First Reading
GENESIS 1:26B-2:3
A reading from the Book of Genesis
God said:
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and the cattle, and over all the wild animals and all the creatures that crawl on the ground.”
God created man in his image;
in the divine image he created him;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, saying: “Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth.”
God also said:
“See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth
and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground,
I give all the green plants for food.” And so it happened.
God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed–the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. Since on the seventh day God was finished with the work he had been doing, God rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work he had done in creation.
The Word of the Lord.
Or
COLOSSIANS 3:14-15, 17, 23-24
A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians
Brothers and sisters:
Over all these things put on love, that is, the bond of perfection. And let the peace of Christ control your hearts,
the peace into which you were also called in one Body. And be thankful. And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Whatever you do, do from the heart, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that you will receive from the Lord the due payment of the inheritance; be slaves of the Lord Christ.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14 and 16
LORD, GIVE SUCCESS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Before the mountains were begotten
and the earth and the world were brought forth,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
LORD, GIVE SUCCESS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
or:
R. Alleluia.
You turn men back to dust,
saying, “Return, O children of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight
are as yesterday, now that it is past,
or as a watch of the night.
LORD, GIVE SUCCESS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Teach us to number our days aright,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Return, O LORD! How long?
Have pity on your servants!
LORD, GIVE SUCCESS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Fill us at daybreak with your kindness,
that we may shout for joy and gladness all our days.
Let your work be seen by your servants
and your glory by their children.
LORD, GIVE SUCCESS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Alleluia
PSALMS 68:20
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed be the Lord day by day,
God, our salvation, who bears our burdens.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
MATTHEW 13:54-58
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew
Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.” And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:
The Gospel of the Lord.
All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.
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