Kapistahan ng St. Lucy
Unang Pagbasa: Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13
| 3:1 | Woe to the provocatrix and the redeemed city, the dove. |
| 3:2 | She has not heeded the voice, nor has she accepted discipline. She has not trusted in the Lord; she did not draw near to her God. |
| 3:9 | For then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, so that all may invoke the name of the Lord and may serve him with one shoulder. |
| 3:10 | From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my supplicants, the sons of my diaspora, will carry a gift to me. |
| 3:11 | Sa araw na iyon, you will not be ashamed over all of your inventions, by which you have transgressed against me. For then I will take away from your midst your arrogant boasters, and you will no longer be exalted on my holy mountain. |
| 3:12 | And I will bequeath into your midst a poor and needy people, and they will hope in the name of the Lord. |
| 3:13 | The remnant of Israel will not do iniquity, nor speak lies, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. For they will pasture and will recline, and there will be no one to strike them with terror. |
The Gospel according to Matthew- 21:28-32
| 21:28 | But how does it seem to you? A certain man had two sons. And approaching the first, sinabi niya: ‘Anak, go out today to work in my vineyard.’ |
| 21:29 | At tumutugon, sinabi niya, ‘I am not willing.’ But afterwards, being moved by repentance, pumunta siya. |
| 21:30 | And approaching the other, he spoke similarly. At sumasagot, sinabi niya, ‘I am going, lord.’ And he did not go. |
| 21:31 | Which of the two did the will of the father?” Sabi nila sa kanya, “The first.” Jesus said to them: “Amen sinasabi ko sa iyo, that tax collectors and prostitutes shall precede you, into the kingdom of God. |
| 21:32 | For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him. |