First Reading - Jer 17:5-8
Thus says the Lord:
Cursed is the man who trusts
in human beings, who seeks
his strength in flesh, whose
heart turns away from the
Lord. He is like a barren bush
in the desert that enjoys no
change of season, but stands in
a lava waste, a salt and empty
earth.
Blessed is the man who
trusts in the Lord, whose hope
is the Lord. He is like a tree
planted beside the waters that
stretches out its roots to the
stream. It fears not the heat
when it comes, its leaves stay
green. In the year of drought
it shows no distress, but still
bears fruit.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 1
R –Blessed are they who hope
in the Lord!
* Blessed is the man who
follows not the counsel of the
wicked, nor walks in the way
of sinners, nor sits in the company of the insolent, but delights in the law of the Lord
and meditates on his law day
and night. R.
* He is like a tree planted
near running water, that
yields its fruit in due season,
and whose leaves never fade.
Whatever he does, prospers.
R.
* Not so the wicked, not so!
They are like chaff which the
wind drives away. For the
Lord watches over the way
of the just, but the way of the
wicked vanishes. R.
Second Reading - 1 Cor 15:12.16-20
Brothers and sisters:
If Christ is preached as
raised from the dead, how can
some among you say there is
no resurrection of the dead?
If the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.
And if Christ has not been
raised, your faith is vain; you
are still in your sins. Then
those who have fallen asleep
in Christ have perished. If for
this life only we have hoped in
Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
But now Christ has been
raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen
asleep.
Gospel Acclamation - Lk 6:23
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Rejoice and be glad;
your reward will be great
in heaven.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 6:17, 20-26
Jesus came down with the
Twelve and stood on a stretch
of level ground with a great
crowd of his disciples and a
large number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem
and the coastal region of Tyre
and Sidon.
And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said:
“Blessed are you who are
poor, for the kingdom of God
is yours.
Blessed are you who are
now hungry, for you will be
satisfied.
Blessed are you who are
now weeping, for you will
laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they
exclude and insult you, and
denounce your name as evil on
account of the Son of Man. Rejoice and leap for joy on that
day! Behold, your reward will
be great in heaven. For their
ancestors treated the prophets
in the same way.
But woe to you who are
rich, for you have received
your consolation.
Woe to you who are filled
now, for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
for you will grieve and weep.
Woe to you when all speak
well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in
this way.”
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