Official Translation
Reading 1 - Deuteronomy 6.2-6
Moses spoke to the people, saying:
“Fear the Lord your God,
to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you,
you, and your son, and your son's son,
all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
Hear therefore, Israel, and carefully do it,
that it may go well with you, and that you may increase mightily,
as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised to you,
in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one,
and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your might.
These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart.”
Responsorial – Psalm 18.2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Resp. 2
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge;
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
I call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
and I am saved from my enemies.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
The Lord lives! Blessed be my rock!
Exalted be the God of my salvation,
He gives great deliverance to his king,
and shows loving kindness to his anointed.
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
Reading 2 – Hebrews 7.23-28
Brothers and sisters:
Many, indeed, have been made Levitical priests,
because they are prevented from continuing on by death.
But Jesus, because he lives forever, has his priesthood that does not pass away.
Therefore he is always able to save those who approach God through him,
since he lives forever to make intercession for them.
For such a high priest was fitting for us:
holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens.
He does not need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily,
first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people.
He did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
For the law appoints humans as high priests who have weakness,
but the word of the oath which came after the law
appoints a Son, perfected forever.
Gospel – Mark 12.28b-34
One of the scribes came and asked Jesus,
“Which commandment is the first of all?”
Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, is Lord alone:
you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
This is the first commandment.
The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him,
“Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love their neighbor as themself,
is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him,
“You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
And no one dared to question him anymore.
Mass Readings
Saturday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Philippians 1.18b-26
Brothers and sisters:
So long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth,
Christ is proclaimed, I rejoice in it, yes, and I will rejoice.
For I know that this will turn out to my salvation,
through your supplication and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
according to my earnest expectation and hope,
that I will in no way be disappointed,
but with all boldness, now as always,
Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
For to me life is Christ and death is gain.
If I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruitful labor for me,
yet I do not know what I will choose.
I am in a dilemma between the two,
having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain,
yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Responsorial – Psalm 42.2, 3, 5cdef Resp. 3
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
I used to go with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
Gospel - Luke 14.1, 7-11
When Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the Sabbath, to eat bread, they were watching him carefully.
So he told a parable to them who were invited,
noticing how they chose the highest seats at the table,
saying to them:
"When you are invited to a wedding,
do not sit down in the highest place,
since perhaps someone more honorable than you has been invited,
for the one who invited you both will come and say to you,
'Give this man your place',
and then you will go with shame to take the lowest place.
But when you are invited,
go, sit down in the lowest place,
so that when he who invited you, comes, he may say to you,
'Friend, go up higher.'
Then you shall be respected by those who sit at table with you.
Because everyone who exalts themself, shall be humbled;
but those who humble themself, shall be exalted.
Reading 1 - Philippians 1.18b-26
Brothers and sisters:
So long as in every way, whether in pretense or in truth,
Christ is proclaimed, I rejoice in it, yes, and I will rejoice.
For I know that this will turn out to my salvation,
through your supplication and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
according to my earnest expectation and hope,
that I will in no way be disappointed,
but with all boldness, now as always,
Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
For to me life is Christ and death is gain.
If I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruitful labor for me,
yet I do not know what I will choose.
I am in a dilemma between the two,
having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
Yet, to remain in the flesh is more necessary for your sake.
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain,
yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith,
that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again.
Responsorial – Psalm 42.2, 3, 5cdef Resp. 3
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come to see the face of God?
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
I used to go with the crowd,
and led them to God’s house,
with the voice of joy and praise,
a multitude keeping a holy day.
R. My soul thirsts for the living God.
Gospel - Luke 14.1, 7-11
When Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the Sabbath, to eat bread, they were watching him carefully.
So he told a parable to them who were invited,
noticing how they chose the highest seats at the table,
saying to them:
"When you are invited to a wedding,
do not sit down in the highest place,
since perhaps someone more honorable than you has been invited,
for the one who invited you both will come and say to you,
'Give this man your place',
and then you will go with shame to take the lowest place.
But when you are invited,
go, sit down in the lowest place,
so that when he who invited you, comes, he may say to you,
'Friend, go up higher.'
Then you shall be respected by those who sit at table with you.
Because everyone who exalts themself, shall be humbled;
but those who humble themself, shall be exalted.
November 2 - The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Wisdom 3.1-9
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the sight of the foolish, to die.
Their departure was reckoned an abuse,
and their going away from us, an affliction,
but they are at peace.
And though in the sight of humans they suffered torments,
their hope is full of immortality.
In a few ways, afflicted;
in many ways, well-rewarded,
because God has tried them,
and found them worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace he has proved them,
and as a sacrificial victim he has received them.
They will shine in their time, they will be respected.
They will fly to and fro like sparks in the weeds.
They shall judge nations and rule over people,
and their Lord shall reign forever.
Those who trust in him, shall understand the truth,
and the faithful in love shall rest in him,
since grace and peace are given to his elect.
Responsorial - Psalm 23.1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He has me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff –
they comfort me.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
You prepare a table before me,
in the presence of my foes.
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Reading 2 - Romans 6.3-9
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 man 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.
Gospel - John 6.37-40
Jesus said to the crowds:
All that the Father gives to me shall come to me;
and the one who comes to me, I will not reject.
Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will,
but the will of him who sent me.
Now this is the will of him who sent me:
All that he has given me, I shall not lose,
but I shall raise it on the last day.
For this is the will of my Father:
that all who see the Son and believe in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him in the last day.
Reading 1 - Wisdom 3.1-9
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the sight of the foolish, to die.
Their departure was reckoned an abuse,
and their going away from us, an affliction,
but they are at peace.
And though in the sight of humans they suffered torments,
their hope is full of immortality.
In a few ways, afflicted;
in many ways, well-rewarded,
because God has tried them,
and found them worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace he has proved them,
and as a sacrificial victim he has received them.
They will shine in their time, they will be respected.
They will fly to and fro like sparks in the weeds.
They shall judge nations and rule over people,
and their Lord shall reign forever.
Those who trust in him, shall understand the truth,
and the faithful in love shall rest in him,
since grace and peace are given to his elect.
Responsorial - Psalm 23.1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He has me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Your rod and your staff –
they comfort me.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
You prepare a table before me,
in the presence of my foes.
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
or
R. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Reading 2 - Romans 6.3-9
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 man 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.
Gospel - John 6.37-40
Jesus said to the crowds:
All that the Father gives to me shall come to me;
and the one who comes to me, I will not reject.
Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will,
but the will of him who sent me.
Now this is the will of him who sent me:
All that he has given me, I shall not lose,
but I shall raise it on the last day.
For this is the will of my Father:
that all who see the Son and believe in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him in the last day.
November 1 - Solemnity of All Saints
Today's Readings
Reading 1 - Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
having the seal of the living God;
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,
to whom it had been given to harm the land and the sea,
saying:
“Do not harm the land, nor the sea, nor the trees,
until we seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.”
And I heard the number of those who were sealed,
one hundred forty-four thousand were sealed,
from every tribe of the sons of Israel.
After this I looked, and behold: a great crowd,
who no one could count,
from all nations and tribes and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes and with palms in their hands.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying:
“Salvation is with our God, who sits upon the throne,
and with the Lamb.”
And all the angels stood around the throne,
with the elders and the four living creatures;
and they fell down on their faces before the throne,
and worshipped God, saying:
“Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving,
and honor and power and might
to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
And someone answered from the elders, saying to me,
“These who are clothed in white robes, who are they and where did they come from?”
And I told him, “You know, my lord.”
And he told me:
They have come from the great tribulation,
and have washed their robes,
and have made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
Responsorial - Psalm 24.1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and its inhabitants.
For he founded it upon the seas;
and upon the rivers made it firm.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
He who, with innocent hands and a clean of heart,
has not lifted up his soul to useless things.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from God his Savior.
This is the nature of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
Reading 2 - 1 John 3.1-3
Beloved:
Do you see what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called the children of God?
And so we are.
For this reason the world does not know us:
because it did not know him.
Beloved, we are now the children of God;
and what we shall be has not yet appeared.
We know that, when it does appear,
we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him just as he is.
And everyone who has this hope in him,
purifies themself, just as he is pure.
Gospel - Matthew 5.1-12a
Jesus, seeing the crowds, went up on the mountain,
and when he sat down, his disciples came to him,
and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the land.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for the sake of justice,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you
and speak all that is evil against you, falsely, because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward in heaven is great.
Reading 1 - Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,
having the seal of the living God;
and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels,
to whom it had been given to harm the land and the sea,
saying:
“Do not harm the land, nor the sea, nor the trees,
until we seal the servants of our God upon their foreheads.”
And I heard the number of those who were sealed,
one hundred forty-four thousand were sealed,
from every tribe of the sons of Israel.
After this I looked, and behold: a great crowd,
who no one could count,
from all nations and tribes and peoples and languages,
standing before the throne and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes and with palms in their hands.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying:
“Salvation is with our God, who sits upon the throne,
and with the Lamb.”
And all the angels stood around the throne,
with the elders and the four living creatures;
and they fell down on their faces before the throne,
and worshipped God, saying:
“Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving,
and honor and power and might
to our God forever and ever. Amen.”
And someone answered from the elders, saying to me,
“These who are clothed in white robes, who are they and where did they come from?”
And I told him, “You know, my lord.”
And he told me:
They have come from the great tribulation,
and have washed their robes,
and have made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.
Responsorial - Psalm 24.1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world and its inhabitants.
For he founded it upon the seas;
and upon the rivers made it firm.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord?
Who shall stand in his holy place?
He who, with innocent hands and a clean of heart,
has not lifted up his soul to useless things.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
He shall receive a blessing from the Lord,
and righteousness from God his Savior.
This is the nature of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
R. Lord, this is the people that seeks your face.
Reading 2 - 1 John 3.1-3
Beloved:
Do you see what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called the children of God?
And so we are.
For this reason the world does not know us:
because it did not know him.
Beloved, we are now the children of God;
and what we shall be has not yet appeared.
We know that, when it does appear,
we shall be like to him:
because we shall see him just as he is.
And everyone who has this hope in him,
purifies themself, just as he is pure.
Gospel - Matthew 5.1-12a
Jesus, seeing the crowds, went up on the mountain,
and when he sat down, his disciples came to him,
and opening his mouth, he taught them, saying:
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the land.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice,
for they shall have their fill.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called children of God.
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for the sake of justice,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you
and speak all that is evil against you, falsely, because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward in heaven is great.
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 - Ephesians 6.1-9
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“Honor your father and mother,”
is the first commandment with a promise:
“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,
but nurture them in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Slaves, obey lords according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
not under supervision like people-pleasers
but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your soul.
Serving with good minds, as to the Lord, and not to humans,
knowing that whatever good thing each does,
will itself be provided from the Lord, whether slave or free.
Lords, do the same to them, stopping the threats,
knowing that both their Lord and yours is in heaven,
and there is no partiality with him.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 Resp. 13c
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Let all your works, O Lord, praise you,
and let your holy ones bless you.
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom:
and tell of your power.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
The Lord is faithful in all his words,
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed down.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Gospel – Luke 13.22-30
Jesus went on his way through cities and villages,
teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
Someone said to him, “Lord, will the saved be few?”
He said to them, “Strive to enter in by the narrow door,
for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
Once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door,
and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’
then he will answer and tell you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
He will say, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God,
and yourselves being thrown outside.
They will come from the east, west, north, and south,
and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first,
and there are some who are first who will be last.”
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 - Ephesians 6.1-9
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
“Honor your father and mother,”
is the first commandment with a promise:
“that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,
but nurture them in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Slaves, obey lords according to the flesh,
with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
not under supervision like people-pleasers
but like slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your soul.
Serving with good minds, as to the Lord, and not to humans,
knowing that whatever good thing each does,
will itself be provided from the Lord, whether slave or free.
Lords, do the same to them, stopping the threats,
knowing that both their Lord and yours is in heaven,
and there is no partiality with him.
Responsorial – Psalm 145.10-11, 12-13ab, 13cd-14 Resp. 13c
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Let all your works, O Lord, praise you,
and let your holy ones bless you.
They will speak of the glory of your kingdom:
and tell of your power.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
the glory of the majesty of his kingdom.
Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
The Lord is faithful in all his words,
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord upholds all who fall,
and raises up all those who are bowed down.
R. The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Gospel – Luke 13.22-30
Jesus went on his way through cities and villages,
teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
Someone said to him, “Lord, will the saved be few?”
He said to them, “Strive to enter in by the narrow door,
for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
Once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door,
and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’
then he will answer and tell you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
He will say, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth,
when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God,
and yourselves being thrown outside.
They will come from the east, west, north, and south,
and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
Behold, there are some who are last who will be first,
and there are some who are first who will be last.”
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ephesians 5.21-33
Brothers and sisters:
Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife,
and Christ also is the head of the Church,
he is the Savior of his body.
As the Church submits to Christ,
so let wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the Church,
and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the Church to himself in glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she would be holy and without defect.
Just so, husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no one ever hated their own flesh,
but nourishes and cherishes it,
just as the Lord does the Church,
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a human will leave his father and mother,
and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
This mystery is great: I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself,
and the wife should respect her husband.
Responsorial – Psalm 128.1-2, 3, 4-5 Resp. 1a
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
For you will eat the labor of your hands.
You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine,
in the innermost parts of your house;
your children like olive plants,
around your table.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 13.18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden.
It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast, which a woman took and mixed in three measures of flour,
until it was all leavened.”
Reading 1 – Ephesians 5.21-33
Brothers and sisters:
Submit yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife,
and Christ also is the head of the Church,
he is the Savior of his body.
As the Church submits to Christ,
so let wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
Husbands, love your wives,
just as Christ loved the Church,
and gave himself up for her,
that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,
so that he might present the Church to himself in glory,
having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing,
but that she would be holy and without defect.
Just so, husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies.
He who loves his own wife loves himself.
For no one ever hated their own flesh,
but nourishes and cherishes it,
just as the Lord does the Church,
because we are members of his body.
“For this reason a human will leave his father and mother,
and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh.”
This mystery is great: I speak concerning Christ and the Church.
In any case, each one of you should love his wife as himself,
and the wife should respect her husband.
Responsorial – Psalm 128.1-2, 3, 4-5 Resp. 1a
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in his ways.
For you will eat the labor of your hands.
You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Your wife will be as a fruitful vine,
in the innermost parts of your house;
your children like olive plants,
around your table.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Behold, thus is the man blessed
who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion,
and may you see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life.
R. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord.
Gospel – Luke 13.18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and put in his own garden.
It grew, and became a large tree, and the birds of the sky live in its branches.”
Again he said, “To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
It is like yeast, which a woman took and mixed in three measures of flour,
until it was all leavened.”
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Ephesians 4.32-5:8
Brothers and sisters:
Be kind to one another, tender hearted,
forgiving each other, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
But let perversion and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate,
but rather thanksgiving.
Know this for sure: no pervert, nor unclean person, nor coveter, who is an idolater,
has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words.
For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.
Therefore do not be partners with them.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. Ephesians 5.1
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Gospel – Luke 13.10-17
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of disability eighteen years,
and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her,
“Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
The leader of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,
said to the crowd, “There are six days on which to work.
Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
But the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites!
Do not each of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath,
and lead him away to water?
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan had bound eighteen long years,
be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
As he said these things, all his accusers were shamed,
and the whole crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
Reading 1 – Ephesians 4.32-5:8
Brothers and sisters:
Be kind to one another, tender hearted,
forgiving each other, just as God in Christ forgave you.
Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us,
an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
But let perversion and all uncleanness, or covetousness,
not even be mentioned among you, as becomes saints;
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate,
but rather thanksgiving.
Know this for sure: no pervert, nor unclean person, nor coveter, who is an idolater,
has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words.
For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the sons of disobedience.
Therefore do not be partners with them.
For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord.
Walk as children of light.
Responsorial – Psalm 1.1-2, 3, 4+6 Resp. Ephesians 5.1
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Blessed is the man who does not walk
in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stand on the sinners’ path,
nor sit in the scoffers’ seat,
but whose delight is in the Lord’s law.
On his law he meditates day and night.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
He will be like a tree
planted by the streams of water,
that produces its fruit in its season,
whose leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does shall prosper.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
The wicked are not so,
but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
For the Lord watches the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked shall perish.
R. Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
Gospel – Luke 13.10-17
Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day.
Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of disability eighteen years,
and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up.
When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her,
“Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
The leader of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,
said to the crowd, “There are six days on which to work.
Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!”
But the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites!
Do not each of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath,
and lead him away to water?
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
whom Satan had bound eighteen long years,
be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?”
As he said these things, all his accusers were shamed,
and the whole crowd rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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