First Reading Wis 9:13-18
Who can know God’s
counsel, or who can conceive
what the Lord intends? For
the deliberations of mortals
are timid, and unsure are our
plans. For the corruptible
body burdens the soul and the
earthen shelter weighs down
the mind that has many concerns. And scarce do we guess
the things on earth, and what is
within our grasp we find with
difficulty. But when things
are in heaven, who can search
them out? Or who ever knew
your counsel, except you had
given Wisdom and sent your
holy spirit from on high?
And thus were the paths
of those on earth made straight.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 90
R – In every age, O Lord, you
have been our refuge!
* You turn man back to dust,
saying, “Return, O children
of men.” For a thousand years
in your sight are as yesterday,
now that it is past, or as a watch
of the night. R.
* You make an end of them
in their sleep; the next morning they are like the changing
grass, which at dawn springs
up anew, but by evening wilts
and fades. R.
* Teach us to number our
days aright, that we may gain
wisdom of heart. Return, O
Lord! How long? Have pity on
your servants! R.
* Fill us at daybreak with
your kindness, that we may
shout for joy and gladness all
our days. And may the gracious care of the Lord our God
be ours; prosper the work of
our hands for us! Prosper the
work of our hands! R.
Second Reading - Phlm 9-10.12-17
I, Paul, an old man, and
now also a prisoner for Christ
Jesus, urge you on behalf of
my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment. I am sending him,
that is, my own heart, back
to you. I should have liked to
retain him for myself, so that
he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for
the gospel, but I did not want
to do anything without your
consent, so that the good you
do might not be forced but voluntary. Perhaps this is why he
was away from you for a while,
that you might have him back
forever, no longer as a slave but
more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me; but
even more so to you, as a man
and in the Lord.
So if you regard me as a
partner, welcome him as you
would me.
Gospel Acclamation - Ps 119:135
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Let your face shine upon
your servant;
and teach me your laws.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned
and addressed them, “Whoever comes to me without turning one’s back on one’s father
and mother, wife and children,
brothers and sisters, and even
one’s own life, he/she cannot
be my disciple. Whoever does
not carry one’s own cross and
come after me cannot be my
disciple.
Which of you wishing to
construct a tower does not first
sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for
its completion? Otherwise,
after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to
finish the work, the onlookers
should laugh at him and say,
‘This one began to build but
did not have the resources to
finish.’
Or what king marching
into battle would not first sit
down and decide whether with
ten thousand troops he can
successfully oppose another
king advancing upon him with
twenty thousand troops? But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask
for peace terms.
In the same way, anyone of
you who does not renounce all
his possessions cannot be my
disciple.”
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