Gospel of 29 March 2019

FRIDAY 29 MARCH 2019
Mass of the Day
FRIDAY OF THE THIRD LENT WEEK

Liturgical Color Purple
Antiphon
There is no one like you in heaven, Lord,
because you are great and do wonders:
you alone are God. (Ps 85,8.10)

Collection
Holy and merciful father,
pour your grace into our hearts,
because we can save ourselves from human skidding
and stay true to your word of eternal life.
For our Lord Jesus Christ ...

First Reading
We will no longer call the work of our hands our god.
From the book of the prophet Hosea
Hos 14,2: 10-XNUMX

Thus says the Lord:

«Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
for thou hast stumbled in thy iniquity.
Prepare the words to say
and go back to the Lord;
say to him, "Take away all iniquity,
accept what's good:
not offered of immolated bulls,
but the praise of our lips.
Assur won't save us,
we will no longer ride on horses,
nor will we call "our god" anymore
the work of our hands,
because with you the orphan finds mercy ”.

I will heal them from their infidelity,
I will love them deeply,
for my anger has turned away from them.
I will be like dew for Israel;
it will bloom like a lily
and take root like a tree from Lebanon,
its shoots will spread
and will have the beauty of the olive tree
and the fragrance of Lebanon.
They will return to sit in my shadow,
will revive the wheat,
will blossom like the vineyards,
they will be famous as the wine of Lebanon.

What do I still have in common with the Idols, or Ephraim?
I hear him and watch over him;
I am like an ever green cypress,
your fruit is my doing.

Who is wise understand these things,
those who have intelligence understand them;
for the ways of the Lord are upright,
the righteous walk in them,
while the wicked stumble you ».

God's word

Responsorial Psalm
From Ps 80 (81)
R. I am the Lord your God: listen to my voice.
?Or:
R. Lord, you have words of eternal life.
A language never understood I hear:
"I freed his shoulder from the weight,
his hands have laid down the basket.
You shouted at me in anguish
and I set you free. R.

Hidden in the thunder I answered you,
I tested you in the waters of Merìba.
Listen, my people:
I want to testify against you.
Israel, if you listened to me! R.

There is not a foreign god among you
and do not bow down to a foreign god.
I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you up from the country of Egypt. R.

If my people listened to me!
If Israel walked in my ways!
I would feed it with wheat flower,
I would satiate him with honey from the rock ». R.

Gospel acclamation
Glory and praise to you, O Christ!

Get converted, says the Lord,
because the kingdom of heaven is near. (Mt 4,17)

Glory and praise to you, O Christ!

Gospel
The Lord our God is the only Lord: you will love him.
From the Gospel according to Mark
Mk 12,28b-34

At that time, one of the scribes approached Jesus and asked him, "What is the first of all the commandments?"

Jesus replied: «The first is:“ Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only Lord; you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength ”. The second is this: "You will love your neighbor as yourself." There is no other commandment greater than these. "

The scribe said to him: «You have said well, Master, and according to truth, that He is unique and there is no one other than him; loving him with all your heart, with all your intelligence and with all your strength and loving your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices ».

Seeing that he had answered wisely, Jesus said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And nobody had the courage to question him anymore.

Word of the Lord

On offers
Look with benevolence, Lord,
these gifts that we present to you,
because they are pleasing to you
and become for us a source of salvation.
For Christ our Lord.

Communion antiphon
More than all the gifts offered, this is great:
love God with all your heart
and your neighbor as yourself. (Cf. Mk 12,33:XNUMX)

After communion
The strength of your Spirit
body and soul permeate us, O God,
because we can get redemption fully
in which we participated in these holy mysteries.
For Christ our Lord.