Daily Mass Readings for July 20, 2025: Gospel — Lc 10,38-42

¹ The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day. ² Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. ³ He said, “My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant. ⁴ Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree. ⁵ And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant’s home. After that you may be on your way.” “All right,” they replied, “you may do as you say.” ⁶ So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.” ⁷ Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it. ⁸ Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree. ⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied, “There, in the tent.” 1 ⁰ One of them said, “I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him.

2 ⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body—for the sake of his body, the church—what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ. 2 ⁵ I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God—given to me for you—in order to complete the word of God, 2 ⁶ that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. 2 ⁷ God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 2 ⁸ We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.