Saturday, 25th
February, 2017
8th Sunday of Ordinary
Time – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass in English
First Reading
ISAIAH 49:14-15
14 Zion was saying,
'Yahweh has abandoned me, the Lord has forgotten me.'
15 Can a woman forget her
baby at the breast, feel no pity for the child she has borne? Even if these
were to forget, I shall not forget you.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2 he alone is my rock, my
safety, my stronghold so that I stand unshaken.
3 How much longer will
you set on a victim, all together, intent on murder, like a rampart already
leaning over, a wall already damaged?
6 He alone is my rock, my
safety, my stronghold, so that I stand unwavering.
7 In God is my safety and
my glory, the rock of my strength. In God is my refuge;
8 trust in him, you
people, at all times. Pour out your hearts to him, God is a refuge for us.
9 Ordinary people are a
mere puff of wind, important people a delusion; set both on the scales
together, and they are lighter than a puff of wind.
Second Reading
First Corinthians 4:1-5
1 People should think of
us as Christ's servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God.
2 In such a matter, what
is expected of stewards is that each one should be found trustworthy.
3 It is of no importance
to me how you or any other human court may judge me: I will not even be the
judge of my own self.
4 It is true that my
conscience does not reproach me, but that is not enough to justify me: it is
the Lord who is my judge.
5 For that reason, do not
judge anything before the due time, until the Lord comes; he will bring to
light everything that is hidden in darkness and reveal the designs of all
hearts. Then everyone will receive from God the appropriate commendation.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 6:24-34
24 'No one can be the
slave of two masters: he will either hate the first and love the second, or be
attached to the first and despise the second. You cannot be the slave both of
God and of money.
25 'That is why I am
telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about
your body and what you are to wear. Surely life is more than food, and the body
more than clothing!
26 Look at the birds in
the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are?
27 Can any of you, however
much you worry, add one single cubit to your span of life?
28 And why worry about
clothing? Think of the flowers growing in the fields; they never have to work
or spin;
29 yet I assure you that
not even Solomon in all his royal robes was clothed like one of these.
30 Now if that is how God
clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown
into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you, you who have
so little faith?
31 So do not worry; do not
say, "What are we to eat? What are we to drink? What are we to wear?"
32 It is the gentiles who
set their hearts on all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them
all.
33 Set your hearts on his
kingdom first, and on God's saving justice, and all these other things will be
given you as well.
34 So do not worry about
tomorrow: tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its
own.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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