First Reading - Dt 30:10-14
Moses said to the people:
“If only you would heed the
voice of the Lord, your God,
and keep his commandments
and statutes that are written in
this book of the law, when you
return to the Lord, your God,
with all your heart and all your
soul.
For this command that I
enjoin on you today is not too
mysterious and remote for you.
It is not up in the sky, that you
should say, ‘Who will go up in
the sky to get it for us and tell
us of it, that we may carry it
out?’ Nor is it across the sea,
that you should say, ‘Who will
cross the sea to get it for us and
tell us of it, that we may carry
it out?’ No, it is something very
near to you, already in your
mouths and in your hearts. You
have only to carry it out.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 69
R –Turn to the Lord in your
need, and you will live!
* I pray to you, O Lord, for
the time of your favor, O God!
In your great kindness, answer
me with your constant help. Answer me, O Lord, for bounteous
is your kindness: in your great
mercy turn toward me. R.
* I am afflicted and in pain;
let your saving help, O God,
protect me. I will praise the
name of God in song, and I will
glorify him with thanksgiving. R.
* “See, you lowly ones, and
be glad; you who seek God,
may your hearts revive! For
the Lord hears the poor, and
his own who are in bonds he
spurns not.” R.
* For God will save Zion and
rebuild the cities of Judah. The
descendants of his servants
shall inherit it, and those who
love his name shall inhabit it. R.
Second Reading - Col 1:15-20
Christ Jesus is the image of
the invisible God, the firstborn
of all creation.
For in him were created all
things in heaven and on earth,
the visible and the invisible,
whether thrones or dominions
or principalities or powers; all
things were created through
him and for him.
He is before all things, and
in him all things hold together.
He is the head of the body, the
Church.
He is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead, that
in all things he himself might
be preeminent.
For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell,
and through him to reconcile
all things for him, making
peace by the blood of his cross
through him, whether those on
earth or those in heaven.
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Your words, Lord, are
Spirit and life. You have
the words of everlasting
life.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the
law who stood up to test Jesus
and said, “Teacher, what must I
do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus
said to him, “What is written in
the law? How do you read it?”
He said in reply,
“You shall love the Lord,
your God
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor
as yourself.”
Jesus said, “You have answered correctly; do this and
you will live.” But because he
wished to justify himself, the
man said to Jesus, “And who is
my neighbor?”
Jesus replied, “A man fell
victim to robbers as he went
down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat
him and went off leaving him
half-dead. A priest happened
to be going down that road, but
when he saw him, he passed by
on the opposite side. Likewise
a Levite came to the place, and
when he saw him, he passed
by on the opposite side. But a
Samaritan traveler who came
upon him was moved with
compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil
and wine over his wounds and
bandaged them. Then he lifted
him up on his own animal, took
him to an inn, and cared for
him. The next day he took out
two silver coins and gave them
to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him.
If you spend more than what
I have given you, I shall repay
you on my way back.’
Which of these three, in
your opinion, was neighbor to
the robbers’ victim?” The man
answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Jesus said
to him, “Go and do likewise.”
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