FIRST
READING: Ezekiel
34: 11 - 16
11
For thus saith the Lord God: Behold I myself will seek my sheep, and
will visit them.
12
As the shepherd visiteth his flock in the day when he shall be in the
midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep, and
will deliver them out of all the places where they have been
scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
13
And I will bring them out from the peoples, and will gather them out
of the countries, and will bring them to their own land: and I will
feed them in the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the
habitations of the land.
14
I will feed them in the most fruitful pastures, and their pastures
shall be in the high mountains of Israel: there shall they rest on
the green grass, and be fed in fat pastures upon the mountains of
Israel.
15
I will feed my sheep: and I will cause them to lie down, saith the
Lord God.
16
I will seek that which was lost: and that which was driven away, I
will bring again: and I will bind up that which was broken, and I
will strengthen that which was weak, and that which was fat and
strong I will preserve: and I will feed them in judgment.
PSALM:
Psalms 23:
1 - 6
1
The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.
2
He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the
water of refreshment:
3
He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice,
for his own name's sake.
4
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have
comforted me.
5
Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me.
Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth
me, how goodly is it!
6
And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may
dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.
SECOND
READING: Romans
5: 5 - 11
5
And hope confoundeth not: because the charity of God is poured forth
in our hearts, by the Holy Ghost, who is given to us.
6
For why did Christ, when as yet we were weak, according to the time,
die for the ungodly?
7
For scarce for a just man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man
some one would dare to die.
8
But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we
were sinners, according to the time,
9
Christ died for us; much more therefore, being now justified by his
blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.
10
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death
of his Son; much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his
life.
11
And not only so; but also we glory in God, through our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom we have now received reconciliation.
GOSPEL:
Luke 15:
3 - 7
3
And he spoke to them this parable, saying:
4
What man of you that hath an hundred sheep: and if he shall lose one
of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go
after that which was lost, until he find it?
5
And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing:
6
And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to
them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?
7
I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one
sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need
not penance.
