Readings

Proper readings

First Reading
1 Jn 4:7-16

If we love one another, God remains in us.

A reading from the first Letter of Saint John

Beloved, let us love one another,
   because love is of God;
   everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
In this way the love of God was revealed to us:
   God sent his only-begotten Son into the world
   so that we might have life through him.
In this is love:
   not that we have loved God, but that he loved us
   and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us,
   we also must love one another.
No one has ever seen God.
Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,
   and his love is brought to perfection in us.

This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,
   that he has given us of his Spirit.
Moreover, we have seen and testify
   that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,
   God remains in him and he in God.
We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.

God is love, and whoever remains in love
   remains in God and God in him.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11

R. :

℟. (2) I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. (9) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

I will bless the LORD at all times;
   his praise shall be ever in my mouth.
Let my soul glory in the LORD;
   the lowly will hear me and be glad.

℟. I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Glorify the LORD with me,
   let us together extol his name.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me
   and delivered me from all my fears.

℟. I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,
   and your faces may not blush with shame.
When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
   and from all his distress he saved him.

℟. I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

The angel of the LORD encamps
   around those who fear him, and delivers them.
Taste and see how good the LORD is;
   blessed the man who takes refuge in him.

℟. I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Fear the LORD, you his holy ones,
   for nought is lacking to those who fear him.
The great grow poor and hungry;
   but those who seek the LORD want for no good thing.

℟. I will bless the Lord at all times.
  or:
℟. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Jn 8:12

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
whoever follows me will have the light of life.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Jn 11:19-27 or Lk 10:38-42

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jn 11:19-27
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
   to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
   she went to meet him;
   but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
   “Lord, if you had been here,
   my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
   God will give you.”
Jesus said to her,
   “Your brother will rise.”
Martha said to him,
   “I know he will rise,
   in the resurrection on the last day.”
Jesus told her,
   “I am the resurrection and the life;
   whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
   and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
   the one who is coming into the world.”

Or:

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Luke 10:38-42
Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.

Jesus entered a village
  where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
   who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
   “Lord, do you not care
   that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply,
   “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
   and it will not be taken from her.”

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.

Weekday readings

First Reading
Jer 15:10, 16-21

Why is my pain continuous?—If you repent, you shall stand in my presence.

A reading from the Book of the prophet Jeremiah

Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth!
   a man of strife and contention to all the land!
I neither borrow nor lend,
   yet all curse me.
When I found your words, I devoured them;
   they became my joy and the happiness of my heart,
Because I bore your name,
   O LORD, God of hosts.
I did not sit celebrating
   in the circle of merrymakers;
Under the weight of your hand I sat alone
   because you filled me with indignation.
Why is my pain continuous,
   my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
You have indeed become for me a treacherous brook,
   whose waters do not abide!
Thus the LORD answered me:
If you repent, so that I restore you,
   in my presence you shall stand;
If you bring forth the precious without the vile,
   you shall be my mouthpiece.
Then it shall be they who turn to you,
   and you shall not turn to them;
And I will make you toward this people
   a solid wall of brass.
Though they fight against you,
   they shall not prevail,
For I am with you,
   to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD.
I will free you from the hand of the wicked,
   and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18

R. :

℟. (17d) God is my refuge on the day of distress.

Rescue me from my enemies, O my God;
   from my adversaries defend me.
Rescue me from evildoers;
   from bloodthirsty men save me.

℟. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
   mighty men come together against me,
Not for any offense or sin of mine, O LORD.

℟. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

O my strength! for you I watch;
   for you, O God, are my stronghold,
As for my God, may his mercy go before me;
   may he show me the fall of my foes.

℟. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

But I will sing of your strength
   and revel at dawn in your mercy;
You have been my stronghold,
   my refuge in the day of distress.

℟. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

O my strength! your praise will I sing;
   for you, O God, are my stronghold,
   my merciful God!

℟. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Jn 15:15b

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

I call you my friends, says the Lord,
for I have made known to you all that the Father has told me.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 13:44-46

He sells all he has and buys that field.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
   which a person finds and hides again,
   and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
   searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
   he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”

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.