Universal Roman Catholic Faith and Traditions

First Reading: Romans 11: 29-36 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 69: 30-31, 33-34, 36-37 Holy Gospel: Luke 14: 12-14 Holy Gospel: 12 Jesus also addressed the man who had invited him and said, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, or your brothers and relatives and wealthy neighbors. For surely they will also invite you in return and you will be repaid. 13 When you give a feast, invite instead the poor, the crippled, the lame and the blind. 14 Fortunate are you then, because they can’t repay you; you will be repaid at the Resurrection of the upright.” First Reading: 29 because the call of God and his gifts cannot be nullified. 30 Through the disobedience of the Jews the mercy of God came to you who did not obey God. 31 They in turn will receive mercy in due time after this disobedience that brought God’s mercy to you. 32 So God has submitted all to disobedience, in order to show his mercy to all. 33 How deep are the riches, the wisdom and knowledge of God! His decisi

First Reading: Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 131:1, 2, 3 second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 2: 7-9, 13 Holy Gospel: Matthew 23:1-12 Holy Gospel: 1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees sat on the seat of Moses. 3 So you shall do and observe all they say, but do not do as they do, 4 for they do not do what they say. They tie up heavy burdens and load them on the shoulders of the people, but they do not even raise a finger to move them. 5 They do everything in order to be seen by people; so they wear very wide bands of the Law around their foreheads, and robes with large tassels. 6 They enjoy the first place at feasts and reserved seats in the synagogues, 7 and being greeted in the marketplace and being called ‘Master’ by the people. 8 But you, do not let yourselves be called Master because you have only one Master, and all of you are brothers and sisters. 9 Neither should you call anyone on earth Father, becaus

First Reading: Romans 11:1-2, 11-12, 25-29 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 94: 12-13, 14-15, 17-18 Holy Gospel: Luke 14: 1, 7-11 Holy Gospel: 1 One Sabbath Jesus had gone to eat a meal in the house of a leading Pharisee, and he was carefully watched. 7 Jesus then told a parable to the guests, for he had noticed how they tried to take the places of honor. And he said, 8 “When you are invited to a wedding party, do not choose the best seat. It may happen that someone more important than you has been invited, 9 and your host, who invited both of you, will come and say to you: ‘Please give this person your place.’ What shame is yours when you take the lowest seat! 10 Whenever you are invited, go rather to the lowest seat, so that your host may come and say to you: ‘Friend, you must come up higher.’ And this will be a great honor for you in the presence of all the other guests. 11 For whoever makes himself out to be great will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be raised.”

First Reading: Ephesians 2: 19-22 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19: 2-3, 4-5 Holy Gospel: Luke 6: 12-16 Holy Gospel: 12 At this time Jesus went out into the hills to pray, spending the whole night in prayer with God. 13 When day came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them whom he called apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James and John; Philip and Bartholomew; 15 Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alpheus and Simon called the Zealot; 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who would be the traitor. First Reading: 19 Now you are no longer strangers or guests, but fellow citizens of the holy people: you are of the household of God. You are the house 20 whose foundations are the apostles and prophets, and whose cornerstone is Christ Jesus. 21 In him the whole structure is joined together and rises to be a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you too are being built to become the spiritual sanctuary of God. Responsorial Psalm: 2 The heavens decla

First Reading: Romans 8: 31-39 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 109: 21-22, 26-27, 30-31 Holy Gospel: Luke 13:31-35 Holy Gospel: 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and gave him this warning, “Leave this place and go on your way, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 Jesus said to them, “Go and give that fox my answer: ‘I drive out demons and heal today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my course!’ 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and for a little longer, for it would not be fitting for a prophet to be killed outside Jerusalem. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you slay the prophets and stone your apostles! How often have I tried to bring together your children, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, but you refused! 35 From now on you will be left with your temple and you will no longer see me until the time when you will say: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” First Reading: 31 What shall we say after this? If God is with us,

First Reading: Romans 8: 26-30 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 13: 4-5, 6 Holy Gospel: Luke 13:22-30 Holy Gospel: 22 Jesus went through towns and villages teaching and making his way to Jerusalem. 23 Some­­one asked him, “Lord, is it true that few people will be saved?” And Jesus answered, 24 “Do your best to enter by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you will stand outside; then you will knock at the door calling: ‘Lord, open to us.’ But he will say to you: ‘I do not know where you come from.’ 26 Then you will say: We ate and drank with you and you taught in our streets! 27 But he will reply: ‘I don’t know where you come from. Away from me all you workers of evil.’ 28 You will weep and grind your teeth when you see Abraham and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves left outside. 29 Others will sit at table in the kingdom of God, people coming from

First Reading: Romans 8: 18-25 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 Holy Gospel: Luke 13: 18-21 Holy Gospel: 18 Jesus continued speaking, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? 19 Imagine a person who has taken a mustard seed and planted it in the garden. The seed has grown and become like a small tree, so that the birds of the air shelter in its branches.” 20 And Jesus said again, “What is the kingdom of God like? 21 Imagine a woman who has taken yeast and hidden it in three measures of flour until it is all leavened.” First Reading: 18 I consider that the suffering of our present life cannot be compared with the Glory that will be revealed and given to us. 19 All creation is eagerly expecting the birth in glory of the children of God. 20 For if now the created world was unable to attain its purpose, this did not come from itself, but from the one who subjected it. But it is not without hope; 21 for even the created world will be freed f

First Reading: Romans 8: 12-17 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 68: 2, 4, 6-7, 20-21 Holy Gospel: Luke 13: 10-17 Holy Gospel: 10 Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the Sabbath 11 and a crippled wo­man was there. An evil spirit had kept her bent for eighteen years so that she could not straighten up at all. 12 On seeing her, Jesus called her and said, “Woman, you are freed from your infirmity.” 13 Then he laid his hands upon her and immediately she was made straight and praised God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue was indignant because Jesus had performed this healing on the Sabbath day and he said to the people, “There are six days in which to work; come on those days to be healed and not on the Sabbath.” 15 But the Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Everyone of you unties his ox or his donkey on the Sabbath and leads it out of the barn to give it water. 16 And here you have a daughter of Abraham whom Satan had bound for eighteen years. Should she not be freed from her bonds on the Sabbath?”

First Reading: Exodus 22:20-26 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 Holy Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40 Holy Gospel: 34 When the Pharisees heard how Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together. 35 One of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to test him with this question, 36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus answered, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and the most important of the commandments. 39 But after this there is another one very similar to it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 The whole Law and the Prophets are founded on these two commandments.” Second Reading: 5 The gospel we brought you was such not only in words. Miracles, Holy Spirit and plenty of everything were given to you. You also know how we dealt with you for your sake. 6 In return, you became followers of us and of the Lord when, on

First Reading: Romans 8: 1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Holy Gospel: Luke 13: 1-9 Holy Gospel: 1 One day some persons told Jesus what had occurred in the Temple: Pilate had Galileans killed and their blood mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. 2 Jesus replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this? 3 I tell you: no. But unless you change your ways, you will all perish as they did. 4 And those eighteen persons in Siloah who were crushed when the tower fell, do you think they were more guilty than all the others in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you: no. But unless you change your ways, you will all perish as they did.” 6 And Jesus continued with this story, “A man had a fig tree growing in his vine­yard and he came looking for fruit on it, but found none. 7 Then he said to the gardener: ‘Look here, for three years now I have been looking for figs on this tree and I have found none. Cut it down, why sho

First Reading: Romans 7: 18-25 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 119: 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 Holy Gospel: Luke 12: 54-59 Holy Gospel: 54 Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once: ‘A shower is coming.’ And so it happens. 55And when the wind blows from the south, you say: ‘It will be hot’; and so it is. 56 You superficial people! You understand the signs of the earth and the sky, but you don’t understand the present times. 57 And why do you not judge for yourselves what is fit? 58 When you go with your accuser before the court, try to settle the case on the way, lest he drag you before the judge and the judge deliver you to the jailer, and the jailer throw you in prison. 59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.” First Reading: 18 I know that what is right does not abide in me, I mean, in my flesh. I can want to do what is right, but I am unable to do it. 19 In fact I do not do the good I want, but the evil I hate. 20 The

First Reading: Romans 6: 19-23 Responsorial Psalm: 1: 1-2, 3,4,6 Holy Gospel: Luke 12: 49-53 Holy Gospel: 49 I have come to bring fire upon the earth and how I wish it were already kindled; 50 but I have a baptism to undergo and what anguish I feel until it is over! 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 From now on, in one house five will be divided; three against two, and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter in law against her mother-in-law.” First Reading: 19 you see that I speak in a very human way, taking into account that you are not fully mature. There was a time when you let your members be slaves of impurity and disorder, walking in the way of sin; convert them now into servants of righteousness, to the point of becoming holy. 20 When you were slaves of sin, you

First Reading:  Romans 6: 12-18 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 124: 1-3, 4-6, 7-8 Holy Gospel: Luke 12: 39-48 Holy Gospel: 39 Pay attention to this: If the master of the house had known at what time the thief would come, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also must be ready, for the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.” 41 Peter said, “Lord, did you tell this parable only for us, or for everyone?” 42 And the Lord replied, “Imagine, then, the wise and faithful steward whom the master sets over his other servants to give them food rations at the proper time. 43 Fortunate is this servant if his master on coming home finds him doing his work. 44 Truly, I say to you, the master will put him in charge of all his property. 45 But it may be that the steward thinks: ‘My Lord delays in coming,’ and he begins to abuse the menservants and the servant girls, eating and drinking and getting drunk. 46 Then the master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an ho

First Reading:  2 Timothy 4: 10-17 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 145: 10-11, 12-13, 17-18 Holy Gospel: Luke 10: 1-9 Holy Gospel: 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two other disciples and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place, where he himself was to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is rich, but the workers are few. So you must ask the Lord of the harvest to send workers to his harvest. 3 Courage! I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4 Set off without purse or bag or sandals; and do not stop at the homes of those you know. 5 Whatever house you enter, first bless them saying: ‘Peace to this house.’ 6 If a friend of peace lives there, the peace shall rest upon that person. But if not, the blessing will return to you. 7 Stay in that house eating and drinking at their table, for the worker deserves to be paid. Do not move from house to house. 8 When they welcome you in any town, eat what they offer you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and say to them: ‘The ki

First Reading: Romans 4:20-25 Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1: 69-70, 71-72, 73-75 Holy Gospel: Luke 12: 13-21 Holy Gospel: 13 Someone in the crowd spoke to Je­sus, “Master, tell my brother to share with me the family inheritance.” 14 He replied, “My friend, who has appointed me as your judge or your attorney?” 15 Then Jesus said to the people, “Be on your guard and avoid every kind of greed, for even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives you life.” 16 And Jesus continued with this story, “There was a rich man and his land had produced a good harvest. 17 He thought: ‘What shall I do? For I am short of room to store my harvest.’ 18 So this is what he planned: ‘I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones to store all this grain, which is my wealth. 19 Then I may say to myself: My friend, you have a lot of good things put by for many years. Rest, eat, drink and enjoy yourself.’ 20 But God said to him: ‘You fool! This very night your life will be taken from you; tell

First Reading: Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96: 1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1: 1-5 Holy Gospel: Matthew 22: 15-21 Holy Gospel: 15 The Pharisees went out and took counsel on how they could trap Jesus with his own words. 16 They then sent their disciples with the members of Herod’s party for this purpose. They said to Jesus, “Master, we know that you are an honest man and truly teach God’s way; you are not influenced by others nor are you afraid of anyone. 17 Tell us, then, what you think: is it against the Law to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” 18 But Jesus understood their evil intent, and said to them, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? 19 Show me the coin with which you pay the taxes.” They showed him a denarius, 20 and Jesus said to them, “Whose head is this, and whose name?” 21 They answered, “Caesar’s.” Then Jesus replied, “Therefore, return to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” Second Reading: 1 From Paul, Sylvanus and Timo

First Reading: Romans 4: 13, 16-18 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 105: 6-7, 8-9, 42-43 Holy Gospel: Luke 12: 8-12 Holy Gospel 8 I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God. 9 But the one who denies me before others will be denied before the angels of God. 10 There will be pardon for the one who criticizes the Son of Man, but there will be no pardon for the one who slanders the Holy Spirit. 11 When you are brought before the synagogues, governors and rulers, don’t worry about how you will defend yourself or what to say. 12 For the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you have to say.” First Reading 13 If God promised Abraham, or rather his descendants, that the world would belong to him, this was not because of his obeying the Law, but because he was just and a friend of God through faith. 16 For that reason, faith is the way and all is given by grace; and the promises of Abraham are fulfilled for all his descendan

First Reading: Romans 4:1-8 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 32: 1-2, 5, 11 Holy Gospel: Luke 12:1-7 Holy Gospel 1 Meanwhile, such a numerous crowd had gathered that they crushed one another. Then Jesus spoke to his disciples in this way, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered that will not be uncovered, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 Whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in daylight, and what you have whispered in hidden places, will be proclaimed from the housetops. 4 I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who put to death the body and af­ter that can do no more. 5 But I will tell you whom to fear: Fear the One who after killing you is able to throw you into hell. This one you must fear. 6 Don’t you get five sparrows for two pennies? Yet not one of them has been forgotten by God. 7 Even the hairs of your head have been numbered. So do not fear: are you not worth more than a flock of sparrows? First Reading 1 Let us conside

Our Lady of Fatima (13th Apparition of our Lady) First Reading: Romans 3: 21 - 30 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 130: 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 47 - 54 Holy Gospel: 47 A curse is on you, for you build memorials to the prophets your ancestors killed. 48 So you approve and agree with what your ancestors did. Is it not so? They got rid of the prophets, and now you can build!” 49 (The Wisdom of God also said,) “I will send prophets and apostles and this people will kill and persecute some of them. 50 But the present generation will have to answer for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will have to answer for them all. 52 A curse is on you, teachers of the Law, for you have taken the key of knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you prevented others from entering.” 53 As Jesus left

First Reading: Romans 2: 1:11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 62: 2-3, 6-7, 9 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 42-46 Holy Gospel: 42 A curse is on you, Pharisees; for the Temple you give a tenth of all, including mint and rue and the other herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. This ought to be practiced, without neglecting the other. 43 A curse is on you, Pharisees, for you love the best seats in the synagogues and to be greeted in the marketplace. 44A curse is on you for you are like tombstones of the dead which can hardly be seen; people don’t notice them and make themselves unclean by stepping on them.” 45 Then a teacher of the Law spoke up and said, “Master, when you speak like this, you insult us, too.” 46 And Jesus answered, “A curse is on you also, teachers of the Law. For you prepare unbearable burdens and load them on the people, while you yourselves don’t move a finger to help them. First Reading: 1 Therefore, you have no excuse, who­ever you are, if you are able to judge other

First Reading: Romans 1: 16-25 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19: 2-3, 4-5 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 37-41 Holy Gospel: 37 As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to have a meal with him. So he went and sat at table. 38 The Pharisee then wondered why Jesus did not first wash his hands before dinner. 39 But the Lord said to him, “So then, you Pharisees, you clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside yourselves you are full of greed and evil. 40 Fools! He who made the outside, also made the inside. 41 But according to you, by the mere giving of alms everything is made clean. First Reading: 16 For I am not ashamed at all of this Good News; it is God’s power saving those who believe, first the Jews, and then the Greeks. 17 This Good News shows us the saving justice of God; a justice that saves exclusively by faith, as the Scripture says: The upright one shall live by faith. 18 For the wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and injustice of t

First Reading: Romans 1: 1-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 98: 1, 2-3, 4 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 29-32 Holy Gospel: 29 As the crowd increased, Jesus began to speak in this way, “People of the present time are evil people. They ask for a sign, but no sign will be given to them except the sign of Jonah. 30 As Jonah became a sign for the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be a sign for this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will rise up on Judgment Day with the people of these times and accuse them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and here there is greater than Solomon. 32 The people of Nineveh will rise up on Judgment Day with the people of these times and accuse them, for Jonah’s preaching made them turn from their sins, and here there is greater than Jonah. First Reading: 1 From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an apostle called and set apart for God’s Good News, 2 the very promises he foretold through his prophets in the sacred Scriptures,

First Reading: Isaiah 25: 6-10 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6 Second Reading: Philippians 4: 12-14, 19-20 Holy Gospel: Matthew 22: 1-14 Holy Gospel: 1  Jesus went on speaking to them in parables: 2  “This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A king celebrated the wedding of his son. 3  He sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding feast, but the guests refused to come. 4  Again he sent other servants ordering them to say to the invited guests: ‘I have prepared a banquet, slaughtered my fattened calves and other animals, and now everything is ready; come then, to the wedding feast.’ 5  But they paid no attention and went away, some to their fields, and others to their work. 6  While the rest seized the ser­vants of the king, insulted them and killed them. 7  The king became angry. He sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city. 8  Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding banquet is prepared, but the invited guests

First Reading: Joel 4: 12-21 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 97: 1-2, 5-6, 11-12 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 27-28 Holy Gospel: 27 As Jesus was speaking, a woman spoke from the crowd and said to him, “Blessed is the one who bore you and nursed you!” 28 Jesus replied, “Surely blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it as well.” First Reading: 12 Rise up, O peoples, and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, nations. 13 Bring a sickle for the harvest is ripe; come and tread for the winepress is full and the vats overflow, so great is their wickedness! 14 Multitudes and more multitudes in the Valley of Verdict! The day of Yahweh is near in the Valley of Verdict! 15 The sun and the moon become dark, the stars lose their radiance. 16 Yah­weh roars from Zion and raises his voice from Jeru­salem; heaven and earth are shaken. Indeed Yahweh is a refuge for his people, a strong­hold for the Israelites. 17 You will know that I am Yahweh, your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will b

Feast of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary First Reading: Joel 1: 13-15; 2: 1-2 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 9: 2-3, 6, 16, 8-9 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 15-26 Holy Gospel: 15  Yet some of them said, “He drives out demons by the power of Beelzebul, the chief of the demons.” 16  So others wanted to put him to the test by asking him for a heavenly sign. 17  But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every nation divided by civil war is on the road to ruin, and will fall. 18  If Satan also is divided, his em­pire is coming to an end. How can you say that I drive out demons by calling upon Bee­lze­bul? 19  If I drive them out by Beelzebul, by whom do your fellow mem­bers drive out demons? They will be your judge, then. 20  But suppose I drive out demons by the finger of God; would not this mean that the kingdom of God has come upon you? 21  As long as the strong and armed man guards his house, his goods are safe. 22  But when a stronger one attacks and overcomes him, the challenger takes away all

First Reading: Malachi 3: 13-20 Responsorial Psalm:  Psalm 1: 1-2,3,4,6 HOly Gospel: Luke 11: 5-13 Holy Gospel: 5 Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to his house in the middle of the night and says: ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, 6 for a friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived and I have nothing to offer him.’ 7 Maybe your friend will answer from inside: ‘Don’t bother me now; the door is locked and my children and I are in bed, so I can’t get up and give you anything.’ 8 But I tell you, even though he will not get up and attend to you because you are a friend, yet he will get up because you are a bother to him, and he will give you all you need. 9 And so I say to you, ‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. 10 For the one who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to him who knocks the door will be opened. 11 If your child asks for a fish, will you give a snake instead? 12 

First Reading: Jonah 4: 1-11 Responsorial Psalm: 86: 3-4, 5-6, 9-10 Holy Gospel: Luke 11: 1-4 Holy Gospel: 1 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 And Jesus said to them, “When you pray, say this: Father, hallowed be your name, may your kingdom come, 3 give us each day the kind of bread we need, 4 and forgive us our sins, for we also for­give all who do us wrong, and do not bring us to the test. First Reading: 1 But Jonah was greatly displeased at this, and he was in­dignant. 2 He prayed to Yahweh and said, “O Yah­weh, is this not what I said when I was yet in my own coun­try? This is why I fled to Tar­shish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and full of love, and you relent from imposing terrible punishment. 3 I beseech you now, Yahweh, to take my life, for now it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 But Yah

Saint Francis of Assisi , Deacon, Religious, Founder of the Three Orders (Solemnity) First Reading: Sirach 50: 1, 3-4, 6-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 11 Second Reading: Galatians 6:14-18 Holy Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 Holy Gospel: 25  On that occasion Jesus said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth, I praise you, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to simple people. 26  Yes, Father, this is what pleased you. 27  Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28  Come to me, all you who work hard and who carry heavy burdens and I will refresh you. 29  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me for I am gentle and humble of heart; and you will find rest. 30  For my yoke is good and my burden is light.” Second Reading: 14  For me, I do not wish to take pride in anything except in the

Saints Ewald the Black and Ewald the Fair First Reading: Jonah 1: 1 - 2: 2, 11 Responsorial Psalm: Jonah 2: 3-5, 8 Holy Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 Holy Gospel: 25 Then a teacher of the Law came and began putting Jesus to the test. And he said, “Master, what shall I do to receive eternal life?” 26 Jesus replied, “What is written in the Scripture? How do you understand it?” 27 The man answered, “It is written: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 28 Jesus replied, “What a good answer! Do this and you shall live.” 29 The man wanted to keep up appearances, so he replied, “Who is my neighbor?” 30 Jesus then said, “There was a man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. 31 It happened that a priest was going along that road and saw the man, but passed by on the other

First Reading: Isaiah 5: 1-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 80: 9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20 Second Reading: Philippians 4: 6-9 Holy Gospel: Matthew 21: 33-43 Holy Gospel: 33  Listen to another example: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a hole for the winepress, built a watchtower, leased the vineyard to tenants and then went to a distant country. 34  When harvest time came, the land­owner sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the harvest. 35  But the ten­ants seized his servants, beat one, killed another and stoned another. 36  Again the owner sent more servants, but they were treated in the same way. 37  Finally, he sent his son, thinking: ‘They will respect my son.’ 38  But when the tenants saw the son, they thought: ‘This is the one who is to inherit the vineyard. Let us kill him and his inheritance will be ours.’ 39  So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 40  Now, what will the owner of the vineyard