Thursday of the Eleventh week in Ordinary Time

Book of Sirach

In those days, like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace.
Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced them to straits;
By God's word he shut up the heavens and three times brought down fire.
How awesome are you, Elijah! Whose glory is equal to yours?
You brought a dead man back to life from the nether world, by the will of the LORD.
You sent kings down to destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness.
You heard threats at Sinai, at Horeb avenging judgments.
You anointed kings who should inflict vengeance, and a prophet as your successor.
You were taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a chariot with fiery horses.
You are destined, it is written, in time to come to put an end to wrath before the day of the LORD, To turn back the hearts of fathers toward their sons, and to reestablish the tribes of Jacob.
Blessed is he who shall have seen you and who falls asleep in your friendship.
O Elijah, enveloped in the whirlwind! Then Elisha, filled with a twofold portion of his spirit, wrought many marvels by his mere word. During his lifetime he feared no one, nor was any man able to intimidate his will.
Nothing was beyond his power; beneath him flesh was brought back into life.
In life he performed wonders, and after death, marvelous deeds.

Psalms

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes round about.
His lightnings illumine the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
All who worship graven things are put to shame,
who glory in the things of nought;
all gods are prostrate before him.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
"In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread;
and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
and do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us from the evil one.
If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."

St. Silverius(Pope and Martyr, (+ 538))

SAINT SILVERIUSPope and Martyr(+538) Silverius was the son of Pope Hermisdas. The latter was married before joining the priesthood. Silverius was elected pope after St. Agapetas passed away. When Empress Theodora ordered Pope Silverius to promote a shismatic sect (the Acephali), he refused. In retaliation, the empress sent Vigilius, an archdeacon, to depose Pope Silverius. Vigilius paid a Roman general, Belisarius, to remove Pope Silverius and instate three schismatic patriarchs: Anthimus of Constantinople, Severus of Antioch and Theodosius of Alexandria. After being accused of treason and conspiring to aid the Goths, Pope Silverius was banished to Patara in Lycia. The bishop of that city undertook the pope's defence and spoke boldly to the Emperor in Constantinople, "There are many kings in the world, but only one pope over the Church of the whole world," he said. Emperor Justinian ordered Pope Silverius back to Rome. However, the pope's enemies conspired to prevent his rightful reinstatement. He was kidnapped on his way to Rome and abandoned on a desert island - where he died on June 20, 538.

Sts. Aaron and Alban and Julius()

misalcatolico.com

Category: Mass by Year / Catholic Missal 2024 / Catholic Missal of june 2024