Official Translation
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God may bless you in the land you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away, and you will not hear,
but are drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day, that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life, that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God, to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life, and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself, take up their cross, and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life for my sake, they will save it.
For what does it profit a human if they gain the whole world,
yet lose or forfeit themself?
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Showing posts with label Luke 09. Show all posts
Second Sunday of Lent (C)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Genesis 15.5-12, 17-18
The Lord brought Abram outside, and said,
“Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.”
He said to Abram, “So shall your descendents be.”
He believed the Lord, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees,
to give you this land to inherit it."
He said, "Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old,
a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle,
and laid each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram,
and terror and great darkness fell on him.
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
"To your seed I have given this land,
from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates."
Responsorial – Psalm 27.1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice.
Have mercy on me, and answer me.
My heart said to you, “I will seek your face, O Lord.”
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Your face, O Lord, I will seek.
Do not hide your face from me.
Do not put your servant away in anger.
You have been my help. Do not abandon me.
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
I believe that I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD; be of good courage.
He will strengthen your heart. Wait for the LORD.
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Reading 2 – Philippians 3.17-4.1
Brothers and sisters, be imitators together of me,
and note those who walk this way,
even as you have us for an example.
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping,
as enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction,
whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who think about earthly things.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we await a Savior: the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will change our lowly body to be conformed to his glorified Body,
according to the power by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Gospel – Luke 9.28b-36
Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
Behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory,
and spoke of his exodus, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake,
they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
As they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.
While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them,
and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
When the voice came, Jesus was found alone.
They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
Reading 1 – Genesis 15.5-12, 17-18
The Lord brought Abram outside, and said,
“Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.”
He said to Abram, “So shall your descendents be.”
He believed the Lord, and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.
He said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees,
to give you this land to inherit it."
He said, "Lord God, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old,
a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle,
and laid each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram,
and terror and great darkness fell on him.
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark,
behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
"To your seed I have given this land,
from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates."
Responsorial – Psalm 27.1, 7-8, 8-9, 13-14
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice.
Have mercy on me, and answer me.
My heart said to you, “I will seek your face, O Lord.”
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Your face, O Lord, I will seek.
Do not hide your face from me.
Do not put your servant away in anger.
You have been my help. Do not abandon me.
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
I believe that I will see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD; be of good courage.
He will strengthen your heart. Wait for the LORD.
R. The LORD is my light and my salvation.
Reading 2 – Philippians 3.17-4.1
Brothers and sisters, be imitators together of me,
and note those who walk this way,
even as you have us for an example.
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping,
as enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction,
whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame,
who think about earthly things.
For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we await a Savior: the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will change our lowly body to be conformed to his glorified Body,
according to the power by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown,
stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
Gospel – Luke 9.28b-36
Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up on the mountain to pray.
As he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became white and dazzling.
Behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory,
and spoke of his exodus, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they were fully awake,
they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.
As they were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here.
Let us make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah,” not knowing what he said.
While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them,
and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
When the voice came, Jesus was found alone.
They were silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Job 9.1-12, 14-16
Job answered his friends and said:
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
He commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars.
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
He does great things past finding out;
yes, marvelous things without number. Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him.
He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him?
Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
How much less shall I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
Though I were righteous, yet I would not answer him.
I would make supplication to my judge.
If I had called, and he had answered me,
still I would not believe that he listened to my voice.
Responsorial – Psalm 88.10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 3
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
I have called on you daily, Lord.
I have spread out my hands to you.
Do you show wonders to the dead?
Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?
Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders made known in the dark?
Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
But to you, O Lord, I have cried.
In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
O Lord,, why do you reject my soul?
Why do you hide your face from me?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.57-62
As Jesus and his disciples went on the way, a certain man said to him,
“I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
He said to another, “Follow me!”
But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead,
but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord,
but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back,
is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Reading 1 - Job 9.1-12, 14-16
Job answered his friends and said:
“Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
God who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength:
who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?
He removes the mountains, and they do not know it, when he overturns them in his anger.
He shakes the earth out of its place. Its pillars tremble.
He commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars.
He alone stretches out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea.
He makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the rooms of the south.
He does great things past finding out;
yes, marvelous things without number. Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him.
He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him?
Who will ask him, ‘What are you doing?’
How much less shall I answer him, and choose my words to argue with him?
Though I were righteous, yet I would not answer him.
I would make supplication to my judge.
If I had called, and he had answered me,
still I would not believe that he listened to my voice.
Responsorial – Psalm 88.10bc-11, 12-13, 14-15 Resp. 3
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
I have called on you daily, Lord.
I have spread out my hands to you.
Do you show wonders to the dead?
Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave?
Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
Are your wonders made known in the dark?
Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
But to you, O Lord, I have cried.
In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
O Lord,, why do you reject my soul?
Why do you hide your face from me?
R. Let my prayer enter into your presence, Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.57-62
As Jesus and his disciples went on the way, a certain man said to him,
“I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord.”
Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
He said to another, “Follow me!”
But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”
But Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead,
but you go and announce God’s Kingdom.”
Another also said, “I want to follow you, Lord,
but first allow me to say good-bye to those who are at my house.”
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back,
is fit for the Kingdom of God.”
Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Job 1.6-22
One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,
Satan also came among them.
The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, and said,
“From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant, Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and an upright man who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Satan answered the Lord, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Have you not made a hedge around him,
and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has,
and he will renounce you to your face.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power.
Only on he, himself, do not stretch out your hand.”
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
that a messenger came to Job, and said,
“The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away.
Indeed, they have killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The fire of God has fallen from the sky,
and has burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The Chaldeans had three bands, and swept down on the camels,
and have taken them away, and killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother’s house, and behold, there came a great wind from the desert,
and it struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead.
I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
Responsorial – Psalm 17.1bcd, 2-3, 6-7 Resp. 6
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Hear justice, O LORD,
attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, which does not come from lying lips.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Let my judgment come from you.
Your eyes look on equity.
You have tested my heart. You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Show your marvelous loving kindness,
Savior of those who take refuge
at your right hand from their enemies.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Gospel – Luke 9.46-50
An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts,
took a little child, and set him by his side, and said to them,
“Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me.
Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”
John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against you is for you.”
Reading 1 – Job 1.6-22
One day, when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord,
Satan also came among them.
The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, and said,
“From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant, Job?
For there is no one like him on the earth,
a blameless and an upright man who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Satan answered the Lord, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Have you not made a hedge around him,
and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side?
You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has,
and he will renounce you to your face.”
The Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power.
Only on he, himself, do not stretch out your hand.”
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,
that a messenger came to Job, and said,
“The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away.
Indeed, they have killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The fire of God has fallen from the sky,
and has burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“The Chaldeans had three bands, and swept down on the camels,
and have taken them away, and killed the young men with the edge of the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
While he was still speaking, another also came and said,
“Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother’s house, and behold, there came a great wind from the desert,
and it struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead.
I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.
Responsorial – Psalm 17.1bcd, 2-3, 6-7 Resp. 6
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Hear justice, O LORD,
attend unto my cry,
give ear unto my prayer, which does not come from lying lips.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Let my judgment come from you.
Your eyes look on equity.
You have tested my heart. You have visited me in the night.
You have tried me, and found nothing.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God.
Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Show your marvelous loving kindness,
Savior of those who take refuge
at your right hand from their enemies.
R. Turn your ear to me. Hear my word.
Gospel – Luke 9.46-50
An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.
Jesus, perceiving the reasoning of their hearts,
took a little child, and set him by his side, and said to them,
“Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me.
Whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great.”
John answered, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.”
Jesus said to him, “Do not forbid him, for he who is not against you is for you.”
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit has the worker in all his labors?
I have looked at the burden which God
has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in their hearts,
yet man cannot find out the work
that God has done from the beginning to the end.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b+2abc, 3-4 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Lord, what is man, that you care for him?
The son of man, that you think of him?
Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 9.18-22
As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him,
and he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They answered, “‘John the Baptist,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’
and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
saying, “The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 3.1-11
For everything there is a season,
and a time for every purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit has the worker in all his labors?
I have looked at the burden which God
has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.
He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in their hearts,
yet man cannot find out the work
that God has done from the beginning to the end.
Responsorial – Psalm 144.1b+2abc, 3-4 Resp. 1
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
My loving kindness, my fortress,
my high tower, my deliverer,
my shield, and he in whom I take refuge.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Lord, what is man, that you care for him?
The son of man, that you think of him?
Man is like a breath.
His days are like a shadow that passes away.
R. Blessed be the Lord, my rock!
Gospel – Luke 9.18-22
As he was praying alone, the disciples were with him,
and he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
They answered, “‘John the Baptist,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’
and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
saying, “The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 1.2-11
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What does man gain from all his labor which he works under the sun?
One generation goes, and another generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
and hurries to its place where it rises.
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north.
It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is that which shall be,
and that which has been done is that which shall be done:
and there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?”
It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
There is no memory of the men of old,
nor shall there be any memory of those who are yet come,
among those who shall come after.
Responsorial – Psalm 90.3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17bc Resp. 1
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
You turn man to dust, saying,
“Return, you children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight
are just like yesterday when it is past,
like a watch in the night.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
You sweep them away as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass.
In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By evening, it is withered and dry.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
So teach us to number our days,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Relent, Lord! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Establish the work of our hands for us;
establish the work of our hands.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
Gospel – Luke 9.7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus,
and he was very perplexed,
because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
and by some that Elijah had appeared,
and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?”
He kept trying to see him.
Reading 1 – Ecclesiastes 1.2-11
Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What does man gain from all his labor which he works under the sun?
One generation goes, and another generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
and hurries to its place where it rises.
The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north.
It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.
All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full.
To the place where the rivers flow, there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which has been is that which shall be,
and that which has been done is that which shall be done:
and there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new?”
It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
There is no memory of the men of old,
nor shall there be any memory of those who are yet come,
among those who shall come after.
Responsorial – Psalm 90.3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17bc Resp. 1
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
You turn man to dust, saying,
“Return, you children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight
are just like yesterday when it is past,
like a watch in the night.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
You sweep them away as they sleep.
In the morning they sprout like new grass.
In the morning it sprouts and springs up.
By evening, it is withered and dry.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
So teach us to number our days,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Relent, Lord! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Establish the work of our hands for us;
establish the work of our hands.
R. Lord, you have been our refuge for all generations.
Gospel – Luke 9.7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by Jesus,
and he was very perplexed,
because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
and by some that Elijah had appeared,
and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
Herod said, “John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?”
He kept trying to see him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Proverbs 30.5-9
Every word of God is flawless.
He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Do not add to his words,
lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
Two things I have asked of you:
Do not deny them to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full, deny you, and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163 Resp. 105
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Keep me from the way of deceit.
Grant me your law graciously!
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Lord, your word is settled forever.
It is settled in heaven.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Through your precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
I hate and abhor falsehood.
I love your law.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Gospel – Luke 9.1-6
Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power
and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey,
neither a walking stick, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money,
and no one shall have a second tunic.
Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
Those who do not receive you,
when you depart from that city,
shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
They departed, and went throughout the villages,
preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
Reading 1 – Proverbs 30.5-9
Every word of God is flawless.
He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Do not add to his words,
lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
Two things I have asked of you:
Do not deny them to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
Give me neither poverty nor riches.
Feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full, deny you, and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor, and steal,
and so dishonor the name of my God.
Responsorial – Psalm 119.29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163 Resp. 105
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Keep me from the way of deceit.
Grant me your law graciously!
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
The law of your mouth is better to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Lord, your word is settled forever.
It is settled in heaven.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
I have kept my feet from every evil way,
that I might observe your word.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Through your precepts, I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
I hate and abhor falsehood.
I love your law.
R. Your word is a lamp to my feet.
Gospel – Luke 9.1-6
Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power
and authority over all demons and to cure diseases.
He sent them out to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey,
neither a walking stick, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money,
and no one shall have a second tunic.
Into whatever house you enter, stay there, and depart from there.
Those who do not receive you,
when you depart from that city,
shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
They departed, and went throughout the villages,
preaching the Good News, and healing everywhere.
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 30.15-20
Moses said to the people:
Behold, I have set before you this day
life and prosperity, death and doom.
For I command you this day
to love the Lord your God,
to walk in his ways,
and to keep his commandments,
his statutes,
and his ordinances,
that you may live and multiply,
and that the Lord your God
may bless you in the land
you go to possess.
But if your hearts turn away,
and you will not hear,
but are drawn away,
and worship other gods, and serve them;
I denounce to you this day,
that you will surely perish.
You will not prolong your days
in the land where
you pass over the Jordan
to go to possess.
I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you life and death,
the blessing and the curse.
Therefore choose life,
that you may live,
you and your descendants;
to love the Lord your God,
to obey his voice, and to cling to him;
for he is your life,
and the length of your days;
that you may dwell in the land
which the Lord swore to give your fathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. 40.5a
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 9.22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Son of Human must suffer many things,
and be rejected
by the elders, chief priests, and scribes,
and be killed,
and on the third day be raised up.”
He said to all,
“If anyone desires to come after me,
let them deny themself,
take up their cross,
and follow me.
For whoever desires to save their life
will lose it,
but whoever will lose their life
for my sake,
they will save it.
For what does it profit
a human if they gain the whole world,
yet loses or forfeits themself?
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