Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
26th June 2024 (Wednesday)
Psalter: 4
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | 2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3 |
| Response | Lord, teach me the way of your statutes. |
| Gospel | Matthew 7:15-20 |
First Reading
2 Kings 22:8-13, 23:1-3
In those days: Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the Lord.” Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king. When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.” Then the king sent, and all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem were gathered to him. And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the prophets, all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord. And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in the covenant.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 119:33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40 (R. 33a)
R/. Lord, teach me the way of your statutes.
Lord, teach me the way of your statutes,
and I will keep them to the end. R/.
Grant me insight that I may keep your law,
and observe it wholeheartedly. R/.
Guide me in the path of your commands,
for in them is my delight. R/.
Bend my heart to your decrees,
and not to wrongful gain. R/.
Turn my eyes from gazing on vanities;
in your way, give me life. R/.
See, I long for your precepts;
give me life by your justice. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
John 15:4a, 5b
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Abide in me, and I in you, says the Lord; he who abides in me bears much fruit.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 7:15-20
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thornbushes? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.”
