Saturday, July 09,
2016
15th Sunday of
Ordinary Time – Year C
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
Deuteronomy 30:10-14
10 if you obey the voice
of Yahweh your God, by keeping his commandments and decrees written in the book
of this Law, and if you return to Yahweh your God with all your heart and soul.
11 'For this Law which I
am laying down for you today is neither obscure for you nor beyond your reach.
12 It is not in heaven,
so that you need to wonder, "Who will go up to heaven for us and bring it
down to us, so that we can hear and practise it?"
13 Nor is it beyond the
seas, so that you need to wonder, "Who will cross the seas for us and
bring it back to us, so that we can hear and practise it?"
14 No, the word is very
near to you, it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to put into
practice.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 69:14, 17,
30-31, 33-34, 36, 37
14 Rescue me from the
mire before I sink in; so I shall be saved from those who hate me, from the
watery depths.
17 do not turn away from
your servant, be quick to answer me, for I am in trouble.
30 I will praise God's
name in song, I will extol him by thanksgiving,
31 for this will please
Yahweh more than an ox, than a bullock horned and hoofed.
32 The humble have seen
and are glad. Let your courage revive, you who seek God.
33 For God listens to
the poor, he has never scorned his captive people.
34 Let heaven and earth
and seas, and all that stirs in them, acclaim him!
35 For God will save
Zion, and rebuild the cities of Judah, and people will live there on their own
land;
36 the descendants of
his servants will inherit it, and those who love his name will dwell there.
Second Reading
Colossians 1:15-20
15 He is the image of
the unseen God, the first-born of all creation,
16 for in him were
created all things in heaven and on earth: everything visible and everything
invisible, thrones, ruling forces, sovereignties, powers -- all things were
created through him and for him.
17 He exists before all
things and in him all things hold together,
18 and he is the Head of
the Body, that is, the Church. He is the Beginning, the first-born from the
dead, so that he should be supreme in every way;
19 because God wanted
all fullness to be found in him
20 and through him to
reconcile all things to him, everything in heaven and everything on earth, by
making peace through his death on the cross.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Luke 10:25-37
25 And now a lawyer stood
up and, to test him, asked, 'Master, what must I do to inherit eternal life?'
26 He said to him, 'What
is written in the Law? What is your reading of it?'
27 He replied, 'You must
love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your
strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbour as yourself.'
28 Jesus said to him,
'You have answered right, do this and life is yours.'
29 But the man was
anxious to justify himself and said to Jesus, 'And who is my neighbour?'
30 In answer Jesus said,
'A man was once on his way down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the
hands of bandits; they stripped him, beat him and then made off, leaving him
half dead.
31 Now a priest happened
to be travelling down the same road, but when he saw the man, he passed by on
the other side.
32 In the same way a
Levite who came to the place saw him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan
traveller who came on him was moved with compassion when he saw him.
34 He went up to him and
bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. He then lifted him onto his
own mount and took him to an inn and looked after him.
35 Next day, he took out
two denarii and handed them to the innkeeper and said, "Look after him,
and on my way back I will make good any extra expense you have."
36 Which of these three,
do you think, proved himself a neighbour to the man who fell into the bandits'
hands?'
37 He replied, 'The one
who showed pity towards him.' Jesus said to him, 'Go, and do the same
yourself.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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