Wednesday of the Twenty‑eighth week in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Romans 2:1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 62:2-3, 6-7, 9
Gospel: Luke 11:42-46

First Reading
Romans 2:1-11
You have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practise the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practise such things. Do you suppose, O man— you who judge those who practise such things and yet do them yourself— that you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honour and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 62:2-3, 6-7, 9
R. O Lord, you repay each man according to his deeds.

In God alone is my soul at rest; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock, my salvation, my fortress; never shall I falter.
R. O Lord, you repay each man according to his deeds.

In God alone be at rest, my soul, for my hope is from him. He alone is my rock, my salvation, my fortress; never shall I falter.
R. O Lord, you repay each man according to his deeds.

Trust him at all times, O people. Pour out your hearts before him, for God is our refuge.
R. O Lord, you repay each man according to his deeds.

Second Reading
Romans 8:22-27
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now;
23 and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies.
24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen?
25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.
27 And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Gospel
Luke 11:42-46
At that time:Jesus said, “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the market-places. Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.” One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.”

The Gospel of the Lord.