Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
22nd July 2024 (Monday)
Psalter: Proper
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Song of Solomon 3:1-4ab (or) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 |
| Response | For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord, my God |
| Gospel | John 20:1-2, 11-18 |
First Reading
Song of Solomon 3:1-4ab
The bride responds: On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but found him not. The watchmen found me as they went about in the city. “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?” Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my soul loves.
(or)
2 Corinthians 5:14-17
Brethren: The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 (R. see 2b)
R/. For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord, my God
Gospel Acclamation
1 Pt 4:14
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Tell us Mary, what did you see on the way? I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord” — and that he had said these things to her.
