Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
12th July 2024 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 2
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Hosea 14:1-9 |
| Response | My mouth shall proclaim your praise.. |
| Gospel | Matthew 10:16-23 |
First Reading
Hosea 14:1-9
Thus says the Lord; Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.” I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be like the dew to Israel; he shall blossom like the lily; he shall take root like the trees of Lebanon; his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow; they shall flourish like the corn; they shall blossom like the vine; their fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon. O Ephraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress; from me comes your fruit. Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14 and 17 (R. 17b)
R/. My mouth shall proclaim your praise
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your merciful love;
according to your great compassion,
blot out my transgressions:
Wash me completely from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin. R/.
Yes, you delight in sincerity of heart;
in secret you teach me wisdom.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be pure;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. R/.
Create a pure heart for me, O God;
renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me away from your presence;
take not your holy spirit from me. R/.
Restore in me the joy of your salvation;
sustain in me a willing spirit.
O Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall proclaim your praise. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
John 16:13a; 14:26d
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 10:16-23
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak, or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
