Daily Reading for Monday, August 21st, 2017

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 106:34-35, 36-37, 39-40, 43, 44

³⁴ They did not destroy the nations, as Yahweh had told them to do,

³⁵ but intermarried with them, and adopted their ways.

³⁶ They worshipped those nations' false gods, till they found themselves entrapped,

³⁷ and sacrificed their own sons and their daughters to demons.

³⁹ They defiled themselves by such actions, their behaviour was that of a harlot.

⁴⁰ Yahweh's anger blazed out at his people, his own heritage filled him with disgust.

⁴³ Time and again he rescued them, but they still defied him deliberately, and sank ever deeper in their guilt;

⁴⁴ even so he took pity on their distress, as soon as he heard them cry out.

Gospel, Matthew 19:16-22

¹⁶ And now a man came to him and asked, 'Master, what good deed must I do to possess eternal life?'

¹⁷ Jesus said to him, 'Why do you ask me about what is good? There is one alone who is good. But if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.'

¹⁸ He said, 'Which ones?' Jesus replied, 'These: You shall not kill. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false witness.

¹⁹ Honour your father and your mother. You shall love your neighbour as yourself.'

²⁰ The young man said to him, 'I have kept all these. What more do I need to do?'

²¹ Jesus said, 'If you wish to be perfect, go and sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.'

²² But when the young man heard these words he went away sad, for he was a man of great wealth.