Responsorial Psalm
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, O Most High,
to proclaim your grace in the morning,
to declare your faithfulness at night,
The virtuous will flourish like palm trees,
they will thrive like the cedars of Lebanon.
Planted in the house of the Lord,
they will prosper in the courts of our God.
In old age they will still bear fruit
they will stay fresh and green,
to proclaim that the Lord is upright,
"He is my Rock," they say, "he never fails."
2nd. Reading (1Cor 15,54-58)
When our perishable being puts on imperishable life, when our mortal being puts on
immortality, the word of Scripture will be fulfilled: Death has been swallowed up by
victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? Sin is the sting of
death to kill, and the Law is what gives force to sin. But give thanks to God who gives
us the victory through Christ Jesus, our Lord. So then, my dear brothers and sisters, be
steadfast and do not be moved. Improve constantly in the work of the Lord, knowing
that with him your labor is not without fruit.
Gospel
Jesus told a parable to his disciples: "Can a blind person lead another blind person?
Surely both will fall into a ditch. A disciple is not above the master; but when fully
trained, he will be like the master. So why do you pay attention to the speck in your
brother's eye while you have a log in your eye and are not conscious of it? How can
you say to your neighbour: 'Friend, let me take this speck out of your eye,' when you
can't remove the log in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the log from your own
eye and then you will see clearly enough to remove the speck from your neighbour’s
eye. No healthy tree bears bad fruit, no poor tree bears good fruit. And each tree is
known by the fruit it bears: you don't gather figs from thorns, or grapes from brambles.
Similarly the good person draws good things from the good stored in the heart, and an
evil person draws evil things from the evil stored in the heart. For the mouth speaks
from the fullness of the heart.
