Reading I Rom 3:21-30
Brothers
and sisters:
Now the
righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law,
though
testified to by the law and the prophets,
the
righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ
for all
who believe.
For
there is no distinction;
all
have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God.
They
are justified freely by his grace
through
the redemption in Christ Jesus,
whom
God set forth as an expiation,
through
faith, by his Blood, to prove his righteousness
because
of the forgiveness of sins previously committed,
through
the forbearance of God–
to
prove his righteousness in the present time,
that he
might be righteous
and
justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
What
occasion is there then for boasting? It
is ruled out.
On what
principle, that of works?
No,
rather on the principle of faith.
For we
consider that a person is justified by faith
apart
from works of the law.
Does
God belong to Jews alone?
Does he
not belong to Gentiles, too?
Yes,
also to Gentiles, for God is one
and
will justify the circumcised on the basis of faith
and the
uncircumcised through faith.
Responsorial Psalm 130:1b-2,
3-4, 5-6ab
R. (7) With the Lord there is mercy, and
fullness of redemption.
Out of
the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
Let
your ears be attentive
to my voice in supplication.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness
of redemption.
If you,
O LORD, mark iniquities,
Lord, who can stand?
But
with you is forgiveness,
that you may be revered.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness
of redemption.
I trust
in the LORD;
my soul trusts in his word.
My soul
waits for the LORD
more than sentinels wait for the dawn.
R. With the Lord there is mercy, and fullness
of redemption.
Alleluia Jn 14:6
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
I am
the way and the truth and the life, says the Lord;
no one
comes to the Father except through me.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Lk 11:47-54
The
Lord said:
“Woe to
you who build the memorials of the prophets
whom
your fathers killed.
Consequently,
you bear witness and give consent
to the
deeds of your ancestors,
for
they killed them and you do the building.
Therefore,
the wisdom of God said,
‘I will
send to them prophets and Apostles;
some of
them they will kill and persecute’
in
order that this generation might be charged
with
the blood of all the prophets
shed
since the foundation of the world,
from
the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah
who
died between the altar and the temple building.
Yes, I
tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!
Woe to
you, scholars of the law!
You
have taken away the key of knowledge.
You
yourselves did not enter and you stopped those trying to enter.”
When
Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began
to act with hostility toward him
and to
interrogate him about many things,
for
they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.