Fourth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Romans viii. 18, 23.
Brethren: I reckon that the sufferings of this time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory to come, that shall be
revealed in us. For the expectation of the creature waiteth for
the revelation of the sons of God. For the creature was made
subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him that made
it subject, in hope: Because the creature also itself shall be
delivered from the servitude of corruption, into the liberty of
the glory of the children of God. For we know that every creature
groaneth and travaileth in pain even till now. And not only it,
but ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even
we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of
the sons of God, the redemption of our body in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Gospel.
Luke v. 1, 11.
At that time:
It came to pass, that when the multitude pressed upon him to hear
the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth. And he saw
two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were gone out
of them and were washing their nets. And going up into one of the
ships that was Simon's, he desired him to draw back a little from
the land. And sitting he taught the multitudes out of the ship.
Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out
into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And Simon,
answering, said to him: Master, we have laboured all the night,
and have taken nothing; but at thy word I will let down the net.
And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude
of fishes, and their net broke. And they beckoned to their
partners that were in the other ship, that they should come and
help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they
were almost sinking.
Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus's knees,
saying: Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was
wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of
the fishes which they had taken. And so were also James and John
the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus saith
to Simon: Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. And
having brought their ships to land, leaving all things they
followed him. Credo.
Fifth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Peter iii. 8, 15.
Dearly beloved: Be ye all of one mind, having compassion
one of another, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful,
modest, humble: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for
railing, but contrariwise, blessing: for unto this you are
called, that you may inherit a blessing. "For he that will love
life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil,
and his lips that they speak no guile. Let him decline from evil,
and do good: let him seek after peace, and pursue it: because the
eyes of the Lord are upon the just, and his ears unto their
prayers; but the countenance of the Lord against them that do
evil things." And who is he that can hurt you, if you be jealous
of good? But if also you suffer any thing for justice sake,
blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, and be not
troubled. But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts.
Gospel.
Matthew v. 20, 24.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Unless your
justice exceed that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said
to them of old: Thou shalt not kill. And whosoever hall kill,
shall be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you, that
whosoever is angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the
judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca,
shall be in danger of the council. And whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Therefore, if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there shalt
remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee; leave
there thy gift before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to
thy brother: and then come and offer thy gift. Credo.
Sixth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Romans vi. 3, 11.
Brethren: All we who are baptized in Christ Jesus, are
baptized in his death. For we are buried together with him by
baptism unto death: that as Christ is risen from the dead by the
glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. For
if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall also be in the likeness of his resurrection. Knowing this,
that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin may
be destroyed, and that we may serve sin no longer. For he that is
dead is justified from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall live also together with Christ. Knowing
that Christ, rising again from the dead, dieth now no more, death
shall no more have dominion over him. For in that he died to sin,
he died once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. So do
you also reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to
God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel.
Mark viii. 1, 9.
At that time: When there was a great multitude with Jesus,
and had nothing to eat: calling his disciples together, he saith
to them: I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have
now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and if I
send them away fasting to their own home, they will faint in the
way: for some of them came afar off. And his disciples answered
him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the
wilderness?
And he asked them: How many loaves have ye? Who said: Seven. And
he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the
seven loaves, giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples
for to set before them, and they set them before the people. And
they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded
them to be set before them. And they did eat and were filled, and
they took up that which was left of the fragments, seven baskets.
And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent
them away. Credo.
Seventh Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Romans vi. 19.
Brethren: I speak a human thing, because of the infirmity
of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members to serve
uncleanness and iniquity unto iniquity; so now yield your members
to serve justice, unto sanctification. For when you were the
servants of sin, you were free from justice. What fruit therefore
had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? For
the end of them is death. But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, you have your fruit unto sanctification,
and the end life everlasting. For the wages of sin is death; but
the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Gospel.
Matthew vii. 15, 21.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Beware of false
prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly
they are ravening wolves. By their fruits you shall know them. Do
men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every
good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth
forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit,
neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that
bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be
cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits you shall know
them. Not everyone that saith, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father who is
in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Credo.
Eighth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Romans viii. 12, 17.
Brethren: We are debtors, not to the flesh, to live
according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh,
you shall die: but if by the Spirit you mortify the deeds of the
flesh, you shall live. For whosoever are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God. For you have not received the
spirit of bondage again in fear; but you have received the spirit
of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba, (Father.) For the
Spirit himself giveth testimony to our spirit, that we are the
sons of God. And if sons, heirs also: heirs indeed of God, and
joint heirs with Christ.
Gospel.
Luke xvi. 1, 9.
At that time: Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable:
There was a certain rich man who had a steward: and the same was
accused unto him, that he had wasted his goods. And he called
him, and said to him; How is it that I hear this of thee? give an
account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no
longer. And the steward said within himself: What shall I do,
because my lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am
not able; to beg I am ashamed. I know what I will do, that when I
shall be removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into
their houses. Therefore calling together every one of his lord's
debtors, he said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord?
But he said: A hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take
thy bill and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said to
another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: A hundred quarters
of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill and write eighty. And the
lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done
wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their
generation, than the children of light. And I say to you: Make
unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity, that when you shall
fail, they may receive you into everlasting dwellings. Credo.
Ninth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Corinthians x. 6, 13.
Brethren: Let us not covet evil things, as they also
coveted. Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them: as it is
written: "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to
play." Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them
committed fornication, and there fell in one day three-and-twenty
thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ: as some of them tempted,
and perished by the serpents. Neither do you murmur: as some of
them murmured, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these
things happened to them in figure: and they are written for our
correction, upon whom the ends of the world are come. Wherefore
let him that thinketh himself to stand, take heed lest he fall.
Let no temptation take hold on you but such as is human. And God
is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that
which you are able; but will make also with temptation issue,
that you may be able to bear it.
Gospel.
Luke xix. 41, 47.
At that time: When he drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the
city, he wept over it, saying: If thou also hadst known, and that
in this thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they
are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come upon thee: and
thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee
round, and straiten thee on every side, and beat thee flat to the
ground, and thy children who are in thee: and they shall not
leave in thee a stone upon a stone; because thou hast not known
the time of thy visitation. And entering into the temple, he
began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought,
saying to them: It is written: "My house is the house of prayer."
But you have made it a den of thieves. And he was teaching daily
in the temple. Credo.
Tenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Corinthians xii. 2, 11.
Brethren: You know that when you were heathens, you went
to dumb idols, according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to
understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, saith
anathema to Jesus. And no man can say the Lord Jesus, but by the
Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of graces, but the same
spirit. And there are diversities of ministries, but the same
Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but the same God
who worketh all in all. And the manifestation of the Spirit is
given to every man unto profit. To one indeed, by the Spirit, is
given the word of wisdom; and to another, the word of knowledge,
according to the same spirit; to another faith in the same
spirit; to another, the grace of healing in one spirit; to
another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to
another, the discerning of spirits; to another, divers kinds of
tongues; to another, interpretation of speeches. But in all these
things, one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one
according as he will.
Gospel.
Luke xviii. 9, 14.
At that time: Jesus spake this parable to some who trusted
in themselves as just, and despised others. Two men went up into
the temple to pray: the one was a Pharisee, and the other a
publican. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God,
I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men,
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican. I
fast twice in the week: I give tithes of all that I possess. And
the publican standing afar off would not so much as lift up his
eyes towards heaven: but struck his breast, saying: O God, be
merciful to me a sinner. I say to you, this man went down to his
house justified rather than the other, because every one that
exalted himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself,
shall be exalted. Credo.
Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Corinthians xv. 1, 10.
Brethren: I make known unto you the gospel which I
preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you
stand, by which also you are saved: if you hold fast after what
manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain. For
I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures: and
that he was buried, and that he arose again the third day
according to the Scriptures: and that he was seen by Cephas; and
after that by the eleven. Then was he seen by more than five
hundred brethren at once; of whom many remain until this present,
and some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen by James, then
by all the apostles: and last of all, he was seen also by me, as
one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, who
am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the
Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what i am; and his
grace in me hath not been void.
Gospel.
Mark vii. 31, 37.
At that time: Jesus going out of the coast of Tyre, he
came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the
coast of Decapolis. And they bring to him one deaf and dumb: and
they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. And taking
him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears,
and spitting, he touched his tongue: and looking up to heaven, he
groaned and said to him: Ephpheta, that is, Be opened. And
immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue
was loosed, and he spoke right. And he charged them that they
should tell no man. But the more he charged them, so much the
more a great deal did they publish it. And so much the more did
they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; he hath made
both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. Credo.
Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
2 Corinthians iii. 4, 9.
Brethren: We have confidence through Christ towards God:
not that we are sufficient to think any thing of ourselves as of
ourselves: but our sufficiency is from God. Who also hath made us
fit ministers of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in the
spirit. For the letter killeth; but the spirit quickeneth. Now if
the ministration of death, engraven with letters upon stones, was
glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly
behold the face of Moses, for the glory of his countenance, which
is made void: how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be
rather in glory? For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more the ministration of justice aboundeth in glory.
Gospel.
Luke x. 23, 37.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: Blessed are the
eyes that see the things which you see. For I say to you, that
many prophets and kings have desired to see the things that you
see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you
hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain lawyer stood
up, tempting him, and saying: Master, what must I do to possess
eternal life? But he said to him: What is written in the law? how
readest thou? He answering, said: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all
thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbour as
thyself."
And he said to him: Thou hast answered right: this do and thou
shalt live. But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus:
And who is my neighbour? And Jesus answering, said: A certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who
had stripped him, and having wounded him, went away, leaving him
half dead. And it chanced that a certain priest went down the
same way: and seeing him, passed by. In like manner also a
Levite, when he was near the place, and saw him, passed by. But a
certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near him: and seeing
him, was moved with compassion. And going up to him, bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine: and setting him upon his own
beast brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next
day he took out two pieces, and gave to the host, and said: Take
care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, I at
my return will repay thee. Which of these three in thy opinion
was neighbour to him that fell among robbers? But he said: He
that showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou
in like manner. Credo.
Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Galatians iii. 16, 22.
Brethren: To Abraham were the promises made, and to his
seed. He saith not: And to his seeds, as of many; but as of one:
And to thy seed, which is Christ. Now this I say, that the
testament which was confirmed by God, the law which was made
after four hundred and thirty years, doth not disannul, or make
the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance be of the law,
it is no more of promise. But God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Why then was the law? It was set because of transgressions, until
the seed should come, to whom he made the promise, being ordained
by angels in the hand of a mediator.
Now a mediator is not of one; but God is one. Was the law then
against the promises of God? God forbid. For if there had been a
law given which could give life, verily justice should have been
by the law. But the Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that
the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them
that believe.
Gospel.
Luke xvii. 11, 19.
At that time: As Jesus was going to Jerusalem, he passed
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into
a certain town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who stood
afar off, and lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have
mercy on us. Whom when he saw, he said: Go, show yourselves to
the priests. And it came to pass, that as they went, they were
made clean. And one of them when he saw that he was made clean,
went back, with a loud voice glorifying God. And he fell on his
face before his feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan.
And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten made clean, and where are
the nine? There is no one found to return and give glory to God,
but this stranger. And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy
faith hath made thee whole. Credo.
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Galatians v. 16, 24,
Brethren: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfil the
lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit; and
the spirit against the flesh: for these are contrary to one
another, so that you do not the things that you would. But if you
are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works
of the flesh are manifest, which are, fornication, uncleanness,
immodesty, luxury, idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions,
emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, envy, murders,
drunkenness, revellings, and such like.
Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they
who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God. But the
fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity,
goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency,
chastity. Against such there is no law. And they that are
Christ's, have crucified their flesh with the vices and
concupiscences.
Gospel.
Matthew vi. 24, 33.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: No man can
serve two masters. For either he will hate the one, and love the
other: or he will sustain the one, and despise the other. You
cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, be not
solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body,
what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat, and
the body more than the raiment: Behold the birds of the air, for
they neither sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and
your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not you of much more value
than they? And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his
stature one cubit? And for raiment why are you solicitous?
Consider the lilies of the field how they grow: they labour not,
neither do they spin. But I say to you, that not even Solomon in
all his glory was arrayed as one of these. And if the grass of
the field, which is to-day, and to-morrow is cast into the oven,
God doth so clothe: how much more you, O ye of little faith. Be
not solicitous therefore, saying, what shall we eat, or what
shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? For after all
these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that
you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first the
kingdom of God, and his justice, and all these things shall be
added unto you. Credo.
Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Galatians v. 25. vi. 1, 10.
Brethren: If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit. Let us not be made desirous of vain glory, provoking
one another, envying one another. (Chap, vi.) Brethren, if a man
be overtaken in any fault, you, who are spiritual, instruct such
a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou
also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens: and so you shall
fulfil the law of Christ. For if any man think himself to be
something, whereas he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let
every one prove his own work, and so he shall have glory in
himself only, and not in another. For every one shall bear his
own burden. And let him that is instructed in the word,
communicate to him that instructed him, in all good things. Be
not deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man shall sow,
those also shall he reap. For he that soweth in his flesh, of the
flesh also shall reap corruption. But; he that soweth in the
Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life everlasting. And in doing
good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not
failing. Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all
men, but especially to those who are of the household of the
faith.
Gospel.
Luke vii. 11, 16.
At that time: Jesus went into a city called Naim; and
there went with him his disciples, and a great multitude. And
when he came nigh to the city, behold a dead man was carried out,
the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and much people
of the city were with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said to her: Weep not. And he came near
and touched the bier. And they that carried it, stood still. And
he said: Young man, I say to thee, Arise. And he that was dead,
sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
And there came a fear on them all: and they glorified God,
saying: A great prophet is risen up amongst us, and God hath
visited his people.
Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ephesians iii. 13, 21.
Brethren: I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you,
which is your glory. For this cause I bow my knee to the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and
earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches
of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto
the inward man. That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts:
that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to
comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length,
and height, and depth: to know also the clarity of Christ, which
surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled unto all the
fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do all things more
abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power
that worketh in us: to him be glory in the church, and in Christ
Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.
Gospel.
Luke xiv. 1, 11.
At that time: When Jesus went into the house of one of the
chief of the Pharisees on the Sabbath-day to eat bread, they
watched him. And behold there was a certain man before him that
had the dropsy. And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and
Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day? But
they held their peace. But he, taking him, healed him, and sent
him away. And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an
ass or an ox fall into a pit; and will not immediately draw him
out on the Sabbath-day? And they could not answer him to these
things.
And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking
how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: When
thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place,
lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him: and
he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man
place; and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place, that
when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go
up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at
table with thee; because every one that exalted himself, shall be
humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted. Credo.
Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ephesians iv. 1, 6.
Brethren: I who am a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you
that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called.
With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one
another in charity. Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in
the bond of peace. One body and one spirit; as you are called in
one hope of your calling. One Lord, one faith, one baptism. One
God, and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in
us all, who is blessed for evermore.
Gospel.
Matthew xxii. 35, 46.
At that time: The Pharisees came to Jesus; and one of
them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him: Master, which
is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and
the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two
commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
saying: What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to
him: David's. He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit
call him Lord, saying: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my
right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool? If David
then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to
answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask
him any more questions. Credo.
Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
1 Corinthians i. 4, 8.
Brethren: I give thanks to my God always for you, for the
grace of God, that is given you in Christ Jesus; that in all
things you are made rich in him, in all utterance, and in all
knowledge, as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you. So
that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for the
manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Who also will confirm you
unto the end without crime, in the day of the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Gospel.
Matthew ix. 1, 8.
At that time: Jesus entering into a boat, he passed over
the water and came into his own city. And behold they brought to
him one sick of the palsy, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their
faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son,
thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold some of the Scribes said
within themselves: He blasphemeth. And Jesus seeing their
thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your heart? Whether is
it easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say: Arise
and walk? But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the
palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. And he
arose and went into his house. And the multitude seeing it,
feared and glorified God that gave such power to men. Credo.
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ephesians. iv. 23, 28.
Brethren: Be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and put
on the new man, who, according to God, is created in Justice, and
holiness of truth. Wherefore putting away lying, speak ye the
truth every man with his neighbour: for we are members one of
another. Be angry and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your
anger. Give not place to the devil. He that stole, let him now
steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have something to give to
him that suffereth need.
Gospel.
Matthew xxii. 1, 14.
At that time: Jesus spoke to the scribes and Pharisees in
a parable, saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king,
who made a marriage for his son. And he sent his servants, to
call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not
come. Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were
invited: Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my beeves and
fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the
marriage. But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his
farm, and another to his merchandise. And the rest laid hands on
his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to
death. But when the king had heard of it, he was angry, and
sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their
city. Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is
ready: but they that were invited, were not worthy. Go ye
therefore into the high-ways; and as many as you shall find, call
to the marriage. And his servants going forth into the ways,
gathered together all they found, both bad and good: and the
marriage was filled with guests.
And the king went in to see the guests, and he saw there a man
who had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to him, Friend,
how camest thou in hither, not having on a wedding garment? But
he was silent. Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands
and his feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness; there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called but
few are chosen. Credo.
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ephesians. v. 15, 21.
Brethren: See, therefore, how you walk circumspectly, not
as unwise, but as wise: redeeming the time, because the days are
evil. Wherefore become not unwise, but understanding what is the
will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is luxury, but
be ye filled with the holy Spirit, speaking to yourselves in
psalms and hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing and making
melody in your hearts to the Lord: giving thanks always for all
things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the
Father. Being subject one to another in the fear of Christ.
Gospel,
John iv. 46, 53.
At that time: There was a certain ruler, whose son was
sick at Capharnaum. He having heard that Jesus was come from
Judea into Galilee, went to him, and prayed him to come down and
heal his son, for he was at the point of death. Jesus therefore
said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not.
The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die.
Jesus saith to him: Go thy way, thy son liveth. The man believed
the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way. And as he was
going down, his servants met him: and they brought word, saying,
that his son lived. He asked therefore of them the hour wherein
he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh
hour the fever left him. The father therefore knew that it was at
the same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son liveth; and himself
believed, and his whole house. Credo.
Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ephesians. vi. 10, 17.
Brethren: Be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of
his power. Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to
stand against the deceits of the devil. For our wrestling is not
against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers,
against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the
spirit of wickedness in the high places. Therefore take unto you
the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil
day, and to stand in all things perfect. Stand therefore, having
your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate
of justice, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel
of peace; in all things taking the shield of faith, wherewith you
may be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the most wicked
one. And take unto you the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Gospel.
Matthew xviii. 28, 35.
At that time: Jesus spoke to his disciples this parable:
The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who would take an
account of his servants. And when he had begun to take the
account, one was brought to him that owed him ten thousand
talents. And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord
commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and
all that he had, and payment to be made. But that servant falling
down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me and I will pay
thee all.
And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go,
and forgave him the debt. But when that servant was gone out, he
found one of his fellow-servants that owed him a hundred pence;
and laying hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou
owest. And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying:
Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. And he would not:
but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt. Now his
fellow-servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and
they came and told their lord all that was done. Then his lord
called him, and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee
all the debt, because thou besoughtest me: shouldst not thou then
have had compassion also on thy fellow-servant, even as I had
compassion on thee? And his lord being angry, delivered him to
the torturers, until he paid all the debt. So also shall my
heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his
brother from your hearts. Credo.
Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Philippians i. 6, 11.
Brethren: We are confident of this very thing, that he who
hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of
Christ Jesus. As it is meet for me to think this for you all: for
that I have you in my heart; and that in my bands, and in the
defence and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partakers of
my joy. For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the
bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your charity may
more and more abound in knowledge and in all understanding; that
you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and
without offence unto the day of Christ. Filled with the fruit of
justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Gospel.
Matthew xxii. 15, 21.
At that time: The Pharisees going, consulted among
themselves how to ensnare Jesus in his speech. And they sent to
him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know
that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in
truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard
the person of men. Tell us therefore what thou dost think, is it
lawful to give tribute to Cæsar or not? But Jesus knowing their
wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites? Show me the
coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. And Jesus
saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this? They say to
him: Cæsar's. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Cæsar
the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are
God's. Credo.
Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost.
Should there be but 23 Sundays after Pentecost, the Mass of the 24th is said to-day, and this on the preceding Saturday, (if it be neither a double nor semi-double,) in which case it is said on some vacant day before it.
Epistle.
Philippians iii. 17, 21; iv. 1, 3.
Brethren: Be followers of me, and observe them who walk so
as you have our model. For many walk, of whom I have told you
often, (and now tell you weeping,) that they are enemies of the
cross of Christ; whose end is destruction, whose God is their
belly, and whose glory is their shame: who mind earthly things.
But our conversation is in heaven: from whence also we look for
the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ, who will reform the body of
our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the
operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto
himself. (Chap, iv.) Therefore my dearly beloved brethren, and
most desired, my joy, and my crown: so stand fast in the Lord, my
dearly beloved. I beg of Evodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of
one mind in the Lord. And I entreat thee also, my sincere
companion, help those women that have laboured with me in the
gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow labourers, whose
names are in the book of life.
Gospel.
Matthew ix. 18, 26.
At that time: As Jesus was speaking to the multitude,
behold a certain ruler came up and adored him, saying: Lord, my
daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and
she shall live. And Jesus rising up followed him, with his
disciples. And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of
blood twelve years, came behind him and touched the hem of his
garment. For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his
garment, I shall be healed. But Jesus turning and seeing her,
said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole.
And the woman was made whole from that hour. And when Jesus was
come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the
multitude making a rout, he said: Give place: for the girl is not
dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. And when the
multitude was put forth, he went in and took her by the hand. And
the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that
country. Credo.
As there cannot be less than 23, nor more than 28 Sundays after Pentecost, it is to be observed, that the Mass of the 24th is always said on that Sunday which immediately precedes Advent. When, therefore, it happens that there are any intervening Sundays between the 23rd and the last, the Epistles and Gospels are taken from the Sundays which were omitted after Epiphany: for instance, if but one Sunday, the Mass is of the 6th after Epiphany; if two, of the 5th and 6th; if three, of the 4th, 5th, and 6th; and if four, of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th.
Twenty-Fourth, Or Last Sunday After Pentecost.
Epistle.
Ccolossians i. 9, 14.
Brethren: We cease not to pray for you, and to beg that
you may be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom,
and spiritual understanding: that you may walk worthy of God, in
all things pleasing: being fruitful in every good work, and
increasing in the knowledge of God: strengthened with all might,
according to the power of his glory, in all patience and
long-suffering with joy. Giving thanks to God the Father, who
hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in
light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we
have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.
Gospel.
Matthew xxiv. 15, 35.
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: When you shall
see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel
the prophet, standing in the holy place: he that readeth let him
understand. Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the
mountains; and he that is on the house-top, let him not come down
to take any thing out of his house; and he that is in the field,
let him not go back to take his coat. And woe to them that are
with child, and give suck in those days. But pray that your
flight be not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath. For there shall
be then great tribulation, such as hath not been from the
beginning of the world until now, neither shall be. And unless
those days had been shortened, no flesh could be saved: but for
the sake of the elect, those days shall be shortened. Then if any
man shall say to you: Lo! here is Christ, or there: do not
believe him: For there shall arise false Christs, and false
prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to
deceive (if possible) even the elect. Behold I have told it you,
beforehand; if therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in
the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe
it not. For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth
even into the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
be. Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be
gathered together.
And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun
shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall
be moved: and there shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
heaven: and then shall all tribes of the earth mourn: and they
shall see the Son of man, coming in the clouds of heaven with
much power and majesty. And he shall send his angels with a
trumpet, and a great voice: and they shall gather together his
elect from the four winds, from the farthest parts of the heavens
to the utmost bounds of them. And from the fig-tree learn a
parable: when the branch thereof is now tender, and the leaves
come forth, you know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you
shall see all these things, know ye that it is nigh even at the
doors. Amen, I say to you, that this generation shall not pass,
till these things be done. Heaven and earth shall pass, but my
words shall not pass. Credo.
The Common Of Saints.
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
8th December.
Lesson.
Proverbs viii. 22, 35.
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his ways, before he
made any thing, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity,
and of old, before the earth was made. The depths were not as
yet, and I was already conceived, neither had the fountains of
water as yet sprung out: the mountains with their huge bulk had
not as yet been established: before the hills I was brought
forth: he had not yet made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the
poles of the world. When he prepared the heavens, I was there:
when with a certain law and compass he enclosed he depths: when
he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters:
when he compassed the sea with its bounds, and set a law to the
waters, that they should not pass their limits: when he balanced
the foundations of the earth, I was with him forming all things,
and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times,
playing in the world: and my delight is to be with the children
of men. Now, therefore, ye children, hear me: blessed are they
that keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it
not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily
at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He that shall
find me shall find life, and shall have salvation from the Lord.
Gospel.
Matthew i. 1, 16.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And
Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. And Judas begot Phares and
Zara of Thamar.
And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. And Aram begot
Aminidab. And Aminidab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon.
And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And
Obed begot Jesse. And Jesse begot David the king. And David the
king begot Solomon, of her who had been the wife of Urias.
And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot
Asa. And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram
begot Ozias. And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz.
And Achaz begot Ezechias. And Ezechias begot Menasses. And
Menasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias. And Josias begot
Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. And
after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel.
And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. And Zorobabel begot Abiub. And
Abiub begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor. And Azor begot
Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud. And Eliud
begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Matham. And Matham begot Jacob.
And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born
Jesus, who is called Christ.
Of St. Patrick, ap. and Patron of Ireland.
17th March.
Lesson.
Ecclesiastes xliv. xlv.
Behold a great priest, who in his time pleased God, and was found
just; and in the time of wrath became an atonement. There were
none found like him in observing the law of the Most High.
Therefore by an oath did the Lord make him great amongst his
people. He gave him the blessing of all nations, and established
his covenant on his head. He acknowledged him in his blessings:
he stored up his mercy for him; and he found favour in the eyes
of the Lord. (Chap, xlv.) He exalted him in the sight of kings;
and gave him a crown of glory. He made with him an eternal
covenant: and bestowed on him a great priesthood: and rendered
him blessed in glory. To perform the priestly office, to sing
praises to the name of God; and to offer him precious incense for
an odour of sweetness.