Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
15th June 2024 (Saturday)
Psalter: 2
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | 1 Kings 19: 19-21 |
| Response | It is you, O Lord, who are my portion |
| Gospel | Matthew 5: 33-37 |
First Reading
1 Kings 19:19-21
In those days: Elijah departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10 (R. see 5a)
R/. It is you, O Lord, who are my portion
Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord.
O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup;
you yourself who secure my lot. R/.
I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel,
who even at night directs my heart.
I keep the Lord before me always;
with him at my right hand, I shall not be moved. R/.
And so, my heart rejoices, my soul is glad;
even my flesh shall rest in hope.
For you will not abandon my soul to hell,
nor let your holy one see corruption. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
Psalms 119:36a, 29b
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Bend my heart, O God, to your decrees grant me mercy by your law.
R/.Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 5:33-37
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.
