Reading 1, Second Peter 3:12-15, 17-18

¹² while you wait for the Day of God to come, and try to hasten its coming: on that Day the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat.

¹³ What we are waiting for, relying on his promises, is the new heavens and new earth, where uprightness will be at home.

¹⁴ So then, my dear friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live blameless and unsullied lives so that he will find you at peace.

¹⁵ Think of our Lord's patience as your opportunity to be saved; our brother Paul, who is so dear to us, told you this when he wrote to you with the wisdom that he was given.

¹⁷ Since you have been forewarned about this, my dear friends, be careful that you do not come to the point of losing the firm ground that you are standing on, carried away by the errors of unprincipled people.

¹⁸ Instead, continue to grow in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, in time and eternity. Amen.

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Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 90:2, 3-4, 10, 14, 16

² Before the mountains were born, before the earth and the world came to birth, from eternity to eternity you are God.

³ You bring human beings to the dust, by saying, 'Return, children of Adam.'

⁴ A thousand years are to you like a yesterday which has passed, like a watch of the night.

¹⁰ The span of our life is seventy years -- eighty for those who are strong -- but their whole extent is anxiety and trouble, they are over in a moment and we are gone.

¹⁴ Each morning fill us with your faithful love, we shall sing and be happy all our days;

¹⁶ Show your servants the deeds you do, let their children enjoy your splendour!

Gospel, Mark 12:13-17

¹³ Next they sent to him some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said.

¹⁴ These came and said to him, 'Master, we know that you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because human rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or not?'

¹⁵ Recognising their hypocrisy he said to them, 'Why are you putting me to the test? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.'

¹⁶ They handed him one and he said to them, 'Whose portrait is this? Whose title?' They said to him, 'Caesar's.'

¹⁷ Jesus said to them, 'Pay Caesar what belongs to Caesar -- and God what belongs to God.' And they were amazed at him.

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