September 6, 2025, Saturday of the 22nd week in ordinary time.

A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Colossians.

Brothers and sisters,

You once were alienated and hostile in mind because of evil deeds.

God has now reconciled you in the fleshly body of Christ through his death,

to present you holy, without blemish, and irreproachable before him, provided that you persevere

in the faith, firmly grounded, stable, and not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been preached

to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am a minister.

The word of the Lord.

The response is, God Himself is my help.

O God, by your name save me, and by your might defend my cause.

O God, hear my prayer.

Harken to the words of my mouth.

God himself is my help.

Behold, God is my helper.

The Lord sustains my life.

Freely will I offer you sacrifice. I will praise your name, O Lord, for its goodness.

God himself is my help.

A reading from the Holy Gospel, according to Luke.

While Jesus was going through a field of grain on a Sabbath,

his disciples were picking the heads of grain,

rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.

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