Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 4: 1-8
Psalm: 31 (32): 1-2.5.11

Gospel: Lk 12: 1-7

In those days, the crowd gathered by the thousands, so that they trampled on one another. And Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, their hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be uncovered, and nothing secret that will not become known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed from the housetops. 

“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 3: 21-30
Psalm: 129 (130): 1-2.3-4b.4c-6

Gospel: Lk 11: 47-54

In those days, Jesus said: “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs. Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, “I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 2, 1-11
Psalm: 61 (62), 2-3.6-7.9

Gospel: Lk 11, 42-46

In those days, Jesus said:  “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! … Read more »