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Readings of the day

Saturday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary TimeWeekday

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Texts from World English Bible (Catholic) (WEB-C); the official lectionary translation in your country may differ.

Mass during the Day

  1. First reading Romans 4:13, 16-18

    13For the promise to Abraham and to his offspring that he would be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 16For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the offspring, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all. 17As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were. 18Against hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, “So will your offspring be.”

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

  2. Responsorial Psalm Psalms 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43

    6you offspring of Abraham, his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 7He is the LORD, our God. His judgments are in all the earth. 8He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, 9the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac, 42For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham, his servant. 43He brought his people out with joy, his chosen with singing.

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

  3. Gospel acclamation John 15:26b, 27a

  4. Gospel Luke 12:8-12

    8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God; 9but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of God’s angels. 10Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say; 12for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”

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

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  1. First reading Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16

    1Happy is the husband of a good wife. The number of his days will be doubled. 2A faithful wife gives joy to her husband. He will fulfill his years in peace. 3A good wife is a great gift. She will be given to those who fear the Lord. 4Whether a man is rich or poor, a good heart makes a cheerful face at all times. 13The grace of a wife will delight her husband. Her knowledge will strengthen his bones. 14A silent woman is a gift of the Lord. There is nothing worth so much as a well-instructed soul. 15A modest woman is grace upon grace. There are no scales that can weigh the value of a self-controlled soul. 16As the sun when it arises in the highest places of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-organized home.

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

  2. Responsorial Psalm Psalms 128:1-2, 3, 4-5

    1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. 2For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. 3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. 4Behold, this is how the man who fears the LORD is blessed. 5May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

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

  3. Gospel acclamation John 8:31b-32

  4. Gospel Mark 3:31-35

    31His mother and his brothers came, and standing outside, they sent to him, calling him. 32A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.” 33He answered them, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, “Behold, my mother and my brothers! 35For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”

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

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References: Ordo Lectionum Missae, editio typica altera (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1981). The psalm response is not shown.