First Reading - Ex 32:7-11.13-14
The Lord said to Moses,
“Go down at once to your people, whom you brought out of
the land of Egypt, for they have
become depraved. They have
soon turned aside from the way
I pointed out to them, making
for themselves a molten calf
and worshipping it, sacrificing to it and crying out, ‘This
is your God, O Israel, who
brought you out of the land of
Egypt!’
I see how stiff -necked this
people is,” continued the Lord
to Moses. “Let me alone, then,
that my wrath may blaze up
against them to consume them.
Then I will make of you a great
nation.”
But Moses implored the
Lord, his God, saying, “Why,
O Lord, should your wrath
blaze up against your own
people, whom you brought out
of the land of Egypt with such
great power and with so strong
a hand?
Remember your servants
Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
and how you swore to them
by your own self, saying, ‘I
will make your descendants
as numerous as the stars in
the sky; and all this land that
I promised, I will give your
descendants as their perpetual
heritage.’ ”
So the Lord relented in the
punishment he had threatened
to inflict on his people.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 51
R –I will rise and go to my Father!
* Have mercy on me, O God,
in your goodness; in the greatness of your compassion wipe
out my off ense. Thoroughly
wash me from my guilt and of
my sin cleanse me. R.
* A clean heart create for
me, O God, and a steadfast
spirit renew within me. Cast
me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not
from me. R.
* O Lord, open my lips, and
my mouth shall proclaim your
praise. My sacrifice, O God, is
a contrite spirit; a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you
will not spurn. R.
Second Reading - 1 Tim 1:12-17
Beloved:
I am grateful to him who
has strengthened me, Christ
Jesus our Lord, because he
considered me trustworthy in
appointing me to the ministry.
I was once a blasphemer and a
persecutor and arrogant, but
I have been mercifully treated
because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief. Indeed,
the grace of our Lord has been
abundant, along with the faith
and love that are in Christ Jesus.
This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners. Of
these I am the foremost. But
for that reason I was mercifully
treated, so that in me, as the
foremost, Christ Jesus might
display all his patience as an
example for those who would
come to believe in him for everlasting life.
To the King of ages, incorruptible, invisible, the only
God, honor and glory forever
and ever. Amen!
Gospel Acclamation - 2 Cor 5:19
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
God was reconciling the
world to himself in Christ
and entrusting to us the
message of reconciliation.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel Lk 15:1-10
Tax collectors and sinners
were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees
and scribes began to complain,
saying, “This man welcomes
sinners and eats with them.”
So to them he addressed
this parable. “What man
among you having a hundred
sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine
in the desert and go after the
lost one until he finds it? And
when he does find it, he sets it
on his shoulders with great joy
and, upon his arrival home, he
calls together his friends and
neighbors and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I
have found my lost sheep!’
I tell you, in just the same
way there will be more joy in
heaven over one sinner who
repents than over ninety-nine
righteous people who have no
need of repentance.
Or what woman having
ten coins and losing one would
not light a lamp and sweep the
house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she
does find it, she calls together
her friends and neighbors and
says to them, ‘Rejoice with me
because I have found the coin
that I lost!’
In just the same way, I tell
you, there will be rejoicing
among the angels of God over
one sinner who repents.”
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