Daily Reading for Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

Reading 1, Sirach 35:1-12

¹ One who keeps the Law multiplies offerings; one who follows the commandments offers communion sacrifices.

² Proof of gratitude is an offering of fine flour, almsgiving a sacrifice of praise.

³ To abandon wickedness is what pleases the Lord, to give up wrong-doing is an expiatory sacrifice.

⁴ Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord's presence; for all these things are due under the commandment.

⁵ The offering of the upright graces the altar, and its savour rises before the Most High.

⁶ The sacrifice of the upright is acceptable, its memorial will not be forgotten.

⁷ Honour the Lord with generosity, do not stint the first-fruits you bring.

⁸ Add a smiling face to all your gifts, and be cheerful as you dedicate your tithes.

⁹ Give to the Most High as he has given to you, as generously as your means can afford;

¹⁰ for the Lord is a good rewarder, he will reward you seven times over.

¹¹ Do not try to bribe him with presents, he will not accept them, do not put your faith in wrongly motivated sacrifices;

¹² for the Lord is a judge who is utterly impartial.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 50:5-6, 7-8, 14, 23

⁵ 'Gather to me my faithful, who sealed my covenant by sacrifice.'

⁶ The heavens proclaim his saving justice, 'God himself is judge.

⁷ 'Listen, my people, I am speaking, Israel, I am giving evidence against you, I, God, your God.

⁸ 'It is not with your sacrifices that I find fault, those burnt offerings constantly before me;

¹⁴ 'Let thanksgiving be your sacrifice to God, fulfil the vows you make to the Most High;

²³ Honour to me is a sacrifice of thanksgiving; to the upright I will show God's salvation.'