Reading 1 Ex 19:2-6a In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself.  Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine. You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.” Responsorial Psalm Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5 R. (3c) We are his people: the sheep of his flock. Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;     serve the LORD with gladness;     come before him with joyful song. R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock. Know that the LORD is God;     he made us, his we are;     his people, the flock he tends. R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock. The LORD is good:     his kindness endures forever,     and his faithfulness to all generations. R. We are his people: the sheep of his flock. Reading 2 Romans 5:6-11 Brothers and sisters: Christ, while we were still helpless,  yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Alleluia Mark 1:15 R.    Alleluia, alleluia. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel.  R.   Alleluia, alleluia.   Gospel Matthew 9:36—10:8 At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them  because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax

Readings for the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin MaryReading I 2 Cor 5:14-21 Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer. So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come. And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Responsorial Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 R. (8a) The Lord is kind and merciful. Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all my being, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. He pardons all your iniquities, he heals all your ills. He redeems your life from destruction, he crowns you with kindness and compassion. R. The Lord is kind and merciful. He will not always chide, nor does he keep his wrath forever. Not according to our sins does he deal with us, nor does he requite us according to our crimes.  R. The Lord is kind and merciful. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our transgressions from us.  R. The Lord is kind and merciful. Alleluia See Lk 2:19 R. Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed is the Virgin Mary who kept the word of God and pondered it in her heart. R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Lk 2:41-51 Each year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was twelve years old, they went up according to festival custom. After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it. Thinking that he was in the caravan, they journeyed for a day and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances, but not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the

Reading 1 Dt 7:6-11 Moses said to the people:"You are a people sacred to the LORD, your God;he has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earthto be a people peculiarly his own.It was not because you are the largest of all nationsthat the LORD set his heart on you and chose you,for you are really the smallest of all nations.It was because the LORD loved youand because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn your fathers,that he brought you out with his strong handfrom the place of slavery,and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.Understand, then, that the LORD, your God, is God indeed,the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenantdown to the thousandth generationtoward those who love him and keep his commandments,but who repays with destruction a person who hates him;he does not dally with such a one,but makes them personally pay for it.You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments,the statutes and the decrees that I enjoin on you today." Responsorial Psalm Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10 R. (cf. 17) The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.Bless the LORD, O my soul;all my being, bless his holy name.Bless the LORD, O my soul;and forget not all his benefits.R. The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.He pardons all your iniquities,heals all your ills.He redeems your life from destruction,crowns you with kindness and compassion.R. The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.Merciful and gracious is the LORD,slow to anger and abounding in kindness.Not according to our sins does he deal with us,nor does he requite us according to our crimes.R. The Lord's kindness is everlasting to those who fear him. Reading 2 1 Jn 4:7-16 Beloved, let us love one another,because love is of God;everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.In this way the love of God was revealed to us:God sent his only Son into the worldso that we might have life through him.In this is love:not that we have loved God, but that he loved usand sent his Son as expiation for our sins.Beloved, if God so loved us,we also must love one another.No one has ever seen God.Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us,and his love is brought to perfection in us.This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us,that he has given us of his Spirit.Moreover, we have seen and testifythat the Father sent his Son as savior of the world.Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,God remains in him and he in God.We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.God is love, and whoever remains in loveremains in God and God in him. Alleluia Mt 11:29ab R. Alleluia, alleluia.Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord;and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of

Reading 1 2 Cor 1:1-7 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the Church of God that is at Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all encouragement, who encourages us in our every affliction, so that we may be able to encourage those who are in any affliction with the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged by God. For as Christ's sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow. If we are afflicted, it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement, which enables you to endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is firm, for we know that as you share in the sufferings, you also share in the encouragement. Responsorial Psalm Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 R. (9a) Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.I will bless the LORD at all times;his praise shall be ever in my mouth.Let my soul glory in the LORD;the lowly will hear me and be glad. R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.Glorify the LORD with me,let us together extol his name.I sought the LORD, and he answered meand delivered me from all my fears.R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.Look to him that you may be radiant with joy,and your faces may not blush with shame.When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,and from all his distress he saved him. R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord.The angel of the LORD encampsaround those who fear him, and delivers them.Taste and see how good the LORD is;blessed the man who takes refuge in him.R. Taste and see the goodness of the Lord. Alleluia Mt 5:12a R. Alleluia, alleluia.Rejoice and be glad;for your reward will be great in heaven.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Mt 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying:"Blessed are the poor in spirit,for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.Blessed are they who mourn,for they will be comforted.Blessed are the meek,for they will inherit the land.Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they will be satisfied.Blessed are the merciful,for they will be shown mercy.Blessed are the clean of heart,for they will see God.Blessed are the peacemakers,for they will be called children of God.Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute youand utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.Rejoice and be glad,for your reward will be great in heaven.Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you." - - -Lectionary for Mass

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Barnabas, ApostleReading 1 Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Moses said to the people:"Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God,has directed all your journeying in the desert,so as to test you by afflictionand find out whether or not it was your intentionto keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger,and then fed you with manna,a food unknown to you and your fathers,in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live,but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD."Do not forget the LORD, your God,who brought you out of the land of Egypt,that place of slavery;who guided you through the vast and terrible desertwith its saraph serpents and scorpions,its parched and waterless ground;who brought forth water for you from the flinty rockand fed you in the desert with manna,a food unknown to your fathers." Responsorial Psalm Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 R. (12) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.or:R. Alleluia.Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;praise your God, O Zion.For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;he has blessed your children within you.R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.or:R. Alleluia.He has granted peace in your borders;with the best of wheat he fills you.He sends forth his command to the earth;swiftly runs his word!R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.or:R. Alleluia.He has proclaimed his word to Jacob,his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.He has not done thus for any other nation;his ordinances he has not made known to them. Alleluia.R. Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.or:R. Alleluia. Reading 2 1 Cor 10:16-17 Brothers and sisters:The cup of blessing that we bless,is it not a participation in the blood of Christ?The bread that we break,is it not a participation in the body of Christ?Because the loaf of bread is one,we, though many, are one body,for we all partake of the one loaf. Sequence — Lauda Sion Laud, O Zion, your salvation,Laud with hymns of exultation,Christ, your king and shepherd true:Bring him all the praise you know,He is more than you bestow.Never can you reach his due.Special theme for glad thanksgivingIs the quick'ning and the livingBread today before you set:From his hands of old partaken,As we know, by faith unshaken,Where the Twelve at supper met.Full and clear ring out your chanting,Joy nor sweetest grace be wanting,From your heart let praises burst:For today the feast is holden,When the institution oldenOf that supper was rehearsed.Here the new law's new oblation,By the new king's revelation,Ends the form of ancient rite:Now the new the old effaces,Truth away the shadow chases,Light dispels the gloom of night.What he did at supper seated,Christ ordained to be repeated,His memorial ne'er to cease:And his rule for guidance taking,Bread and wine we hallow, makingThus our sacrifice of peace.This the truth each Christian learns,Bread into his flesh he turns,To his precious blood the wine:Sight has fail'd, nor thought conceives,But a dauntless faith believes,Resting on a pow'r divine.Here beneath these signs are hiddenPriceless things to sense forbidden;Signs, not things are all we see:Blood is poured and flesh is broken,Yet in

Reading 1 Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20 Tobit called his son Tobiah and said to him,"Son, see to it that you give what is due to the manwho made the journey with you; give him a bonus too."So he called Raphael and said,"Take as your wages half of all that you have brought back,and go in peace."Raphael called the two men aside privately and said to them:"Thank God! Give him the praise and the glory.Before all the living,acknowledge the many good things he has done for you,by blessing and extolling his name in song.Honor and proclaim God's deeds,and do not be slack in praising him.A king's secret it is prudent to keep,but the works of God are to be declared and made known.Praise them with due honor.Do good, and evil will not find its way to you.Prayer and fasting are good,but better than either is almsgiving accompanied by righteousness.A little with righteousness is better than abundance with wickedness.It is better to give alms than to store up gold;for almsgiving saves one from death and expiates every sin.Those who regularly give alms shall enjoy a full life;but those habitually guilty of sin are their own worst enemies."I will now tell you the whole truth;I will conceal nothing at all from you.I have already said to you,'A king's secret it is prudent to keep,but the works of God are to be made known with due honor.'I can now tell you that when you, Tobit, and Sarah prayed, it was I who presented and read the record of your prayerbefore the Glory of the Lord;and I did the same thing when you used to bury the dead.When you did not hesitate to get upand leave your dinner in order to go and bury the dead,I was sent to put you to the test.At the same time, however,God commissioned me to heal you and your daughter-in-law Sarah.I am Raphael, one of the seven angelswho enter and serve before the Glory of the Lord.""So now get up from the ground and praise God.Behold, I am about to ascend to him who sent me;write down all these things that have happened to you." Responsorial Psalm Tobit 13:2, 6efgh, 7, 8 R. (1b) Blessed be God, who lives for ever.He scourges and then has mercy;he casts down to the depths of the nether world,and he brings up from the great abyss.No one can escape his hand.R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever.So now consider what he has done for you,and praise him with full voice.Bless the Lord of righteousness,and exalt the King of ages. R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever. In the land of my exile I praise himand show his power and majesty to a sinful nation.R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever. Bless the Lord, all you his chosen ones,and may all of you praise his majesty.Celebrate days of gladness, and give him praise.R. Blessed be God, who lives for ever. Alleluia Mt 5:3 R. Alleluia, alleluia.Blessed are the poor in spirit;for

Reading 1 Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come.When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father,"Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!"Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father:"I am certain that his eyes will be opened.Smear the fish gall on them.This medicine will make the cataracts shrink and peel off from his eyes;then your father will again be able to see the light of day."Then Anna ran up to her son, threw her arms around him,and said to him, "Now that I have seen you again, son, I am ready to die!"And she sobbed aloud.Tobit got up and stumbled out through the courtyard gate.Tobiah went up to him with the fish gall in his hand,and holding him firmly, blew into his eyes."Courage, father," he said.Next he smeared the medicine on his eyes, and it made them smart.Then, beginning at the corners of Tobit's eyes,Tobiah used both hands to peel off the cataracts.When Tobit saw his son, he threw his arms around him and wept.He exclaimed, "I can see you, son, the light of my eyes!"Then he said: "Blessed be God,and praised be his great name,and blessed be all his holy angels.May his holy name be praisedthroughout all the ages,Because it was he who scourged me,and it is he who has had mercy on me.Behold, I now see my son Tobiah!"Then Tobit went back in, rejoicing and praising God with full voice for everything that had happened.Tobiah told his father that the Lord God had granted him a successful journey;that he had brought back the money;and that he had married Raguel's daughter Sarah,who would arrive shortly,for she was approaching the gate of Nineveh.Tobit and Anna rejoiced and went out to the gate of Ninevehto meet their daughter-in-law.When the people of Nineveh saw Tobit walking along briskly,with no one leading him by the hand, they were amazed.Before them all Tobit proclaimedhow God had mercifully restored sight to his eyes.When Tobit reached Sarah, the wife of his son Tobiah,he greeted her: "Welcome, my daughter!Blessed be your God for bringing you to us, daughter!Blessed is your father, and blessed is my son Tobiah, and blessed are you, daughter!Welcome to your home with blessing and joy.Come in, daughter!"That day there was joy for all the Jews who lived in Nineveh. Responsorial Psalm Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-7, 8-9a, 9bc-10 R. (1b) Praise the Lord, my soul!or:R. Alleluia.Praise the LORD, O my soul;I will praise the LORD all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I live. R. Praise the Lord, my soul!or:R. Alleluia.The LORD keeps faith forever,secures justice for the oppressed,gives food to the hungry.The LORD sets captives free.R. Praise the Lord, my soul!or:R. Alleluia.The LORD gives sight to the blind.The LORD raises up those who are bowed down;the LORD loves the just.The LORD protects strangers.R. Praise the Lord, my soul!or:R. Alleluia.The fatherless and the widow he sustains,but the way of the wicked he thwartsThe LORD shall reign forever,your

Reading 1 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a When the angel Raphael and Tobiah had entered Media and were getting close to Ecbatana,Raphael said to the boy,"Tobiah, my brother!"He replied: "Here I am!"He said: "Tonight we must stay with Raguel, who is a relative of yours.He has a daughter named Sarah."So he brought him to the house of Raguel,whom they found seated by his courtyard gate.They greeted him first.He said to them, "Greetings to you too, brothers!Good health to you, and welcome!"And he brought them into his home.Raguel slaughtered a ram from the flockand gave them a cordial reception.When they had bathed and reclined to eat, Tobiah said to Raphael,"Brother Azariah, ask Raguel to let me marrymy kinswoman Sarah."Raguel overheard the words; so he said to the boy:"Eat and drink and be merry tonight,for no man is more entitledto marry my daughter Sarah than you, brother.Besides, not even I have the right to give her to anyone but you,because you are my closest relative.But I will explain the situation to you very frankly.I have given her in marriage to seven men,all of whom were kinsmen of ours,and all died on the very night they approached her.But now, son, eat and drink.I am sure the Lord will look after you both."Tobiah answered,"I will eat or drink nothing until you set aside what belongs to me."Raguel said to him: "I will do it.She is yours according to the decree of the Book of Moses.Your marriage to her has been decided in heaven!Take your kinswoman;from now on you are her love, and she is your beloved.She is yours today and ever after.And tonight, son, may the Lord of heaven prosper you both.May he grant you mercy and peace." Then Raguel called his daughter Sarah, and she came to him.He took her by the hand and gave her to Tobiah with the words:"Take her according to the law.According to the decree written in the Book of Mosesshe is your wife.Take her and bring her back safely to your father.And may the God of heaven grant both of you peace and prosperity."Raguel then called Sarah's mother and told her to bring a scroll,so that he might draw up a marriage contractstating that he gave Sarah to Tobiah as his wifeaccording to the decree of the Mosaic law.Her mother brought the scroll,and Raguel drew up the contract, to which they affixed their seals.Afterward they began to eat and drink.Later Raguel called his wife Edna and said,"My love, prepare the other bedroom and bring the girl there."She went and made the bed in the room, as she was told,and brought the girl there.After she had cried over her, she wiped away the tears and said:"Be brave, my daughter.May the Lord grant you joy in place of your grief.Courage, my daughter."Then she left.When the girl's parents left the bedroomand closed the door behind them,Tobiah arose from bed and said to his wife,"My love, get up.Let us pray and beg our Lord to have mercy on usand to grant us

Reading 1 Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud.Then with sobs I began to pray:"You are righteous, O Lord,and all your deeds are just;All your ways are mercy and truth;you are the judge of the world.And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me,and look with favor upon me.Punish me not for my sins,nor for my inadvertent offenses,nor for those of my ancestors. "We sinned against you,and disobeyed your commandments.So you handed us over to plundering, exile, and death,till you made us the talk and reproach of all the nationsamong whom you had dispersed us."Yes, your judgments are many and truein dealing with me as my sinsand those of my ancestors deserve.For we have not kept your commandments,nor have we trodden the paths of truth before you."So now, deal with me as you please,and command my life breath to be taken from me,that I may go from the face of the earth into dust.It is better for me to die than to live,because I have heard insulting calumnies,and I am overwhelmed with grief."Lord, command me to be delivered from such anguish;let me go to the everlasting abode;Lord, refuse me not.For it is better for me to diethan to endure so much misery in life,and to hear these insults!"On the same day, at Ecbatana in Media,it so happened that Raguel's daughter Sarahalso had to listen to abuse,from one of her father's maids.For she had been married to seven husbands,but the wicked demon Asmodeus killed them offbefore they could have intercourse with her,as it is prescribed for wives.So the maid said to her:"You are the one who strangles your husbands!Look at you!You have already been married seven times,but you have had no joy with any one of your husbands.Why do you beat us? Is it on account of your seven husbands,Because they are dead?May we never see a son or daughter of yours!"The girl was deeply saddened that day,and she went into an upper chamber of her house, where she planned to hang herself.But she reconsidered, saying to herself:"No! People would level this insult against my father:'You had only one beloved daughter,but she hanged herself because of ill fortune!'And thus would I cause my father in his old ageto go down to the nether world laden with sorrow.It is far better for me not to hang myself,but to beg the Lord to have me die,so that I need no longer live to hear such insults."At that time, then, she spread out her hands,and facing the window, poured out her prayer:"Blessed are you, O Lord, merciful God,and blessed is your holy and honorable name.Blessed are you in all your works for ever!"At that very time, the prayer of these two suppliantswas heard in the glorious presence of Almighty God.So Raphael was sent to heal them both:to remove the cataracts from Tobit's eyes,so that he might again see God's sunlight;and to marry Raguel's daughter Sarah to Tobit's son Tobiah,and then drive the wicked demon Asmodeus from her. Responsorial

Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead,I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my eyes, causing cataracts. I went to see some doctors for a curebut the more they anointed my eyes with various salves, the worse the cataracts became, until I could see no more. For four years I was deprived of eyesight, and all my kinsmen were grieved at my condition. Ahiqar, however, took care of me for two years, until he left for Elymais.At that time, my wife Anna worked for hire at weaving cloth, the kind of work women do. When she sent back the goods to their owners, they would pay her. Late in winter on the seventh of Dystrus, she finished the cloth and sent it back to the owners. They paid her the full salaryand also gave her a young goat for the table. On entering my house the goat began to bleat. I called to my wife and said: "Where did this goat come from? Perhaps it was stolen! Give it back to its owners; we have no right to eat stolen food!"She said to me, "It was given to me as a bonus over and above my wages."Yet I would not believe her, and told her to give it back to its owners.I became very angry with her over this. So she retorted: "Where are your charitable deeds now?Where are your virtuous acts? See! Your true character is finally showing itself!" Responsorial Psalm Ps 112:1-2, 7-8, 9 R. (see 7c) The heart of the just one is firm, trusting in the Lord.or:R. Alleluia.Blessed the man who fears the LORD,who greatly delights in his commands.His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;the upright generation shall be blessed.R. The heart of the just one is firm, trusting in the Lord.or:R. Alleluia.An evil report he shall not fear;his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.His heart is steadfast; he shall not feartill he looks down upon his foes. R. The heart of the just one is firm, trusting in the Lord.or:R. Alleluia.Lavishly he gives to the poor;his generosity shall endure forever;his horn shall be exalted in glory.R. The heart of the just one is firm, trusting in the Lord.or:R. Alleluia. Alleluia See Eph 1:17-18 R. Alleluia, alleluia.May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christenlighten the eyes of our hearts,that we may know what is the hopethat belongs to his call.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel Mk 12:13-17 Some Pharisees and Herodians were sentto Jesus to ensnare him in his speech.They came and said to him,"Teacher, we know that you are a truthful manand that you are not concerned with anyone's opinion.You do not regard a person's statusbut teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.Is it lawful to pay the census tax to