Readings of the day

First Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:9 – 12,:8
Psalm:
89 (90):3-4,5-6,12-13,14 & 17

Gospel: Luke 9:43b-45

While they were all amazed at his every deed, he said to his disciples, “Pay attention to what I am telling you. The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.”

But they did not understand this saying; its meaning was hidden from them so that they should not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

Saints of the day: Saint Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, martyr, Saint Laurence Ruiz and companions, martyrs