First Reading - Ex 3:1-8.13-15
Moses was tending the
flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.
Leading the flock across the
desert, he came to Horeb, the
mountain of God.
There an angel of the Lord
appeared to Moses in fi re flaming out of a bush. As he looked
on, he was surprised to see that
the bush, though on fire, was
not consumed. So Moses decided, “I must go over to look at
this remarkable sight, and see
why the bush is not burned.”
When the Lord saw him coming
over to look at it more closely,
God called out to him from the
bush, “Moses! Moses!” He answered, “Here I am.” God said,
“Come no nearer! Remove the
sandals from your feet, for the
place where you stand is holy
ground. I am the God of your
fathers,” he continued, “the
God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, the God of Jacob.”
Moses hid his face, for he
was afraid to look at God. But
the Lord said, “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard
their cry of complaint against
their slave drivers, so I know
well what they are suffering.
Therefore I have come down
to rescue them from the hands
of the Egyptians and lead them
out of that land into a good and
spacious land, a land fl owing
with milk and honey.” Moses
said to God, “But when I go to
the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has
sent me to you,’ if they ask me,
‘What is his name?’ what am I
to tell them?” God replied, “I
AM WHO AM.” Then he added, “This is what you shall tell
the Israelites: I AM sent me to
you.
”
God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to
the Israelites: ‘The Lord, the
God of your fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
the God of Jacob, has sent me
to you.’ This is my name forever; thus am I to be remembered through all generations.”
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 benefits. R.
* He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills. He
redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with
kindness and compassion. R.
* The Lord secures justice
and the rights of all the oppressed. He has made known
his ways to Moses, and his
deeds to the children of Israel.
R.
* Merciful and gracious is
the Lord, slow to anger and
abounding in kindness. For
as the heavens are high above
the earth, so surpassing is his
kindness toward those who
fear him. R.
Second Reading - 1 Cor 10:1-6.10-12
I do not want you to be
unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were
all under the cloud and all
passed through the sea, and
all of them were baptized into
Moses in the cloud and in the
sea. All ate the same spiritual
food, and all drank the same
spiritual drink, for they drank
from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was
the Christ.
Yet God was not pleased
with most of them, for they
were struck down in the desert.
These things happened as
examples for us, so that we
might not desire evil things,
as they did. Do not grumble as
some of them did, and suffered
death by the destroyer. These
things happened to them as an
example, and they have been
written down as a warning to
us, upon whom the end of the
ages has come.
Therefore, whoever thinks
he is standing secure should
take care not to fall.
Verse before the Gospel
All –(Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ, King of endless
glory!)
Repent, says the Lord;
the kingdom of heaven is
at hand.
(Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ, King of endless
glory!)
Gospel - Lk 13:1-9
Some people told Jesus
about the Galileans whose
blood Pilate had mingled with
the blood of their sacrifices.
Jesus said to them in reply,
“Do you think that because
these Galileans suffered in this
way they were greater sinners
than all other Galileans? By no
means! But I tell you, if you do
not repent, you will all perish
as they did! Or those eighteen
people who were killed when
the tower at Siloam fell on
them – do you think they were
more guilty than everyone else
who lived in Jerusalem? By no
means! But I tell you, if you do
not repent, you will all perish
as they did!”
And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fi g tree planted
in his orchard, and when he
came in search of fruit on it
but found none, he said to the
gardener, ‘For three years
now I have come in search of
fruit on this fi g tree but have
found none. So cut it down.
Why should it exhaust the
soil?’ The gardener said to
him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for
this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and
fertilize it. It may bear fruit in
the future. If not, you can cut
it down.’ ”
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