Mount St. Bernard Abbey

Mount St. Bernard Abbey Welcome to our page. Our main industry is a brewery and we also run a shop and a guest house. Mount St. It was founded in 1835.
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We are Monks of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, living a contemplative life of prayer, manual labour and lectio divina. Bernard Abbey is the only Cistercian (Trappist) Abbey of Monks in England, and it is the first mitred abbey since the reformation.

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 10 Monday 1 Kings 17:1-6Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, sai...
07/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 10 Monday

1 Kings 17:1-6
Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, ‘As the Lord lives, the God of Israel whom I serve, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years except at my order.’
The word of the Lord came to him, ‘Go away from here, go eastwards, and hide yourself in the wadi Cherith which lies east of Jordan. You can drink from the stream, and I have ordered the ravens to bring you food there.’ He did as the Lord had said; he went and stayed in the wadi Cherith which lies east of Jordan. The ravens brought him bread in the morning and meat in the evening, and he quenched his thirst at the stream.

Matthew 5:1-12
Seeing the crowds, Jesus went up the hill. There he sat down and was joined by his disciples. Then he began to speak. This is what he taught them:

‘How happy are the poor in spirit;
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy the gentle:
they shall have the earth for their heritage.
Happy those who mourn:
they shall be comforted.
Happy those who hunger and thirst for what is right:
they shall be satisfied.
Happy the merciful:
they shall have mercy shown them.
Happy the pure in heart:
they shall see God.
Happy the peacemakers:
they shall be called sons of God.
Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right:
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

‘Happy are you when people abuse you and persecute you and speak all kinds of calumny against you on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven: this is how they persecuted the prophets before you.’

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Comment: In our first reading we see Elijah the prophet being told by the Lord to hide himself while He ordered the ravens to bring him food. It pleases God to mediate His providential care through creatures, a point seen ultimately in the Sacraments of the Church where He feeds us not with the bread of ravens but of angels. God cares particularly for His prophets who had a special vocation to preach His word and were often persecuted for it. Elijah was hated by Ahab and the false prophets of Baal for speaking up for the one true God. The prophets prefigure Jesus, the Word Incarnate, who was killed for testifying to the truth. Our gospel sees Jesus listing the characteristics of God’s servants, including the prophets. We can see them displayed in the life of Elijah, who was poor in spirit, was rejected by his contemporaries, hungered for what is right, was pure in heart and was persecuted for the cause of right. He now shares the reward of Jesus in heaven as His forerunner. Let us join him in testifying to the truth of God’s word in what we say and do and so share his crown.

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Let us pray for the persecuted Church that God, the Father of all consolation, may comfort her through His Word with the promise of the kingdom, and by the gifts of His Spirit enable her to complete His work on earth.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray that God may send new prophets to the earth to bring His people back to Him in repentance that they may work out their salvation and win everlasting glory, through Jesus Christ His Son, empowered by the Holy Spirit.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves and for those we know that we may receive the grace to model our lives on the beatitudes of today’s gospel and restore the likeness of Christ within us, to the glory of the Father and the salvation of our souls and those of our neighbours.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY Corpus Christi, Year ADeuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16Moses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord y...
06/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Corpus Christi, Year A

Deuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16
Moses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live on bread alone but that man lives on everything that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
‘Do not become proud of heart. Do not forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery: who guided you through this vast and dreadful wilderness, a land of fiery serpents, scorpions, thirst; who in this waterless place brought you water from the hardest rock; who in this wilderness fed you with manna that your fathers had not known.’

1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body because we all have a share in this one loaf.

John 6:51-58
Jesus said to the crowd:
‘I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.
Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever;
and the bread that I shall give is my flesh,
for the life of the world.’
Then the Jews started arguing with one another: ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ they said. Jesus replied:
‘I tell you most solemnly,
if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,
you will not have life in you.
Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood
has eternal life,
and I shall raise him up on the last day.
For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood
lives in me
and I live in him.
As I, who am sent by the living Father,
myself draw life from the Father,
so whoever eats me will draw life from me.
This is the bread come down from heaven;
not like the bread our ancestors ate:
they are dead,
but anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.’

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Comment: Our first reading reminds us of the bread that God provided for His people in the desert. This manna sustained them in trying times and prefigures the Bread from Heaven, Jesus Christ, who sustains us in the desert of this world as we are tested and made fit for heaven. Our second reading tells us that the bread and wine unite us to Christ and to one another as one people of God forming one Church. All receive gifts as one Body with one Head so that it may grow as a tree from a seed and give shelter to the needy. In our gospel, Jesus says He is the living bread which comes down from heaven; not the bread their ancestors ate in the desert: they are dead; but the living bread that gives eternal life to all who eat it. He says His flesh and blood are real food and drink, justifying the Church’s doctrine of transubstantiation, where real bread and wine are converted into the real Body and Blood of Christ. Let us take this food, live in its grace, and the Promised Land of heaven will be ours!

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Let us pray that the Father may constantly feed the Church by the Body and Blood of His Son, that she may have eternal life in the Spirit and be raised on the Last Day.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for the world that all may be drawn to the table of the Lord and share one bread and one cup in His Church: the Eucharist, the body, blood, soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ; that they may live forever with Him.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves, our families, friends and acquaintances, that the Lord may lead us through the wilderness of life with its many dangers to the promised land of heaven.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us entrust our prayers to the intercession of Mary, Mother of the Word of God.

Hail Mary…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Saturday 2 Timothy 4:1-8Before God and before Christ Jesus who is t...
05/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Saturday

2 Timothy 4:1-8
Before God and before Christ Jesus who is to be judge of the living and the dead, I put this duty to you, in the name of his Appearing and of his kingdom: proclaim the message and, welcome or unwelcome, insist on it. Refute falsehood, correct error, call to obedience – but do all with patience and with the intention of teaching. The time is sure to come when, far from being content with sound teaching, people will be avid for the latest novelty and collect themselves a whole series of teachers according to their own tastes; and then, instead of listening to the truth, they will turn to myths. Be careful always to choose the right course; be brave under trials; make the preaching of the Good News your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service.
As for me, my life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his Appearing.

Mark 12:38-44
In his teaching Jesus said, ‘Beware of the scribes who like to walk about in long robes, to be greeted obsequiously in the market squares, to take the front seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at banquets; these are the men who swallow the property of widows, while making a show of lengthy prayers. The more severe will be the sentence they receive.’
He sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the treasury, and many of the rich put in a great deal. A poor widow came and put in two small coins, the equivalent of a penny. Then he called his disciples and said to them, ‘I tell you solemnly, this poor widow has put more in than all who have contributed to the treasury; for they have all put in money they had over, but she from the little she had has put in everything she possessed, all she had to live on.’

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Comment: Our first reading sees St Paul insisting that Timothy teaches the Gospel, whether it is popular or not. He is to insist on it and not compromise, refuting error and calling his listeners to obedience, with patience and perseverance. He will then share Paul’s crown of righteousness. Perseverance and patience are the key, for it is easy to go with the first rush of enthusiasm when we hear the Good News, but then to ‘backslide’ and fall away. We need patience and humility, waiting on the Lord’s help and timing. The poor widow in today’s gospel is praised by Jesus for putting in the treasury all she had to live on. She is among the greatest in the kingdom, for, though among the least by worldly standards, she is mighty in faith and generosity, having persevered to the end of her long life. Let us follow her wholehearted giving and, with Timothy, make it our life’s work to preach the Good News by the way we speak and live and so inherit the crown of righteousness reserved for those who never give up!

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Let us pray for Church leaders that, unlike the Pharisees, they may practise what they preach, being formed to the likeness of the Word of God that they are appointed to proclaim.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for the world, particularly for our country, that the Holy Spirit may inspire the people of God to give alms, knowing that everything they own they have received from Him.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves for those we know that we, like St Paul, may fight the good fight to the end, run the race to the finish, and keep the faith, and so await the crown of righteousness reserved for us on judgment day.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAYOrdinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Friday2 Timothy 3:10-17You know what I have taught, how I have lived...
04/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Friday

2 Timothy 3:10-17
You know what I have taught, how I have lived, what I have aimed at; you know my faith, my patience and my love; my constancy and the persecutions and hardships that came to me in places like Antioch, Iconium and Lystra – all the persecutions I have endured; and the Lord has rescued me from every one of them. You are well aware, then, that anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked; while these wicked impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves.
You must keep to what you have been taught and know to be true; remember who your teachers were, and how, ever since you were a child, you have known the holy scriptures – from these you can learn the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is inspired by God and can profitably be used for teaching, for refuting error, for guiding people’s lives and teaching them to be holy. This is how the man who is dedicated to God becomes fully equipped and ready for any good work.

Mark 12:35-37
At that time while teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, ‘How can the scribes maintain that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, moved by the Holy Spirit, said:

The Lord said to my Lord:
Sit at my right hand
and I will put your enemies
under your feet.

David himself calls him Lord, in what way then can he be his son?’ And the great majority of the people heard this with delight.

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Comment: In our first reading, St Paul witnesses to his own faithfulness to the Gospel and the persecutions this brought him. Yet, the Lord rescued him from them all. He says it is the same with everyone who follows Christ: they will be attacked by evil imposters. Paul spells out the power of Scripture: it is inspired by God and leads to salvation through faith in Christ. It is useful for teaching, reproof and correction. This is why those who preach it are persecuted: people don’t like to be corrected but prefer to carry on in their evil ways, yet they cannot resist the word. In our gospel, Jesus, the Word of God Incarnate, corrects the misconception about Himself and David. He is not the son of David. Jesus is above David, as God is above man, and salvation only comes through Him. If he were merely a man, their faith in Him would be unfounded. Here we have a case of the word of God being restored to its true meaning so that it can bring true faith in Christ and lead to salvation. Let us have faith in Jesus and His Gospel and be equipped for every good work and the Lord will rescue us from any opposition and bring us to our heavenly home.

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Let us pray for the Church that she may be confident in her union with Christ whose enemies have been conquered, and so persevere with hope and courage in accomplishing the Father’s will.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for teachers, particularly priests, schoolteachers and the Church’s catechists, that they may embrace the scriptures in their teaching and experience their power in converting people to the truth and to holiness of life.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves and our families, friends and acquaintances, that like David we may be moved by the Holy Spirit in proclaiming the truth about Jesus Christ in what we say and do.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Thursday2 Timothy 2:8-15Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus...
03/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Thursday

2 Timothy 2:8-15
Remember the Good News that I carry, ‘Jesus Christ risen from the dead, sprung from the race of David’; it is on account of this that I have my own hardships to bear, even to being chained like a criminal – but they cannot chain up God’s news. So I bear it all for the sake of those who are chosen, so that in the end they may have the salvation that is in Christ Jesus and the eternal glory that comes with it.
Here is a saying that you can rely on:

If we have died with him, then we shall live with him.
If we hold firm, then we shall reign with him.
If we disown him, then he will disown us.
We may be unfaithful, but he is always faithful,
for he cannot disown his own self.

Remind them of this; and tell them in the name of God that there is to be no wrangling about words: all that this ever achieves is the destruction of those who are listening. Do all you can to present yourself in front of God as a man who has come through his trials, and a man who has no cause to be ashamed of his life’s work and has kept a straight course with the message of the truth.

Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, ‘Which is the first of all the commandments?’ Jesus replied, ‘This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.’ The scribe said to him, ‘Well spoken, Master; what you have said is true: that he is one and there is no other. To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself, this is far more important than any holocaust or sacrifice.’ Jesus, seeing how wisely he had spoken, said, ‘You are not far from the kingdom of God.’ And after that no one dared to question him any more.

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Comment: Our first reading sees St Paul telling Timothy to remember the Good News of Jesus risen from the dead; a message which he is suffering for so that the chosen ones may have salvation and eternal glory in Christ. Paul has given everything for Christ and for His people, wholeheartedly serving Him by witnessing to His life and commandments for their sake. Salvation is only found in the risen Jesus, so let us join Paul in bringing Him to others in our words and actions that they may live with Him forever! In our gospel, Jesus gives the two greatest commandments of loving God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and our neighbour as ourselves. St Paul was doing this in preaching the Good News and bringing those around him to Jesus. Paul had received Christ, and he knew that this was the most precious Gift he possessed, so he wanted others to have Him. In doing so, he was loving them as he loved himself. Let us understand what it means to have Christ in our souls, live His life like St Paul with our whole heart, mind and soul, and be eager for others to have Him. We will then fulfil the greatest commandments and be glorified forever in heaven!

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Let us pray for the Church that her members may grow in the Risen Christ by spreading the Good News in the way they speak and live.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for persecuted Christians throughout the world, that the Holy Spirit may increase their love for God and His commandments and so help them persevere.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves, our families, friends and neighbours, that we may have the wisdom to know the right path and the heart to follow it all our days.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAYOrdinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Wednesday2 Timothy 1:1-3,6-12From Paul, appointed by God to be an ap...
02/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Wednesday

2 Timothy 1:1-3,6-12
From Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
Night and day I thank God, keeping my conscience clear and remembering my duty to him as my ancestors did, and always I remember you in my prayers. That is why I am reminding you now to fan into a flame the gift that God gave you when I laid my hands on you. God’s gift was not a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power, and love, and self-control. So you are never to be ashamed of witnessing to the Lord, or ashamed of me for being his prisoner; but with me, bear the hardships for the sake of the Good News, relying on the power of God who has saved us and called us to be holy – not because of anything we ourselves have done but for his own purpose and by his own grace. This grace had already been granted to us, in Christ Jesus, before the beginning of time, but it has only been revealed by the Appearing of our saviour Christ Jesus. He abolished death, and he has proclaimed life and immortality through the Good News; and I have been named its herald, its apostle and its teacher.
It is only on account of this that I am experiencing fresh hardships here now; but I have not lost confidence, because I know who it is that I have put my trust in, and I have no doubt at all that he is able to take care of all that I have entrusted to him until that Day.

Mark 12:18-27
Some Sadducees – who deny that there is a resurrection – came to him and they put this question to him, ‘Master, we have it from Moses in writing, if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first married a wife and then died leaving no children. The second married the widow, and he too died leaving no children; with the third it was the same, and none of the seven left any children. Last of all the woman herself died. Now at the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be, since she had been married to all seven?’
Jesus said to them, ‘Is not the reason why you go wrong, that you understand neither the scriptures nor the power of God? For when they rise from the dead, men and women do not marry; no, they are like the angels in heaven. Now about the dead rising again, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him and said: I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is God, not of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken.’

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Comment: Our first reading sees St Paul encouraging Timothy in his ministry. Paul tells him to fan into a flame the gift God gave him when he laid hands on him. This was not a spirit of timidity, but the Holy Spirit, bringing power, love and self-control. With such gifts, he will be able to follow Christ in doing the Father’s will and gain life and immortality in heaven. In fact, Timothy will gain a share in the life of God, through Jesus Christ who saved him. It is the life proclaimed by Jesus in our gospel when He calls God the God of the living. He is the God of those who are alive in Him; of those who have died to the world and to sin and who are living in a state of grace, their consciences clear. This is to keep the flame of love burning in our hearts for God and His commands, and so to prepare ourselves for heaven as fellow citizens with the angels, and where we will never die again. Let us take Paul’s advice to Timothy and fan into a flame the gift of the Spirit to live our faith with enthusiasm and gain the everlasting reward of eternal life!

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Let us pray for the Church that the living God may protect her members from the death of sin that they may persevere in faith and good works to the end, the water of grace within them welling up to eternal life.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for married couples, particularly in the household of the faith, that they may love one another and remain faithful all the days of their lives, as Christ is faithful to His Church.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for ourselves, our families, friends and acquaintances that we may fan into a flame the gift we received at our baptism: the gift of the Spirit that brings courage, power, love and self-control.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAYOrdinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Tuesday2 Peter 3:11-15,17-18You should be living holy and saintly li...
01/06/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time Year 2 Week 9 Tuesday

2 Peter 3:11-15,17-18
You should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of God to come, when the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat. What we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heavens and new earth, the place where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace. Think of our Lord’s patience as your opportunity to be saved. You have been warned about this, my friends; be careful not to get carried away by the errors of unprincipled people, from the firm ground that you are standing on. Instead, go on growing in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, in time and in eternity. Amen.

Mark 12:13-17
The chief priests and the scribes and the elders sent to Jesus some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said. These came and said to him, ‘Master, we know you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay, yes or no?’ Seeing through their hypocrisy he said to them, ‘Why do you set this trap for me? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.’ They handed him one and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they told him. Jesus said to them, ‘Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’ This reply took them completely by surprise.

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Comment: St Peter in our first reading exhorts his disciples to aim for sanctity in the way they live, and so prepare themselves for heaven. The Lord is being patient with them, so they should not disdain His help but run the race to the finish. They are standing on the firm ground of the gospel, not the shifting sands of worldly philosophy, and so have all they need to persevere and win the crown of eternal life. Let us join them as we grow in grace and put on the mind of Christ as children of the Father. In our gospel, Jesus points out the uncompromising standards of the gospel. We are to return to Caesar what belongs to him, meaning worldly treasure, and give God His due, meaning our whole lives while centring our trust in Him. We cannot serve two masters but must choose. Let us place all our ambitions on the Lord and His will, knowing that the Creator of all that is good will not fail to satisfy us with the one thing that is necessary: Himself.

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Let us pray for the Church that the new heavens and the new earth where righteousness shall dwell will even now begin to grow within her, to the glory of God and the salvation of His people.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray that all who are caught up in materialism will return to the world what belongs to the world and to God the faith and good works that belong to Him.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for the sick, that they may grow in faith, hope and love as they learn to trust in the One who died for them, our Lord Jesus Christ, God, blessed forever.

Lord, in Your mercy…

MASS READINGS OF THE DAYOrdinary Time, Year 2, Week 9, Monday2 Peter 1:2-7May you have more and more grace and peace as ...
31/05/2026

MASS READINGS OF THE DAY

Ordinary Time, Year 2, Week 9, Monday

2 Peter 1:2-7
May you have more and more grace and peace as you come to know our Lord more and more.
By his divine power, he has given us all the things that we need for life and for true devotion, bringing us to know God himself, who has called us by his own glory and goodness. In making these gifts, he has given us the guarantee of something very great and wonderful to come: through them you will be able to share the divine nature and to escape corruption in a world that is sunk in vice. But to attain this, you will have to do your utmost yourselves, adding goodness to the faith that you have, understanding to your goodness, self-control to your understanding, patience to your self-control, true devotion to your patience, kindness towards your fellow men to your devotion, and, to this kindness, love.

Mark 12:1-12
Jesus began to speak to the chief priests, the scribes and the elders in parables: ‘A man planted a vineyard; he fenced it round, dug out a trough for the winepress and built a tower; then he leased it to tenants and went abroad. When the time came, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them his share of the produce from the vineyard. But they seized the man, thrashed him and sent him away empty-handed. Next he sent another servant to them; him they beat about the head and treated shamefully. And he sent another and him they killed; then a number of others, and they thrashed some and killed the rest. He had still someone left: his beloved son. He sent him to them last of all. “They will respect my son” he said. But those tenants said to each other, “This is the heir. Come on, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.” So they seized him and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and make an end of the tenants and give the vineyard to others. Have you not read this text of scripture:

It was the stone rejected by the builders
that became the keystone.
This was the Lord’s doing
and it is wonderful to see?

And they would have liked to arrest him, because they realised that the parable was aimed at them, but they were afraid of the crowds. So they left him alone and went away.

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Comment: In our first reading, St Peter says that the Lord has given us all we need for true devotion, to know Him and even to share His divine nature and escape the corruption of the world. But he says we need to do what we can ourselves to attain this, adding goodness to our faith. Faith alone is not enough; we must act on it and produce the fruit that will last into eternity as we are formed to the likeness of Christ and so share His glory one day. In our gospel, Jesus gives the parable of the vineyard tenants. The owner had set the tenants to work in his vineyard and after a while sent his servants to collect the produce. This is an excellent model of the spiritual life. The Lord has sent us to work in the vineyard of His Church and will one day come to examine the fruit we have produced. This is a daunting prospect, but we should remember the Lord is with us and, as St Peter says, has given us all that we need for true devotion. When we work for the love of God our burden is light. Let us keep close to the Lord that our life’s work may produce an abundant harvest!

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Let us pray for the Church, that she may receive the gifts she needs for true devotion to God that extends not just to her words but to her whole life of worship and service.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray for the world that grace and peace may come upon the God’s people as they come to know the Lord and grow in His likeness by following the pattern of His life.

Lord, in Your mercy…

Let us pray ourselves and for those in our communities that we may be counted among those who accept the Lord Jesus as true God and true man sent by the Father to gather His children into His house.

Lord, in Your mercy…

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