Tue 20 September

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs

These readings are from the Jerusalem Bible. For copyright reasons we cannot show the New American Bible translations in our Web pages, but the downloadable versions of Universalis do contain them.

First reading

Proverbs 3:27-34

My son, do not refuse a kindness to anyone who begs it,
 if it is in your power to perform it.
Do not say to your neighbour, ‘Go away! Come another time!
 I will give it you tomorrow’, if you can do it now.
Do not plot harm against your neighbour
 as he lives unsuspecting next door.
Do not pick a groundless quarrel with a man
 who has done you no harm.
Do not emulate the man of violence,
 never model your conduct on his;
for the wilful wrong-doer is abhorrent to the Lord,
 who confides only in honest men.
The Lord’s curse lies on the house of the wicked,
 but he blesses the home of the virtuous.
He mocks those who mock,
 but accords his favour to the humble.

Psalm or canticle

Psalm 14:2-5

Gospel

Luke 8:16-18

Jesus said to his disciples: ‘No one lights a lamp to cover it with a bowl or to put it under a bed. No, he puts it on a lamp-stand so that people may see the light when they come in. For nothing is hidden but it will be made clear, nothing secret but it will be known and brought to light. So take care how you hear; for anyone who has will be given more; from anyone who has not, even what he thinks he has will be taken away.’

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