Responsorial Psalm
You turn humans back to dust,
saying, "Return, O mortals!"
A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has passed,
or like a watch in the night.
You sow them in their time,
at dawn they peep out.
In the morning they blossom,
but the flower fades and
withers in the evening.
So make us know the shortness of our life,
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
How long will you be angry, O Lord?
Have mercy on your servant.
Fill us at daybreak with your goodness,
that we may be glad all our days.
May the sweetness of the Lord be upon us;
may he prosper the work of our hands.
2nd. READING (Col, 3, 1-5.9-11)
So then, if you are risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is
seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on
earthly things. For you have died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is your life, reveals himself, you also will be revealed with him in
Glory. Therefore, put to death what is earthly in your life, that is immorality, impurity,
inordinate passions, wicked desires and greed which is a way of worshiping idols. Do
not lie to one another. You have been stripped of the old self and its way of thinking
to put on the new, which is being renewed and is to reach perfect knowledge and the
likeness of its creator. There, there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, between
circumcised and uncircumcised. There are no strangers, barbarians, slave and free, but
Christ is all and is in all.
Gospel
Someone in the crowd spoke to Jesus, "Master, tell my brother to share with me the
family inheritance." He replied, "My friend, who has appointed me as your judge or
your attorney?" Then Jesus said to the people, "Be on your guard and avoid every
kind of greed, for even though you have many possessions, it is not that which gives
you life." And Jesus continued with this story, "There was a rich man and his land had
produced a good harvest. He thought: 'What shall I do? For I am short of room to
store my harvest.' So this is what he planned: 'I will pull down my barns and build
bigger ones to store all this grain, which is my wealth. Then I may say to myself: My
friend, you have a lot of good things put by for many years. Rest, eat, drink and enjoy
yourself.' But God said to him: 'You fool! This very night your life will be taken from
you; tell me who shall get all you have put aside?' This is the lot of the one who stores
up riches instead of amassing for God."
