16 - 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sirach 27:4-7 - about speech or what a person says

When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear;

so do people’s faults when they speak.

The furnace tests the potter’s vessels;

the test of a person is in conversation.

The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had;

so speech discloses the bent of a person’s heart.

Praise no one before he speaks,

for it is then that people are tested.

1 Corinthians 15:54-58 (Resurrection)

And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.

Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

The sting of death is sin,* and the power of sin is the law.

But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Gospel: Luke 6:39-45 (A Tree Known by Its Fruit)

And he told them a parable, “Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?

No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher.

Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?

How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.

“A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.

For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles.

A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

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Sirach

The author, a sage who lived in Jerusalem, was thoroughly imbued with love for the wisdom tradition, and also for the law, priesthood, Temple, and divine worship. (More information)
This book is also called the Wisdom of Ben Sira, which derives its title from the author, “Yeshua [Jesus], son of Eleazar, son of Sira”.
This is also called Ecclesiasticus.

Corinthians

People who lived in Corinth, located in south-central Greece.
Paul’s first letter to the church of Corinth provides us with a fuller insight into the life of an early Christian community of the first generation than any other book of the New Testament. More information.