Mass Readings for September 13, 2023

Colossians 3:1-11
Psalms 145:2-3,10-13
Luke 6:20-26

Colossians 3:1-11
(1) If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. (2) Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth. (3) For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory. (5) Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (6) for which things’ sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. (7) You also once walked in those, when you lived in them; (8) but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth. (9) Don’t lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his doings, (10) and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator, (11) where there can’t be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, bondservant, freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.

Psalms 145:2-3,10-13
(2) Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever. (3) Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable. (10) All your works will give thanks to you, Yahweh. Your saints will extol you. (11) They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power; (12) to make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, the glory of the majesty of his kingdom. (13) Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Your dominion endures throughout all generations. Yahweh is faithful in all his words, and loving in all his deeds.

Luke 6:20-26
(20) He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are you who are poor, God’s Kingdom is yours. (21) Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. (22) Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. (23) Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets. (24) “But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation. (25) Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. (26) Woe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.