Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A *Alternate* First Reading and Responsorial Psalm

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans.

Owe no debt to anyone except the debt that binds us to love one another.  If you love your neighbor, you have fulfilled the Law.  The commandments – “No committing adultery; no killing; no stealing; no coveting”; and all the others – are all summed up in this one, “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  Love never does any wrong to the neighbor, hence love is the fulfillment of the Law.

The Word of God recorded in the letter of Paul to the Romans.

R:  If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us sing joyfully to God;

let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.

Let us greet God with thanksgiving;

let us joyfully sing psalms.

R:  If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.

Come, let us bow down in worship;

let us kneel before the God who made us.

For the Most High is Our God,

and we are the people God shepherds,

the flock God guides.

R: If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.

“Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,

as in the day of Massah in the desert,

Where your ancestors tempted me,

they tested me though they had seen my works.”

R: If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.