Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Responsorial Psalm For Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
– Psalms 131:1, 2, 3
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
1 O LORD, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I busy not myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
2 Nay rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap,
so is my soul within me.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
3 O Israel, hope in the LORD,
both now and forever.
R. In you, Lord, I have found my peace.
Alleluia For Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
– Matthew 23:9B, 10B
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
9B You have but one Father in heaven
10B and one master, the Christ.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel For Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
– Matthew 23:1-12
1 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
3 Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.
4 They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them.
5 All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.
6 They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues,
7 greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’
8 As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers.
9 Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.
10 Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ.
11 The greatest among you must be your servant.
12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”