A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 8:19-21
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd.
Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the Lord;/ wherever it pleases him, he directs it.
As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.
Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another through love, striving to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace: one Body and one Spirit, as you were also called to the one hope of your call; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard.
Brothers and sisters: Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
Seek the Lord while he may be found,/ call him while he is near./ Let the scoundrel forsake his way,/ and the wicked his thoughts;/ let him turn to the Lord for mercy;/ to our God, who is generous in forgiving./ For my thoughts are not your thoughts,/ nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord./ As high as the heavens are above the earth,/ so high are my ways above your ways/ and my thoughts above your thoughts.
