Friday of the 23rd week of Ordinary Time

1Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope, 2to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.

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12I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry, 13though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief. 14And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

1The inscription of a title: of David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, because I have hoped in you.

2I have said to the Lord: “You are my God, so you have no need of my goodness.”

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5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. It is you who will restore my inheritance to me.

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7I will bless the Lord, who has bestowed understanding upon me. Moreover, my temperament has also corrected me, even through the night.

8I have made provision for the Lord always in my sight. For he is at my right hand, so that I may not be disturbed.

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11You have made known to me the ways of life; you will fill me with joy by your countenance. At your right hand are delights, even to the end.

39Now he told them another comparison: “How can the blind lead the blind? Would they not both fall into a pit? 40The disciple is not above his teacher. But each one will be perfected, if he is like his teacher. 41And why do you see the straw that is in your brother’s eye, while the log that is in your own eye, you do not consider? 42Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, allow me to remove the straw from your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the log from your own eye, and then will you see clearly, so that you may lead out the straw from your brother’s eye.