READINGS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 2:3: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths."

Deuteronomy 6:5-7: "You must love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. Let the words I enjoin on you today stay in your heart. You shall tell them to your children, and keep on telling them."

RESPONSARIAL PSALMS

Psalm 25:4-5: "Direct me in your ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths. Encourage me to walk in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me"

Psalm 82:3-4: "Let the weak and the orphan have justice, be fair to the wretched and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy, save them from the clutches of the wicked"

Psalm 133:1: "How good, how delightful it is to live as brothers all together"

READINGS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT

Ephesians 2:18-22: "Through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father."

Ephesians 2:14-17: "For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity"

Hebrews 1:1-3: At many moments in the past and by many means, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; but in our time, the final days, he has spoken to us in the person of his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things and through whom he made the ages. He is the reflection of God's glory and bears the impress of God's own being, sustaining all things by his powerful command."

Timothy 2:15: "Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who has no need to be ashamed, but who keeps the message of truth on a straight path."

GOSPELS

John 14:16-17: "I shall ask the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete to be with you for ever, the Spirit of truth whom the world can never accept since it neither sees nor knows him; but you know him, because he is with you, he is in you."

John 15:4: "Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me."

Matthew 7:24: "Therefore, everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a sensible man who built his house on rock."

Matthew 12:37: "It is by your words you will be justified, and by your words condemned."

John 17:17-19: "Consecrate them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world and for their sake I consecrate myself so that they too may be consecrated in truth."

John 18:37: "I came into the world for this, to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice."

John 13:34: "I give you a new commandment: love one another; you must love one another just as I have loved you"