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Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31 A perfect wife – who can find her? |
Her husband’s heart has confidence in her,
from her he will derive no little profit.
Advantage and not hurt she brings him
all the days of her life.
She is always busy with wool and with flax,
she does her work with eager hands.
She sets her hands to the distaff,
her fingers grasp the spindle.
She holds out her hand to the poor,
she opens her arms to the needy.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty;
the woman who is wise is the one to praise.
Give her a share in what her hands have worked for,
and let her works tell her praises at the city gates.
The word of the Lord.
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Responsorial
Psalm |
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Psalm
127(128):1-5 |
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be happy and prosper.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
in the heart of your house;
your children like shoots of the olive,
around your table.
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fears the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Zion
all the days of your life!
O blessed are those who fear the Lord.
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Second reading |
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1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 · |
You will not be expecting us to write anything to you,
brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of
the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are
saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly happens, as
suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for
anybody to evade it.
But it is not as if you live in the dark,
my brothers, for that Day to overtake you like a thief. No, you are all sons of
light and sons of the day: we do not belong to the night or to darkness, so we
should not go on sleeping, as everyone else does, but stay wide awake and
sober.
The
word of the Lord.
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Gospel Acclamation Rv2:10 |
Alleluia,
alleluia!
Even if you have to die, says the Lord,
keep faithful, and I will give you
the crown of life.
Alleluia!
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Or Jn15:4,5 |
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Alleluia, alleluia!
Make your home in me, as I make mine in you.
Whoever remains in me bears fruit in plenty.
Alleluia!
EITHER:
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Gospel |
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Matthew 25:14-30 |
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: ‘The
kingdom of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and
entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to
a third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out.
‘The man who had received the five talents
promptly went and traded with them and made five more. The man who had received
two made two more in the same way. But the man who had received one went off
and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money.
‘Now a long time after, the master of
those servants came back and went through his accounts with them. The man who
had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said
“you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.”
‘His master said to him, “Well done, good
and faithful servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will
trust you with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.”
‘Next the man with the two talents came
forward. “Sir,” he said “you entrusted me with two talents; here are two more
that I have made.” His master said to him, “Well done, good and faithful
servant; you have shown you can be faithful in small things, I will trust you
with greater; come and join in your master’s happiness.”
‘Last came forward the man who had the one talent. “Sir,” said he “I had heard you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered; so I was afraid, and I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Here it is; it was yours, you have it back.” But his master answered him, “You wicked and lazy servant! So you knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered? Well then, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have recovered my capital with interest. So now, take the talent from him and give it to the man who has the five talents. For to everyone who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough; but from the man who has not, even what he has will be taken away. As for this good-for-nothing servant, throw him out into the dark, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.”’
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OR Alternative |
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Matthew 25:14-15,19-21 |
Jesus spoke this parable to his disciples: ‘The
kingdom of Heaven is like a man on his way abroad who summoned his servants and
entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to
a third one; each in proportion to his ability. Then he set out.
‘Now a long time after, the master of
those servants came back and went through his accounts with them. The man who
had received the five talents came forward bringing five more. “Sir,” he said
“you entrusted me with five talents; here are five more that I have made.”’
The
Gospel of the Lord.
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