28, SUN JUL 2013 Seventeeth Sunday of the Year (Green) - The Glorious Mysteries FIRST READING A reading from the Book of Genesis 18:20-32 `Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. “ In those days: The Lord said, The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and their sin is grave. I will go down to see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know. And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord. And as they drew near, he said: Will you destroy the just with the Wicked? If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it? Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the Wicked, and for the just to be treated like the wicked. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment. And the Lord said to him, If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them. And Abraham responded by saying: Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes. What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city? And he said, I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there. And again he said to him, But if forty were found there, what would you do? He said, I will not strike, for the sake of the forty. I ask you, he said, not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there? He responded, I will not act, if I find thirty there. Since now I have begun, he said, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there? He said, I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty. I beg you, he said, not to be angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more. What if ten were found there? And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten. V/ The word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps138:1-2a.2bcd-3.6-7ab.7c-8(R 3a) R/R. On the I called, you answerd me, O Lord. 1. I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; you have heard the words of my mouth. In the presence of the angels I will praise you. R 2. I give thanks to your name for your merciful love and your faithfulness. You have exalted your name and your promise over all. On the day I called, you answered me; you increased the strength of my soul. R 3. The Lord is high, yet he looks on the lowly, and the haughty he knows from afar. You give me life though I walk amid affliction; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes. R 4. With your right hand you save me; the LORD will accomplish this for me, O LORD, your merciful love is eternal; discard not the work of your hands. R SECOND READING A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians 2:12-14 "God made you alive with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses." Brethren: You have been buried with him in baptism. In him also, you have risen again through faith, by the work of God, who raised him up from the dead. And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions, and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, nailing it to the cross. V/ The word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Romans 8:15bc Alleluia, alleluia! You have received the spirit of sonship; in him we cry, "Abba! Father!" alleluia! GOSPEL A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 11:1-13 "Ask, and it will be given to you." And it happened that, while he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. And he said to them: When you are praying, say: Father, may your name be kept holy. May your kingdom come. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, since we also forgive all who are indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. And he said to them: Which of you will have a friend and will go to him in the middle of the night, and will say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine has arrived from a journey to me, and I do not have anything to set before him. And from within, he would answer by saying: Do not disturb me. The door is closed now, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give it to you. Yet if he will persevere in knocking, I tell you that, even though he would not get up and give it to him because he is a friend, yet due to his continued insistence, he will get up and give him whatever he needs. And so I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. And whoever seeks, finds. And whoever knocks, it shall be opened to him. So then, who among you, if he asks his father for bread, he would give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he would give him a serpent, instead of a fish? Or if he will ask for an egg, he would offer to him a scorpion? Therefore, if you, being evil, know how to give good things to your sons, how much more will your Father give, from heaven, a spirit of goodness to those who ask him? V/ The Gospel of the Lord. R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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