Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 15.35-37, 42-49
Brothers and sisters:
Someone will say, “How are the dead raised?”
and, “With what kind of body do they come back?”
Fool, what you plant does not come alive unless it dies.
What you plant is not the body that will come to be,
but a mere grain, perhaps of wheat, or of some other kind.
So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Planted as perishable, but raised as imperishable.
Planted in dishonor, but raised in glory.
Planted in weakness, but raised in power.
Planted an ensouled body, it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is an ensouled body, there is also a spiritual one.
So it is written, “The first human, Adam, became a living soul.”
The last Adam comes alive in the spirit.
But the spiritual is not first, but the ensouled, then the spiritual.
The first human is from the land, made of dirt.
The second human is from heaven.
As the dirt, so are those of the dirt,
and as the heavenly, so are those of the heavenly.
Just as we have borne the image of the dirt,
Let us also bear the image of the heavenly.
Responsorial – Psalm 56.10c-12, 13-14 Resp. 14
R. I will walk before God in the light of the living.
I know this, that God is for me.
In God, whose word I praise.
I have put my trust in God; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
R. I will walk before God in the light of the living.
Your vows are on me, God.
I will give thank offerings to you.
For you have delivered my soul from death,
and prevented my feet from stumbling,
so that I will walk before God in the light of the living.
R. I will walk before God in the light of the living.
Gospel – Luke 8.4-15
When a great crowd came together,
and people from every city were coming to him,
he spoke in a parable: “The farmer went out to sow his seed.
As he sowed, some fell along the road,
and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew,
it withered away, because it had no moisture.
Some other fell amid the thorns, and the thorns grew with it, and choked it.
Some other fell into the good land,
and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.”
As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear!”
Then his disciples asked him, “What does this parable mean?”
He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God,
but to the rest it is in parables, that:
'Seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
Those along the road are those who hear,
then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart,
that they may not believe and be saved.
Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy,
but these have no root, and believe for a while then fall away in time of temptation.
That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard,
and as they go on their way they are choked
with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.
As for that in the beautiful soil, they are those who, hearing the word,
embrace it with a beautiful and good heart, and bear fruit with perseverance.
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Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Now I declare to you, brothers and sisters,
the Gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received,
in which you also stand,
by which you are saved,
if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you
—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Kephas, then to the Twelve.
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom remain until now, though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
and last of all, as to a preemie, he appeared to me also.
For I am the least of the Apostles, not worthy to be called an Apostle,
because I persecuted the Church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am.
His grace given to me was not futile,
but I worked harder than all of them;
yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Whether then it is I or they, thus we preach, and thus you believed.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1b-2, 16ab-17, 28 Resp. 1
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
Gospel - Luke 7:36-50
One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him.
He entered the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.
Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner,
when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house,
brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Standing behind at his feet weeping,
she began to wet his feet with her tears,
and she wiped them with the hair of her head.
She kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself,
“If this one were a prophet, he would have perceived
who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
He said, “Teacher, say on.”
“A certain lender had two debtors.
The one owed five hundred days’ wages, and the other fifty.
When they could not pay, he forgave them both.
Which of them therefore will love him most?”
Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.”
He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman?
I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet,
but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much.
But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little.”
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”
He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 15.1-11
Now I declare to you, brothers and sisters,
the Gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received,
in which you also stand,
by which you are saved,
if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you
—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Kephas, then to the Twelve.
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom remain until now, though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
and last of all, as to a preemie, he appeared to me also.
For I am the least of the Apostles, not worthy to be called an Apostle,
because I persecuted the Church of God.
But by the grace of God I am what I am.
His grace given to me was not futile,
but I worked harder than all of them;
yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
Whether then it is I or they, thus we preach, and thus you believed.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1b-2, 16ab-17, 28 Resp. 1
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
Let Israel now say
that his loving kindness endures forever.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
“The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
The right hand of the Lord is exalted!
I will not die, but live,
and declare the works of the Lord.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
You are my God, and I will give thanks to you.
You are my God, I will exalt you.
R. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.
Gospel - Luke 7:36-50
One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him.
He entered the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table.
Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner,
when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house,
brought an alabaster jar of ointment.
Standing behind at his feet weeping,
she began to wet his feet with her tears,
and she wiped them with the hair of her head.
She kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself,
“If this one were a prophet, he would have perceived
who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”
Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
He said, “Teacher, say on.”
“A certain lender had two debtors.
The one owed five hundred days’ wages, and the other fifty.
When they could not pay, he forgave them both.
Which of them therefore will love him most?”
Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.”
He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
Turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman?
I entered into your house, and you gave me no water for my feet,
but she has wet my feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.
You gave me no kiss, but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much.
But the one to whom little is forgiven loves little.”
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”
He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
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.”
Feast of Saint Philip and Saint James, Apostles
Official Translation
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 15.1-8
Now I declare to you, brothers and sisters,
the Gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received,
in which you also stand,
by which you are saved,
if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you
—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all
that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Kephas,
then to the Twelve.
Then he appeared to over
five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom remain until now,
though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles,
and last of all,
as to a preemie,
he appeared to me also.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
The heavens show forth the glory of God,
and the firmament declares the work of his hands.
Day to day utters speech,
and night to night shows knowledge.
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
There are no speeches nor languages,
in which their voices are not heard.
Their sound has gone forth through all the earth,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 14.6-14
Jesus said to Thomas,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through me.
If you had known me,
you would have known my Father also.
From now on,
you know him, and have seen him.”
Philip said to him,
“Lord, show us the Father
and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him,
“Have I been with you such a long time,
and do you not know me, Philip?
He who has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
Do you not believe that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me?
The words that I tell you,
I speak not from myself;
but the Father who lives in me
does his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me;
or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
they who believe in me,
the works that I do, they will do also;
and they will do greater works than these,
because I am going to my Father.
Whatever you will ask in my name,
that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Reading 1 – 1 Corinthians 15.1-8
Now I declare to you, brothers and sisters,
the Gospel which I preached to you,
which also you received,
in which you also stand,
by which you are saved,
if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you
—unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all
that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures,
that he was buried,
that he was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures,
and that he appeared to Kephas,
then to the Twelve.
Then he appeared to over
five hundred brothers at once,
most of whom remain until now,
though some have fallen asleep.
Then he appeared to James,
then to all the apostles,
and last of all,
as to a preemie,
he appeared to me also.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
The heavens show forth the glory of God,
and the firmament declares the work of his hands.
Day to day utters speech,
and night to night shows knowledge.
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
There are no speeches nor languages,
in which their voices are not heard.
Their sound has gone forth through all the earth,
and their words unto the ends of the world.
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth. or R. Alleluia!
Gospel – John 14.6-14
Jesus said to Thomas,
“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through me.
If you had known me,
you would have known my Father also.
From now on,
you know him, and have seen him.”
Philip said to him,
“Lord, show us the Father
and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus said to him,
“Have I been with you such a long time,
and do you not know me, Philip?
He who has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’
Do you not believe that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me?
The words that I tell you,
I speak not from myself;
but the Father who lives in me
does his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father,
and the Father in me;
or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
they who believe in me,
the works that I do, they will do also;
and they will do greater works than these,
because I am going to my Father.
Whatever you will ask in my name,
that will I do,
that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ The King (A)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 34.11-12, 15-17
For thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
As a shepherd seeks out his flock
on the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered;
so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered
on the dark and cloudy day.
I myself will feed my flock,
and I myself will cause them to lie down”, says the Lord God.
“I will seek what was lost
and bring back again what was driven away
and bind up what was broken
and strengthen what was sick,
but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
I will feed them with justice.”
“As for you, O my flock”, says the Lord GOD,
“Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep,
between the rams and the goats.”
Responsorial – Psalm 23.1-2, 2-3, 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.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
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.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.20-26, 28
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.
And when all is subjected to him,
then the Son will himself be subject
to him who subjected all things under him,
so that God may be all in all.
Gospel – Matthew 25.31-46
Jesus said to his disciples,
“When the Son of human comes in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him,
then he will sit upon the throne of his glory.
Before him shall be gathered all the Gentiles,
and he will separate them, one from another,
as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
He will make the sheep stand at his right hand
and the goats at his left.
Then the King will say to those on his right hand,
‘Come, blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
For I was an hungry, and you gave me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink.
I was a stranger and you brought me in.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me.
I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?
Or thirsty, and gave you drink?
When did we see you a stranger, and brought you in?
Or naked, and clothed thee?
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’
And the King shall answer and say to them,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you have done it
for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you have done it for me.’
Then he will say also to those at his left hand,
‘Depart from me, you cursed,
into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was an hungry, and you did not give me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink.
I was a stranger and you did not bring me in.
I was naked, and you did not clothe me.
I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
Then they will also answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison,
and did not minister to you?’
Then he will answer them, saying,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you did it not
for one of the least of these,
you did not do it for me.’
And they will go away to everlasting punishment,
but the righteous to life eternal.”
Reading 1 – Ezekiel 34.11-12, 15-17
For thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out.
As a shepherd seeks out his flock
on the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered;
so will I seek out my sheep and will deliver them
out of all places where they have been scattered
on the dark and cloudy day.
I myself will feed my flock,
and I myself will cause them to lie down”, says the Lord God.
“I will seek what was lost
and bring back again what was driven away
and bind up what was broken
and strengthen what was sick,
but I will destroy the fat and the strong;
I will feed them with justice.”
“As for you, O my flock”, says the Lord GOD,
“Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep,
between the rams and the goats.”
Responsorial – Psalm 23.1-2, 2-3, 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.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
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.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 15.20-26, 28
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.
And when all is subjected to him,
then the Son will himself be subject
to him who subjected all things under him,
so that God may be all in all.
Gospel – Matthew 25.31-46
Jesus said to his disciples,
“When the Son of human comes in his glory,
and all the holy angels with him,
then he will sit upon the throne of his glory.
Before him shall be gathered all the Gentiles,
and he will separate them, one from another,
as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
He will make the sheep stand at his right hand
and the goats at his left.
Then the King will say to those on his right hand,
‘Come, blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
For I was an hungry, and you gave me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you gave me to drink.
I was a stranger and you brought me in.
I was naked, and you clothed me.
I was sick, and you visited me.
I was in prison, and you came to me.’
Then the righteous will answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you?
Or thirsty, and gave you drink?
When did we see you a stranger, and brought you in?
Or naked, and clothed thee?
When did we see you sick, or in prison, and came to you?’
And the King shall answer and say to them,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you have done it
for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you have done it for me.’
Then he will say also to those at his left hand,
‘Depart from me, you cursed,
into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
For I was an hungry, and you did not give me to eat.
I was thirsty, and you did not give me to drink.
I was a stranger and you did not bring me in.
I was naked, and you did not clothe me.
I was sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’
Then they will also answer him, saying,
‘Lord, when did we see you
hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison,
and did not minister to you?’
Then he will answer them, saying,
‘Amen, I say unto you,
inasmuch as you did it not
for one of the least of these,
you did not do it for me.’
And they will go away to everlasting punishment,
but the righteous to life eternal.”
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