Responsorial Psalm
Blessed is the one
who does not go where the wicked gather,
or stand in the way of sinners,
or sit where the scoffers sit!
Instead, he finds delight in the law of the Lord
and meditates day and night
on his commandments.
He is like a tree beside a brook
producing its fruit in due season,
its leaves never withering.
Everything he does is a success.
But it is different with the wicked.
They are like chaff
driven away by the wind.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous
but cuts off the way of the wicked.
2nd. READING (1Cor 15,12.16-20)
Well, then, if Christ is preached as risen from the dead, how can some of you say that
there is no resurrection of the dead? If the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been
raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith gives you nothing, and you are
still in sin. Also those who fall asleep in Christ are lost. If it is only for this life that
we hope in Christ, we are the most unfortunate of all people. But no, Christ has been
raised from the dead and he comes before all those who have fallen asleep.
Gospel
Coming down the hill with them, Jesus stood on a level place. Many of his disciples
were there and a large crowd of people who had come from all parts of Judea and
Jerusalem and from the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon. Then lifting up his eyes to
his disciples, Jesus said, "Fortunate are you who are poor, the kingdom of God is
yours." Fortunate are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. Fortunate are
you who weep now, for you will laugh. Fortunate are you when people hate you, when
they reject you and insult you and number you among criminals, because of the Son of
Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven.
Remember that is how the ancestors of this people treated the prophets. But alas for
you who have wealth, for you have been comforted now. Alas for you who are full, for
you will go hungry. Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Alas
for you when people speak well of you, for that is how the ancestors of these people
treated the false prophets.
