First reading Isaiah 55:1-3

‘Come and eat.’

Thus says the Lord:

‘Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;

and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!

Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,

and your labour for that which does not satisfy?

Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,

and delight yourselves in rich food.

Incline your ear, and come to me;

hear, that your soul may live;

and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,

my steadfast, sure love for David.’

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 145(144):8-9. 15-16. 17-18. ℟ cf. 16

You open your hand and fulfil us, O Lord.

The Lord is kind and full of compassion,

slow to anger, abounding in mercy.

How good is the Lord to all,

compassionate to all his creatures. 

You open your hand and fulfil us, O Lord.

The eyes of all look to you,

and you give them their food in due season.

You open your hand and satisfy

the desire of every living thing. 

You open your hand and fulfil us, O Lord.

The Lord is just in all his ways,

and holy in all his deeds.

The Lord is close to all who call him,

who call on him in truth. 

You open your hand and fulfil us, O Lord.

Second reading Romans 8:35, 37-39

‘Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ.’

Brothers and Sisters: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The word of the Lord

Gospel Acclamation Matthew 4:4b

Alleluia, alleluia.

One does not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.

Alleluia.