Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Brothers and sisters:
So let a human think of us as Christ’s servants
and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Moreover, it is required of stewards to be found faithful.
But with me it is a very small thing
that I should be judged by you or by human judgment.
I do not even judge myself, though I know nothing against myself.
Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
Therefore judge nothing before the time when the Lord comes.
He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness
and reveal the intentions of hearts.
Then each will receive their praise from God.

Responsorial – Psalm 37.3-4, 5-6, 27-28, 39-40 Resp. 39a

R. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.

Trust in the Lord, and do good.
Dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

R. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.

Commit your way to the Lord.
Trust also in him, and he will do this:
he will make your righteousness come out as the light,
and your justice as the noon day sun.

R. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.

Depart from evil, and do good.
Live securely forever.
For the Lord loves justice,
and does not forsake his saints, preserving them forever.
The unjust are punished,
and the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

R. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.

The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.
The Lord helps them, and rescues them.
He rescues them from the wicked, and saves them,
Because they have taken refuge in him.

R. The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord.

Gospel – Luke 5.33-39

The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,
“Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray,
and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees,
but yours eat and drink?”

He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
But the days will come
when the bridegroom will be taken away from them.
Then they will fast in those days.”

He also told a parable to them.
“No one sews a piece from a new garment on an old garment,
else they will tear the new,
and the piece from the new will not match the old.
No one puts new wine into old wine skins,
else the new wine will burst the skins and be spilled,
and the skins will be destroyed.
But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins.
Then both are preserved.
No one having drunk old wine desires new,
for they say, ‘The old is better.’”