1Tim 1:15-17; Luke 6

Saturday Mass of Our Lady
Saturday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1
Readings on p.1254 and Antiphons on p 1863 of the Daily Missal

Entrance Antiphon
Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who bore the Creator of all things. You became the Mother of your Maker, and you remain forever Virgin.

First Reading: 1 Timothy 1:15-17

A reading from the First Letter of Saint Paul to Timothy.

Beloved:
The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance,
that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners.
And I am the foremost of sinners;
but I received mercy for this reason,
that in me, as the foremost,
Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience
for an example to those who were to believe in him
for eternal life.
To the King of ages,
immortal, invisible, the only God,
be honour and glory forever and ever.
Amen.

The Word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 113:1-2.3-4.5a & 6-7 (R. 2)

Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:

R/. May the name of the Lord be blessed forevermore.

Praise, O servants of the Lord,
praise the name of the Lord!
May the name of the Lord be blest
both now and forevermore!

From the rising of the sun to its setting,
praised be the name of the Lord!
High above all nations is the Lord,
above the heavens his glory.

Who is like the Lord, our God,
who lowers himself to look down
upon heaven and earth?
From the dust he lifts up the lowly,
from the ash heap he raises the poor.

R/. May the name of the Lord be blessed forevermore.

Please stand for the Gospel

Alleluia, alleluia.
If a man loves me, he will keep my word, says the Lord;
and my Father will love him, and we will come to him.
Alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 6:43-49

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

At that time:
Jesus said to his disciples,
“No good tree bears bad fruit,
nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit;
for each tree is known by its own fruit.
For figs are not gathered from thorns,
nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush.
The good person out of the good treasure of his heart
produces good,
and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil;
for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’
and not do what I tell you?
Everyone who comes to me
and hears my words and does them,
I will show you what he is like:
he is like a man building a house,
who dug deep and laid the foundation upon rock;
and when a flood arose,
the stream broke against that house,
and could not shake it,
because it had been well built.
But he who hears and does not do them
is like a man who built a house on the ground
without a foundation;
against which the stream broke,
and immediately it fell,
and the ruin of that house was great.”

The Gospel of the Lord

Communion Antiphon
He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.