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Lectionary Readings for the 18th Sunday of the Year, Year C
Readings, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel
Reading I, Eccl 1, 2; 2, 21-23A Reading from the Book of EcclesiastesWhat do all his labors profit a man? Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity! Here is a man who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill, and to another, who has not labored over it, he must leave his property. This also is vanity and a great misfortune. For what profit comes to a man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun? All his days sorrow and grief are his occupation; even at night his mind is not at rest. This also is vanity. The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm, Ps 95, 1-2. 6-7. 8-9. R. v. 8R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.1. Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord; let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation. Let us greet him with thanksgiving; let us joyfully sing psalms to him. R. 2. Come, let us bow down in worship; let us kneel before the Lord who made us. For he is our God, and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides. R. 3. Oh, that today you would hear his voice; "Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the desert, where your fathers tempted me; they tested me though they had seen my works." R. Reading II, Col 3, 1-5. 9-11A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the ColossiansSeek the things that are above where Christ is. Since you have been raised up in company with Christ, set your heart on what pertains to higher realms where Christ is seated at God's right hand. Be intent on things above rather than on things of earth. After all, you have died! Your life is hidden now with Christ in God. When Christ our life appears, then you shall appear with him in glory. Put to death whatever in your nature is rooted in earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desires, and that lust which is idolatry. Stop lying to one another. What you have done is put aside your old self with its past deeds and put on a new man, one who grows in knowledge as he is formed anew in the image of his Creator. There is no Greek or Jew here, circumcised or uncircumcised, foreigner, Scythian, slave or freeman. Rather, Christ is everything in all of you. The Word of the Lord. Gospel, Lk 12, 13-21
Alleluia Jn 6, 64. 69
R. Alleluia. Your words, O Lord, are spirit and life, you have the words of everlasting life. R. Alleluia. A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to Luke Why are you preparing these things? Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to give me my share of our inheritance." He replied, "Friend, who has set me up as your judge or arbiter?" Then he said to the crowd, "Avoid greed in all its forms. A man may be wealthy, but his possessions do not guarantee him life." He told them a parable in these words: "There was a rich man who had a good harvest. 'What shall I do?' he asked himself. 'I have no place to store my harvest. I know!' he said, 'I will pull down my grain bins and build larger ones. All my grain and my goods will go there. Then I will say to myself: You have blessings in reserve yourself.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life shall be required of you. To whom will all this piled-up wealth of yours go?' That is the way it works with the man who grows rich for himself instead of growing rich in the sight of God." The Gospel of the Lord.
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