30 September 2008
READINGS AND HOMILY FOR THE MASS WITH THE MINNESOTA CHAPTER OF THE PATRONS OF THE ARTS IN THE VATICAN MUSEUMS
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
READINGS
First Reading
2 Timothy 3:14 - 17
But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
V/ The word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 119: 9 – 14
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
How can the young walk without fault? Only by keeping your words.
With all my heart I seek you; do not let me stray from your commands.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
In my heart I treasure your promise, that I may not sin against you.
Blessed are you, O LORD; teach me your laws.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
With my lips I recite all the edicts you have spoken.
I find joy in the way of your decrees more than in all riches.
R. Lord, teach me your statutes.
V. Alleluia, R/ Alleluia
Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son.
R/ Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel
Matthew 13:47-54
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. "Do you understand all these things?" They answered, "Yes."
And he replied, "Then every scribe who has been instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old." When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.