Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Wednesday, 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
St Augustine, Bishop and Doctor
Antiphons on page 1734 and Readings on page 1204 of the Daily Missal
Entrance Antiphon
In the midst of the Church he opened his mouth, and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding and clothed him in a robe of glory.
First Reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
A reading from the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians
We command you, brethren,
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you keep away from any brother
who is living in idleness and not in accord
with the tradition that you received from us.
For you yourselves know
how you ought to imitate us;
we were not idle when we were with you,
we did not eat any one’s bread without paying,
but with toil and labour we worked night and day,
that we might not burden any of you.
It was not because we have not that right,
but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate.
For even when we were with you,
we gave you this command:
If any one will not work, let him not eat.
Now may the Lord of peace himself
give you peace at all times in all ways.
The Lord be with you all.
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand.
This is the mark in every letter of mine;
it is the way I write.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
The Word of the Lord
Responsorial psalm: Psalm 128: 1-2, 4-5 (R. 1a)
Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:
R./ Blessed are all who fear the Lord.
Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
and walk in his ways!
By the labour of your hands you shall eat.
You will be blessed and prosper.
Indeed thus shall be blessed
the man who fear the Lord.
May the Lord bless you from Sion.
May you see Jerusalem prosper
all the days of your life!
R./ Blessed are all who fear the Lord.
Please stand for the Gospel
Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever keeps Christ’s word, in him truly love for God is perfected.
Alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
At that time:
Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for you are like whitewashed tombs,
which outwardly appear beautiful,
but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
So you also outwardly appear righteous to men,
but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
for you build the tombs of the prophets
and adorn the monuments of the righteous, saying,
‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors,
we would not have taken part with them
in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Thus you witness against yourselves,
that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.”
The Gospel of the Lord
Communion Antiphon
Thus says the Lord: You have but on teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.
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