Readings of the day

Mass readings

1. First reading Amos 2:6-10, 13-16

   ⁶The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; ⁷They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name. ⁸They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. ⁹Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. ¹⁰Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. ¹³Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. ¹⁴Flight will perish from the swift. The strong won’t strengthen his force. The mighty won’t deliver himself. ¹⁵He who handles the bow won’t stand. He who is swift of foot won’t escape. He who rides the horse won’t deliver himself. ¹⁶He who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,” says the LORD.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Amos 2:6-10, 13-16

2. Responsorial Psalm Psalms 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23

   ¹⁶But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips, ¹⁷since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you? ¹⁸When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers. ¹⁹“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit. ²⁰You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son. ²¹You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes. ²²“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver. ²³Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

   Some verses are read only in part; the whole verse is shown.

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Psalms 50:16bc-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23

3. Gospel acclamation Psalms 95:8ab

4. Gospel Matthew 8:18-22

   ¹⁸Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side. ¹⁹A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” ²⁰Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” ²¹Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.” ²²But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

   WEB-C · World English Bible (Catholic). Public Domain. Source: eBible.org. Read in context: Matthew 8:18-22