" I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all." Luke 11:47-54

Today's Readings

 

"I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all."

Luke 11:47-54

Reading 1, Rom 3:21-30

²¹ God's saving justice was witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, but now it has been revealed altogether apart from law:
²² God's saving justice given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.
²³ No distinction is made: all have sinned and lack God's glory,
²⁴ and all are justified by the free gift of his grace through being set free in Christ Jesus.
²⁵ God appointed him as a sacrifice for reconciliation, through faith, by the shedding of his blood, and so showed his justness; first for the past, when sins went unpunished because he held his hand;
²⁶ and now again for the present age, to show how he is just and justifies everyone who has faith in Jesus.
²⁷ So what becomes of our boasts? There is no room for them. On what principle- that only actions count? No; that faith is what counts,
²⁸ since, as we see it, a person is justified by faith and not by doing what the Law tells him to do.
²⁹ Do you think God is the God only of the Jews, and not of gentiles too? Most certainly of gentiles too,
³⁰ since there is only one God; he will justify the circumcised by their faith, and he will justify the uncircumcised through their faith.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

¹ [Song of Ascents] From the depths I call to you, Yahweh:
² Lord, hear my cry. Listen attentively to the sound of my pleading!
³ If you kept a record of our sins, Lord, who could stand their ground?
⁴ But with you is forgiveness, that you may be revered.
⁵ I rely, my whole being relies, Yahweh, on your promise.
⁶ My whole being hopes in the Lord, more than watchmen for daybreak; more than watchmen for daybreak

 

Gospel, 

"... I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all." 

Luke 11:47-54

⁴⁷ 'Alas for you because you build tombs for the prophets, the people your ancestors killed!
⁴⁸ In this way you both witness to what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building.
⁴⁹ 'And that is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute,
⁵⁰ so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the Temple." Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all.
⁵² 'Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves and have prevented others from going in who wanted to.'
⁵³ When he left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions,
⁵⁴ lying in wait to catch him out in something he might say.