Psalm 121
1A Canticle in steps. I rejoiced in the things that were said to me: “We shall go into the house of the Lord.” 2Our feet were standing in your courts, O Jerusalem. 3Jerusalem has been built as a city, whose participation is unto itself. 4For to that place, the tribes ascended, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to confess to the name of the Lord. 5For in that place, seats have sat down in judgment, seats above the house of David.
Alleluia — 1 John 2:5
5But whoever keeps his word, truly in him the charity of God is perfected. And by this we know that we are in him.
Luke 16:1-8
1And he also said to his disciples: “A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods. 2And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’ 3And the steward said within himself: ‘What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg. 4I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’ 5And so, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?’ 6So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’ 7Next, he said to another, ‘In truth, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your record books, and write eighty.’ 8And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.