Catholic Missal of the day: Thursday, June 14 2018

Thursday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Thursday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

1st book of Kings

18,41-46.

]Elijah then said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain."
]So Ahab went up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel, crouched down to the earth, and put his head between his knees.
]"Climb up and look out to sea," he directed his servant, who went up and looked, but reported, "There is nothing." Seven times he said, "Go look again!"
]And the seventh time the youth reported, "There is a cloud as small as a man's hand rising from the sea." Elijah said, "Go and say to Ahab, 'Harness up and leave the mountain before the rain stops you.'"
]In a trice, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain fell. Ahab mounted his chariot and made for Jezreel.
]But the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, who girded up his clothing and ran before Ahab as far as the approaches to Jezreel.

Psalm

Psalms

65(64),10abc.10d-11.12-13.

]You have visited the land and watered it;
]greatly have you enriched it.
]God's watercourses are filled;
]you have prepared the grain.
]Thus have you prepared the land:
drenching its furrows, breaking up its clods,
softening it with showers,
blessing its yield.
]You have crowned the year with your bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
]the untilled meadows overflow with it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,20-26.

]Jesus said to his disciples:  "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
]You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment.'
]But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be liable to fiery Gehenna.
]Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recall that your brother has anything against you,
]leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
]Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.
]Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny."

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St. Elisha(Prophet (9th century BC))

St. Elisha, Prophet (9th century BC) Elisha's name in Hebrew means, "God is Salvation." He was the son of Shaphat and was called by the prophet Elijah while plowing his father's fields. The prophet Elijah conferred succession by casting his mantle upon Elisha. Elisha asked to "inherit a double-portion" of Elijah's spirit before the latter was taken up in a fiery chariot and into the whirlwind. Elisha's first miracle was restoring the farmlands of the town of Jericho. He added salt to its spring and purified its waters. Next, when the armies of Judah, Israel and Edom were allied against Mesa, the Moabite king, and were tormented by drought in the Idumæan desert, Elisha prophesied the drought's end and victory over Mesa. His prophecies were fulfilled the next morning (2 Kgs 3:4-24). To relieve a widow importuned by a hard creditor, Elisha multiplied a little oil, which repaid her debts and provided for her family (2 Kgs 4:1-7). He rewarded a rich lady of Shunam for her hospitality by raising her dead son to life (2 Kgs 4:18-37). He nourished the sons of the prophets pressed by famine by changing pottage made from poisonous gourds into wholesome food (2 Kgs 4:38-41). During Syria's military incursions into Israel, Elisha cured Naaman's leprosy by sending him to bathe in the Jordan seven times. Naaman was reluctant at first, but obeyed. He washed seven times and was cured. Jesus referred to this when he said, "there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian" (Luke 4:27). Elisha's life and works are recorded in 1 and 2 Kings. He is commemorated on this date in the 2004 Roman Martyrology.

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