Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
09th August 2024 (Friday)
Psalter: Week 2
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Nahum 1:15; 2:2; 3:1-3, 6-7 |
| Response | It is I who deal death and give life. |
| Gospel | Matthew 16:24-28 |
First Reading
Nahum 1:15; 2:2; 3:1-3, 6-7
Behold, upon the mountains, the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows, for never again shall the worthless pass through you; he is utterly cut off. For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches. Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder—no end to the prey! The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel, galloping horse and bounding chariot! Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over the bodies! I will throw filth at you and treat you with contempt and make you a spectacle. And all who look at you will shrink from you and say, “Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?” Where shall I seek comforters for you?
Responsorial Psalm
Deuteronomy 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 (R. 39c)
R/. It is I who deal death and give life.
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.
For the Lord will vindicate his people
and have compassion on his servants. R/.
“See now that I, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
I kill and I make alive;
I wound and I heal.” R/.
If I sharpen my flashing sword
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 5:10
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 16:24-28
At that time: Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done. Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”
