Letture cattoliche quotidiane

sabato della 20.ª settimana del Tempo Ordinario

sabato, 21 agosto 2027 · Tempo Ordinario - Settimana 20

Le letture incontrano il luogo ordinario in cui la fede si esercita. Rimani con ciò che Gesù dice o fa qui, e lascia che chieda una risposta onesta.

Letture di oggi

Prima lettura

Ruth 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17

Naomi had a relative of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor." She said to her, "Go, my daughter." She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Don't go to glean in another field, and don't go from here, but stay here close to my maidens. Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven't I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn." Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?" Boaz answered her, "I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn't know before. So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son. The women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel. He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him. The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, "A son is born to Naomi". They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Salmo responsoriale

Psalm 128:1b-2, 3, 4, 5

Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways. For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you. Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table. Behold, this is how the man who fears the LORD is blessed. May the LORD bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

Vangelo

Matthew 23:1-12

ALLORA Gesù parlò alle turbe, ed a' suoi discepoli, dicendo: Gli Scribi e i Farisei seggono sopra la sedia di Mosè. Osservate adunque, e fate tutte le cose che vi diranno che osserviate; ma non fate secondo le opere loro; perchè dicono, ma non fanno. Perciocchè legano pesi gravi ed importabili, e li mettono sopra le spalle degli uomini; ma essi non li vogliono pur muovere col dito. E fanno tutte le loro opere per esser riguardati dagli uomini; ed allargano le lor filatterie, ed allungano le fimbrie delle lor veste. Ed amano i primi luoghi a tavola ne' conviti, e i primi seggi nelle raunanze; e le salutazioni nelle piazze; e d'esser chiamati dagli uomini: Rabbi, Rabbi. Ma voi, non siate chiamati Maestro; perciocchè un solo è il vostro Dottore, cioè Cristo; e voi tutti siete fratelli. E non chiamate alcuno sopra la terra vostro padre; perciocchè un solo è vostro Padre, cioè, quel ch' è ne' cieli. E non siate chiamati dottori; perciocchè un solo è il vostro Dottore, cioè Cristo. E il maggior di voi sia vostro ministro. Or chiunque si sarà innalzato, sarà abbassato; e chiunque si sarà abbassato, sarà innalzato.

Testo biblico: Diodati Bibbia 1885, pubblico dominio, quando questa fonte copre il brano; World English Bible Catholic Edition, pubblico dominio, per brani cattolici/deuterocanonici o non coperti. Le citazioni delle letture sono preparate per Come Aside con metadati con licenza MIT.