FIRST READING
A reading from the First Book of Kings 3:5. 7-12
You have asked for a discerning judgement for yourself, here and
now I do what you ask.
At Gibeon the Lord appeared in a dream to Solomon during the
night. God said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you’. Now, the
Lord my God, you have made your servant king in succession to
David my father. But I am a very young man, unskilled in leadership.
Your servant finds himself in the midst of this people of yours that you
have chosen, a people so many its number cannot be counted or
reckoned. Give your servant a heart to understand how to discern
between good and evil, for who could govern this people of yours
that is so great?’ It pleased the Lord that Solomon should have
asked for this. ‘Since you have asked for this’ the Lord said ‘and not
asked for long life for yourself or riches or the lives of your enemies,
but have asked for a discerning judgement for yourself, here and
now I do what you ask. I give you a heart wise and shrewd as none
before you has had and none will have after you.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 118
Response Lord how I love your law!
1. My part, I have resolved, O Lord,
is to obey your word.
The law from your mouth means more to me.
than silver and gold.
2. Let your love be ready to console me
by your promise to your servant.
Let your love come to me and I shall live
for your law is my delight.
3. That is why I love your commands
more than finest gold.
That is why I rule my life by your precepts:
I hate false ways.
4. Your will is wonderful indeed;
therefore I obey it.
The unfolding of your word gives light
and teaches the simple.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to Romans 8:28-30
God intended to become true images of his Son.
We know that by turning everything to their good God co-operates
with all those who love him, with all those that he has, called
according to his purpose. They are the ones he chose specially long
ago and intended to become true images of his Son, so that his Son
might be the eldest of many brothers. He called those he intended
for this; those he called he justified, and with those he justified he
shared his glory.
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 Mt 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:44-52
He sells everything he owns and buys it.
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which
someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells
everything he owns and buys the field.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine
pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells
everything he owns and buys it.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea
that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it
ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket
and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the
end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from
the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be
weeping and grinding of teeth.
‘Have you understood all this?’ They said, ‘Yes’. And he said to them,
‘Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of
heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things
both new and old’.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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Shorter form of the Gospel
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:44-52
He sells everything he owns and buys it.
‘The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which
someone has found; he hides it again, goes off happy, sells
everything he owns and buys the field.
‘Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine
pearls; when he finds one of great value he goes and sells
everything he owns and buys it.
The Gospel of the Lord.
CHURCH OF ST JOSEPH, PLENTONG 避 兰 圣 若 瑟 天 主 堂 LOT 2139, Jalan Bunga Raya, 81750 Plentong, Johor, Malaysia Tel/Fax: 07-386 3062 Email: stjoseph@ymail.com
Saturday 25 July 2020
Saturday 18 July 2020
Mass Readings: Sunday, 19th July 2020
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Wisdom 12:13. 16-19
After sin you will grant repentance.
There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,
to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly;
Your justice has its source in strength,
your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.
You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned
and you expose the insolence of those who know it;
but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,
you govern us with great lenience,
for you have only to will, and your power is there.
By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people
how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,
and you have given your sons the good hope
that after sin you will grant repentance.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 85
Response: O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
1. O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my voice.
2. All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord:
for you are great and do marvellous deeds,
you who alone are God.
3. But you, God of mercy and compassion,
slow to anger, O Lord,
abounding in love and truth,
turn and take pity on me.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put
into words.
The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot
choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses
our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who
knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means,
and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according
to the mind of God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Eph 1:17. 18
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
enlighten the eyes of our mind,
so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Or Mt 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:24-43
Let them both grow till the harvest.
Jesus put a parable before the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven
may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all
among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted
and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s servants
went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in
your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy
has done this” he answered. And the servants said, “Do you want us
to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed
out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both
grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers:
First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather
the wheat into my barn.”‘
He told them another parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like the
yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it
was leavened all through’.
In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would
never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the
prophecy: I will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden
since the foundation of the world.
Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples
came to him and said, ‘Explain the parable about the darnel in the
field to us’. He said in reply, ‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of
Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the
kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who
sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the
reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up
and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man
will send his angels and they will gather out of his Kingdom all the
thinks that provoke offences an all who do evil, and throw them into
the burning furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of
teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Listen, anyone who has ears.
The Gospel of the Lord.
A reading from the Book of Wisdom 12:13. 16-19
After sin you will grant repentance.
There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,
to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly;
Your justice has its source in strength,
your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.
You show your strength when your sovereign power is questioned
and you expose the insolence of those who know it;
but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,
you govern us with great lenience,
for you have only to will, and your power is there.
By acting thus you have taught a lesson to your people
how the virtuous man must be kindly to his fellow men,
and you have given your sons the good hope
that after sin you will grant repentance.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 85
Response: O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
1. O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my voice.
2. All the nations shall come to adore you
and glorify your name, O Lord:
for you are great and do marvellous deeds,
you who alone are God.
3. But you, God of mercy and compassion,
slow to anger, O Lord,
abounding in love and truth,
turn and take pity on me.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:26-27
The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put
into words.
The Spirit too comes to help us in our weakness. For when we cannot
choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself expresses
our plea in a way that could never be put into words, and God who
knows everything in our hearts knows perfectly well what he means,
and that the pleas of the saints expressed by the Spirit are according
to the mind of God.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Eph 1:17. 18
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
enlighten the eyes of our mind,
so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
Alleluia!
Or Mt 11:25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:24-43
Let them both grow till the harvest.
Jesus put a parable before the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven
may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.
While everybody was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all
among the wheat, and made off. When the new wheat sprouted
and ripened, the darnel appeared as well. The owner’s servants
went to him and said, “Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in
your field? If so, where does the darnel come from?” “Some enemy
has done this” he answered. And the servants said, “Do you want us
to go and weed it out?” But he said, “No, because when you weed
out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both
grow till the harvest; and at harvest time I shall say to the reapers:
First collect the darnel and tie it in bundles to be burnt, then gather
the wheat into my barn.”‘
He told them another parable, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like the
yeast a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour till it
was leavened all through’.
In all this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables; indeed, he would
never speak to them except in parables. This was to fulfil the
prophecy: I will speak to you in parables and expound things hidden
since the foundation of the world.
Then, leaving the crowds, he went to the house; and his disciples
came to him and said, ‘Explain the parable about the darnel in the
field to us’. He said in reply, ‘The sower of the good seed is the Son of
Man. The field is the world; the good seed is the subjects of the
kingdom; the darnel, the subjects of the evil one; the enemy who
sowed them, the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the
reapers are the angels. Well then, just as the darnel is gathered up
and burnt in the fire, so it will be at the end of time. The Son of Man
will send his angels and they will gather out of his Kingdom all the
thinks that provoke offences an all who do evil, and throw them into
the burning furnace, where there will be weeping and grinding of
teeth. Then the virtuous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Listen, anyone who has ears.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Saturday 11 July 2020
Mass Readings: Sunday, 12th July 2020
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 55:10-11
The rain makes the earth give growth.
Thus says the Lord:
As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not
return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth
to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating,
so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty,
without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 64
Response : Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
1. You care for the earth, give it water,
you fill it with riches.
Your river in heaven brims over
to provide its grain.
2. And thus you provide for the earth;
you drench its furrows,
you level it, soften it with showers,
you bless its growth.
3. You crown the year with your goodness.
Abundance flows in your steps,
in the pastures of the wilderness it flows.
4. The hills are girded with joy,
the meadows covered with flocks,
the valleys are decked with wheat.
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:18-23
The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons.
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the
glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is
eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on
the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it
was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being
freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same
freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till
now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one
great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who
possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait
for our bodies to be set free.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 11: 25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of
eternal life.
Alleluia!
or
Alleluia, alleluia!
The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower; whoever finds this
seed will remain for ever.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:1-23
A sower went out to sow.
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds
gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The
people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in
parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some
seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate
them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil
and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth;
but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having
any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and
produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
Then the disciples went up to him and asked, ‘Why do you talk to
them in parables?’ ‘Because’ he replied ‘the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed
to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have
more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has
will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they
look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So
in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled:
You will listen and listen again, but not understand,
see and see again, but not perceive.
For the heart of this nation has grown coarse,
their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes,
for fear they should see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted
and be healed by me.
‘But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they
hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see
what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never
heard it.
‘You, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone
hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one
comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who
received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it
on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it
at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some
trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls
away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man
who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of
riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one
who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word
and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces
now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
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Shorter form
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:1-23
A sower went out to sow.
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds
gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The
people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in
parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some
seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate
them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil
and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth;
but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having
any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and
produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
The Gospel of the Lord.
A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 55:10-11
The rain makes the earth give growth.
Thus says the Lord:
As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not
return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth
to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating,
so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty,
without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it was sent to do.
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 64
Response : Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop.
1. You care for the earth, give it water,
you fill it with riches.
Your river in heaven brims over
to provide its grain.
2. And thus you provide for the earth;
you drench its furrows,
you level it, soften it with showers,
you bless its growth.
3. You crown the year with your goodness.
Abundance flows in your steps,
in the pastures of the wilderness it flows.
4. The hills are girded with joy,
the meadows covered with flocks,
the valleys are decked with wheat.
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:18-23
The whole creation is eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons.
I think that what we suffer in this life can never be compared to the
glory, as yet unrevealed, which is waiting for us. The whole creation is
eagerly waiting for God to reveal his sons. It was not for any fault on
the part of creation that it was made unable to attain its purpose, it
was made so by God; but creation still retains the hope of being
freed, like us, from its slavery to decadence, to enjoy the same
freedom and glory as the children of God. From the beginning till
now the entire creation, as we know, has been groaning in one
great act of giving birth; and not only creation, but all of us who
possess the first-fruits of the Spirit, we too groan inwardly as we wait
for our bodies to be set free.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 11: 25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of
eternal life.
Alleluia!
or
Alleluia, alleluia!
The seed is the word of God, Christ the sower; whoever finds this
seed will remain for ever.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:1-23
A sower went out to sow.
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds
gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The
people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in
parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some
seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate
them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil
and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth;
but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having
any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and
produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
Then the disciples went up to him and asked, ‘Why do you talk to
them in parables?’ ‘Because’ he replied ‘the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven are revealed to you, but they are not revealed
to them. For anyone who has will be given more, and he will have
more than enough; but from anyone who has not, even what he has
will be taken away. The reason I talk to them in parables is that they
look without seeing and listen without hearing or understanding. So
in their case this prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled:
You will listen and listen again, but not understand,
see and see again, but not perceive.
For the heart of this nation has grown coarse,
their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes,
for fear they should see with their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their heart,
and be converted
and be healed by me.
‘But happy are your eyes because they see, your ears because they
hear! I tell you solemnly, many prophets and holy men longed to see
what you see, and never saw it; to hear what you hear, and never
heard it.
‘You, therefore, are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone
hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one
comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who
received the seed on the edge of the path. The one who received it
on patches of rock is the man who hears the word and welcomes it
at once with joy. But he has no root in him, he does not last; let some
trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, and he falls
away at once. The one who received the seed in thorns is the man
who hears the word, but the worries of this world and the lure of
riches choke the word and so he produces nothing. And the one
who received the seed in rich soil is the man who hears the word
and understands it; he is the one who yields a harvest and produces
now a hundredfold, now sixty, now thirty.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
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Shorter form
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 13:1-23
A sower went out to sow.
Jesus left the house and sat by the lakeside, but such large crowds
gathered round him that he got into a boat and sat there. The
people all stood on the beach, and he told them many things in
parables.
He said, ‘Imagine a sower going out to sow. As he sowed, some
seeds fell on the edge of the path, and the birds came and ate
them up. Others fell on patches of rock where they found little soil
and sprang up straight away, because there was no depth of earth;
but as soon as the sun came up they were scorched and, not having
any roots, they withered away. Others fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up and choked them. Others fell on rich soil and
produced their crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
Listen, anyone who has ears!’
The Gospel of the Lord.
Saturday 4 July 2020
Mass Readings: Sunday, 05th July 2020
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of the Prophet Zecheriah 9:9-10
See now, your king comes humbly to you
The Lord says this:
Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!
Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!
See now, your king comes to you;
he is victorious, he is triumphant,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will banish chariots from Ephraim
and horses from Jerusalem;
the bow of war will be banished.
He will proclaim peace for the nations.
His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144
Response: I will bless your name for ever, O God my King
1. I will give you glory, O God my King,
I will bless your name for ever.
I will bless you day after day
and praise your name for ever.
2. The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
3. All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign
and declare your might, O God.
4. The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall
and raises all who are bowed down.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:9. 11-13
If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will
live.
Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual,
since the Spirit of God has made his home in you.
In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong
to him. and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living
in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your
own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
My brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves
or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed
to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body
you will live.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 11: 25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 11:25-30
I am gentle and humble in heart.
Jesus exclaimed,
‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these
things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere
children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything
has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son
except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son
and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will
give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my
yoke is easy and my burden light.’
The Gospel of the Lord
A reading from the book of the Prophet Zecheriah 9:9-10
See now, your king comes humbly to you
The Lord says this:
Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!
Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!
See now, your king comes to you;
he is victorious, he is triumphant,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
He will banish chariots from Ephraim
and horses from Jerusalem;
the bow of war will be banished.
He will proclaim peace for the nations.
His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,
from the River to the ends of the earth
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm Ps 144
Response: I will bless your name for ever, O God my King
1. I will give you glory, O God my King,
I will bless your name for ever.
I will bless you day after day
and praise your name for ever.
2. The Lord is kind and full of compassion,
slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
compassionate to all his creatures.
3. All your creatures shall thank you, O Lord,
and your friends shall repeat their blessing.
They shall speak of the glory of your reign
and declare your might, O God.
4. The Lord is faithful in all his words
and loving in all his deeds.
The Lord supports all who fall
and raises all who are bowed down.
SECOND READING
A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Romans 8:9. 11-13
If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body you will
live.
Your interests, however, are not in the unspiritual, but in the spiritual,
since the Spirit of God has made his home in you.
In fact, unless you possessed the Spirit of Christ you would not belong
to him. and if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living
in you, then he who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your
own mortal bodies through his Spirit living in you.
My brothers, there is no necessity for us to obey our unspiritual selves
or to live unspiritual lives. If you do live in that way, you are doomed
to die; but if by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body
you will live.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation Mt 11: 25
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Alleluia!
GOSPEL
A reading from the Gospel according to Matthew 11:25-30
I am gentle and humble in heart.
Jesus exclaimed,
‘I bless you, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, for hiding these
things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere
children. Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. Everything
has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son
except the Father, just as no one knows the Father except the Son
and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will
give you rest. Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Yes, my
yoke is easy and my burden light.’
The Gospel of the Lord
Friday 3 July 2020
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