Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
11th July 2024 (Thursday)
Psalter: Week 2
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Hosea 11:1-4, 8c-9 |
| Response | Let your face shine on us, Lord, and we shall be saved. |
| Gospel | Matthew 10:7-15 |
First Reading
Hosea 11:1-4, 8c-9
Thus says the Lord: When Israel was a child I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them. I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them. My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16 (R. 4b)
R/. Let your face shine on us, Lord, and we shall be saved.
O shepherd of Israel, hear us,
enthroned on the cherubim, shine forth.
Rouse up your might and come to save us. R/.
God of hosts, turn again, we implore;
look down from heaven and see.
Visit this vine and protect it,
the vine your right hand has planted.
The son of man you have claimed for yourself. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
Mark 1:15
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. . The kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 10:7-15
At that time: Jesus said to his apostles, “Proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay. Acquire no gold or silver or copper for your belts, no bag for your journey, or two tunics or sandals or a staff, for the labourer deserves his food. And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart. As you enter the house, greet it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.
