A MAN'S WORD BETRAYS HIS ACTIONS
SUNDAY 8 WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C A MAN'S WORDS FLOW OUT WHAT FILLS HIS HEART MY DAILY OFFERING: O Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I offer you my prayers, works, joys and sufferings of this day in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world. First Reading(s) Ecclesiasticus 27:5-8 The test of a man is in his conversation In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk. The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation. The orchard where a tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man’s words betray what he feels. Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of men. Lectures Responsorial Psalm: It is good to give thanks to you O Lord Second Reading 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 Death is swallowed up in victory When this perishable nature has put on imperishability, and when this mortal nature has put on immortality, then t