Mass Readings for September 6, 2023

Colossians 1:1-8
Psalms 52:8-9
Luke 4:38-44

Colossians 1:1-8
(1) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, (2) to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. (3) We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, (4) having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have toward all the saints, (5) because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News, (6) which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth; (7) even as you learned of Epaphras our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, (8) who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

Psalms 52:8-9
(8) But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever. (9) I will give you thanks forever, because you have done it. I will hope in your name, for it is good, in the presence of your saints.

Luke 4:38-44
(38) He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her. (39) He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them. (40) When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. (41) Demons also came out of many, crying out, and saying, “You are the Christ, the Son of God!” Rebuking them, he didn’t allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. (42) When it was day, he departed and went into an uninhabited place, and the multitudes looked for him, and came to him, and held on to him, so that he wouldn’t go away from them. (43) But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of God’s Kingdom to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent.” (44) He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.