Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
05th July 2024 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 1
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 |
| Response | Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God |
| Gospel | Matthew 9:9-13 |
First Reading
Amos 8:4-6, 9-12
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances, that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” “And on that day,” declares the Lord God, “I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight. I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day. “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131 (R. Matthew 4:4)
R/. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God
Blessed are those who keep his decrees!
With all their hearts they seek him. R/.
I have sought you with all my heart;
let me not stray from your commands. R/.
My soul is consumed with longing
at all times for your decrees. R/.
I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
your decrees I have upheld. R/.
See, I long for your precepts;
give me life by your justice. R/.
I have opened my mouth and I sigh,
for I yearn for your commands. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 11:28
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 9:9-13
At that time: As Jesus passed on, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” But when he heard it, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
