September 7th : GospelA Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 6: 6–11

September 7th : Gospel

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to St.Luke 6: 6–11

On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm,to save life or to destroy it?” And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Gospel of the Lord.

September 7th : Responsorial PsalmPsalm 5:5–6, 7, 12 (R. 9a)Response : Lead me, Lord, in your justice

September 7th :  Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 5:5–6, 7, 12 (R. 9a)

Response : Lead me, Lord, in your justice.

You are no God who delights in evil; no sinner is your guest. The boastful shall not stand their ground before your eyes. 

R.: Lead me, Lord, in your justice.

All who do evil you despise; all who lie you destroy. The deceitful and those who shed blood, the Lord detests. 

R.: Lead me, Lord, in your justice.

All who take refuge in you shall be glad, and ever cry out their joy. You shelter them; in you they rejoice, those who love your name. 

R.: Lead me, Lord, in your justice.

Alleluia

V. Alleluia.

R. Alleluia.

V. My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; and I know them, and they follow me. 

R. Alleluia.

September 7th : First ReadingA Reading from the first letter of St.Paul to the Corinthians 5: 1–8

September 7th :  First Reading

A Reading from the first letter of St.Paul to the Corinthians 5: 1–8

Brethren: It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

The Word of the Lord.