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| "Saint Peter Finding The Tribute Money" (1618) --by Peter Paul Rubens |
FIRST
READING: Deuteronomy
10: 12 - 22
12
And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but that
thou fear the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and love him, and
serve the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:
13
And keep the commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies, which I
command thee this day, that it may be well with thee?
14
Behold heaven is the Lord's thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the
earth and all things that are therein.
15
And yet the Lord hath been closely joined to thy fathers, and loved
them and chose their seed after them, that is to say, you, out of all
nations, as this day it is proved.
16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and stiffen your
neck no more.
17
Because the Lord your God he is the God of gods, and the Lord of
lords, a great God and mighty and terrible, who accepteth no person
nor taketh bribes.
18
He doth judgment to the fatherless and the widow, loveth the
stranger, and giveth him food and raiment.
19
And do you therefore love strangers, because you also were strangers
in the land of Egypt.
20
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him only: to him thou
shalt adhere, and shalt swear by his name.
21
He is thy praise, and thy God, that hath done for thee these great
and terrible things, which thy eyes have seen.
22
In seventy souls thy fathers went down into Egypt: and behold now the
Lord thy God hath multiplied thee as the stars of heaven.
PSALM:
Psalms 147:
12 - 15, 19 - 20
12
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem: praise thy God, O Sion.
13
Because he hath strengthened the bolts of thy gates, he hath blessed
thy children within thee.
14
Who hath placed peace in thy borders: and filleth thee with the fat
of corn.
15
Who sendeth forth his speech to the earth: his word runneth swiftly.
19
Who declareth his word to Jacob: his justices and his judgments to
Israel.
20
He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he
hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 17:
22 - 27
22
And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son
of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
23
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And
they were troubled exceedingly.
24
And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the
didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay
the didrachma?
25
He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented
him, saying: What is thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of
whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of
strangers?
26
And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are
free.
27
But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a
hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou
hast opened it’s mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and
give it to them for me and thee.
