The First Lesson                Genesis 18:1-14
The LORD appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them, and bowed down to the ground. He said, "My lord, if I find favor with you, do not pass by your servant. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. Let me bring a little bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on-- since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said." And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Make ready quickly three measures of choice flour, knead it, and make cakes." Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it. Then he took curds and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. They said to him, "Where is your wife Sarah?" And he said, "There, in the tent." Then one said, "I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?" The LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, and say, `Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too wonderful for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son."

The Second Lesson            Colossians 1:21-29
You who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him-- provided that you continue securely established and steadfast in the faith, without shifting from the hope promised by the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, became a servant of this gospel. I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. I became its servant according to God's commission that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery that has been hidden throughout the ages and generations but has now been revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. It is he whom we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone in all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil and struggle with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.

La Segunda Lectura            Colosenses 1: 21-29
Ustedes antes eran extranjeros y enemigos de Dios en sus corazones, por las cosas malas que hacían, pero ahora Cristo los ha reconciliado mediante la muerte que sufrió en su existencia terrena. Y lo hizo para tenerlos a ustedes en su presencia, santos, sin mancha y sin culpa. Pero para esto deben permanecer firmemente basados en la fe,sin apartarse de la esperanza que tienen por el mensaje del evangelio que oyeron. Este es el mensaje que se ha anunciado en todas partes del mundo, y que yo, Pablo, ayudo a predicar. Ahora me alegro de lo que sufro por ustedes, porque de esta manera voy completando, en mi propio cuerpo, lo que falta de los sufrimientos de Cristo por la iglesia, que es su cuerpo.  Dios ha hecho de mí un servidor de la iglesia, por el encargo que él me dio, para bien de ustedes, de anunciar en todas partes su mensaje, es decir, el designio secreto que desde hace siglos y generaciones Dios tenía escondido, pero que ahora ha manifestado al pueblosanto. A ellos Dios les quiso dar a conocer la gloriosa riqueza que ese designio encierra para todas las naciones. Y ese designio secreto es Cristo, que está entre ustedes y que es la esperanza de la gloria que han de tener. Nosotros anunciamos a Cristo, aconsejando y enseñando a todos en toda sabiduría, para presentarlos perfectos en Cristo.  Para esto trabajo y lucho con toda la fuerza y el poder que Cristo me da.

The Gospel                Luke 10:38-42
As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her."