Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time – Year II St Monica, memorial

Send us Fan MailTuesday, 27 August 2024Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time – Year IISt Monica, memorialAntiphons on page 1979 and Readings on page 1202 of the Daily Missal Entrance Antiphon.The women who fears the Lord will herself be praised.  Her children have called her most blessed, her husband has sung her praises.  First Reading: 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3a.14-17A reading from the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians.Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling to meet him, we beg you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or excited, either by spirit or by word, or by letter purporting to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way.God has called you through our gospelso that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 96:10.11-12a.12b-13 (R. 13b)Let us now pray the Responsorial PsalmR/. The Lord comes to judge the earth.Say to the nations, “The Lord is king.”The world he made firm in its place;he will judge the peoples in fairness.Let the heavens rejoice and earth be glad;let the sea and all within it thunder praise.Let the land and all it bears rejoice.Then will all the trees of the wood shout for joyat the presence of the Lord, for he comes,he comes to judge the earth.He will judge the world with justice;he will govern the peoples with his truth.R/. The Lord comes to judge the earth. Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.The word of the Lord is living and active discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Alleluia. Gospel: Matthew 23:23-26A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time:Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.You blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and of the plate, that the outside also may be clean.The Gospel of the Lord. Communion Antiphon.The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant who travels in search of fine pearls, and who on finding one of great price sold everything and bought it. 2