Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Proverbs 3.27-34

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; I will give it tomorrow”,
when you have it next to you.
Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
since he dwells securely by you.
Do not argue with a man without cause,
if he has done you no harm.
Do not envy the man of violence.
Choose none of his ways.
For the perverse is an abomination to the Lord,
but his friendship is with the upright.
The curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Surely he mocks the mockers,
but he gives grace to the humble.

Responsorial – Psalm 15.2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5 Resp. 1

R. He who walks blamelessly shall dwell on your holy hill.

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right,
and speaks truth in his heart;
and does not slander with his tongue,

R. He who walks blamelessly shall dwell on your holy hill.

He who does no evil to his friend,
nor casts slurs against his fellow human;
in whose eyes a vile man is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord.

R. He who walks blamelessly shall dwell on your holy hill.

He who does not lend out his money for usury,
nor takes a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things
shall never be shaken.

R. He who walks blamelessly shall dwell on your holy hill.

Gospel – Luke 8.16-18

Jesus said to the crowd:
“No one, when they have lit a lamp,
covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed,
instead they put it on a stand,
so that those who enter in may see the light.
For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed,
nor secret, that will not be known and come to light.
Be careful therefore how you hear.
For whoever has, to them more will be given,
and whoever has not, even what they seem to have
will be taken away from them.”