Sunday of Seventh in Ordinary Time, Cycle C

Send us Fan MailSunday, 23 February 2025Sunday of  Seventh in Ordinary Time, Cycle C Antiphons on p. 846 and Readings on p. 850 and of the Daily Missal and p. 899 of the Sunday Missal.First Reading: 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23In those days:  Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph,  with three thousand chosen men of Israel,  to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. So David and Abishai went to the army by night;  and there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment,  with his spear stuck in the ground at his head;  and Abner and the army lay around him.  Then said Abishai to David,  “God has given your enemy into your hand this day;  now, therefore, let me pin him to the earth  with one stroke of the spear,  and I will not strike him twice.” But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him;  for who can put forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed,  and be guiltless?” So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head,  and they went away.  No one saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake;  for they were all asleep  because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them. Then David went over to the other side,  and stood afar off on the top of the mountain,  with a great space between them. And David said, “Here is the spear, O king!  Let one of the young men come over and fetch it.  The Lord rewards every person  for his righteousness and his faithfulness;  for the Lord gave you into my hand today,  and I would not put forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 103:1-2.3-4.8 & 10.12-13 (R. 8a)R/. The Lord is compassionate and gracious.Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all his benefits.It is the Lord who forgives all your sins, who heals every one of your ills, who redeems your life from the grave, who crowns you with mercy and compassion,The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and rich in mercy. He does not treat us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our faults.As far as the east is from the west, so far from us does he remove our transgressions. As a father has compassion on his children, the Lord’s compassion is on those who fear him.R/. The Lord is compassionate and gracious.Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:45-49Gospel: Luke 6:27-38At that time:  Jesus said to his disciples,  “I say to you that hear,  Love your enemies,  do good to those who hate you,  bless those who curse you,  pray for those who abuse you.  To the one who strikes you on the cheek,  offer the other also;  and from the one who takes away your cloak  do not withhold your coat as well.  Give to everyone who begs from you,  and of the one who takes away your goods  do not ask them again.  And as you wish that others would do to you,  do so to them. “If you love those who love you,  what credit is that to you?  For even sinners love those who love them.  And if you do good to those who do good to you,  what credit is that to you?  For even sinners do the same.  And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive,  what credit is that to yo