I will walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/15:35 1 COR 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sistersandSomeone may say, How are the dead raised?With what kind of body will they come back?”You fool!What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies.And what you sow is not the body that is to bebut a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some other kind.So also is the resurrection of the dead.It is sown corruptible it is raised incorruptible.It is sown dishonorable it is raised glorious.It is sown weak it is raised powerful.It is sown a natural body it is raised a spiritual body.If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.So, too, it is written, The first man, Adam, became a living being,”the last Adam a life-giving spirit.But the spiritual was not firstrather the natural and then the spiritual.The first man was from the earth, earthlythe second man, from heaven.As was the earthly one, so also are the earthly,and as is the heavenly one, so also are the heavenly.Just as we have borne the image of the earthly one,we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/56:10 PS 56:10C-12, 13-14 R. (14)I will walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.Now I know that God is with me.In God, in whose promise I glory,in God I trust without fearwhat can flesh do against me?R.I will walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.I am bound, O God, by vows to youyour thank offerings I will fulfill.For you have rescued me from death,my feet, too, from stumblingthat I may walk before God in the light of the living.R.I will walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/luke/8:15 SEE LK 8:15 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heartand yield a harvest through perseverance.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/luke/8and4 LK 8and4-15 When a large crowd gathered, with people from one town after anotherjourneying to Jesus, he spoke in a parable. A sower went out to sow his seed.And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path and was trampled,and the birds of the sky ate it up.Some seed fell on rocky ground, and when it grew,it withered for lack of moisture.Some seed fell among thorns,and the thorns grew with it and choked it.And some seed fell on good soil, and when it grew,it produced fruit a hundredfold.”After saying this, he called out, Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear.”Then his disciples asked himwhat the meaning of this parable might be.He answered, Knowledge of the mysteries of the Kingdom of Godhas been granted to youbut to the rest, they are made known through parablesso that they may look but not see, and hear but not understand. This is the meaning of the parable.The seed is the word of God.Those on the path are the ones who have heard,but the Devil comes and takes away the word from their heartsthat they may not believe and be saved.Those on rocky ground are the ones who, when they hear,receive the word with joy, but they have no rootthey believe only for a time and fall away in time of temptation.As for the seed that fell among thorns,they are the ones who have heard, but as they go along,they are choked by the anxieties and riches and pleasures of life,and they fail to produce mature fruit.But as for the seed that fell on rich soil,they are the ones who, when they have heard the word,embrace it with a generous and good heart,and bear fruit through perseverance.”