First Reading
The Wisdom of God cries aloud: The Lord created me when his purpose first
unfolded, before the oldest of his works. From everlasting I was firmly set, from the
beginning, before earth came into being. The deep was not, when I was born, there
were no springs to gush with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the
hills, I came to birth; before he made the earth, the countryside, or the first grains of
the world's dust. When he fixed the heavens firm, I was there, when he drew a ring on
the surface of the deep, when he thickened the clouds above, when he fixed fast the
springs of the deep, when he assigned the sea its boundaries –and the waters will not
invade the shore– when he laid down the foundations of the earth, I was by his side, a
master craftsman, delighting him day after day, ever at play in his presence, at play
everywhere in his world, delighting to be with the sons of men.
Second Reading
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, by faith we are judged righteous and at peace with
God, since it is by faith and through Jesus that we have entered this state of grace in
which we can boast about looking forward to God's glory. But that is not all we can
boast about; we can boast about our sufferings. These sufferings bring patience, as we
know, and patience brings perseverance, and perseverance brings hope, and this hope
is not deceptive, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy
Spirit which has been given us.
SANTÍSIMA TRINIDAD
Gospel
Jesus said to his disciples: "I still have many things to say to you but they would be too
much for you now. But when the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete
truth, since he will not be speaking as from himself but will say only what he has
learnt; and he will tell you of the things to come. He will glorify me, since all he tells
you will be taken from what is mine. Everything the Father has is mine; that is why I
said: All he tells you will be taken from what is mine."
