Friday, 6 September 2024
Friday in Twenty-Second week in Ordinary Time - Year II
Antiphons on p. 1214 and Readings on p. 1231 of the Daily Missal.
Entrance Antiphon.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long. O Lord, you are good and forgiving, full of mercy to all who call to you.
First Reading: 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.
Brothers and sisters:
This is how one should regard us,
as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Moreover, it is required of stewards
that they be found trustworthy.
But with me, it is a very small thing
that I should be judged by you or by any human court.
I do not even judge myself.
I am not aware of anything against myself,
but I am not thereby acquitted.
It is the Lord who judges me.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time,
before the Lord comes,
who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness
and will disclose the purposes of the heart.
Then every man will receive his commendation from God.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 37:3-4.5-6.27-28.39-40 (R. 39a)
Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm
R/. From the Lord comes the salvation of the just.
Trust in the Lord and do good;
then you will dwell in the land and safely pasture.
Find your delight in the Lord,
who grants your heart’s desire.
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act,
and make your uprightness shine like the light,
the justice of your cause like the noon-day sun.
Then turn away from evil and do good,
and you may abide forever;
for indeed, the Lord loves justice,
and will never forsake his faithful.
The unjust shall be wiped out forever,
and the descendants of the wicked destroyed.
But from the Lord comes the salvation of the just,
their stronghold in time of distress.
The Lord helps them and rescues them,
rescues and saves them from the wicked:
because they take refuge in him.
R/. From the Lord comes the salvation of the just.
Please stand for the Gospel.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
I am the light of the world, says the Lord; he who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia.
Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.
At that time:
The Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus,
“The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers,
and so do the disciples of the Pharisees,
but yours eat and drink.”
And Jesus said to them,
“Can you make wedding guests fast
while the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come,
when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast in those days.”
He told them a parable also:
“No one tears a piece from a new garment
and puts it upon an old garment;
if he does, he will tear the new,
and the piece from the new will not match the old.
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins;
if he does, the new wine will burst the skins
and it will be spilled,
and the skins will be destroyed.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins.
And no one after drinking old wine desires new;
for he says, ‘The old is good.’”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Communion Antiphon.
How great is the goodness, Lord, that you keep for those who fear you.
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