Reading
Deuteronomy 31: 1-8
31:1 And so, Moses went out, and he spoke all these words to all of Israel.
31:2 And he said to them: “Today, I am one hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to go out and return, especially since the Lord has also said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
31:3 Therefore, the Lord your God will go across before you. He himself will abolish all these nations in your sight, and you shall possess them. And this man Joshua shall go across before you, just as the Lord has spoken.
31:4 And the Lord will do to them just as he did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, and he will wipe them away.
31:5 Therefore, when the Lord will have delivered these to you also, you shall act similarly toward them, just as I have instructed you.
31:6 Act manfully and be strengthened. Do not be afraid, and do not dread at the sight of them. For the Lord your God himself is your commander, and he will neither dismiss nor abandon you.”
31:7 And Moses called Joshua, and, before all of Israel, he said to him: ‘Be strong and valiant. For you shall lead this people into the land which the Lord swore that he would give to their fathers, and you shall divide it by lot.
31:8 And the Lord, who is your commander, will himself be with you. He will neither renounce nor abandon you. Do not be afraid, and do not dread.”
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 18: 1-5, 10, 12-14
| 18:1 | In that hour, the disciples drew near to Jesus, saying, “Whom do you consider to be greater in the kingdom of heaven?” |
| 18:2 | And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst. |
| 18:3 | And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. |
| 18:4 | Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven. |
| 18:5 | And whoever shall accept one such little child in my name, accepts me. |
| 18:10 | See to it that you do not despise even one of these little ones. For I say to you, that their Angels in heaven continually look upon the face of my Father, who is in heaven. |
| 18:12 | How does it seem to you? If someone has one hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, should he not leave behind the ninety-nine in the mountains, and go out to seek what has gone astray? |
| 18:13 | And if he should happen to find it: Amen I say to you, that he has more joy over that one, than over the ninety-nine which did not go astray. |
| 18:14 | Even so, it is not the will before your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should be lost. |
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