7 The word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Verse before the Gospel Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Repent, says the Lord; the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! Gospel The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke If you do not repent, you will all perish as they did. Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices. Jesus said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent (6), you will all perish as they did! Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust (7) the soil?’ He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize (8) it; it may bear fruit in the future. If not you can cut it down.’” (Luke 13:1-9) The Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. Homily Profession of Faith I believe in one God, the Father almighty, (6) We repent when we feel regret or sorrow about something that we have done or have failed to do. (7) Soil can be exhausted when it is used over and over again for planting with no rest in between. This exhausts or removes the soil’s nutrients. (8) To fertilize the ground means to add nutrients to the soil so that plants will grow better. The difficult words
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