Daily Mass and Readings
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Friday, August 28, 2015
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St. Augustine, Bishop, Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
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First Reading
1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
1Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
2For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from immorality;
4that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,
5not in the passion of lust like heathen who do not know God;
6that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we solemnly forewarned you.
7For God has not called us for uncleanness, but in holiness.
8Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 97:1-2, 5-6, 10-12
1The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!
2Clouds and thick darkness are round about him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6The heavens proclaim his righteousness; and all the peoples behold his glory.
10The LORD loves those who hate evil; he preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
12Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name!
Gospel
Matthew 25:1-13
1“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them;
4but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps.
5As the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’
7Then all those maidens rose and trimmed their lamps.
8And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’
9But the wise replied, ‘Perhaps there will not be enough for us and for you; go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’
10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut.
11Afterward the other maidens came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’
12But he replied, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
13Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.
First Reading
1 John 4:7-16
7Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.
8He who does not love does not know God; for God is love.
9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
10In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
13By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his own Spirit.
14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.
15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 119:9-14
9How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.
10With my whole heart I seek thee; let me not wander from thy commandments!
11I have laid up thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12Blessed be thou, O LORD; teach me thy statutes!
13With my lips I declare all the ordinances of thy mouth.
14In the way of thy testimonies I delight as much as in all riches.
Gospel
Matthew 23:8-12
8But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren.
9And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
10Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ.
11He who is greatest among you shall be your servant;
12whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.