Mass Readings

First Reading – Rom 7:18-25a

Brothers and sisters: I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh. The willing is ready at hand, but doing the good is not. For I do not do the good I want, but I do the evil I do not want. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. So, then, I discover the principle that when I want to do right, evil is at hand. For I take delight in the law of God, in my inner self, but I see in my members another principle at war with the law of my mind, taking me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Miserable one that I am! Who will deliver me from this mortal body? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Responsorial Psalm – Ps 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 (R.68b)

R. Lord, teach me Your statutes.

Teach me wisdom and knowledge,
for in Your commands I trust. R.

You are good and bountiful;
teach me Your statutes. R.

Let Your kindness comfort me
according to Your promise to Your servants. R.

Let Your compassion come to me that I may live,
for Your law is my delight. R.

Never will I forget Your precepts,
for through them You give me life. R.

I am Yours; save me,
for I have sought Your precepts. R.

Gospel – Lk 12:54-59

Jesus said to the crowds, “When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time? “Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.”

Featured Saints

St. Evaristus, Pope (†108). He led the Roman Church, as fourth successor of St. Peter, during the time of Emperor Trajan.

St. Gaudiosus, bishop († fifth/ sixth century). Bishop of Abitina, in present-day Tunisia, who, while fleeing persecution of the Vandals, ended his days in a monastery that he had founded in Naples, Italy.

St. Oran of Iona, monk (†sixth century). One of the first disciples of St. Columba, he was Abbot of Meath and worked in the evangelization of Scotland.

Blessed Bartholomew of Braganza, bishop (†1270). Dominican Friar who instituted the Militia of Jesus Christ in Vicenza, Italy, where he was Bishop.

Blessed Salvador Mollar Ventura, martyr (†1936). Franciscan Friar Minor. Martyred for his fidelity during the anti-Catholic persecution of the Spanish Civil War.