Daily Mass and Readings
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Friday, August 27, 2021
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St. Monica (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
Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16
1Happy is the husband of a good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.
2A loyal wife rejoices her husband, and he will complete his years in peace.
3A good wife is a great blessing; she will be granted among the blessings of the man who fears the Lord.
4Whether rich or poor, his heart is glad, and at all times his face is cheerful.
13A wife’s charm delights her husband, and her skill puts fat on his bones.
14A silent wife is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so precious as a disciplined soul.
15A modest wife adds charm to charm, and no balance can weigh the value of a chaste soul.
16Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 131:1-3
1O LORD, my heart is not lifted up, my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.
2But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother’s breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul.
3O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
Gospel
Luke 7:11-17
11Soon afterward he went to a city called Naʹin, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
12As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her.
13And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”
14And he came and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
15And the dead man sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
16Fear seized them all; and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!”
17And this report concerning him spread through the whole of Judea and all the surrounding country.
