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