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

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Galatians 3.7-14

Brothers and sisters:
Know therefore that those who are of faith, they are children of Abraham.
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,
preached the Faith beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
So then, those who are of faith are blessed with the faithful Abraham.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse.
For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue
in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”
Now that no one is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”
The law is not of faith, but, “The doer of them will live by them.”
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us.
For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus,
that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Responsorial – Psalm 111.1b-2, 3-4, 5-6 Resp. 5

R. The Lord always remembers his covenant.

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
The Lord’s works are great,
pondered by all who delight in them.

R. The Lord always remembers his covenant.

His work is honor and majesty.
His righteousness endures forever.
He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered.
The Lord is gracious and merciful.

R. The Lord always remembers his covenant.

He has given food to those who fear him.
He always remembers his covenant.
He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the heritage of the nations.

R. The Lord always remembers his covenant.

Gospel – Luke 11.15-26

When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said,
“He casts out demons through Beelzebul, the prince of the demons.”
Others, testing him, sought from him a sign from heaven.
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation.
A house divided against itself falls.
If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?

For you say that I cast out demons through Beelzebul,
but if I cast out demons through Beelzebul,
by whom do your sons cast them out?
Therefore they will be your judges.

But if by the finger of God I cast out demons,
then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
When the strong one, fully armed, guards his own dwelling,
his goods are at peace.
But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him,
he takes from him his whole armor on which he depended
and divides his plunder.
The one that is not with me is against me.
The one who does not gather with me scatters.

When the unclean spirit has gone out of a human,
it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none, says,
‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
When it returns, it finds it swept and put in order.
Then it goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than itself,
and they enter in and dwell there.
The last state of the human becomes worse than the first.”

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 - Galatians 3.1-5

O foolish Galatians!
Who has bewitched you before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed as crucified?
I just want to learn this from you:
Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by faith in what you heard?
Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Did you suffer so many things in vain? If it is indeed in vain?
He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and does miracles among you,
does he do it by the works of the law, or by faith through hearing?

Responsorial - Luke 1.69-70, 71-72, 73-75 Resp. 68

R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people

He has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David.

R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people

As he promised from of old by the mouth of his holy prophets:
to save us from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us.

R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people

He promised to show mercy to our fathers;
and to remember his holy covenant.

R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people

The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father:
to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies,
should serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before him
all the days of our life.

R. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited his people

Gospel – Luke 11.5-13

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Suppose that one of you, goes to a friend at midnight, and tells him,
‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey,
and I have nothing to set before him,”
And he from within will answer and say, “Do not bother me!
The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you.’
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend,
yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives. They who seek, find.
To them who knock, the door will be opened.
Which of you fathers would give your son a snake instead of a fish?
Or give him a scorpion if he asks for an egg?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”