Mass Readings for September 16, 2023

1 Timothy 1:15-17
Psalms 113:1-7
Luke 6:43-49

1 Timothy 1:15-17
(15) The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (16) However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience, for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life. (17) Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Psalms 113:1-7
(1) Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name. (2) Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more. (3) From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, Yahweh’s name is to be praised. (4) Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. (5) Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high, (6) Who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth? (7) He raises up the poor out of the dust. Lifts up the needy from the ash heap;

Luke 6:43-49
(43) For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit. (44) For each tree is known by its own fruit. For people don’t gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a bramble bush. (45) The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks. (46) “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say? (47) Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. (48) He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock. (49) But he who hears, and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.”