“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.

Wed Nov 15th 2023

Reading 1, Wisdom 6:2-11

Give ear, you⌃ that have dominion over much people,
And make your boast
in multitudes of nations.
Because your dominion was given you from the Lord,
And your sovereignty from the Most High;
Who will search out your works,
And will make inquisition of your counsels:
Because being officers of his kingdom you⌃ did not judge aright,
Neither kept you⌃
law, nor walked after the counsel of God.
Awfully and swiftly will he come upon you;
Because a stern judgement befalleth those who are in high place:
For the man of low estate may be pardoned in mercy,
But mighty men will be
searched out mightily.
For the Sovereign Lord of all will not refrain himself for any
man’s
person,
Neither will he reverence greatness;
Because it is he that made
both
small and great,
And alike he takes thought for all;
But
strict is the scrutiny that comes upon the powerful.
To you therefore, O princes, are my words,
That you⌃ may learn wisdom and
fall not from the right way.
For those who have kept holily the things that are holy will
themselves
be
hallowed;
And those who have been taught them will find what to answer;
Set your desire therefore on my words;
Long for
them,
and you⌃ will be
trained by
their
discipline.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 82:3-4, 6-7

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless.
Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy.
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
I said, “You are gods,
all of you are sons of the Most High.
Nevertheless you shall die like men,
and fall like one of the rulers.”

Gospel, Luke 17:11-19

As he was on his way to Jerusalem, he was passing along the borders of Samaria and Galilee.
As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
When he saw them, he said to them,
“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.
One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks; and he was a Samaritan.
Jesus answered,
“Weren’t the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?”
Then he said to him,
“Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”