First Reading

1 Timothy 1:1-2, 12-14

1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope, 2to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. 3Now I asked you to remain at Ephesus, while I went into Macedonia, so that you would speak strongly against certain ones who have been teaching a different way, 4against those who have been paying attention to fables and endless genealogies. These things present questions as if they were greater than the edification that is of God, which is in faith. 5Now the goal of instruction is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith. 6Certain persons, wandering away from these things, have been turned aside to empty babbling, 7desiring to be teachers of the law, but understanding neither the things that they themselves are saying, nor what they are affirming about these things. 8But we know that the law is good, if one makes use of it properly. 9Knowing this, that the law was not set in place for the just, but for the unjust and the insubordinate, for the impious and sinners, for the wicked and the defiled, for those who commit patricide, matricide, or homicide, 10for fornicators, for males who sleep with males, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, 11which is in accord with the Gospel of the glory of the blessed God, the Gospel which has been entrusted to me. 12I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry, 13though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief. 14And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 15

5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me. 6The lots have fallen upon me with clarity. And, indeed, my inheritance has been very clear to me. 7I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night. 8I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed. 9Because of this, my heart has been joyful, and my tongue has exulted. Moreover, even my body will rest in hope. 10For you will not abandon my soul to Hell, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. 11You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

Gospel

Luke 6:39-42

39Now he told them another comparison: “How can the blind lead the blind? Would they not both fall into a pit? 40The disciple is not above his teacher. But each one will be perfected, if he is like his teacher. 41And why do you see the straw that is in your brother’s eye, while the log that is in your own eye, you do not consider? 42Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, allow me to remove the straw from your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the log from your own eye, and then will you see clearly, so that you may lead out the straw from your brother’s eye.