Catholic Missal of the day: Friday, June 14 2019

Friday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Friday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

Second Letter to the Corinthians

4,7-15.

]Brothers and sisters: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.
]We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
]persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;
]always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.
]For we who live are constantly being given up to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
]So death is at work in us, but life in you.
]Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed, therefore I spoke," we too believe and therefore speak,
]knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence.
]Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

Psalm

Psalms

116(115),10-11.15-16.17-18.

]I believed, even when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;
]I said in my alarm,
“No man is dependable.”  
]Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
]I am your servant; the son of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
]To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
]My vows to the LORD I will pay  
in the presence of all his people.  

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

5,27-32.

]Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
]But I say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
]If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
]And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into Gehenna.
]It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a bill of divorce.'
]But I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

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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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