But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/ezekiel/28and1 EZ 28and1-10 The word of the LORD came to meand Son of man,say to the prince of TyreandThus says the Lord GODandBecause you are haughty of heart,you say, A god am I!I occupy a godly thronein the heart of the sea!”—And yet you are a man, and not a god,however you may think yourself like a god.Oh yes, you are wiser than Daniel,there is no secret that is beyond you.By your wisdom and your intelligenceyou have made riches for yourselfYou have put gold and silverinto your treasuries.By your great wisdom applied to your tradingyou have heaped up your richesyour heart has grown haughty from your riches–therefore thus says the Lord GODandBecause you have thought yourselfto have the mind of a god,Therefore I will bring against youforeigners, the most barbarous of nations.They shall draw their swordsagainst your beauteous wisdom,they shall run them through your splendid apparel.They shall thrust you down to the pit, there to diea bloodied corpse, in the heart of the sea.Will you then say, I am a god!”when you face your murderers?No, you are man, not a god,handed over to those who will slay you.You shall die the death of the uncircumcisedat the hands of foreigners,for I have spoken, says the Lord GOD. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/deuteronomy/32:26 DT 32:26-27AB, 27CD-28, 30, 35CD-36AB R. (39c)It is I who deal death and give life. I would have said, ‘I will make an end of themand blot out their name from men’s memories,’Had I not feared the insolence of their enemies,feared that these foes would mistakenly boast.”R.It is I who deal death and give life. ‘Our own hand won the victorythe LORD had nothing to do with it.’”For they are a people devoid of reason,having no understanding.R.It is I who deal death and give life. How could one man rout a thousand,or two men put ten thousand to flight,Unless it was because their Rock sold themand the LORD delivered them up?”R.It is I who deal death and give life.Close at hand is the day of their disaster,and their doom is rushing upon them!Surely, the LORD shall do justice for his peopleon his servants he shall have pity.R.It is I who deal death and give life. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/8and9 2 COR 8and9 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Jesus Christ became poor although he was richso that by his poverty you might become rich.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/19:23 MT 19:23-30 Jesus said to his disciplesand Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is richto enter the Kingdom of heaven.Again I say to you,it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needlethan for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, Who then can be saved?”Jesus looked at them and said, For men this is impossible,but for God all things are possible.”Then Peter said to him in reply, We have given up everything and followed you.What will there be for us?”Jesus said to them, Amen, I say to youthat you who have followed me, in the new age,when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,judging the twelve tribes of Israel.And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sistersor father or mother or children or landsfor the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more,and will inherit eternal life.But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”