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

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Ephesians 1.11-14

Brothers and sisters:
In Christ we were foreordained according to the purpose
of him who does all things after the counsel of his will;
to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory,
we who had before hoped in Christ.
In whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation,
having also believed in him,
were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is a pledge of our inheritance,
to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Responsorial – Psalm 33.1-2, 4-5, 12-13 Resp. 12

R. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen as his inheritance.

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. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen as his inheritance.

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. Blessed is the people whom the Lord has chosen as his inheritance.

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 as his inheritance.

Gospel – Luke 12.1-7

At that time:
A multitude of many thousands had gathered together,
so much so that they trampled on each other.
Jesus began to speak, first to his disciples,
“Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
There is nothing covered up, that will not be revealed,
nor hidden, that will not be known.
Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light.
What you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body,
but after that have no more that they can do.
But I will warn you whom you should fear.
Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna.
Yes, I tell you, fear him.
Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
The very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Therefore do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows.