First Reading
Sirach 27: 4-7
Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
Second Reading
1 Corinthians 15: 54-58
And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast and unmoveable; always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Gospel
Luke 6: 39-45
And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch?
The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be perfect, if he be as his master.
And why seest thou the mote in thy brother’s eye: but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not?
Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother’s eye.
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.
For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns; nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.