Category: Mass Readings

“Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful … so shall My Word Be that goes forth from My Mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but shall do My Will, achieving the end for which I Sent It.”

“‘… I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me, ill and you cared for me, in prison and you visited me. … Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’ …”

“Even now, says the LORD,
return to me with your whole heart,
with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;
Rend your hearts, not your garments,
and return to the LORD, your God.
For gracious and merciful is he,
slow to anger, rich in kindness,
and relenting in punishment. …”

“‘Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more … and Eternal Life in the age to come. …”

“… Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? … Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye. … every tree is known by its own fruit. … A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good ….'”

“… Jesus … said … ‘Let the children come to Me; do not prevent them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.’ …”