Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year C

Send us Fan MailSunday, 13 July 2025Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year CAntiphons on p 1039 and Readings on p 1044 and of the Daily Missal and p 928 of the Sunday MissalFirst Reading: Deuteronomy 30:10-14Moses spoke to the people, saying, “You shall obey the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. “For this commandment which I command you this day is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so that you can do it.”Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 19:7.8.9.10 (R. 8a)R/. The precepts of the Lord are right; they gladden the heart.The law of the Lord is perfect;it revives the soul.The decrees of the Lord are steadfast;they give wisdom to the simple.The precepts of the Lord are right;they gladden the heart.The command of the Lord is clear;it gives light to the eyes.The fear of the Lord is pure,abiding forever.The judgments of the Lord are true;they are, all of them, just.They are more to be desired than gold,than quantities of gold.And sweeter are they than honey,than honey flowing from the comb.R/. The precepts of the Lord are right; they gladden the heart.Second Reading: Colossians 1:15-20  Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him, all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—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 first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.Gospel: Luke 10:25-37At that time: Behold, a lawyer stood up to put Jesus to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What do you read there?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered right; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbour?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance, a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassio