First Reading - 1 Sm 26:2.7-9. 12-13.22-23
In those days, Saul went
down to the desert of Ziph
with three thousand picked
men of Israel, to search for
David in the desert of Ziph.
David and Abishai went
among Saul’s soldiers by night
and found Saul lying asleep
within the barricade, with his
spear thrust into the ground
at his head, and Abner and
his men sleeping around him.
Abishai whispered to David:
“God has delivered your enemy into your grasp this day.
Let me nail him to the ground
with one thrust of the spear. I
will not need a second thrust!”
But David said to Abishai, “Do
not harm him, for who can lay
hands on the Lord’s anointed
and remain unpunished?” So
David took the spear and the
water jug from their place
at Saul’s head, and they got
away without anyone’s seeing
or knowing or awakening. All
remained asleep, because the
Lord had put them into a deep
slumber.
Going across to an opposite slope, David stood on a remote hilltop at a great distance
from Abner, son of Ner, and
the troops. He said: “Here is
the king’s spear. Let an attendant come over to get it. The
Lord will reward each man
for his justice and faithfulness. Today, though the Lord
delivered you into my grasp,
I would not harm the Lord’s
anointed.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 103
R –The Lord is kind and merciful!
* Bless the Lord, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy
name. Bless the Lord, O my
soul, and forget not all his benefi ts. R.
* He pardons all your iniquities, heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with kindness
and compassion. R.
* Merciful and gracious is
the Lord, slow to anger and
abounding in kindness. Not
according to our sins does
he deal with us, nor does he
requite us according to our
crimes. R.
* As far as the east is from
the west, so far has he put our
transgressions from us. As
a father has compassion on
his children, so the Lord has
compassion on those who fear
him. R.
Second Reading -1 Cor 15:45-49
Brothers and sisters:
It is written, “The first
man, Adam, became a living
being,” the last Adam, a lifegiving spirit. But the spiritual
was not first; rather the natural, and then the spiritual. The
first man was from the earth,
earthly; the second man, from
heaven.
As was the earthly one, so
also are the earthly, and as is
the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly.
Just as we have borne the
image of the earthly one, we
shall also bear the image of the
heavenly one.
Gospel Acclamation - Jn 13:34
All –Alleluia! Alleluia!
I give you a new commandment, says the
Lord: love one another
as I have loved you.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
“To you who hear, I say, love
your enemies, do good to those
who hate you, bless those who
curse you, pray for those who
mistreat you. To the person
who strikes you on one cheek,
offer the other one as well, and
from the person who takes
your cloak, do not withhold
even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and
from the one who takes what is
yours do not demand it back.
Do to others as you would have
them do to you.
For if you love those who
love you, what credit is that to
you? Even sinners love those
who love them. And if you do
good to those who do good to
you, what credit is that to you?
Even sinners do the same. If
you lend money to those from
whom you expect repayment,
what credit is that to you?
Even sinners lend to sinners,
and get back the same amount.
But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and
lend expecting nothing back;
then your reward will be great
and you will be children of the
Most High, for he himself is
kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as
your Father is merciful.
Stop judging and you will
not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will
be forgiven. Give, and gifts
will be given to you; a good
measure, packed together,
shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your
lap. For the measure with
which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”
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