Official Translation
Reading 1 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge against the children of your people;
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
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 you?
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.”
Mass Readings
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Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie against the truth.
That wisdom is not what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind, how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him, and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you,
come out of him, and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly, it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all except by prayer and fasting.”
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie against the truth.
That wisdom is not what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son, who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind, how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him, and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him, and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit, I command you,
come out of him, and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly, it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house, his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all except by prayer and fasting.”
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
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 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
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.”
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (C)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Nehemiah 8.2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of both men and women,
and all who could hear with understanding.
He read from the book at the wide place that was in front of the Water Gate
from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women,
and of those who could understand.
The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood, which they had made for the occasion.
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people,
for he was above all the people,
and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.
All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands.
They bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Ezra read from the book of the law of God, distinctly,
and gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe,
and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people,
“Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”
For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat fat, drink sweets,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared,
for today is holy to our Lord.
Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord must be your strength.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 12.12-30
Brothers and sisters:
just as the body is one and has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body;
thus also is Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free,
and we all were given to drink one Spirit.
For the body is not one part but many.
If the foot would say, “Because I am not the hand, I am not part of the body,”
is it therefore less a part of the body?
If the ear would say, “Because I am not the eye, I am not part of the body,”
is it therefore less a part of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
But now God has ordered the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
If they were all the same part, where would the body be?
But now they are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot tell the hand, “I have no need for you,”
or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”
No, rather, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker are more necessary.
Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, we bestow more abundant honor,
and our less presentable parts have greater propriety,
whereas our presentable parts have no such need.
But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
so that there should be no division in the body,
rather the parts would have the same care for one another.
When one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it.
When one part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and parts by shares.
God has set some in the Church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers,
then miracles, then gifts of healings, helping,
administering, and various kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers?
Are all miracle workers? Do all have gifts of healings?
Do all speak with various tongues? Do all interpret?
Gospel – Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative
concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and the ministers of the word
delivered them to us,
so it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately again,
to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
that you might know the certainty concerning teachings you have received.
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee,
and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.
He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day,
and stood up to read.
The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.
He opened the book and found the place where it was written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,
recovering of sight to the blind,
to deliver those who are oppressed,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down.
The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
He began to tell them,
“Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Reading 1 – Nehemiah 8.2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of both men and women,
and all who could hear with understanding.
He read from the book at the wide place that was in front of the Water Gate
from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women,
and of those who could understand.
The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood, which they had made for the occasion.
Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people,
for he was above all the people,
and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
Then Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God.
All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands.
They bowed their heads, and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Ezra read from the book of the law of God, distinctly,
and gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe,
and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people,
“Today is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”
For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat fat, drink sweets,
and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared,
for today is holy to our Lord.
Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord must be your strength.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 12.12-30
Brothers and sisters:
just as the body is one and has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body;
thus also is Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free,
and we all were given to drink one Spirit.
For the body is not one part but many.
If the foot would say, “Because I am not the hand, I am not part of the body,”
is it therefore less a part of the body?
If the ear would say, “Because I am not the eye, I am not part of the body,”
is it therefore less a part of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be?
If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
But now God has ordered the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
If they were all the same part, where would the body be?
But now they are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot tell the hand, “I have no need for you,”
or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”
No, rather, those parts of the body which seem to be weaker are more necessary.
Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, we bestow more abundant honor,
and our less presentable parts have greater propriety,
whereas our presentable parts have no such need.
But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
so that there should be no division in the body,
rather the parts would have the same care for one another.
When one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it.
When one part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and parts by shares.
God has set some in the Church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers,
then miracles, then gifts of healings, helping,
administering, and various kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers?
Are all miracle workers? Do all have gifts of healings?
Do all speak with various tongues? Do all interpret?
Gospel – Luke 1.1-4; 4.14-21
Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative
concerning those matters which have been fulfilled among us,
just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and the ministers of the word
delivered them to us,
so it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately again,
to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,
that you might know the certainty concerning teachings you have received.
Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee,
and news about him spread through all the surrounding area.
He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up.
He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day,
and stood up to read.
The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him.
He opened the book and found the place where it was written:
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to preach good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives,
recovering of sight to the blind,
to deliver those who are oppressed,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.”
He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down.
The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
He began to tell them,
“Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Saturday of the First Week in Ordinary Time (I)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Hebrews 4.12-16
The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow,
and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight,
but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him
to whom we must give an account.
Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold tightly to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our infirmities,
but one who has been in all ways tempted like we are, though without sin.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help in time of need.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Mark 2.13-17
Jesus went out again by the seaside.
All the multitude came to him,
and he taught them.
As he passed by, he saw
Levi, the son of Alphaeus,
sitting at the tax office, and he said to him,
“Follow me”, and he arose and followed him.
As he was reclining at the table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners
sat down with Jesus and his disciples,
for there were many and they followed him.
The scribes and the Pharisees,
when they saw that he was eating with
the sinners and tax collectors,
said to his disciples, “Why is it that
he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor,
but those who are sick do.
I came not to call the righteous but sinners.”
Reading 1 – Hebrews 4.12-16
The word of God is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing even between soul and spirit, joints and marrow,
and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
There is no creature that is hidden from his sight,
but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him
to whom we must give an account.
Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens,
Jesus, the Son of God,
let us hold tightly to our confession.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our infirmities,
but one who has been in all ways tempted like we are, though without sin.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace,
that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help in time of need.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Mark 2.13-17
Jesus went out again by the seaside.
All the multitude came to him,
and he taught them.
As he passed by, he saw
Levi, the son of Alphaeus,
sitting at the tax office, and he said to him,
“Follow me”, and he arose and followed him.
As he was reclining at the table in his house,
many tax collectors and sinners
sat down with Jesus and his disciples,
for there were many and they followed him.
The scribes and the Pharisees,
when they saw that he was eating with
the sinners and tax collectors,
said to his disciples, “Why is it that
he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”
When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a doctor,
but those who are sick do.
I came not to call the righteous but sinners.”
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Romans 10.9-18
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you shall be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto justification,
and with the lips, one confesses unto salvation.
For the scripture says,
“Whoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.”
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
for the same Lord is Lord of all, with riches for all who call upon him.
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear unless it is preached?
And how shall they preach unless they were sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good gospel,
But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I say, “Have they not heard?”
Amen, their voice went to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Responsorial - Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10 or John 6.63
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is trustworthy,
making the simple wise.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true,
completely just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey,
honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 4.18-22
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
They immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Continuing on from there, he saw two more brothers,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Reading 1 – Romans 10.9-18
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you shall be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto justification,
and with the lips, one confesses unto salvation.
For the scripture says,
“Whoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.”
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
for the same Lord is Lord of all, with riches for all who call upon him.
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear unless it is preached?
And how shall they preach unless they were sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good gospel,
But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I say, “Have they not heard?”
Amen, their voice went to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Responsorial - Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10 or John 6.63
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is trustworthy,
making the simple wise.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true,
completely just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey,
honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 4.18-22
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
They immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Continuing on from there, he saw two more brothers,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Numbers 11.25-29
The Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to Moses,
and took of the Spirit that was on him,
and put it on the seventy elders,
and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them,
they prophesied, but they did not keep doing it.
Two men remained in the camp,
the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad,
and the Spirit rested on them.
They were one the list, but had not gone out to the tent,
and they prophesied in the camp.
A young man ran and told Moses, and said,
“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
Joshua, the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, answered,
“My lord Moses, forbid them.”
Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake?
I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets,
that the Lord would put his Spirit on them all!”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 10, 12-13, 14 Resp. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Though your servant is warned,
keeping them with great reward,
who can discern his errors?
Forgive me from hidden faults.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.
Let it not have dominion over me.
Then I will be blameless and innocent
of great transgression.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Reading 2 - James 5.1-6
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Your gold and your silver have corroded,
and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you,
and will eat your flesh like fire.
You have laid up your treasure for the last days.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields cry out,
which you have kept back by fraud,
and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and taken your pleasure.
You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one.
He does not resist you.
Gospel – Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.”
But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him,
for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name,
and be able at the same time to speak evil of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink, because you are Christ’s,
amen I tell you, they will certainly not lose their reward.
Whoever scandalizes one of these little ones who believe in me,
it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea
with a millstone hung around his neck.
If your hand scandalizes you, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life maimed,
rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
If your foot scandalizes you, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life lame,
rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna.
If your eye scandalizes you, pluck it out.
It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye,
rather than with two eyes to be cast into Gehenna
‘where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”
Reading 1 – Numbers 11.25-29
The Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to Moses,
and took of the Spirit that was on him,
and put it on the seventy elders,
and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them,
they prophesied, but they did not keep doing it.
Two men remained in the camp,
the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad,
and the Spirit rested on them.
They were one the list, but had not gone out to the tent,
and they prophesied in the camp.
A young man ran and told Moses, and said,
“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
Joshua, the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, answered,
“My lord Moses, forbid them.”
Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake?
I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets,
that the Lord would put his Spirit on them all!”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 10, 12-13, 14 Resp. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Though your servant is warned,
keeping them with great reward,
who can discern his errors?
Forgive me from hidden faults.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.
Let it not have dominion over me.
Then I will be blameless and innocent
of great transgression.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Reading 2 - James 5.1-6
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming.
Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
Your gold and your silver have corroded,
and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you,
and will eat your flesh like fire.
You have laid up your treasure for the last days.
Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields cry out,
which you have kept back by fraud,
and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
You have lived luxuriously on the earth, and taken your pleasure.
You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.
You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one.
He does not resist you.
Gospel – Mark 9.38-43, 45, 47-48
John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name,
and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.”
But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him,
for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name,
and be able at the same time to speak evil of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.
For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink, because you are Christ’s,
amen I tell you, they will certainly not lose their reward.
Whoever scandalizes one of these little ones who believe in me,
it would be better for him if he were thrown into the sea
with a millstone hung around his neck.
If your hand scandalizes you, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life maimed,
rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.
If your foot scandalizes you, cut it off.
It is better for you to enter into life lame,
rather than having your two feet to be cast into Gehenna.
If your eye scandalizes you, pluck it out.
It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of God with one eye,
rather than with two eyes to be cast into Gehenna
‘where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Ephesians 4.1-7, 11-13
Brothers and sisters:
I, the prisoner in the Lord,
beg you to walk in a manner
worthy of the calling
with which you were called,
with all lowliness and humility, with patience,
bearing with one another in love;
being eager to keep
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as you also were called
in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in us all.
But to each one of us was the grace given
according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
He gave some to be apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
for the perfecting of the saints,
to the work of serving,
to the building up of the body of Christ;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a full-grown man,
to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth.
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.
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.
Gospel – Matthew 9.9-13
As Jesus passed by,
he saw a human called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
As he sat in the house, behold,
many tax collectors and sinners came
and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a physician,
but those who are sick do.
But you go and learn what this means:
‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’
for I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.”
Reading 1 - Ephesians 4.1-7, 11-13
Brothers and sisters:
I, the prisoner in the Lord,
beg you to walk in a manner
worthy of the calling
with which you were called,
with all lowliness and humility, with patience,
bearing with one another in love;
being eager to keep
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body, and one Spirit,
even as you also were called
in one hope of your calling;
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
one God and Father of all,
who is over all and through all and in us all.
But to each one of us was the grace given
according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
He gave some to be apostles;
and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
for the perfecting of the saints,
to the work of serving,
to the building up of the body of Christ;
until we all attain to the unity of the faith,
and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to a full-grown man,
to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth.
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.
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.
Gospel – Matthew 9.9-13
As Jesus passed by,
he saw a human called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office.
He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
As he sat in the house, behold,
many tax collectors and sinners came
and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
When Jesus heard it, he said to them,
“Those who are healthy have no need for a physician,
but those who are sick do.
But you go and learn what this means:
‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’
for I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.”
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Amos 7.10-17
Amaziah the priest of Bethel
sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying,
“Amos has conspired against you
in the midst of the house of Israel.
The land is not able to bear all his words.
For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of his land.’”
Amaziah also said to Amos,
“You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah,
and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
but do not prophesy again anymore at Bethel;
for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
Then Amos answered Amaziah,
“I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet’s son;
but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
and the Lord took me from following the flock,
and the Lord said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Now therefore listen to the Lord’s word:
‘You say, “Do not prophesy against Israel,
and do not preach against the house of Isaac.”’
Therefore the Lord says:
‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters
shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be divided by line;
and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean,
and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of their land.’”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10cd
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
Gospel – Matthew 9.1-8
Jesus entered into a boat, and crossed over,
and came into his own city.
Behold, they brought to him
someone who was paralyzed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,
“Child, take courage! Your sins are forgiven you.”
Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
“He blasphemes.”
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
“Why do you think evil in your hearts?
For which is easier:
to say ‘Your sins are forgiven’
or to say ‘Get up, and walk?’
But that you may know that
the Son of Human has
authority on earth to forgive sin”
he said to the paralytic,
“Get up, and take up your mat,
and go up to your house.”
He arose and departed to his house.
But when the crowds saw it,
they marveled and glorified God,
who had given such authority to humans.
Reading 1 – Amos 7.10-17
Amaziah the priest of Bethel
sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying,
“Amos has conspired against you
in the midst of the house of Israel.
The land is not able to bear all his words.
For Amos says, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword,
and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of his land.’”
Amaziah also said to Amos,
“You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah,
and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
but do not prophesy again anymore at Bethel;
for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a royal house!”
Then Amos answered Amaziah,
“I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet’s son;
but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
and the Lord took me from following the flock,
and the Lord said to me,
‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Now therefore listen to the Lord’s word:
‘You say, “Do not prophesy against Israel,
and do not preach against the house of Isaac.”’
Therefore the Lord says:
‘Your wife shall be a prostitute in the city,
and your sons and your daughters
shall fall by the sword,
and your land shall be divided by line;
and you yourself shall die in a land that is unclean,
and Israel shall surely be
led away captive out of their land.’”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10cd
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. The ordinances of the Lord are true, and righteous altogether.
Gospel – Matthew 9.1-8
Jesus entered into a boat, and crossed over,
and came into his own city.
Behold, they brought to him
someone who was paralyzed, lying on a bed.
Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,
“Child, take courage! Your sins are forgiven you.”
Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves,
“He blasphemes.”
Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said,
“Why do you think evil in your hearts?
For which is easier:
to say ‘Your sins are forgiven’
or to say ‘Get up, and walk?’
But that you may know that
the Son of Human has
authority on earth to forgive sin”
he said to the paralytic,
“Get up, and take up your mat,
and go up to your house.”
He arose and departed to his house.
But when the crowds saw it,
they marveled and glorified God,
who had given such authority to humans.
Solemnity of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles at the Vigil Mass
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Acts 3.1-10
Peter and John were going up into the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
A certain man who was
crippled from his mother’s womb
was carried and laid daily
at the gate of the temple called “Beautiful”,
to ask beg for alms from those who entered the temple.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked to receive alms.
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, together with John, said,
“Look at us.”
He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “Of silver and gold I have none,
but what I have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
get up and walk!”
He took him by the right hand and raised him up.
Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk.
He entered with them into the temple,
walking, leaping, and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and praising God.
They recognized him,
that it was he who used to sit
begging for alms
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and amazement
at what had happened to him.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth.
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.
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.
Reading 2 – Galatians 1.11-20
I make known to you, brothers and sisters,
concerning the Gospel which was preached by me,
that it does not come from humans.
For neither did I receive it from a human,
nor was I taught it,
but it came to me through
revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of
my way of living in time past
in the Jewish religion,
how I, beyond measure,
persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.
I advanced in the Jewish religion
beyond many of my own age
among my countrymen,
being more exceedingly zealous
for the traditions of my fathers.
But when it was the good pleasure of God,
who set me apart from my mother’s womb,
and called me through his grace,
to reveal his Son to me,
that I might preach him among the Gentiles,
I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
nor did I go up to Jerusalem
to those who were Apostles before me,
but I went away into Arabia.
Then I returned to Damascus.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem
to visit Kephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
But of the other Apostles I saw no one,
except James, the Lord’s brother.
Now about the things which I write to you,
behold, before God, I am not lying.
Gospel – John 21.15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples,
when they had eaten their breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John,
do you love me more than these?”
He said to him,
“Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
He said to him again a second time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
He said to him,
“Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
He said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John,
do you have affection for me?”
Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time,
“Do you have affection for me?”
He said to him, “Lord, you know everything.
You know that I have affection for you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
when you were young,
you dressed yourself
and walked where you wanted to.
But when you are old,
you will stretch out your hands,
and another will dress you
and carry you where you do not want to go.”
Now he said this signifying
by what kind of death he would glorify God.
When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
Reading 1 – Acts 3.1-10
Peter and John were going up into the temple
at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
A certain man who was
crippled from his mother’s womb
was carried and laid daily
at the gate of the temple called “Beautiful”,
to ask beg for alms from those who entered the temple.
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple,
he asked to receive alms.
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, together with John, said,
“Look at us.”
He listened to them,
expecting to receive something from them.
But Peter said, “Of silver and gold I have none,
but what I have I give you.
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
get up and walk!”
He took him by the right hand and raised him up.
Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength.
Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk.
He entered with them into the temple,
walking, leaping, and praising God.
All the people saw him walking and praising God.
They recognized him,
that it was he who used to sit
begging for alms
at the Beautiful Gate of the temple.
They were filled with wonder and amazement
at what had happened to him.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5 Resp. 5
R. Their sound has gone forth through all the earth.
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.
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.
Reading 2 – Galatians 1.11-20
I make known to you, brothers and sisters,
concerning the Gospel which was preached by me,
that it does not come from humans.
For neither did I receive it from a human,
nor was I taught it,
but it came to me through
revelation of Jesus Christ.
For you have heard of
my way of living in time past
in the Jewish religion,
how I, beyond measure,
persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.
I advanced in the Jewish religion
beyond many of my own age
among my countrymen,
being more exceedingly zealous
for the traditions of my fathers.
But when it was the good pleasure of God,
who set me apart from my mother’s womb,
and called me through his grace,
to reveal his Son to me,
that I might preach him among the Gentiles,
I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
nor did I go up to Jerusalem
to those who were Apostles before me,
but I went away into Arabia.
Then I returned to Damascus.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem
to visit Kephas and stayed with him fifteen days.
But of the other Apostles I saw no one,
except James, the Lord’s brother.
Now about the things which I write to you,
behold, before God, I am not lying.
Gospel – John 21.15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples,
when they had eaten their breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John,
do you love me more than these?”
He said to him,
“Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
He said to him again a second time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
He said to him,
“Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.”
He said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
He said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John,
do you have affection for me?”
Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time,
“Do you have affection for me?”
He said to him, “Lord, you know everything.
You know that I have affection for you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.
Amen, amen, I tell you,
when you were young,
you dressed yourself
and walked where you wanted to.
But when you are old,
you will stretch out your hands,
and another will dress you
and carry you where you do not want to go.”
Now he said this signifying
by what kind of death he would glorify God.
When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”
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.
Holy Saturday - Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Official Translation
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
At least 3 of the first 7 readings, or up to 7, but always read “Reading 3” from Exodus.
Reading 1 – Genesis 1.1-2.2 or 1.1, 26-31a
In the beginning,
God created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was formless and empty.
Darkness was on the surface of the deep
and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw the light, and saw that it was good.
God divided the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day”,
and the darkness he called “night”.
There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
God said, “Let there be an expanse
in the middle of the waters,
and let it divide the waters from the waters.”
God made the expanse,
and divided the waters which were under the expanse
from the waters which were above the expanse;
and it was so.
God called the expanse “sky”.
There was evening and there was morning, the second day.
God said, “Let the waters under the sky
be gathered together to one place,
and let the dry land appear”;
and it was so.
God called the dry land “earth”,
and the gathering together of the waters he called “seas”.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds,
and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it,
on the earth”; and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind,
and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind;
and God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the third day.
God said, “Let there be lights
in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night;
and let them be for signs to mark
seasons, days, and years;
and let them be for lights
in the expanse of sky to give light on the earth”;
and it was so.
God made the two great lights:
the greater light to rule the day,
and the lesser light to rule the night.
He also made the stars.
God set them in the expanse of sky
to give light to the earth,
and to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness.
God saw that it was good.
There was evening and there was morning, the fourth day.
God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth
in the open expanse of sky.”
God created the large sea creatures
and every living creature that moves,
with which the waters swarmed,
after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God blessed them, saying,
“Be fruitful, and multiply,
and fill the waters in the seas,
and let birds multiply on the earth.”
There was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures after their kind,
livestock, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind”;
and it was so.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind,
and the livestock after their kind,
and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind.
God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion
over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the sky,
and over the livestock,
and over all the earth,
and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God created man in his own image.
In God’s image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them.
God said to them,
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.
Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the sky,
and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
God said, “Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed,
which is on the surface of all the earth,
and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed.
It will be your food.
To every animal of the earth,
and to every bird of the sky,
and to everything that creeps on the earth,
in which there is life,
I have given every green herb for food;”
and it was so.
God saw everything that he had made,
and, behold, it was very good.
There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished.
On the seventh day God finished his work which he had done;
and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
Responsorial – Psalm 104.1-2, 5-6, 10, 12, 13-14, 24, 35 Resp. 30
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Bless the Lord, my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You laid the foundations of the earth,
that it should not be moved forever.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak.
The waters stood above the mountains.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You send springs into the valleys.
They run among the mountains.
The birds of the sky nest by them.
They sing among the branches.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
You water the mountains from your rooms.
The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.
You cause the grass to grow for the livestock,
and plants for man to cultivate,
that he may produce food out of the earth:
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Bless the Lord, my soul! Alleluia.
R. Lord, send out your Spirit; renew the face of the earth.
Or Psalm 33.4-5, 6-7, 12-13, 20+22 Resp. 5b
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord, the heavens were made;
all their host by the breath of his mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap.
He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
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. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Our soul has waited for the Lord.
He is our help and our shield.
Let your loving kindness be on us, O Lord,
since we have hoped in you.
R. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the Lord.
Reading 2 – Genesis 22.1-18 or 22.1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18
God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
God said,
“Take your son, your only son,
whom you love, Isaac himself,
and go into the land of Moriah.
Offer him there as a burnt offering
on one of the mountains
which I will point out to you.”
Abraham rose early in the morning,
and saddled his donkey,
and took two of his young men with him,
and Isaac his son.
He split the wood for the burnt offering,
and rose up, and went
to the place of which God had told him.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes,
and saw the place far off.
Abraham said to his young men,
“Stay here with the donkey.
The boy and I will go yonder.
We will worship, and come back to you.”
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering
and laid it on Isaac his son.
He took in his hand the fire and the knife.
They both went together.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?”
He said, “Here I am, my son.”
He said, “Here is the fire and the wood,
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
Abraham said, “God will provide himself
the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.”
So they both went together.
When they came to the place
which God had pointed out to him,
Abraham built the altar there,
and laid the wood in order,
bound Isaac his son,
and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Then Abraham stretched out his hand,
and took the knife to kill his son.
The Lord’s angel called to him from heaven
and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
He said, “Here I am.”
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy,
nor do anything to him.
For now I know that you fear God,
since you have not withheld
your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked and saw
that behind him was a ram
caught in the thicket by his horns.
Abraham went and took the ram,
and offered it up for a burnt offering
instead of his son.
Abraham called the name of that place:
Yahweh-yireh.
As it is said to this day,
“On the mountain, the Lord will see.”
The Lord’s angel called to Abraham
a second time from heaven,
and said, “I have sworn by myself, says the Lord,
because you have done this thing,
and have not withheld your son, your only son,
that I will bless you greatly,
and I will multiply your seed greatly
like the stars of the heavens,
and like the sand which is on the seashore.
Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.
All the nations of the earth
will be blessed by your seed,
because you have obeyed my voice.”
Responsorial – Psalm 16.5, 8, 9-10, 11 Resp. 1
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
The Lord assigned my portion and my cup.
You made my lot secure.
I have set the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices.
My body shall also dwell in safety.
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol,
nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
You will show me the path of life.
In your presence is fullness of joy.
In your right hand there are delights forevermore.
R. O Lord, you are my inheritance.
Reading 3 – Exodus 14.15-15.1
The Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me?
Speak to the children of Israel;
tell them to go forward.
Lift up your rod,
and stretch out your hand over the sea,
and divide it:
and the children of Israel
shall go into the middle of the sea
on dry ground.
Behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians,
and they shall go in after them:
and I will get myself honor over Pharaoh,
and over all his armies, over his chariots,
and over his horsemen.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord,
when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh,
over his chariots, and over his horsemen.”
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel,
moved and went behind them;
and the pillar of cloud moved from before them,
and stood behind them.
It came between the camp of Egypt
and the camp of Israel;
and there was the cloud and the darkness,
so the night passed,
and the one did not come near the other all the night.
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind all the night,
and made the sea dry land,
and the waters were divided.
The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea
on the dry ground,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
The Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them
into the middle of the sea:
all of Pharaoh’s horses,
his chariots, and his horsemen.
In the morning watch,
the Lord looked out on the Egyptian army
through the pillar of fire and of cloud,
and confused the Egyptian army.
He clogged their chariot wheels,
and they drove them heavily;
so that the Egyptians said,
“Let us flee from the face of Israel,
for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians!”
The Lord said to Moses,
“Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the waters may come again
over the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”
Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the sea returned to its strength
when the morning appeared;
and the Egyptians fled against it.
The Lord overthrew the Egyptians
in the middle of the sea.
The waters returned,
and covered the chariots and the horsemen,
even all Pharaoh’s army
that went in after them into the sea.
There remained not a single one.
But the children of Israel
walked on dry land in the middle of the sea,
and the waters were a wall to them
on their right hand, and on their left.
Thus the Lord saved Israel that day
out of the hand of the Egyptians;
and Israel saw the Egyptians
dead on the seashore.
Israel saw the great work
which the Lord did to the Egyptians,
and the people feared the Lord;
and they believed in the Lord,
and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the children of Israel
sang this song to the Lord, and said,
“I will sing to the Lord,
for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and the chariot
he has thrown into the sea.
Responsorial – Exodus 15.1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18 Resp. 1b
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song.
He has become my salvation.
This is my God, and I will praise him;
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is a warrior.
Lord is his name.
He has cast Pharaoh’s chariots and his army into the sea.
His chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
The deeps cover them.
They went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Lord, is glorious in power.
Your right hand, Lord, dashes the enemy into pieces.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
You shall bring them in, the people you redeemed,
and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance,
the place, the Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in;
the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established.
The Lord shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously.
Reading 4 – Isaiah 54.5-14
Your Maker is your husband;
the Lord of Hosts is his name:
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of the Whole Earth.
For the Lord has called you
like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,
even a wife of youth, cast off,
says your God.
For a small moment have I forsaken you;
but with great mercies will I gather you.
In overflowing wrath
I hid my face from you for a moment;
but with everlasting loving kindness
will I have mercy on you,
says the Lord your Redeemer.
This is for me like the waters of Noah;
for as I have sworn that
the waters of Noah
shall never again go over the earth,
so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you,
nor rebuke you.
For the mountains may depart,
and the hills be removed;
but my loving kindness shall not depart from you,
nor shall my covenant of peace be removed,”
says the Lord who has mercy on you.
You afflicted,
tossed with storms,
and not comforted,
behold, I will set your stones in beautiful colors,
and lay your foundations with sapphires.
I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
and your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
All your children shall be taught by the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of your children.
In righteousness you shall be established:
you shall be far from oppression,
for you shall not be afraid;
and from terror,
for it shall not come near you.
Responsorial – Psalm 30.2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13 Resp. 2a
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up,
and have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.
You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his.
Give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment.
His favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may last all night,
but joy comes in the morning.
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Hear, Lord, and have mercy on me.
Lord, be my helper.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
R. I will extol you, the Lord, for you have raised me up.
Reading 5 – Isaiah 55.1-11
Thus says the LORD:
Come, everyone who thirsts,
to the waters!
Come, you who have no money,
buy, and eat!
Yes, come, without money and without price.
drink wine and milk!
Why do you spend money
for what is not bread?
Your labor for
what does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me,
and you will eat what is good,
and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Turn your ear, and come to me;
hear, and your soul shall live:
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the mercies assured to David.
Behold, I have made him
a witness to the nations,
a leader and commander to the nations.
Behold, you shall call a nation
that you do not know,’
and a nation that did not know
you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel;
for he has glorified you.
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call you on him while he is near:
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
and let him return to the Lord,
and he will have mercy on him;
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain and the snow
come down from the heavens,
and do not return there,
until they water the earth,
and makes it grow and bud,
giving seed to the sower
and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be
that goes out of my mouth:
it shall not return to me void,
but it shall accomplish my will,
and it shall prosper
in what I sent it to do.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12.2-3, 4, 5-6 Resp. 3
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Reading 6 – Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Hear, Israel, the commandments of life;
listen, to understand wisdom.
How has it happened, Israel,
that you are in your enemies’ land,
that you have grown old in a strange country,
that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those
who go down into the grave?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom!
For if you had walked in the way of God,
you would have dwelled in peace for ever.
Learn, where wisdom is,
where strength is, where understanding is,
so that you may know also
where length of days and life are,
where the light of the eyes and peace are.
Who has found out her place?
Or who has come into her treasures?
He who knows all things knows her
and has found her with his understanding:
he who prepared the earth forevermore,
who has filled it with four-footed beasts,
he who sends forth light and it goes,
who calls it again and it obeys him with fear.
The stars shine in their watches and rejoice.
When he calls them, they say, “Here we are!”
And so with cheerfulness
they shine for him who made them.
This is our God,
and no other shall stand in comparison with him.
He has founded all the way of knowledge,
and has given it to Jacob his servant
and Israel his beloved.
Afterward, he revealed himself upon the earth,
and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God
and the law that endures forever.
All those who keep it shall come to life,
but such as leave it shall die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it;
walk in the presence of its light
so that you may be illuminated.
Give not your honor to another,
nor the things which are beneficial for you
to a strange nation.
O Israel, happy are we,
for the things which are pleasing to God
are made known to us.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 7 – Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
The Word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, when the house of Israel
lived in their own land,
they defiled it by their ways and by their deeds:
Therefore I poured out my wrath on them
for the blood which they had poured out on the land,
and because they had defiled it with their idols;
and I scattered them among the nations,
and they were dispersed through the foreign lands:
according to their ways and according to their deeds
I judged them.
When they came to the nations, where they went,
they profaned my holy name; since men said of them,
“These are the people of the Lord,
and are gone out of his land.”
But I had respect for my holy name,
which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations,
where they went.
Therefore tell the house of Israel,
Thus says the Lord God:
I do not do this for your sake, house of Israel,
but for my holy name,
which you have profaned among the nations,
where you went.
I will sanctify my great name,
which has been profaned among the nations,
which you have profaned among them;
and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,
says the Lord God,
I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
For I will take you from among the nations,
and gather you out of all the foreign lands,
and will bring you into your own land.
I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you shall be clean:
from all your filthiness, and from all your idols,
will I cleanse you.
I will also give you a new heart,
and I will put a new spirit within you;
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh,
and I will give you a heart of flesh.
I will put my Spirit within you,
and cause you to walk in my statutes,
and you shall keep my ordinances and do them.
You shall dwell in the land
that I gave to your fathers,
and you shall be my people,
and I will be your God.
Responsorial – Psalm 42:3, 5, 43:3, 4 Resp. 42.2 (When baptism is celebrated)
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
My soul thirsts for the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
I went with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
O send out your light and your truth.
Let them lead me.
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
to your dwelling.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God, my exceeding joy.
I will praise you on the harp,
O God, my God.
R. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Responsorial – Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Resp. 3 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Behold, God is my salvation.
I will trust and will not be afraid;
for the Lord, the Lord, is my strength and song;
and he has become my salvation.
Therefore with joy you will draw water
out of the wells of salvation.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name.
Declare his deeds among the nations.
Proclaim that his name is exalted!
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Sing to the Lord, for he has done excellent things!
Let this be known in all the earth!
Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion;
For great in your midst
is the Holy One of Israel.
R. With joy you will draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Or Psalm 51.12-13, 14-15, 18-19 Resp. 12 (When baptism is not celebrated.)
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Renew a right spirit within me.
Do not cast me out from your presence,
and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation.
Uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways.
Sinners shall be converted to you.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
For you do not delight in sacrifice.
I would give a burnt offering, but you have no pleasure in it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit.
A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
R. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
Epistle – Romans 6.3-11
Brothers and Sisters:
Do you not know that whoever was baptized in Christ Jesus
was baptized in his death?
For we are buried together with him by baptism into death
so that, as Christ is risen from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
so we too may walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in a death like his,
so also we will be raised.
Knowing this, that our old humanity is crucified with him,
that the body of sin may be destroyed,
so that we will no longer serve sin.
For the dead one is justified from sin.
Now, if we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live together with him.
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, will not die again
Death no longer has power over you.
For the death that he died,
he died to sin one time;
but the life is life with God.
Thus consider yourselves also
to be dead with respect to sin,
but alive with God
in Christ Jesus.
Responsorial – Psalm 118.1-2, 16-17, 22-23
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
“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. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
The stone which the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
This is the Lord’s doing.
It is marvelous in our eyes.
R. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Mark 16.1-7
When the Sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome,
bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Very early on the first day of the week,
they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.
They were saying among themselves,
“Who will roll away the stone
from the entrance of the tomb for us?”
Looking ahead,
they saw that the stone was rolled back.
It was very large.
Entering into the tomb,
they saw a young man sitting on the right side,
dressed in a white robe,
and they were amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed.
You seek Jesus of Nazareth the crucified.
He has been raised. He is not here.
Behold, the place where they laid him.
But go, tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He goes before you into Galilee.
There you will see him, as he said to you.’”
Third Sunday of Lent (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Exodus 20.1-17
In those days, God delivered all these commandments:
“I, the Lord, am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourselves an idol,
any image of anything that is in the heavens above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth:
you shall not bow yourself down to them,
nor serve them,
for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,
on the third and on the fourth generation
of those who hate me,
and showing loving kindness to the thousandth generation
of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless
who takes his name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy.
You shall labor six days
and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.
You shall not do any work on it,
not you nor your son nor your daughter,
not your male servant nor your female servant,
nor your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your gates;
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
and rested the seventh day;
therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long
in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 1.22-25
Brothers and sisters:
For Jews ask for signs,
Greeks seek after wisdom,
but we preach Christ crucified;
a stumbling block to Jews,
and foolishness to Greeks,
but to those who are called,
both Jews and Greeks,
Christ is the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than humans,
and the weakness of God is stronger than humans.
Gospel – John 2.13-25
The Passover of the Jews was near,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found, sitting in the temple,
the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves and the moneychangers.
So when he had made a whip out of cords,
he drove them all out of the temple,
including the sheep and the oxen,
and he poured out the moneychangers’ money,
and he overturned the tables.
And to those who sold doves he said,
“Take these things out of here,
and do not make the house of my Father a house of a bazaar.”
His disciples remembered that it was written,
“The zeal for your house has consumed me.”
The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him,
“What sign do you show us, since you do these things?”
Jesus answered, and said to them,
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Then the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple,
and you will raise it up in three days?
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Therefore when he was risen from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they believed the Scripture
and the word that Jesus had said.
Now when he was in Jerusalem
during the feast of Passover,
many believed in his name,
seeing his signs which he did.
But Jesus did not trust himself to them,
because he knew them all,
and did not need for anyone
to testify concerning the human;
for he himself knew what was in the human.
Reading 1 – Exodus 20.1-17
In those days, God delivered all these commandments:
“I, the Lord, am your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourselves an idol,
any image of anything that is in the heavens above,
or that is in the earth beneath,
or that is in the water under the earth:
you shall not bow yourself down to them,
nor serve them,
for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children,
on the third and on the fourth generation
of those who hate me,
and showing loving kindness to the thousandth generation
of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,
for the Lord will not hold him guiltless
who takes his name in vain.
Remember the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy.
You shall labor six days
and do all your work,
but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.
You shall not do any work on it,
not you nor your son nor your daughter,
not your male servant nor your female servant,
nor your livestock, nor the stranger who is within your gates;
for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them,
and rested the seventh day;
therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
Honor your father and your mother,
that your days may be long
in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife,
nor his male servant, nor his female servant,
nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. John 6:68c
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
More to be desired are they than gold,
yes, than a pile of fine gold;
sweeter also than honey,
the extract of the honeycomb.
R. Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
Reading 2 – 1 Corinthians 1.22-25
Brothers and sisters:
For Jews ask for signs,
Greeks seek after wisdom,
but we preach Christ crucified;
a stumbling block to Jews,
and foolishness to Greeks,
but to those who are called,
both Jews and Greeks,
Christ is the power of God
and the wisdom of God.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than humans,
and the weakness of God is stronger than humans.
Gospel – John 2.13-25
The Passover of the Jews was near,
and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
He found, sitting in the temple,
the sellers of oxen and sheep and doves and the moneychangers.
So when he had made a whip out of cords,
he drove them all out of the temple,
including the sheep and the oxen,
and he poured out the moneychangers’ money,
and he overturned the tables.
And to those who sold doves he said,
“Take these things out of here,
and do not make the house of my Father a house of a bazaar.”
His disciples remembered that it was written,
“The zeal for your house has consumed me.”
The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him,
“What sign do you show us, since you do these things?”
Jesus answered, and said to them,
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
Then the Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple,
and you will raise it up in three days?
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
Therefore when he was risen from the dead,
his disciples remembered that he had said this,
and they believed the Scripture
and the word that Jesus had said.
Now when he was in Jerusalem
during the feast of Passover,
many believed in his name,
seeing his signs which he did.
But Jesus did not trust himself to them,
because he knew them all,
and did not need for anyone
to testify concerning the human;
for he himself knew what was in the human.
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
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 – Leviticus 19.1-2, 11-18
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to all the congregation
of the children of Israel, and tell them,
‘You shall be holy;
for I, the Lord your God, am holy.”
“You shall not steal.
You shall not lie.
You shall not deceive one another.
You shall not swear by my name falsely,
and profane the name of your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him.
The wages of a hired servant
shall not remain with you
all night until the morning.
You shall not curse the deaf,
nor put a stumbling block
in front of the blind;
but you shall fear your God.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall do no injustice in judging.
You shall not be partial to the poor,
nor show favoritism to the great;
but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall not go up and down
as a slanderer among your people.
You shall not stand by
while the blood of your neighbor is threatened.
I am the Lord.”
“You shall not hate your brother
in your heart.
You shall surely rebuke your neighbor,
and not bear sin because of him.
You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge
against the children of your people;
but you shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
I am the Lord.”
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 Resp. John 6:63b
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. Your words, O Lord, are Spirit and life.
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.”
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie
against the truth.
That wisdom is not
what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom
that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful,
gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness
is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down,
and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out,
but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him,
and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him,
and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both
into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw
that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit,
I command you, come out of him,
and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly,
it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said
that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand
and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house,
his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all
except by prayer and fasting.”
Reading 1 – James 3.13-18
Beloved:
Who among you is wise and intelligent?
Let them show by their good conduct
that their deeds are done
in the humility of wisdom.
But if you have bitter jealousy
and selfish ambition in your heart,
do not boast and lie
against the truth.
That wisdom is not
what comes down from above,
but is earthly, soulful, and demonic.
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are,
there is confusion and every evil deed.
But the wisdom
that is from above
is first pure, then peaceful,
gentle, listening,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality and without hypocrisy.
The fruit of righteousness
is planted in peace,
for those who make peace.
Responsorial – Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 15 R. 9a
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The law of the Lord is perfect,
restoring the soul.
The covenant of the Lord is sure,
making the simple wise.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart.
The command of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are true,
and righteous altogether.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock, and my redeemer.
R. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.
Gospel – Mark 9.14-29
As Jesus came down the mountain
with Peter, James, and John,
coming to the other disciples,
he saw a great crowd around them,
and scribes questioning them.
Immediately all the crowd,
when they saw him, were greatly amazed,
and running to him greeted him.
He asked the scribes, “What are you asking them?”
One of the crowd answered,
“Teacher, I brought to you my son,
who has a mute spirit;
and wherever it seizes him,
it throws him down,
and he foams at the mouth,
and grinds his teeth, and wastes away.
I asked your disciples to cast it out,
but they were not able.”
He answered him,
“Unbelieving kind,
how long shall I be with you?
How long shall I bear with you?
Bring him to me.”
They brought him to him,
and when he saw him,
immediately the spirit convulsed him,
and he fell on the ground,
wallowing and foaming at the mouth.
He asked his father,
“How long has it been since this has come to him?”
He said, “From childhood.
Often it has cast him both
into the fire and into the water,
to destroy him.
But if you are able to do anything,
have compassion on us, and help us.”
Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?!’Everything is possible by faith.”
Immediately the father of the child, crying, said,
“I do believe. Help my unbelief!”
When Jesus saw
that a crowd was gathering,
he rebuked the unclean spirit,
saying to him,
“You mute and deaf spirit,
I command you, come out of him,
and never enter him again!”
Crying, and heaving greatly,
it came out.
The boy became like one dead;
so much that most of them said
that he had died.
But Jesus took his hand
and raised him up, and he got up.
When he had come into the house,
his disciples asked him by himself,
“Why were we not able to cast it out?”
He said to them,
“That kind cannot come out at all
except by prayer and fasting.”
Feast of St. Andrew, Apostle
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Romans 10.9-18
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you shall be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto justification,
and with the lips, one confesses unto salvation.
For the scripture says,
“Whoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.”
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
for the same Lord is Lord of all, with riches for all who call upon him.
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear unless it is preached?
And how shall they preach unless they were sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good gospel,
But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I say, “Have they not heard?”
Amen, their voice went to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Responsorial - Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10 or John 6.63
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is trustworthy,
making the simple wise.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true,
completely just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey,
honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 4.18-22
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
They immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Continuing on from there, he saw two more brothers,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Reading 1 – Romans 10.9-18
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,
and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead,
you shall be saved.
For with the heart, one believes unto justification,
and with the lips, one confesses unto salvation.
For the scripture says,
“Whoever believes in him shall not be ashamed.”
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek,
for the same Lord is Lord of all, with riches for all who call upon him.
For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?
And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
And how shall they hear unless it is preached?
And how shall they preach unless they were sent?
As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good gospel,
But they have not all obeyed the gospel.
For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
But I say, “Have they not heard?”
Amen, their voice went to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.
Responsorial - Psalm 19.8, 9, 10, 11 Resp. 10 or John 6.63
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is trustworthy,
making the simple wise.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is pure,
enlightening the eyes.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
The fear of the LORD is clean,
enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true,
completely just.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
They are more desirable than gold,
than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey,
honey from the comb.
R. The judgments of the Lord are true, completely just. or R. Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
Gospel – Matthew 4.18-22
Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee,
saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother,
casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
He said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
They immediately left their nets, and followed him.
Continuing on from there, he saw two more brothers,
James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother,
in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him.
Friday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time (I)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Wisdom 13.1-9
Empty are all humans
in whom there is no knowledge of God,
who by these good things that are seen
could not understand HIM WHO IS
nor by attending to the works
have acknowledged who the workman is,
but have imagined either
the fire or the wind or the swift air
or the circle of the stars or the great water
or the sun and moon
to be the gods that rule the world.
If they, being delighted by their beauty,
took them to be gods:
let them know how much more beautiful
is their Lord than they,
for the first author of beauty made all those things.
Or if they admired their power and their effects,
let them understand by them,
that he who made them is mightier than they,
for by the greatness and the beauty of the creature,
their Creator may be seen,
and so be known.
Yet as for these, they are less to be blamed,
for they perhaps err, seeking God,
and desirous to find him.
For being conversant among his works, they search,
and they are persuaded
that the things are good which are seen.
But then again they are not to be pardoned.
For if they were able to know so much
as to make a judgment of the world,
how did they not more easily find out its Lord?
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5ab Resp. 2a
R. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
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. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
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. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
Gospel – Luke 17.26-37
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As it came to pass in the days of Noah, so it will also be in the days of the Son of human:
They ate; they drank; they married; they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Likewise it came to pass, in the days of Lot:
They ate; they drank; they bought; they sold; they planted; they built.
Then on the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Accordingly, it will be so on the day when the Son of human is revealed.
On that day, there will be someone on the house and their goods in the house.
Let them not go down to get them.
And it is the same with someone in the field: they should not turn around to go back.
Remember Lot's wife!
If someone seeks to preserve their life, they will lose it, and anyone who loses it will produce it.
I say to you, on that night there shall be two upon one bed:
the one guy will be taken, and the other guy will be left.
Two will be together grinding grains:
the one lady will be taken and the other lady will be left.”
And answering they said to him: “Where, Lord?”
And he said to them, “Wherever the body is, the vultures gather there.”
Reading 1 – Wisdom 13.1-9
Empty are all humans
in whom there is no knowledge of God,
who by these good things that are seen
could not understand HIM WHO IS
nor by attending to the works
have acknowledged who the workman is,
but have imagined either
the fire or the wind or the swift air
or the circle of the stars or the great water
or the sun and moon
to be the gods that rule the world.
If they, being delighted by their beauty,
took them to be gods:
let them know how much more beautiful
is their Lord than they,
for the first author of beauty made all those things.
Or if they admired their power and their effects,
let them understand by them,
that he who made them is mightier than they,
for by the greatness and the beauty of the creature,
their Creator may be seen,
and so be known.
Yet as for these, they are less to be blamed,
for they perhaps err, seeking God,
and desirous to find him.
For being conversant among his works, they search,
and they are persuaded
that the things are good which are seen.
But then again they are not to be pardoned.
For if they were able to know so much
as to make a judgment of the world,
how did they not more easily find out its Lord?
Responsorial – Psalm 19.2-3, 4-5ab Resp. 2a
R. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
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. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
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. The heavens show forth the glory of God.
Gospel – Luke 17.26-37
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As it came to pass in the days of Noah, so it will also be in the days of the Son of human:
They ate; they drank; they married; they were given in marriage,
until the day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Likewise it came to pass, in the days of Lot:
They ate; they drank; they bought; they sold; they planted; they built.
Then on the day Lot left Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Accordingly, it will be so on the day when the Son of human is revealed.
On that day, there will be someone on the house and their goods in the house.
Let them not go down to get them.
And it is the same with someone in the field: they should not turn around to go back.
Remember Lot's wife!
If someone seeks to preserve their life, they will lose it, and anyone who loses it will produce it.
I say to you, on that night there shall be two upon one bed:
the one guy will be taken, and the other guy will be left.
Two will be together grinding grains:
the one lady will be taken and the other lady will be left.”
And answering they said to him: “Where, Lord?”
And he said to them, “Wherever the body is, the vultures gather there.”
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