Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14

1. 2

   Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.

2. 3

   For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.

3. 4

   He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.

4. 5

   And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.

5. 6

   He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.

6. 12

   Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.

7. 13

   For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.

8. 14

   Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;

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

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5.

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Second Reading

Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17

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Gospel

Luke 2:41-52

1. 41

   And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of the pasch,

2. 42

   And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, according to the custom of the feast,

3. 43

   And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not.

4. 44

   And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day’s journey, and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance.

5. 45

   And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him.

6. 46

   And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them, and asking them questions.

7. 47

   And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his answers.

8. 48

   And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, why hast thou done so to us? behold thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.

9. 49

   And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? did you not know, that I must be about my father’s business?

10. 50

    And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them.

11. 51

    And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart.

12. 52

    And Jesus advanced in wisdom, and age, and grace with God and men.

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