Saturday of the Tenth week in Ordinary Time

Second Letter to the Corinthians

Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died.
He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh; even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him so no longer.
So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.
And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and given us the ministry of reconciliation,
namely, God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting their trespasses against them and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
For our sake he made him to be sin who did not know sin, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

Psalms

Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits.
He pardons all your iniquities,
he heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction,
he crowns you with kindness and compassion.
He will not always chide,
nor does he keep his wrath forever.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so surpassing is his kindness toward those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he put our transgressions from us.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow.'
But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God's throne;
nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.' Anything more is from the evil one."

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. He was called by the prophet Elijah while plowing his father's fields. The prophet Elijah conferred succession by casting his mantle on Elisha. Before Elijah was taken up in a fiery chariot and into the whirlwind, Elisha asked to "inherit a double-portion" of his spirit. Elisha's first miracle was restoring the farmlands of the town of Jericho. He added salt to its spring and purified the 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 reward 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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