Mass Readings - Sunday, 07th July 2019

FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 66:10-14
Towards her I send flowing peace, like a river.

Rejoice, Jerusalem,
be glad for her, all you who love her!
Rejoice, rejoice for her,
all you who mourned her!
That you may be suckled, filled,
from her consoling breast,
that you may savour with delight
her glorious breasts.
For thus says the Lord:
Now towards her I send flowing
peace, like a river,
and like a stream in spate
the glory of the nations.
At her breast will her nurslings be carried
and fondled in her lap.
Like a son comforted by his mother
will I comfort you.
And by Jerusalem you will be comforted.
At the sight your heart will rejoice,
and your bones flourish like the grass.
To his servants the Lord will reveal his hand.

The Word of the Lord


Responsorial Psalm Ps 65

Response Cry out with joy to God all the earth.

1. Cry out with joy to God all the earth,
O sing to the glory of his name.
O render him glorious praise.
Say to God: ‘How tremendous your deeds!     Response

2. ‘Before you all the earth shall bow;
shall sing to you, sing to your name!’
Come and see the works of God,
tremendous his deeds among men.                    Response

3. He turned the sea into dry land,
they passed through the river dry-shod.
Let our joy then be in him;
he rules for ever by his might.                            Response

4. Come and hear, all who fear God.
I will tell what he did for my soul.
Blessed be God who did not reject my prayer

nor withhold his love from me.                           Response


SECOND READING
A reading from the second letter of St Paul to the Galatians 6:14-18
The marks on my body are those of Jesus.

The only thing I can boast about is the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the
world. It does not matter if a person is circumcised or not; what
matters is for him to become an altogether new creature. Peace
and mercy to all who follow this rule, who form the Israel of God.
I want no more trouble from anybody after this; the marks on my
body are those of Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit, my brothers. Amen.


The Word of the Lord


Gospel Acclamation   Jn 15: 15

Alleluia, alleluia!
I call you friends, says the Lord,
because I have made known to you
everything I have learnt from my Father.
Alleluia!

Or Col 3:15. 16

Alleluia, alleluia!
May the peace of Christ reign in your hearts,
because it is for this that you were called together as parts of one
body.
Alleluia!


GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Luke 10:1-12. 17-20
Your peace will go and rest on that man.

The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead
of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit.
He said to them, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so
ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest. Start
off now, but remember, I am sending you out like lambs among
wolves. Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals. Salute no one
on the road. Whatever house you go into, let your first words be,
“Peace to this house!” And if a man of peace lives there, your
peace will go and rest on him; if not, it will come back to you. Stay
in the same house, taking what food and drink they have to offer,
for the labourer deserves his wages; do not move from house to
house. Whenever you go into a town where they make you
welcome, eat what is set before you. Cure those in it who are sick,
and say, “The kingdom of God is very near to you”. But whenever
you enter a town and they do not make you welcome, go out into
its streets and say, . “We wipe off the very dust of your town that
clings to our feet, and leave it with you. Yet be sure of this: the
kingdom of God is very near.” I tell you, on that day it will not go
as hard with Sodom as with that town.
The seventy-two came back rejoicing. ‘Lord,’ they said ‘even the
devils submit to us when we use your name.’ He said to them, ‘I
watched Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Yes, I have given
you power to tread underfoot serpents and scorpions and the
whole strength of the enemy; nothing shall ever hurt you. Yet do
not rejoice that the spirits submit to you; rejoice rather that your
names are written in heaven.’


The Gospel of the Lord.