FIRST
READING: Wisdom 1: 1-7
1
Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord
in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart.
2
For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to
them that have faith in him.
3
For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is
tried, reproveth the unwise:
4
For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body
subject to sins.
5
For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and
will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding,
and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in.
6
For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil
speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a
true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
7
For the spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that,
which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice.
PSALM:
Psalms 139: 1-10
1
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou
hast searched out.
4
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my
tongue.
5
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of
old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot
reach to it.
7
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy
face?
8
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou
art present.
9
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost
parts of the sea:
10
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold
me.
GOSPEL:
Luke 17:
1-6
1
And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals should
not come: but woe to him through whom they come.
2
It were better for him, that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these
little ones.
3
Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove
him: and if he do penance, forgive him.
4
And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a
day be converted unto thee, saying, I repent; forgive him.
5
And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.
6
And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard seed,
you might say to this mulberry tree, Be thou rooted up, and be thou
transplanted into the sea: and it would obey you.
