Blessed be the name of the Lord forever

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/galatians/4:22 GAL 4:22-24, 26-27, 31–5and1 Brothers and sistersandIt is written that Abraham had two sons,one by the slave woman and the other by the freeborn woman.The son of the slave woman was born naturally,the son of the freeborn through a promise.Now this is an allegory.These women represent two covenants.One was from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slaverythis is Hagar.But the Jerusalem above is freeborn, and she is our mother.For it is writtenandRejoice, you barren one who bore no childrenbreak forth and shout, you who were not in laborfor more numerous are the children of the deserted onethan of her who has a husband.Therefore, brothers and sisters,we are children not of the slave womanbut of the freeborn woman.For freedom Christ set us free so stand firmand do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/113:1 PS 113:1B-2, 3-4, 5A AND 6-7 R. (see 2)Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.orandR.Alleluia, alleluia.Praise, you servants of the LORD,praise the name of the LORD.Blessed be the name of the LORDboth now and forever.R.Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.orandR.Alleluia, alleluia.From the rising to the setting of the sunis the name of the LORD to be praised.High above all nations is the LORDabove the heavens is his glory.R.Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.orandR.Alleluia, alleluia.Who is like the LORD, our God,who looks upon the heavens and the earth below?He raises up the lowly from the dustfrom the dunghill he lifts up the poor.R.Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.orandR.Alleluia, alleluia. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/95and8 PS 95and8 R.Alleluia, alleluia.If today you hear his voice,harden not your hearts.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/luke/11:29 LK 11:29-32 While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, This generation is an evil generationit seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,except the sign of Jonah.Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,so will the Son of Man be to this generation.At the judgmentthe queen of the south will rise with the men of this generationand she will condemn them,because she came from the ends of the earthto hear the wisdom of Solomon,and there is something greater than Solomon here.At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generationand condemn it,because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,and there is something greater than Jonah here.”