Readings

First Reading
Ti 1:1-9

Appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you.

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to Titus

Paul, a slave of God and Apostle of Jesus Christ
   for the sake of the faith of God’s chosen ones
   and the recognition of religious truth,
   in the hope of eternal life
   that God, who does not lie, promised before time began,
   who indeed at the proper time revealed his word
   in the proclamation with which I was entrusted
   by the command of God our savior,
   to Titus, my true child in our common faith:
   grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.

For this reason I left you in Crete
   so that you might set right what remains to be done
   and appoint presbyters in every town, as I directed you,
   on condition that a man be blameless,
   married only once, with believing children
   who are not accused of licentiousness or rebellious.
For a bishop as God’s steward must be blameless, not arrogant,
   not irritable, not a drunkard, not aggressive,
   not greedy for sordid gain, but hospitable, a lover of goodness,
   temperate, just, holy, and self-controlled,
   holding fast to the true message as taught
   so that he will be able both to exhort with sound doctrine
   and to refute opponents.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6

R. :

℟. (see 6) Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

The LORD’s are the earth and its fullness;
   the world and those who dwell in it.
For he founded it upon the seas
   and established it upon the rivers.

℟. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD?
   or who may stand in his holy place?
He whose hands are sinless, whose heart is clean,
   who desires not what is vain.

℟. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

He shall receive a blessing from the LORD,
   a reward from God his savior.
Such is the race that seeks for him,
   that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

℟. Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Phil 2:15d, 16a

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Shine like lights in the world,
as you hold on to the word of life.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Lk 17:1-6

If your brother wrongs you seven times in one day, and returns to you seven times saying “I am sorry”, you should forgive him.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Jesus said to his disciples,
“Things that cause sin will inevitably occur,
   but woe to the one through whom they occur.
It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck
   and he be thrown into the sea
   than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.
Be on your guard!
If your brother sins, rebuke him;
   and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times in one day
   and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’
   you should forgive him.”

And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
The Lord replied, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
   you would say to this mulberry tree,
   ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”

At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.