1ST READING
The
prophets are constantly calling the people to deeper conversion. The
cry of the Church today is exactly the same. Humanity is incorrigible.
How difficult it is to change from our sinful ways to a life of
righteousness, even when we know this is precisely what the Gospel
demands of us. Let us do our best to respond to this call today,
tomorrow and always.
2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18
5 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. 6 In
the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, the king of Assyria took
Samaria, and deported the Israelites to Assyria, settling them in Halah,
at the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 7 This
came about because the Israelites sinned against the Lord, their God,
who had brought them up from the land of Egypt, from under the
domination of Pharaoh, king of
Egypt, and because they venerated other gods. 8 They
followed the rites of the nations whom the Lord had cleared out of the
way of the children of Israel and the kings of Israel whom they set up. 13 And
though the Lord warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and seer,
“Give up your evil ways and keep my commandments and statutes, in
accordance with the entire law which I enjoined on your fathers and
which I sent you by my servants the prophets,” 14 they did not listen, but were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who had not believed in the Lord, their
God. 15 They rejected his statutes, the covenant which he had made with their fathers, and the warnings which he had given them, 18 till, in his great anger against Israel, the Lord put them away out of his sight. Only the tribe of Judah was left.
P S A L M
Psalm 60:3, 4-5, 12-13
R: Help us with your right hand, O Lord, and answer us.
1 [3] O God, you have rejected us and broken our defenses; you have been angry; rally us! (R) 2 [4] You have rocked the country and split it open; repair the cracks in it, for it is tottering. (R) 3 [5] You have made your people feel hardships; you have given us stupefying wine. (R)10 [12] Have not you, O God, rejected us, so that you go not forth, O God, with our armies? 11 [13] Give us aid against the foe, for worthless is the help of men. (R)
GOSPEL
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Judging
others is a very dangerous practice. It means that we have to be
willing to be judged by the same standards. None of us is perfect. Far
better that we seek to improve our own lives rather than spend our time
making rash judgments about others. Jesus reminds us that we only have
control over our own decisions, so let others decide for their lives as
they wish.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
The word of God is living and effective, able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
Matthew 7:1-5
1 Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. 2 For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. 3 Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam
is in your eye? 5 You
hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will
see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.”
think: Far better that we seek to improve our own lives rather than spend our time making rash judgments about others.
T O D A Y’S BLESSING LIST
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