Readings

Proper readings

First Reading
2 Cor 4:7-15

Always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus.

A reading from the second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

Brothers and sisters:
We hold this treasure in earthen vessels,
   that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.
We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained;
   perplexed, but not driven to despair;
   persecuted, but not abandoned;
   struck down, but not destroyed;
   always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus,
   so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.
For we who live are constantly being given up to death
   for the sake of Jesus,
   so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

So death is at work in us, but life in you.
Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith,
   according to what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke,
   we too believe and therefore speak,
   knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus
   will raise us also with Jesus
   and place us with you in his presence.
Everything indeed is for you,
   so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people
   may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6

R. :

℟. (5) Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
   we were like men dreaming.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
   and our tongue with rejoicing.

℟. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Then they said among the nations,
   “The LORD has done great things for them.”
The LORD has done great things for us;
   we are glad indeed.

℟. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
   like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those who sow in tears
   shall reap rejoicing.

℟. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Although they go forth weeping,
   carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing,
   carrying their sheaves.

℟. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

Acclamation before the Gospel
2 Cor 1:3b-4

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Blessed be the Father of compassion and God of all encouragement,
who encourages us in our every affliction.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Jn 17:11b-19

The world hated them.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to John

Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed, saying:
“Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me,
   so that they may be one just as we are one.
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me,
   and I guarded them, and none of them was lost
   except the son of destruction,
   in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
But now I am coming to you.
I speak this in the world
   so that they may share my joy completely.
I gave them your word, and the world hated them,
   because they do not belong to the world
   any more than I belong to the world.
I do not ask that you take them out of the world
   but that you keep them from the Evil One.
They do not belong to the world
   any more than I belong to the world.
Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
   so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
   so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”

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
1 Cor 12:31-13:13

So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

Brothers and sisters:
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.

But I shall show you a still more excellent way.

If I speak in human and angelic tongues
   but do not have love,
   I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
And if I have the gift of prophecy
   and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;
   if I have all faith so as to move mountains,
   but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own,
   and if I hand my body over so that I may boast
   but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, love is not pompous,
   it is not inflated, it is not rude,
   it does not seek its own interests,
   it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
   it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
   but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
   hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails.
If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
   if tongues, they will cease;
   if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
   but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
   think as a child, reason as a child;
   when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
   but then face to face.
At present I know partially;
   then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
   but the greatest of these is love.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 12 and 22

R. :

℟. (12) Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;
   with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.
Sing to him a new song;
   pluck the strings skillfully, with shouts of gladness.

℟. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

For upright is the word of the LORD,
   and all his works are trustworthy.
He loves justice and right;
   of the kindness of the LORD the earth is full.

℟. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Blessed the nation whose God is the LORD,
   the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us
   who have put our hope in you.

℟. Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own.

Acclamation before the Gospel
See Jn 6:63c, 68c

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life,
you have the words of everlasting life.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Lk 7:31-35

We played the flute for you, but you did not dance. We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke

Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?
What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,

      ‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
         We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’

For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,
   and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
   ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
   a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”

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.