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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
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St. Louis IX of France, King, Patron of the Third Order (Memorial)
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First Reading
1 Thessalonians 2:9-13
9For you remember our labor and toil, brethren; we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you, while we preached to you the gospel of God.
10You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our behavior to you believers;
11for you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you
12to lead a life worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.
13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 139:7-12
7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8If I ascend to heaven, thou art there! If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
9If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10even there thy hand shall lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11If I say, "Let only darkness cover me, and the light about me be night,"
12even the darkness is not dark to thee, the night is bright as the day; for darkness is as light with thee.
Gospel
Matthew 23:27-32
27"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.
28So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
30saying, `If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'
31Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
First Reading
Isaiah 58:6-11
6"Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you, the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
9Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am. "If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
11And the LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire with good things, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 112:1-9
1Praise the LORD. Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in his commandments!
2His descendants will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.
3Wealth and riches are in his house; and his righteousness endures for ever.
4Light rises in the darkness for the upright; the LORD is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
5It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice.
6For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered for ever.
7He is not afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
8His heart is steady, he will not be afraid, until he sees his desire on his adversaries.
9He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Gospel
Matthew 22:34-40
34But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad'ducees, they came together.
35And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him.
36"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"
37And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
38This is the great and first commandment.
39And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
40On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."
From the Franciscan Lectionary
First Reading
Wisdom 10:10-14
10When a righteous man fled from his brother's wrath, she guided him on straight paths; she showed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of angels; she prospered him in his labors, and increased the fruit of his toil.
11When his oppressors were covetous, she stood by him and made him rich.
12She protected him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those who lay in wait for him; in his arduous contest she gave him the victory, so that he might learn that godliness is more powerful than anything.
13When a righteous man was sold, wisdom did not desert him, but delivered him from sin. She descended with him into the dungeon,
14and when he was in prison she did not leave him, until she brought him the scepter of a kingdom and authority over his masters. Those who accused him she showed to be false, and she gave him everlasting honor.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 89:8, 12, 20, 22, 27-28
7a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and terrible above all that are round about him?
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine; the world and all that is in it, thou hast founded them.
19Of old thou didst speak in a vision to thy faithful one, and say: "I have set the crown upon one who is mighty, I have exalted one chosen from the people.
21so that my hand shall ever abide with him, my arm also shall strengthen him.
26He shall cry to me, `Thou art my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.'
27And I will make him the first-born, the highest of the kings of the earth.
Gospel
Luke 19:12-19
12He said therefore, "A nobleman went into a far country to receive a kingdom and then return.
13Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them, `Trade with these till I come.'
14But his citizens hated him and sent an embassy after him, saying, `We do not want this man to reign over us.'
15When he returned, having received the kingdom, he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by trading.
16The first came before him, saying, `Lord, your pound has made ten pounds more.'
17And he said to him, `Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
18And the second came, saying, `Lord, your pound has made five pounds.'
19And he said to him, `And you are to be over five cities.'
