Reading I Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11
This is the word of the LORD that came
to Jonah, son of Amittai:
“Set out for the great city of Nineveh,
and preach against it;
their wickedness has come up before me.”
But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish
away from the LORD.
He went down to Joppa, found a ship
going to Tarshish,
paid the fare, and went aboard to
journey with them to Tarshish,
away from the LORD.
The LORD, however, hurled a violent wind
upon the sea,
and in the furious tempest that arose
the ship was on the point of breaking
up.
Then the mariners became frightened and
each one cried to his god.
To lighten the ship for themselves, they
threw its cargo into the sea.
Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the
hold of the ship,
and lay there fast asleep.
The captain came to him and said, “What
are you doing asleep?
Rise up, call upon your God!
Perhaps God will be mindful of us so
that we may not perish.”
Then they said to one another, “Come,
let us cast lots
to find out on whose account we have met
with this misfortune.”
So they cast lots, and thus singled out
Jonah.
“Tell us,” they said, “what is your
business?
Where do you come from?
What is your country, and to what people
do you belong?”
Jonah answered them, “I am a Hebrew,
I worship the LORD, the God of heaven,
who made the sea and the dry land.”
Now the men were seized with great fear
and said to him,
“How could you do such a thing!–
They knew that he was fleeing from the
LORD,
because he had told them.–
They asked, “What shall we do with you,
that the sea may quiet down for us?”
For the sea was growing more and more
turbulent.
Jonah said to them, “Pick me up and
throw me into the sea,
that it may quiet down for you;
since I know it is because of me
that this violent storm has come upon
you.”
Still the men rowed hard to regain the
land, but they could not,
for the sea grew ever more turbulent.
Then they cried to the LORD: “We beseech
you, O LORD,
let us not perish for taking this man’s
life;
do not charge us with shedding innocent
blood,
for you, LORD, have done as you saw
fit.”
Then they took Jonah and threw him into
the sea,
and the sea’s raging abated.
Struck with great fear of the LORD,
the men offered sacrifice and made vows
to him.
But the LORD sent a large fish, that
swallowed Jonah;
and Jonah remained in the belly of the
fish
three days and three nights.
From the belly of the fish Jonah prayed
to the LORD, his God.
Then the LORD commanded the fish to spew
Jonah upon the shore.
Responsorial Psalm Jonah 2:3,
4, 5, 8
R.
You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
Out of my distress I called to the LORD,
and he answered me;
From the midst of the nether world I
cried for help,
and you heard my voice.
R.
You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
For you cast me into the deep, into the
heart of the sea,
and the flood enveloped me;
All your breakers and your billows
passed over me.
R.
You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
Then I said, “I am banished from your
sight!
yet would I again look upon your holy temple.”
R.
You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the LORD;
My prayer reached you
in your holy temple.
R.
You will rescue my life from the pit, O Lord.
Alleluia Jn 13:34
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
I give you a new commandment:
love one another as I have loved you.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel Lk 10:25-37
There was a scholar of the law who stood
up to test Jesus and said,
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit
eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in
the law?
How do you read it?”
He said in reply,
“You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your being,
with all your strength,
and with all your mind,
and your neighbor as yourself.”
He replied to him, “You have answered
correctly;
do this and you will live.”
But because he wished to justify
himself, he said to Jesus,
“And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied,
“A man fell victim to robbers
as he went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho.
They stripped and beat him and went off
leaving him half-dead.
A priest happened to be going down that
road,
but when he saw him, he passed by on the
opposite side.
Likewise a Levite came to the place,
and when he saw him, he passed by on the
opposite side.
But a Samaritan traveler who came upon
him
was moved with compassion at the sight.
He approached the victim,
poured oil and wine over his wounds and
bandaged them.
Then he lifted him up on his own animal,
took him to an inn, and cared for him.
The next day he took out two silver
coins
and gave them to the innkeeper with the
instruction,
‘Take care of him.
If you spend more than what I have given
you,
I shall repay you on my way back.’
Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him
with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”