Reading
Sirarch 17: 20-24
| 17:20 | Now, to the repentant, he has given the way of justice, and he has strengthened those lacking in patience, and he has fastened them to a destiny of truth. |
| 17:21 | Convert to the Lord, and relinquish your sins. |
| 17:22 | Make supplication before the face of the Lord, and diminish your offenses. |
| 17:23 | Return to the Lord, and turn away from your injustice, and have immense hatred for abomination. |
| 17:24 | And acknowledge the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the circumstances set before you and in prayer to the most high God. |
Gospel
The Holy Gospel According to Mark 10: 17-27
| 10:17 | And when he had departed on the way, a certain one, running up and kneeling before him, asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do, so that I may secure eternal life?” |
| 10:18 | But Jesus said to him, “Why call me good? No one is good except the one God. |
| 10:19 | You know the precepts: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother.” |
| 10:20 | But in response, he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.” |
| 10:21 | Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.” |
| 10:22 | But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions. |
| 10:23 | And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!” |
| 10:24 | And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus, answering again, said to them: “Little sons, how difficult it is for those who trust in money to enter into the kingdom of God! |
| 10:25 | It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the rich to enter into the kingdom of God.” |
| 10:26 | And they wondered even more, saying among themselves, “Who, then, can be saved?” |
| 10:27 | And Jesus, gazing at them, said: “With men it is impossible; but not with God. For with God all things are possible.” |