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| "The Tower of Siloam" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING:
Ephesians 4:
7 - 16
7
But to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of
the giving of Christ.
8
Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive; he
gave gifts to men.
9
Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first
into the lower parts of the earth?
10
He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the
heavens, that he might fill all things.
11
And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some
evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors,
12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:
13
Until we all meet into the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of
the fulness of Christ;
14
That henceforth we be no more children tossed to and fro, and carried
about with every wind of doctrine by the wickedness of men, by
cunning craftiness, by which they lie in wait to deceive.
15
But doing the truth in charity, we may in all things grow up in him
who is the head, even Christ:
16
From whom the whole body, being compacted and fitly joined together,
by what every joint supplieth, according to the operation in the
measure of every part, maketh increase of the body, unto the edifying
of itself in charity.
PSALM:
Psalms 122:
1 - 5
1
I rejoiced at the things that were said to me: We shall go into the
house of the Lord.
2
Our feet were standing in thy courts, O Jerusalem.
3
Jerusalem, which is built as a city, which is compact together.
4
For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the
testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.
5
Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of
David.
GOSPEL:
Luke 13:
1 - 9
1
And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of the
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
2
And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans were
sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such
things?
3
No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all
likewise perish.
4
Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them:
think you, that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt
in Jerusalem?
5
No, I say to you; but except you do penance, you shall all likewise
perish.
6
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in
his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
7
And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three
years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it
done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground?
8
But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also,
until I dig about it, and dung it.
9
And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt
cut it down.
