Saturday, Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, Year I - St John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor

Send us Fan MailSaturday, 13 September 2025Saturday, Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, Year ISt John Chrysostom, Bishop and DoctorAntiphons on page 1747 and Readings on page 1254 of the Daily Missal First Reading: 1 Timothy 1:15-17Beloved: The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of sinners; but I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience for an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1-2.3-4.5a & 6-7 (R. 2)R/. May the name of the Lord be blessed forevermore.Praise, O servants of the Lord,praise the name of the Lord!May the name of the Lord be blestboth now and forevermore!From the rising of the sun to its setting,praised be the name of the Lord!High above all nations is the Lord,above the heavens his glory.Who is like the Lord, our God,who lowers himself to look downupon heaven and earth?From the dust he lifts up the lowly,from the ash heap he raises the poor.R/. May the name of the Lord be blessed forevermore. Gospel: Luke 6:43-49At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit; for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like:he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation upon rock; and when a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.But he who hears and does not do them is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation; against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”