2016 Feb 23 Tue: Lenten Weekday ===================================================A reading from the book of the prophet IsaiahIs 1: 10. 16-20===================================================[10] Hear the word of the LORD,you rulers of Sodom!Give ear to the teaching of our God,you people of Gomor'rah![16] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;remove the evil of your doingsfrom before my eyes;cease to do evil,[17] learn to do good;seek justice,correct oppression;defend the fatherless,plead for the widow.[18] "Come now, let us reason together,says the LORD:though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson,they shall become like wool.[19] If you are willing and obedient,you shall eat the good of the land;[20] But if you refuse and rebel,you shall be devoured by the sword;for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."The Word of the Lord==============================================From Psalm 50Ps 50: 8-9. 16bc-17. 21 and 23==============================================To him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God[8] I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;your burnt offerings are continually before me.[9] I will accept no bull from your house,nor he-goat from your folds.To him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God [16] "What right have you to recite my statutes,or take my covenant on your lips?[17] For you hate discipline,and you cast my words behind you.To him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God [21] These things you have done and I have been silent;you thought that I was one like yourself.But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.[23] He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me;to him who orders his way arightI will show the salvation of God!"To him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God==============================================A reading from the holy gospel according to Matthew  Mt 23: 1-12==============================================[1] Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, [2] "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat; [3] so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. [4] They bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. [5] They do all their deeds to be seen by men; for they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, [6] and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, [7] and salutations in the market places, and being called rabbi by men. [8] But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. [9] And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. [10] Neither be called masters, for you have one master, the Christ. [11] He who is greatest among you shall be your servant; [12] whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.The Gospel of the Lord