FIRST
READING: Proverbs
21: 1 - 6, 10 - 13
1
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he
turns it wherever he will.
2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the
heart.
3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than
sacrifice.
4
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
5
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who
is hasty comes only to want.
6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a
snare of death.
10
The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in
his eyes.
11
When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man
is instructed, he gains knowledge.
12
The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast
down to ruin.
13
He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and
not be heard.
PSALM:
Psalms 119:
1, 27, 30, 34 - 35, 44
1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the
LORD!
27
Make me understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate on
thy wondrous works.
30
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I set thy ordinances before
me.
34
Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law and observe it with my
whole heart.
35
Lead me in the path of thy commandments, for I delight in it.
44
I will keep thy law continually, for ever and ever.
GOSPEL:
Luke 8:
19 - 21
19
Then his mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not
reach him for the crowd.
20
And he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing
outside, desiring to see you."
21
But he said to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who
hear the word of God and do it."
