Daily Readings - September 25, 2011 - Sunday
Saint Finbarr, Bishop
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-9
Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-11
Holy Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32
Holy Gospel:
28 Jesus went on to say, “What do you think of this? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said to him: ‘Son, today go and work in my vineyard.’ 29 And the son answered: ‘I don’t want to.’ But later he thought better of it and went. 30 Then the father went to the second and gave him the same command. This son replied: ‘I will go, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 Which of the two did what the father wanted?” They answered, “The first.” And Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you: the publicans and the prostitutes are ahead of you on the way to the kingdom of heaven. 32 For John came to show you the way of goodness but you did not believe him, yet the publicans and the prostitutes did. You were witnesses of this, but you neither repented nor believed him.
Second Reading:
1 If I may advise you in the name of Christ and if you can hear it as the voice of love; if we share the same spirit and are capable of mercy and compassion, then I beg of you 2 make me very happy: have one love, one spirit, one feeling, 3 do nothing through rivalry or vain conceit. On the contrary let each of you gently consider the others as more important than yourselves. 4 Do not seek your own interest, but rather that of others. 5 Your attitude should be the same as Jesus Christ had:
6 Though he was in the form of God,
he did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself,
taking on the nature of a servant, made in human likeness,
and in his appearance found as a man.
8 He humbled himself by being obedient to death,
death on the cross.
9 That is why God exalted him
and gave him the Name which outshines all names,
10 so that at the Name of Jesus all knees should bend
in heaven, on earth and among the dead,
11 and all tongues proclaim that Christ Jesus is the Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
First Reading:
25 But you say: Yahweh’s way is not just! Why, Israel! Is my position wrong? Is it not rather that yours is wrong? 26 If the righteous man dies after turning from his righteous deeds and sinning, he dies because of his sins. 27 And if the wicked man does what is good and right, after turning from the sins he committed, he will save his life. 28 He will live and not die, because he has opened his eyes and turned from the sins he had committed.
Responsorial Psalm:
4 Teach me your ways, O Lord; make known to me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are my God, my savior; I hope in you all day long.
6 Remember your compassion, O Lord, your unfailing love from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, but in your love remember me.
8 Good and upright, the Lord teaches sinners his way.
9 He teaches the humble of heart and guides them in what is right.
First Reading: Ezekiel 18:25-28
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 25:4-9
Second Reading: Philippians 2:1-11
Holy Gospel: Matthew 21:28-32
Holy Gospel:
28 Jesus went on to say, “What do you think of this? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said to him: ‘Son, today go and work in my vineyard.’ 29 And the son answered: ‘I don’t want to.’ But later he thought better of it and went. 30 Then the father went to the second and gave him the same command. This son replied: ‘I will go, sir,’ but he did not go.
31 Which of the two did what the father wanted?” They answered, “The first.” And Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you: the publicans and the prostitutes are ahead of you on the way to the kingdom of heaven. 32 For John came to show you the way of goodness but you did not believe him, yet the publicans and the prostitutes did. You were witnesses of this, but you neither repented nor believed him.
Second Reading:
1 If I may advise you in the name of Christ and if you can hear it as the voice of love; if we share the same spirit and are capable of mercy and compassion, then I beg of you 2 make me very happy: have one love, one spirit, one feeling, 3 do nothing through rivalry or vain conceit. On the contrary let each of you gently consider the others as more important than yourselves. 4 Do not seek your own interest, but rather that of others. 5 Your attitude should be the same as Jesus Christ had:
6 Though he was in the form of God,
he did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped,
7 but emptied himself,
taking on the nature of a servant, made in human likeness,
and in his appearance found as a man.
8 He humbled himself by being obedient to death,
death on the cross.
9 That is why God exalted him
and gave him the Name which outshines all names,
10 so that at the Name of Jesus all knees should bend
in heaven, on earth and among the dead,
11 and all tongues proclaim that Christ Jesus is the Lord
to the glory of God the Father.
First Reading:
25 But you say: Yahweh’s way is not just! Why, Israel! Is my position wrong? Is it not rather that yours is wrong? 26 If the righteous man dies after turning from his righteous deeds and sinning, he dies because of his sins. 27 And if the wicked man does what is good and right, after turning from the sins he committed, he will save his life. 28 He will live and not die, because he has opened his eyes and turned from the sins he had committed.
Responsorial Psalm:
4 Teach me your ways, O Lord; make known to me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and instruct me, for you are my God, my savior; I hope in you all day long.
6 Remember your compassion, O Lord, your unfailing love from of old.
7 Remember not the sins of my youth, but in your love remember me.
8 Good and upright, the Lord teaches sinners his way.
9 He teaches the humble of heart and guides them in what is right.
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