Mass Readings for May 18, 2024

Acts 2:44-47
Colossians 3:12-17
Psalms 131:1-3
Luke 12:22-31

Acts 2:44-47
(44) All who believed were together, and had all things in common. (45) They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need. (46) Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, (47) praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.

Colossians 3:12-17
(12) Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance; (13) bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. (14) Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. (15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (16) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord. (17) Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Psalms 131:1-3
(1) Yahweh, my heart isn’t haughty, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me. (2) Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. (3) Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.

Luke 12:22-31
(22) He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. (23) Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. (24) Consider the ravens: they don’t sow, they don’t reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds! (25) Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to his height? (26) If then you aren’t able to do even the least things, why are you anxious about the rest? (27) Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. (28) But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? (29) Don’t seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. (30) For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. (31) But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.