Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Phiippians 2:12-18

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Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 27:1, 4, 13-14

1. 1

   The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

2. 4

   One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

3. 13

   I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.

4. 14

   Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain

Gospel

Luke 14:25-33

1. 25

   And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to them:

2. 26

   If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

3. 27

   And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

4. 28

   For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down, and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

5. 29

   Lest, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able ti finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

6. 30

   Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

7. 31

   Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?

8. 32

   Or else, whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace.

9. 33

   So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain