First reading
Exodus 22:20–26
If you are harsh with the widow and orphan, my anger will flare against you.
Responsorial psalm
Psalm 17(18):2–4, 47, 51
R. I love you, Lord, my strength.
Second reading
1 Thessalonians 1:5–10
You broke with idolatry and became servants of God; you are now waiting for his Son
Gospel acclamation
John 14:23
All who love me will keep my words, and my Father will love them and we will come to them.
Gospel
Matthew 22:34–40
The commandments of love
Images from the Word
- Disconcert him
- Greatest
- Love
- I shall hear
- Great example
Liturgical notes
By ‘Mass with a congregation’ is meant a Mass celebrated with the participation of the faithful. It is moreover appropriate, whenever possible, and especially on Sundays and holy days of obligation, that the celebration of this Mass take place with singing and with a suitable number of ministers.
—General Instruction of the Roman Missal, §115
Week by week, we are blessed by the generous gifts of so many ministers who not only give of their time to minister during the Sunday Mass, but who are also willing to undertake regular training to develop and improve their skills. We should never take their generosity for granted, but we must express our thanks for their generosity. Each of us is called to contribute to each celebration by our full, conscious and effective participation, both externally and interiorly.
‘May your Sacraments, O Lord, we pray, perfect in us what lies within them, that what we now celebrate in signs we may one day possess in truth.’
—prayer after Communion