Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 16, 3-9.16.22-27
Psalm: 144 (145), 2-3.4-5.10-11

Gospel: Lk 16, 9-15

In those days, Jesus told his disciples: “Make friends for yourselves by means of dishonest wealth so that when it is gone, they may welcome you into the eternal homes. Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and whoever is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much. If then you have not been faithful with the dishonest wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is your own? 

No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 15, 14-21
Psalm: 97 (98), 1,2-3ab.3cd-4

Gospel: Lk 16, 1-8

In those days, Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. So he summoned him and said to him, “What is this that I hear about you? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 14, 7-12
Psalm: 26 (27), 1.4.13-14

Gospel: Lk 15, 1-10

In those days the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

So to them he addressed this parable… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 13: 8-10
Psalm: 111 (112): 1-2.4-5.9

Gospel: Lk 14, 25-33

In those days, large crowds were travelling with him; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, saying, “This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 

Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 

So therefore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.  … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 11: 1-2a.11-12.25-29
Psalm: 93 (94): 12-13a.14-15.17-18

Gospel: Lk 14: 1.7-11

On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the sabbath, they were watching him closely.  When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honour, he told them a parable. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honour, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host; and the host who invited both of you may come and say to you, “Give this person your place,’ and then in disgrace you would start to take the lowest place. 

But when you are invited, go and sit down at the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he may say to you, “Friend, move up higher’; then you will be honoured in the presence of all who sit at the table with you. For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”  Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading: Rom 9: 1-5
Psalm: 147: 12-13.14-15.19-20

Gospel: Lk 14: 1-6

One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”   But they remained silent… Read more »