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| "The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses' seat" -- by Alexandre Bida |
FIRST
READING: Ruth
2: 1 - 3, 8 - 11; 4: 13 - 17
1
Now her husband Elimelech had a kinsman, a powerful man, and very
rich, whose name was Boaz.
2
And Ruth the Moabitess said to her mother in law: If thou wilt, I
will go into the field, and glean the ears of corn that escape the
hands of the reapers, wheresoever I shall find grace with a
householder that will be favourable to me. And she answered her: Go,
my daughter.
3
She went therefore and gleaned the ears of corn after the reapers.
And it happened that the owner of that field was Boaz, who was of the
kindred of Elimelech.
8
And Boaz said to Ruth: Hear me, daughter, do not go to glean in any
other field, and do not depart from this place: but keep with my
maids,
9
And follow where they reap. For I have charged my young men, not to
molest thee: and if thou art thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of
the waters whereof the servants drink.
10
She fell on her face and worshipping upon the ground, said to him:
Whence cometh this to me, that I should find grace before thy eyes,
and that thou shouldst vouchsafe to take notice of me a woman of
another country?
11
And he answered her: All hath been told me, that thou hast done to
thy mother in law after the death of thy husband: and how thou hast
left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come
to a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
13
Boaz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and
the Lord gave her to conceive and to bear a son.
14
And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not
suffered thy family to want a successor, that his name should be
preserved in Israel.
15
And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old
age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is
much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons.
16
And Noemi taking the child laid it in her bosom, and she carried it,
and was a nurse unto it.
17
And the women her neighbours, congratulating with her and saying:
There is a son born to Noemi: called his name Obed: he is the father
of Isai, the father of David.
PSALM:
Psalms 128:
1 - 5
1
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.
2
For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it
shall be well with thee.
3
Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house.
4
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good
things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 23:
1 - 12
1
Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
2
Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of
Moses.
3
All things therefore whatsoever they shall say to you, observe and
do: but according to their works do ye not; for they say, and do not.
4
For they bind heavy and insupportable burdens, and lay them on men's
shoulders; but with a finger of their own they will not move them.
5
And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make
their phylacteries broad, and enlarge their fringes.
6
And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the
synagogues,
7
And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
8
But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are
brethren.
9
And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is
in heaven.
10
Neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, Christ.
11
He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
12
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
