First ReadingProverbs 21:1-6, 10-13

The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart. To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes. When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge. The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin. He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 119:1, 27, 30, 34, 35, 44

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Make me understand the way of your precepts, and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I set your ordinances before me.

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

I will keep your law continually, for ever and ever;

℟Guide me, Lord, in the way of your commands.

AlleluiaLuke 11:28

℟Alleluia!

Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!

℟Alleluia!

GospelLuke 8:19-21

Then his mother and his brethren came to him, but they could not reach him for the crowd. And he was told, “Your mother and your brethren are standing outside, desiring to see you.” But he said to them, “My mother and my brethren are those who hear the word of God and do it.”