the Lord’s Ark
to the place which he had prepared for it.
David gathered together
the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
the children of the Levites bore the Ark of God
on their shoulders with its poles,
as Moses commanded according to the Lord’s word.
David spoke to the chief of the Levites
to appoint their brothers the singers,
with instruments of music:
stringed instruments and harps and cymbals,
sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
They brought in the ark of God,
and set it in the middle of the tent
that David had pitched for it.
They offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before God.
When David had finished offering
the burnt offering and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
Responsorial – Psalm 132.6-7, 9-10, 13-14 Resp. 8
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah.
We found it in the field of Jaar:
We will go into his dwelling place.
We will worship at his footstool.
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Let your priest be clothed with righteousness.
Let your saints shout for joy!
For the sake of your servant David,
do not turn away the face of your anointed one.
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
For the Lord has chosen Zion.
He has desired it for his dwelling.
“This is my resting place forever.
Here I will live, for I have desired it.”
R. Arise, Lord, go to your resting place, you and the Ark of your Holiness.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.54b-57
Brothers and sisters:
When the mortal has put on immortality,
then what is written will happen:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.
Death, where is your victory?
Death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin,
and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God,
who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Gospel – Luke 11.27-28
While Jesus said these things,
a woman from the crowd
lifted up her voice and said to him,
“Blessed is the womb that bore you
and the breasts which nursed you!”
But he said, “On the contrary,
blessed are those who hear the word of God
and keep it.”
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 2.8-3.4
The Lord GOD said to me:
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you;
do not be rebellious like that rebellious house:
open your mouth, and eat what I give you.
When I looked, behold,
a hand was stretched out to me;
and, behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
He spread it before me:
and it was written within and without;
and there were written on it
lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
He said to me, son of man, eat what you found.
Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
So I opened my mouth,
and he caused me to eat the scroll.
He said to me, son of man, cause your belly to eat,
and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.
Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
He said to me, son of man, go to the house of Israel,
and speak my words to them.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 Resp. 103a
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I have rejoiced in the way of your covenant,
as much as in all riches.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
How sweet are your promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I have taken your covenant as a heritage forever,
for it is the joy of my heart.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
Gospel – Matthew 18.1-5, 10, 12-14
The disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
Jesus called a little child to himself,
and set him in the middle of them,
and said, “Amen I tell you,
unless you turn, and become as little children,
you will not even enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever therefore humbles themself
like this little child,
they are the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever receives one such little child
in my name receives me.
See that you do not despise
one of these little ones,
for I tell you that in heaven
their angels always see the face
of my Father who is in heaven.
What do you think?
If a human has one hundred sheep,
and one of them goes astray,
do they not leave the ninety-nine,
go to the mountains,
and seek that which has gone astray?
If they find it, amen I tell you,
they rejoice more over it
than over the ninety-nine
which have not gone astray.
Even so it is not the will of
your Father who is in heaven
that one of these little ones should perish.
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 2.8-3.4
The Lord GOD said to me:
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you;
do not be rebellious like that rebellious house:
open your mouth, and eat what I give you.
When I looked, behold,
a hand was stretched out to me;
and, behold, a scroll of a book was in it.
He spread it before me:
and it was written within and without;
and there were written on it
lamentations, and mourning, and woe.
He said to me, son of man, eat what you found.
Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
So I opened my mouth,
and he caused me to eat the scroll.
He said to me, son of man, cause your belly to eat,
and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you.
Then I ate it; and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
He said to me, son of man, go to the house of Israel,
and speak my words to them.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131 Resp. 103a
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I have rejoiced in the way of your covenant,
as much as in all riches.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
Indeed your statutes are my delight,
and my counselors.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
How sweet are your promises to my taste,
more than honey to my mouth!
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I have taken your covenant as a heritage forever,
for it is the joy of my heart.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
I opened my mouth wide and panted,
for I longed for your commandments.
R. How sweet are your promises to my taste.
Gospel – Matthew 18.1-5, 10, 12-14
The disciples came to Jesus, saying,
“Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
Jesus called a little child to himself,
and set him in the middle of them,
and said, “Amen I tell you,
unless you turn, and become as little children,
you will not even enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever therefore humbles themself
like this little child,
they are the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Whoever receives one such little child
in my name receives me.
See that you do not despise
one of these little ones,
for I tell you that in heaven
their angels always see the face
of my Father who is in heaven.
What do you think?
If a human has one hundred sheep,
and one of them goes astray,
do they not leave the ninety-nine,
go to the mountains,
and seek that which has gone astray?
If they find it, amen I tell you,
they rejoice more over it
than over the ninety-nine
which have not gone astray.
Even so it is not the will of
your Father who is in heaven
that one of these little ones should perish.
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 1.2-5, 24-28c
On the fifth of the fourth month,
in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
the word of the Lord came
to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar,
and the hand of the Lord was on me there.
I looked, and behold,
a stormy wind came out of the north,
a great cloud with flashing lightning
and a brightness around it,
and out of the middle of it
(out of the middle of the fire)
something gleamed like electrum.
Out of its center came
the likeness of four living creatures.
This was their appearance:
they had the likeness of a man.
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings
like the noise of great waters,
like the voice of the Almighty,
a noise of tumult like the noise of an army:
when they stood, they let down their wings.
Above the expanse that was over their heads
was the likeness of a throne,
in the appearance of sapphire stone,
and on the likeness of the throne
was a likeness in the appearance
of a man on it above.
I saw what seemed to gleam like electrum
from the appearance of his waist and upward,
and from the appearance of his waist and downward,
I saw what seemed to be the appearance of fire,
and there was brightness around him.
As the appearance of the rainbow
that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness all around.
This was the appearance of
the likeness of the Lord’s glory.
Responsorial – Psalm 148.1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 Resp. Sanctus
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Praise the Lord from the heavens!
Praise him in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all his host!
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Kings of the earth and all peoples;
princes and all judges of the earth;
both young men and maidens;
old men and children:
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Let them praise the Lord’s name,
for his name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
He has lifted up the horn of his people,
the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people near to him.
Alleluia!
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 17.22-27
While they were staying in Galilee,
Jesus said to them,
“The Son of Human
is about to be delivered up
into the hands of humans,
and they will kill him,
and on the third day he will be raised up.”
They were exceedingly distressed.
When they had come to Capernaum,
those who collected the tax coins
came to Peter, and said,
“Does your teacher not pay the tax?”
He said, “Yes.”
When he came into the house,
Jesus anticipated him, saying,
“What do you think, Simon?
From whom do the kings of the earth
receive toll or tribute?
From their sons or from strangers?”
Peter said to him, “From strangers.”
Jesus said to him, “Therefore the sons are exempt.
But, lest we cause them to stumble,
go to the sea, cast a hook,
and take up the first fish that comes.
When you have opened its mouth,
you will find a coin.
Take that, and give it to them
for me and you.”
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 1.2-5, 24-28c
On the fifth of the fourth month,
in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
the word of the Lord came
to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi,
in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar,
and the hand of the Lord was on me there.
I looked, and behold,
a stormy wind came out of the north,
a great cloud with flashing lightning
and a brightness around it,
and out of the middle of it
(out of the middle of the fire)
something gleamed like electrum.
Out of its center came
the likeness of four living creatures.
This was their appearance:
they had the likeness of a man.
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings
like the noise of great waters,
like the voice of the Almighty,
a noise of tumult like the noise of an army:
when they stood, they let down their wings.
Above the expanse that was over their heads
was the likeness of a throne,
in the appearance of sapphire stone,
and on the likeness of the throne
was a likeness in the appearance
of a man on it above.
I saw what seemed to gleam like electrum
from the appearance of his waist and upward,
and from the appearance of his waist and downward,
I saw what seemed to be the appearance of fire,
and there was brightness around him.
As the appearance of the rainbow
that is in the cloud in the day of rain,
so was the appearance of the brightness all around.
This was the appearance of
the likeness of the Lord’s glory.
Responsorial – Psalm 148.1-2, 11-12, 13, 14 Resp. Sanctus
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Praise the Lord from the heavens!
Praise him in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels!
Praise him, all his host!
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Kings of the earth and all peoples;
princes and all judges of the earth;
both young men and maidens;
old men and children:
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Let them praise the Lord’s name,
for his name alone is exalted.
His glory is above the earth and the heavens.
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
He has lifted up the horn of his people,
the praise of all his saints;
even of the children of Israel, a people near to him.
Alleluia!
R. Heaven and earth are full of your glory. or R. Alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 17.22-27
While they were staying in Galilee,
Jesus said to them,
“The Son of Human
is about to be delivered up
into the hands of humans,
and they will kill him,
and on the third day he will be raised up.”
They were exceedingly distressed.
When they had come to Capernaum,
those who collected the tax coins
came to Peter, and said,
“Does your teacher not pay the tax?”
He said, “Yes.”
When he came into the house,
Jesus anticipated him, saying,
“What do you think, Simon?
From whom do the kings of the earth
receive toll or tribute?
From their sons or from strangers?”
Peter said to him, “From strangers.”
Jesus said to him, “Therefore the sons are exempt.
But, lest we cause them to stumble,
go to the sea, cast a hook,
and take up the first fish that comes.
When you have opened its mouth,
you will find a coin.
Take that, and give it to them
for me and you.”
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 19.4-8
Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness,
and came and sat down under a broom tree,
and he requested for himself that he might die.
He said, “This is enough, O Lord.
Take away my life,
for I am no better than my fathers.”
He lay down and slept under the broom tree,
and behold, an angel touched him
and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
He looked, and behold,
there was at his head a cake baked on the coals,
and a jar of water.
He ate and drank, and lay down again.
The angel of the Lord came again a second time,
and touched him and said,
“Arise and eat, lest the journey be too great for you.”
He arose and ate and drank,
and went on the strength of that food
forty days and forty nights
to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 – Ephesians 4.30-5:2
Brothers and sisters:
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
with whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger,
outcry, and slander,
be put away from you,
along with all malice.
And be kind to one another,
tender hearted, forgiving each other,
just as God in Christ forgave you.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us,
and gave himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God
for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Gospel – John 6.41-51
The Jews murmured concerning Jesus,
because he said, “I am the bread
which came down out of heaven.”
They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know?
How then does he say,
‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
So Jesus answered them,
“Do not murmur among yourselves.
No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets,
‘They will all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who listens to the Father,
and has learned, comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father,
except he who is from God.
He has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
he who believes in me has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and they died.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that anyone may eat of it and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Reading 1 – 1 Kings 19.4-8
Elijah went a day’s journey into the wilderness,
and came and sat down under a broom tree,
and he requested for himself that he might die.
He said, “This is enough, O Lord.
Take away my life,
for I am no better than my fathers.”
He lay down and slept under the broom tree,
and behold, an angel touched him
and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
He looked, and behold,
there was at his head a cake baked on the coals,
and a jar of water.
He ate and drank, and lay down again.
The angel of the Lord came again a second time,
and touched him and said,
“Arise and eat, lest the journey be too great for you.”
He arose and ate and drank,
and went on the strength of that food
forty days and forty nights
to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Responsorial – Psalm 34.2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Resp. 9a
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
I will bless the Lord at all times.
His praise will always be in my mouth.
My soul shall boast in the Lord.
The humble shall hear of it, and be glad.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
and delivered me from all my fears.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
They looked to him, and were radiant.
Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
and saved him out of all his troubles.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him and delivers them.
O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
R. O taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2 – Ephesians 4.30-5:2
Brothers and sisters:
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God,
with whom you were sealed
for the day of redemption.
Let all bitterness, wrath, anger,
outcry, and slander,
be put away from you,
along with all malice.
And be kind to one another,
tender hearted, forgiving each other,
just as God in Christ forgave you.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us,
and gave himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God
for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Gospel – John 6.41-51
The Jews murmured concerning Jesus,
because he said, “I am the bread
which came down out of heaven.”
They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,
whose father and mother we know?
How then does he say,
‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
So Jesus answered them,
“Do not murmur among yourselves.
No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws him,
and I will raise him up on the last day.
It is written in the prophets,
‘They will all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who listens to the Father,
and has learned, comes to me.
Not that anyone has seen the Father,
except he who is from God.
He has seen the Father.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
he who believes in me has eternal life.
I am the bread of life.
Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
and they died.
This is the bread which comes down from heaven,
that anyone may eat of it and not die.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven.
If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
Yes, the bread which I will give
Is my flesh for the life of the world.”
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Habakkuk 1.12-2:4
Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God,
my Holy One, immortal?
O Lord, you have marked him for judgment.
O Rock, you have established him for punishment.
You who have eyes too pure to see evil,
and who cannot look on misery,
why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously,
and keep silent when the wicked swallows up
the man who is more righteous than he?
You have made men like the fish of the sea,
like the creeping things,
that have no ruler over them.
He takes up all of them with the hook.
He catches them in his net,
and gathers them in his dragnet.
Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net,
and burns incense to his dragnet,
because by them his life is luxurious,
and his food is good.
Will he then continually empty his net,
and kill the nations without mercy?
I will stand at my watch,
and set myself on the ramparts,
and will look out to see
what he will say to me,
and what he will answer
concerning my complaint.
The Lord answered me,
“Write the vision,
and make it plain on tablets,
that anyone may read it quickly.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time,
and it hurries toward the end,
and will not prove false.
Though it takes time, wait for it;
because it will surely come. It will not delay.
Behold, the soul of the puffed up is not upright,
but the righteous will live by his faith.
Responsorial – Psalm 9.8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Resp. 11b
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
But the Lord reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Sing praise to the Lord, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
For the avenger of blood remembers them.
He does not forget the cry of the poor.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Gospel – Matthew 17.14-20
When they came to the crowd,
a human came to him,
kneeling down to him, saying,
“Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire,
and often into the water.
I brought him to your disciples,
and they could not cure him.”
Jesus answered,
“Faithless and perverse kind!
How long will I be with you?
How long will I put up with you?
Bring him here to me.”
Jesus rebuked him,
and the demon went out of him,
and the boy was cured from that hour.
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said,
“Why were we unable to cast it out?”
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief.
Amen I tell you, if you have faith
like a grain of mustard seed,
you will tell this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move,
and nothing will be impossible for you.
Reading 1 – Habakkuk 1.12-2:4
Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God,
my Holy One, immortal?
O Lord, you have marked him for judgment.
O Rock, you have established him for punishment.
You who have eyes too pure to see evil,
and who cannot look on misery,
why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously,
and keep silent when the wicked swallows up
the man who is more righteous than he?
You have made men like the fish of the sea,
like the creeping things,
that have no ruler over them.
He takes up all of them with the hook.
He catches them in his net,
and gathers them in his dragnet.
Therefore he rejoices and is glad.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net,
and burns incense to his dragnet,
because by them his life is luxurious,
and his food is good.
Will he then continually empty his net,
and kill the nations without mercy?
I will stand at my watch,
and set myself on the ramparts,
and will look out to see
what he will say to me,
and what he will answer
concerning my complaint.
The Lord answered me,
“Write the vision,
and make it plain on tablets,
that anyone may read it quickly.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time,
and it hurries toward the end,
and will not prove false.
Though it takes time, wait for it;
because it will surely come. It will not delay.
Behold, the soul of the puffed up is not upright,
but the righteous will live by his faith.
Responsorial – Psalm 9.8-9, 10-11, 12-13 Resp. 11b
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
But the Lord reigns forever.
He has prepared his throne for judgment.
He will judge the world in righteousness.
He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
The Lord will also be a high tower for the oppressed;
a high tower in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Sing praise to the Lord, who dwells in Zion,
and declare among the people what he has done.
For the avenger of blood remembers them.
He does not forget the cry of the poor.
R. You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Gospel – Matthew 17.14-20
When they came to the crowd,
a human came to him,
kneeling down to him, saying,
“Lord, have mercy on my son,
for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously;
for he often falls into the fire,
and often into the water.
I brought him to your disciples,
and they could not cure him.”
Jesus answered,
“Faithless and perverse kind!
How long will I be with you?
How long will I put up with you?
Bring him here to me.”
Jesus rebuked him,
and the demon went out of him,
and the boy was cured from that hour.
Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said,
“Why were we unable to cast it out?”
He said to them, “Because of your unbelief.
Amen I tell you, if you have faith
like a grain of mustard seed,
you will tell this mountain,
‘Move from here to there,’
and it will move,
and nothing will be impossible for you.
Feast of Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 2 Corinthians 9.6-10
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.
Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Let each give according to how
they have determined in their heart;
not grudgingly, or under compulsion;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
God is able to make all grace abound to you,
that you, always having enough of everything,
may abound to every good work.
As it is written:
“He has scattered abroad,
he has given to the poor.
His righteousness remains forever.”
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food,
supply and multiply your seed for sowing,
and increase the fruits of your righteousness.
Responsorial – Psalm 112.1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 Resp. 5
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
It goes well for the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will not be afraid of evil news.
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
His heart is established; he will not be afraid.
In the end, he will see his adversaries.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor.
His righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted with honor.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
Gospel – John 12.24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Whoever loves their life will lose it.
Whoever hates their life in this world
will keep it to eternal life.
If anyone serves me, let them follow me.
Where I am, there will my servant also be.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor them.
Reading 1 – 2 Corinthians 9.6-10
Brothers and sisters:
Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly.
Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
Let each give according to how
they have determined in their heart;
not grudgingly, or under compulsion;
for God loves a cheerful giver.
God is able to make all grace abound to you,
that you, always having enough of everything,
may abound to every good work.
As it is written:
“He has scattered abroad,
he has given to the poor.
His righteousness remains forever.”
Now may he who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food,
supply and multiply your seed for sowing,
and increase the fruits of your righteousness.
Responsorial – Psalm 112.1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9 Resp. 5
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who delights greatly in his commandments.
His seed will be mighty in the land.
The generation of the upright will be blessed.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
It goes well for the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
For he will never be shaken.
The righteous will be remembered forever.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
He will not be afraid of evil news.
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
His heart is established; he will not be afraid.
In the end, he will see his adversaries.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
He has dispersed, he has given to the poor.
His righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted with honor.
R. Blessed is the man who deals graciously and lends.
Gospel – John 12.24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
Amen, amen, I tell you,
unless a grain of wheat
falls into the earth and dies,
it remains by itself alone.
But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
Whoever loves their life will lose it.
Whoever hates their life in this world
will keep it to eternal life.
If anyone serves me, let them follow me.
Where I am, there will my servant also be.
If anyone serves me, the Father will honor them.
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial - Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 16.13-23
When Jesus came into
the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying,
“Who do humans say that the Son of Human is?”
They said, “Some say John the Baptist,
some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven.
I also tell you that you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the underworld will not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth
will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth
will be released in heaven.”
Then he commanded the disciples
that they should tell no one
that he was the Christ.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from
the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Mercy to you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
But he turned, and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling block to me,
for you are not setting your mind on the things of God,
but on the things of humans.”
Reading 1 - Jeremiah 31.31-34
Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord,
that I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and the house of Judah:
not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers
on the day that I took them by the hand
to bring them out of the land of Egypt.
This covenant of mine they broke,
although I was a husband to them,
says the Lord.
But this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days,
says the Lord:
I will put my law within them,
and on their heart I will write it;
and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people:
and they shall no longer teach,
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying,
“Know the Lord”;
for they shall all know me,
from the least to the greatest,
says the Lord:
for I will forgive their iniquity,
and their sin will I remember no more.
Responsorial - Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12a
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Gospel – Matthew 16.13-23
When Jesus came into
the region of Caesarea Philippi,
he asked his disciples, saying,
“Who do humans say that the Son of Human is?”
They said, “Some say John the Baptist,
some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah,
or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter answered,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,
but my Father who is in heaven.
I also tell you that you are Peter,
and on this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the underworld will not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,
and whatever you bind on earth
will have been bound in heaven;
and whatever you release on earth
will be released in heaven.”
Then he commanded the disciples
that they should tell no one
that he was the Christ.
From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem
and suffer many things from
the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.
Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying,
“Mercy to you, Lord! This will never be done to you.”
But he turned, and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan!
You are a stumbling block to me,
for you are not setting your mind on the things of God,
but on the things of humans.”
Update
Thank you all for your patience during the past couple months. I came down with severe bronchitis for all of June and am only now catching up with everything. I am sorry that I did not put any update before. I kept intending to put an update as soon as I was able to catch up, but that was delayed until now.
As you can see from the blog, I have started posting the readings a week in advance. For today's reading, it will be necessary to scroll down. I had avoided doing this when I started for various reasons. First because I wanted to work with the current reading for my own preparation each day for Mass, but also because of the inconvenience to those who subscribe to the blog on email or RSS. Each day's reading will always be showing up a week early. If I can figure out a way to correct this, I will, but it may be hopeless. Those who subscribe on Kindle will be somewhat inconvenienced, but the table of contents feature should help.
The reason I decided to start doing this was because so many people are using these readings and are relying on these readings being here. By putting these up a week ahead people will be able to look forward to the next couple days if they need to, and, if I am unable to work on it for a few days, no one will be missing the reading.
This blog is really a work in progress, a support to my daily homilies blog. I had not expected so many people to subscribe while I was still building it. The first year will end in November 2012, after which the work will be much less, and after the second year the work will be greatly reduced again, but this first year I am translating the entire set of readings every day. I thank God that I have been able to do as much as I have done up until now. About half of the yearly readings are now done. In November 2013, when I have all the weekday readings finished, and they are all accessible on the website through the tables, I will probably return to posting the reading for the day on the evening before. In the meantime, staying a week ahead seems like the best option.
In Christ,
A Servant.
As you can see from the blog, I have started posting the readings a week in advance. For today's reading, it will be necessary to scroll down. I had avoided doing this when I started for various reasons. First because I wanted to work with the current reading for my own preparation each day for Mass, but also because of the inconvenience to those who subscribe to the blog on email or RSS. Each day's reading will always be showing up a week early. If I can figure out a way to correct this, I will, but it may be hopeless. Those who subscribe on Kindle will be somewhat inconvenienced, but the table of contents feature should help.
The reason I decided to start doing this was because so many people are using these readings and are relying on these readings being here. By putting these up a week ahead people will be able to look forward to the next couple days if they need to, and, if I am unable to work on it for a few days, no one will be missing the reading.
This blog is really a work in progress, a support to my daily homilies blog. I had not expected so many people to subscribe while I was still building it. The first year will end in November 2012, after which the work will be much less, and after the second year the work will be greatly reduced again, but this first year I am translating the entire set of readings every day. I thank God that I have been able to do as much as I have done up until now. About half of the yearly readings are now done. In November 2013, when I have all the weekday readings finished, and they are all accessible on the website through the tables, I will probably return to posting the reading for the day on the evening before. In the meantime, staying a week ahead seems like the best option.
In Christ,
A Servant.
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Jeremiah 31.1-7
At that time, says the Lord,
I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,
and they shall be my people.
The Lord says,
“The people who escaped the sword
found favor in the desert;
Israel comes forward to rest,
and the Lord appeared to him from afar, saying,
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel,
you shall again be adorned with your tambourines,
and go out in the dances of the merrymakers.
You shall again plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant and enjoy its fruit.
For there shall be a day,
when the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion
to the Lord our God.’”
For the Lord says,
“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout for the head of the nations:
proclaim praise, and say,
‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’”
Responsorial – Jeremiah 31.10, 11-12ab, 13 Resp. 10d
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Hear the word of the Lord, you nations,
and declare it on the far off islands, and say,
“He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
For the Lord will ransom Jacob,
and redeem him from the hand of him who was stronger.
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow to the goodness of the Lord.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrows.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Gospel – Matthew 15.21-28
The Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Behold, a Canaanite woman of that district
came and cried, saying,
“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying,
“Send her away; for she cries after us.”
But he answered,
“I was not sent to anyone
but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But she came and worshiped him, saying,
“Lord, help me.”
But he answered,
“It is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she said, “Yes, Lord,
but even the dogs eat the crumbs
which fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus answered her,
“Woman, great is your faith!
Be it done for you just as you desire.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Reading 1 – Jeremiah 31.1-7
At that time, says the Lord,
I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,
and they shall be my people.
The Lord says,
“The people who escaped the sword
found favor in the desert;
Israel comes forward to rest,
and the Lord appeared to him from afar, saying,
“Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.
Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel,
you shall again be adorned with your tambourines,
and go out in the dances of the merrymakers.
You shall again plant vineyards
on the mountains of Samaria;
the planters shall plant and enjoy its fruit.
For there shall be a day,
when the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry,
‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion
to the Lord our God.’”
For the Lord says,
“Sing with gladness for Jacob,
and shout for the head of the nations:
proclaim praise, and say,
‘O Lord, save your people,
the remnant of Israel.’”
Responsorial – Jeremiah 31.10, 11-12ab, 13 Resp. 10d
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Hear the word of the Lord, you nations,
and declare it on the far off islands, and say,
“He who scattered Israel will gather him,
and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
For the Lord will ransom Jacob,
and redeem him from the hand of him who was stronger.
They shall come and sing in the height of Zion,
and shall flow to the goodness of the Lord.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old together;
for I will turn their mourning into joy,
and will comfort them, and make them rejoice after their sorrows.
R. The Lord will keep us, as a shepherd does his flock.
Gospel – Matthew 15.21-28
The Jesus withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon.
Behold, a Canaanite woman of that district
came and cried, saying,
“Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is severely possessed by a demon!”
But he answered her not a word.
His disciples came and begged him, saying,
“Send her away; for she cries after us.”
But he answered,
“I was not sent to anyone
but the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
But she came and worshiped him, saying,
“Lord, help me.”
But he answered,
“It is not appropriate
to take the children’s bread
and throw it to the dogs.”
But she said, “Yes, Lord,
but even the dogs eat the crumbs
which fall from their masters’ table.”
Then Jesus answered her,
“Woman, great is your faith!
Be it done for you just as you desire.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
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