Saturday, March 15, 2014. 

Today's Liturgical Reading by Immaculate Conception Church, Borivali, Mumbai.

First Reading : Deuteronomy 26:16-19; Second Reading : Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Gospel : Matthew 5:43-48. [Please share today's Gospel.]

First Reading : Deuteronomy 26:16-19

Concluding Exhortation

This very day the Lord your God is commanding you to observe these statutes and ordinances; so observe them diligently with all your heart and with all your soul. Today you have obtained the Lord’s agreement: to be your God; and for you to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and to obey him. Today the Lordhas obtained your agreement: to be his treasured people, as he promised you, and to keep his commandments; for him to set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor; and for you to be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he promised. 

Second Reading : Psalm 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8 

The Glories of God’s Law

Happy are those whose way is blameless,

who walk in the law of the Lord.

Happy are those who keep his decrees,

who seek him with their whole heart,

You have commanded your precepts

to be kept diligently.

O that my ways may be steadfast

in keeping your statutes!

I will praise you with an upright heart,

when I learn your righteous ordinances.

I will observe your statutes;

do not utterly forsake me.


Gospel : Matthew 5:43-48

Love for Enemies

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.