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First
reading |
Exodus 20:1-17 |
The
Law given at Sinai
God spoke all these words. He
said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of
the house of slavery.
‘You
shall have no gods except me.
‘You
shall not make yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything in heaven or
on earth beneath or in the waters under the earth; you shall not bow down to
them or serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God and I punish the
father’s fault in the sons, the grandsons, and the great-grandsons of those who
hate me; but I show kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my
commandments.
‘You
shall not utter the name of the Lord your God to misuse it, for the Lord will
not leave unpunished the man who utters his name to misuse it.
‘Remember
the sabbath day and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your
work, but the seventh day is a sabbath for the Lord your God. You shall do no
work that day, neither you nor your son nor your daughter nor your servants,
men or women, nor your animals nor the stranger who lives with you. For in six
days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that these
hold, but on the seventh day he rested; that is why the Lord has blessed the
sabbath day and made it sacred.
‘Honour
your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that
the Lord your God has given to you.
‘You
shall not kill.
‘You
shall not commit adultery.
‘You
shall not steal.
‘You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
‘You
shall not covet your neighbour’s house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s
wife, or his servant, man or woman, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that
is his.’
The word of the Lord.
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Responsorial
Psalm |
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Psalm 18(19):8-11 |
You, Lord, have the
message of eternal life.
The law of the Lord is
perfect,
it revives the
soul.
The rule of the Lord is to be
trusted,
it gives wisdom
to the simple.
You, Lord, have the
message of eternal life.
The precepts of the Lord are
right,
they gladden the
heart.
The command of the Lord is
clear,
it gives light to
the eyes.
You, Lord, have the
message of eternal life.
The fear of the Lord is holy,
abiding for ever.
The decrees of the Lord are
truth
and all of them
just.
You, Lord, have the
message of eternal life.
They are more to be desired
than gold,
than the purest of
gold
and sweeter are they than
honey,
than honey from
the comb.
You, Lord, have the
message of eternal life.
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Second
reading |
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1 Corinthians 1:22-25 · |
The
crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of God
While the Jews demand
miracles and the Greeks look for wisdom, here are we preaching a crucified
Christ; to the Jews an obstacle that they cannot get over, to the pagans
madness, but to those who have been called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a
Christ who is the power and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser
than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength.
The word of the Lord.
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Gospel
Acclamation |
Jn11:25, 26 |
Praise to you, O Christ, king
of eternal glory!
I am the resurrection and the
life, says the Lord;
whoever believes in me will
never die.
Praise to you, O Christ, king
of eternal glory!
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Or: |
Jn3:16 |
Praise to you, O Christ, king
of eternal glory!
God loved the world so much
that he gave his only Son:
everyone who believes in him
has eternal life.
Praise to you, O Christ, king
of eternal glory!
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Gospel |
John 2:13-25 |
Destroy
this sanctuary and in three days I will raise it up
Just before the Jewish
Passover Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and in the Temple he found people selling
cattle and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting at their counters
there. Making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the Temple,
cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked their
tables over and said to the pigeon-sellers, ‘Take all this out of here and stop
turning my Father’s house into a market.’ Then his disciples remembered the
words of scripture: Zeal for your house will devour me. The Jews intervened and
said, ‘What sign can you show us to justify what you have done?’ Jesus
answered, ‘Destroy this sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The
Jews replied, ‘It has taken forty-six years to build this sanctuary: are you
going to raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the sanctuary that
was his body, and when Jesus rose from the dead, his disciples remembered that
he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the words he had said.
During
his stay in Jerusalem for the Passover many believed in his name when they saw
the signs that he gave, but Jesus knew them all and did not trust himself to
them; he never needed evidence about any man; he could tell what a man had in
him.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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