"However, take care and be earnestly on your guard
not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen,
nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live,
but teach them to your children and to your children's children."
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.
Lord, you are truly the Savior of the world;
give me living water, that I may never thirst again.
But God proves his love for us
in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.
I will get up and go to my father and shall say to him,
Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
The Lord is kind and merciful.
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose hope is the LORD.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Save me, O Lord, in your kindness.
Come now, let us set things right,
says the LORD:
Though your sins be like scarlet,
they may become white as snow;
Though they be crimson red,
they may become white as wool.
Lord, do not deal with us according to our sins.
O LORD, we are shamefaced, like our kings, our princes, and our fathers,
for having sinned against you.
But yours, O Lord, our God, are compassion and forgiveness!
Pope Leo at Roman parish this afternoon: “I'm deeply concerned, and we don't know how many days it will last, about the situation in the Middle East. War again! We must pray much for peace, live in unity, and reject the temptation to harm others; violence is never the right choice.”
While he was still speaking, behold,
a bright cloud cast a shadow over them,
then from the cloud came a voice that said,
“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased;
listen to him.”
Beloved:
Bear your share of hardship for the gospel
with the strength that comes from God.
Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.
But I say to you, love your enemies,
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Jesus said to his disciples:
I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.
And the king will say to them in reply,
‘Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.’
Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life.
One does not live on bread alone,
but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked man, says the Lord,
but rather in his conversion, that he may live.
A heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.”
Seek good and not evil so that you may live,
and the Lord will be with you.
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
yet lose or forfeit himself?”
Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.
Behold, now is a very acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.
