The First Lesson            Jeremiah 23:1-6
Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. So I will attend to you for your evil doings, says the LORD. Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the lands where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will raise up shepherds over them who will shepherd them, and they shall not fear any longer, or be dismayed, nor shall any be missing, says the LORD.
The days are surely coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. And this is the name by which he will be called: "The LORD is our righteousness."

The Second Lesson            Colossians 1:11-20
May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers-- all things have been created through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.

La Segunda Lectura            Colosenses 1: 11-20
Pedimos que él, con su glorioso poder, los haga fuertes; así podrán ustedes soportarlo todo con mucha fortaleza y paciencia, y con alegría darán gracias al Padre, que los ha capacitado a ustedes para recibir en la luz la parte de la herencia que él dará al pueblo santo. Dios nos libró del poder de las tinieblas y nos llevó al reino de su amado Hijo, por quien tenemos la liberación y el perdón de los pecados. Cristo es la imagen visible de Dios, que es invisible; es su Hijo primogénito, anterior a todo lo creado. En él Dios creó todo lo que hay en el cielo y en la tierra, tanto lo visible como lo invisible, así como los seres espirituales que tienen dominio, autoridad y poder. Todo fue creado por medio de él y para él. Cristo existe antes que todas las cosas, y por él se mantiene todo en orden. Además, Cristo es la cabeza de la iglesia, que es su cuerpo. Él, que es el principio, fue el primero en resucitar, para tener así el primer puesto en todo. Pues en Cristo quiso residir todo el poder divino, y por medio de él Dios reconcilió a todo el universo ordenándolo hacia él, tanto lo que está en la tierra como lo que está en el cielo, haciendo la paz mediante la sangre que Cristo derramó en la cruz.

The Gospel                Luke 23:35-43
The people stood by, watching Jesus on the cross; but the leaders scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Messiah of God, his chosen one!" The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!" There was also an inscription over him, "This is the King of the Jews." One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."