Today’s
Readings

First Reading

2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a, 14-17

1. 1

   And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of our gathering together unto him:

2. 2

   That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand.

3. 3

   Let no man deceive you by any means, for unless there come a revolt first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

4. 14

   Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle.

5. 15

   Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God and our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope in grace,

6. 16

   Exhort your hearts, and confirm you in every good work and word.

A letter after a verse number marks part of that verse. The full verse is shown here.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 96:10, 11-12, 13

1. 10

   Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

2. 11

   Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad, let the sea be moved, and the fulness thereof:

3. 12

   The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice

4. 13

   Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Gospel

Matthew 23:23-26

1. 23

   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you tithe mint, and anise, and cummin, and have left the weightier things of the law; judgment, and mercy, and faith. These things you ought to have done, and not to leave those undone.

2. 24

   Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

3. 25

   Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because you make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within you are full of rapine and uncleanness.

4. 26

   Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside may become clean.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.