Sunday between 10 and 16 July
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)
First Reading - Deuteronomy 30.10-14
A reading from the book of Deuteronomy.
Return to the Lord your God,
with all your heart,
and with all your soul.
Trust in the Lord your God,
and observe the commandments and decrees
that are written
in this book of the law.
The commandment of the Lord
that I bring to you, today,
is not
too hard for you.
Neither is it
too far away,
as though you would
need someone
to cross the ocean, or go up to heaven,
to bring it to you.
No, for the commandment of the Lord
is very near to you;
it is already
on your lips, and in your heart.
This is the word of the Lord.
Second Reading - Colossians 1.15-20
A reading from the letter of Paul to the Colossians.
Christ is the image
of the invisible God;
and the firstborn
from before all creation.
In Christ,
all things were created,
both in heaven
and on earth,
both the visible
and the invisible (by which we mean
dominions, authorities, and powers).
All things were created
through Christ,
and for Christ.
Christ existed
before all things;
and now it is in Christ
that all things
hold together.
Christ is then also
the head of the body
which is the church;
its beginning,
as the firstborn from the dead.
Christ has first place
in everything.
And so it is, that in Christ,
all things,
in heaven and on earth,
can be reconciled, and at peace,
through the sacrifice of the cross.
This is the word of the Lord.
Gospel - Luke 10.25-37
Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ
according to Luke.
A lawyer stood up to test Jesus.
‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do
to receive eternal life?’
Jesus said to him, ‘What is written in the law?
And what is your understanding of it?’
The lawyer answered, ‘You shall love
the Lord your God, with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
And you shall love your neighbour
as yourself.’
Jesus said to him, ‘You have given a good answer.
Do this, and you will live.’
Still wanting to justify himself,
the lawyer asked Jesus, ‘But who is my neighbour?’
Jesus replied,
‘A man was travelling on the road
from Jerusalem to Jericho,
when he was set upon
by robbers, who took everything he had,
and beat him, and left him for dead.
Now by chance, a priest
was going down the same road;
and when the priest saw the wounded man,
he passed by on the other side.
In the same way, a Levite
came to the place, and seeing the wounded man,
he also passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, travelling that way,
saw the wounded man,
and was moved with pity.
The Samaritan
went to the wounded man,
and poured oil and wine
on his wounds,
and bandaged them.
Then the Samaritan
put the wounded man
on his own horse,
brought him to an inn,
and took care of him.
The next day, the Samaritan took out
two silver coins,
and gave them to the innkeeper,
saying, “Take care of him;
and whatever more you spend,
I will pay you
when I return.”
Which of these three, do you think,
was a neighbour,
to the man who was set upon
by the robbers?’
The lawyer said,
‘The one who showed him mercy.’
Jesus said to the lawyer,
‘Go and do likewise.’
This is the Gospel of the Lord.