Friday of the Twenty‑eighth week in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Romans 4:1-8
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
Gospel: Luke 12:1-7

First Reading
Romans 4:1-8
Brethren:What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works: “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 32:1-2, 5, 11
R. You are a hiding place for me; you surround me with cries of deliverance.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is remitted. Blessed the man to whom the Lord imputes no guilt, in whose spirit is no guile.
R. You are a hiding place for me; you surround me with cries of deliverance.

To you I have acknowledged my sin; my guilt I did not hide. I said, “I will confess my transgression to the Lord.” And you have forgiven the guilt of my sin.
R. You are a hiding place for me; you surround me with cries of deliverance.

Rejoice in the Lord; exult, you just! Ring out your joy, all you upright of heart!
R. You are a hiding place for me; you surround me with cries of deliverance.

Gospel
Luke 12:1-7
At that time:When so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, Jesus began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”

The Gospel of the Lord.