First Reading - Sir 3:17-18.20. 28-29
My child, conduct your
affairs with humility and
you will be loved more than a
giver of gifts. Humble yourself
the more, the greater you are,
and you will find favor with
God. What is too sublime for
you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not.
The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise.
Water quenches a flaming
fire, and alms atone for sins.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 68
R –God, in your goodness, you
have made a home for the
poor!
* The just rejoice and exult before God; they are glad
and rejoice. Sing to God, chant
praise to his name; whose name
is the Lord. R.
* The father of orphans and
the defender of widows is God
in his holy dwelling. God gives
a home to the forsaken; he
leads forth prisoners to prosperity. R.
* A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance; you restored the
land when it languished. Your
flock settled in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided it
for the needy. R.
Second Reading - Heb 12:18-19.
22-24
Brothers and sisters:
You have not approached
that which could be touched
and a blazing fi re and gloomy
darkness and storm and
a trumpet blast and a voice
speaking words such that those
who heard begged that no message be further addressed to
them.
No, you have approached
Mount Zion and the city of
the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and
the assembly of the firstborn
enrolled in heaven, and God
the judge of all, and the spirits
of the just made perfect, and
Jesus, the mediator of a new
covenant, and the sprinkled
blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.
Gospel Acclamation - Mt 11:29
Alleluia! Alleluia!
“Take my yoke upon you,”
says the Lord, “and learn
from me, for I am meek
and humble of heart.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Lk 14:1.7-14
On a Sabbath Jesus went
to dine at the home of one of
the leading Pharisees, and the
people there were observing
him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were
choosing the places of honor at
the table.
“When you are invited by
someone to a wedding banquet,
do not recline at table in the
place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may
have been invited by him, and
the host who invited both of
you may approach you and say,
‘Give your place to this man,’
and then you would proceed
with embarrassment to take
the lowest place. Rather, when
you are invited, go and take the
lowest place so that when the
host comes to you, he may say,
‘My friend, move up to a higher
position.’ Then you will enjoy
the esteem of your companions
at the table. For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled,
but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Then he said to the host
who invited him, “When you
hold a lunch or a dinner, do
not invite your friends or your
brothers or your relatives or
your wealthy neighbors, in case
they may invite you back and
you have repayment. Rather,
when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, the blind. Blessed indeed
will you be because of their
inability to repay you, for you
will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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