Memorial of St Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
1st Reading – Isaiah 26:1-6
In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark.
Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.
The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.
You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.
For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.
The foot will tread it down: the feet of the poor, the steps of the indigent.
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 118:1 and 8-9, 19-21, 25-27A
R.Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Give praise to Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
It is good to confide in the Lord,
rather than to have confidence in man.
It is good to trust in the Lord,
rather than to trust in princes.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Open ye to me the gates of justice:
I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.
This gate is the LORD’s;
the just shall enter it.
I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me
and have been my savior.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
O Lord, save me:
O Lord, give good success.
Blessed be he that comes in the name Lord.
We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God, and he has shone upon us.
R. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia – Isaiah 55:6
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call him while he is near.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 7:21, 24-27
Jesus said to his disciples:
Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Everyone therefore that hears my words, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.
And everyone that hears my words, and does them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it collapsed and was completely ruined.”