Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/1timothy/4:12 1 TM 4:12-16 BelovedandLet no one have contempt for your youth,but set an example for those who believe,in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.Until I arrive, attend to the reading, exhortation, and teaching.Do not neglect the gift you have,which was conferred on you through the prophetic wordwith the imposition of hands by the presbyterate.Be diligent in these matters, be absorbed in them,so that your progress may be evident to everyone.Attend to yourself and to your teachingpersevere in both tasks,for by doing so you will saveboth yourself and those who listen to you. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/psalms/111:7 PS 111:7-8, 9, 10 R. How great are the works of the Lord! The works of his hands are faithful and justsure are all his precepts,Reliable forever and ever,wrought in truth and equity. R.How great are the works of the Lord! He has sent deliverance to his peoplehe has ratified his covenant foreverholy and awesome is his name. R.How great are the works of the Lord! The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdomprudent are all who live by it.His praise endures forever. R.How great are the works of the Lord! Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/matthew/11:28 MT 11:28 R.Alleluia, alleluia.Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,and I will give you rest, says the Lord.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/luke/7:36 LK 7:36-50 A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.Now there was a sinful woman in the citywho learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,she stood behind him at his feet weepingand began to bathe his feet with her tears.Then she wiped them with her hair,kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment.When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, If this man were a prophet,he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,that she is a sinner.”Jesus said to him in reply, Simon, I have something to say to you.” Tell me, teacher,” he said. Two people were in debt to a certain creditorone owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty.Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both.Which of them will love him more?”Simon said in reply, The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.”He said to him, You have judged rightly.”Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, Do you see this woman?When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet,but she has bathed them with her tearsand wiped them with her hair.You did not give me a kiss,but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.You did not anoint my head with oil,but she anointed my feet with ointment.So I tell you, her many sins have been forgivenhence, she has shown great love.But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”He said to her, Your sins are forgiven.”The others at table said to themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins?”But he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you go in peace.”