Mass Readings for September 23, 2024

Proverbs 3:27-34
Psalms 15:2-5
Luke 8:16-18

Proverbs 3:27-34
(27) Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. (28) Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you. (29) Don’t devise evil against your neighbor, since he dwells securely by you. (30) Don’t strive with a man without cause, if he has done you no harm. (31) Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. (32) For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright. (33) Yahweh’s curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous. (34) Surely he mocks the mockers, but he gives grace to the humble.

Psalms 15:2-5
(2) He who walks blamelessly does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; (3) He who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; (4) In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn’t change; (5) he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Luke 8:16-18
(16) “No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. (17) For nothing is hidden, that will not be revealed; nor anything secret, that will not be known and come to light. (18) Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”