First reading Galatians3:7-14
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Don’t you see that it is those who rely on faith who are the sons of
Abraham? Scripture foresaw that God was going to use faith to justify the pagans,
and proclaimed the Good News long ago when Abraham was told: In you all the
pagans will be blessed. Those therefore who rely on faith receive the same
blessing as Abraham, the man of faith.
On the other hand, those who rely on the keeping of the Law are under a
curse, since scripture says: Cursed be everyone who does not persevere in
observing everything prescribed in the book of the Law. The Law will not
justify anyone in the sight of God, because we are told: the righteous man
finds life through faith. The Law is not even based on faith, since we are
told: The man who practises these precepts finds life through practising
them. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being cursed for our
sake, since scripture says: Cursed be everyone who is hanged on a tree.
This was done so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might include the
pagans, and so that through faith we might receive the promised Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm
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Psalm
110:1-6
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The
Lord keeps his covenant ever in mind.
or
Alleluia!
I
will thank the Lord with all my heart
In the meeting of the just and their
assembly.
Great are the works of the Lord,
To be pondered by all who love them.
The
Lord keeps his covenant ever in mind.
or
Alleluia!
Majestic
and glorious his work,
His justice stands firm for ever.
He makes us remember his wonders,
The Lord is compassion and love.
The
Lord keeps his covenant ever in mind.
or
Alleluia!
He
gives food to those who fear him;
Keeps his covenant ever in mind.
He has shown his might to his people By giving them the lands of the nations.
The
Lord keeps his covenant ever in mind.
or
Alleluia!
Gospel Acclamation
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Jn10:27
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Alleluia,
alleluia!
The
sheep that belong to me listen to my voice,
says
the Lord,
I
know them and they follow me.
Alleluia!
Or
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Jn12:31-32
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Alleluia,
alleluia!
Now
the prince of this world is to be overthrown,
says
the Lord.
And
when I am lifted up from the earth,
I
shall draw all men to myself.
Alleluia!
Gospel
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Luke
11:15-26
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When Jesus had cast out a devil, some of the people said, ‘It is through
Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.’ Others asked him,
as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he
said to them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin, and a
household divided against itself collapses. So too with Satan: if he is divided
against himself, how can his kingdom stand? – Since you assert that it is
through Beelzebul that I cast out devils. Now if it is through Beelzebul that I
cast out devils, through whom do your own experts cast them out? Let them be
your judges then. But if it is through the finger of God that I cast out
devils, then know that the kingdom of God has overtaken you. So long as a
strong man fully armed guards his own palace, his goods are undisturbed; but
when someone stronger than he is attacks and defeats him, the stronger man
takes away all the weapons he relied on and shares out his spoil.
‘He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me
scatters.
‘When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless
country looking for a place to rest, and not finding one it says, “I will go
back to the home I came from.” But on arrival, finding it swept and tidied, it
then goes off and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they
go in and set up house there, so that the man ends up by being worse than he
was before.’
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