Catholic Missal of the day: Sunday, June 30 2019

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Reading

1st book of Kings

19,16-21.

]The Lord said to Elijah: "You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, as prophet to succeed you."
]If anyone escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill him. If he escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill him.
]Yet I will leave seven thousand men in Israel--all those who have not knelt to Baal or kissed him."
]Elijah set out, and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen; he was following the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him.
]Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Please, let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you." "Go back!" Elijah answered. "Have I done anything to you?"
]Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them; he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, and gave it to his people to eat. Then he left and followed Elijah as his attendant.

Psalm

Psalms

16(15),1-2.5.7-8.9-10.11.

]Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
]I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
]O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
]I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
]I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
]Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence
]because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
]You will show me the path to life,
fullness of joys in your presence,
the delights at your right hand forever.

2. Reading

Letter to the Galatians

5,1.13-18.

]Brothers and sisters: For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
]For you were called for freedom, brothers. But do not use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh; rather, serve one another through love.
]For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
]But if you go on biting and devouring one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.
]I say, then: live by the Spirit and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.
]For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want.
]But if you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

Gospel

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke

9,51-62.

]When the days for Jesus to be taken up were fulfilled, he resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
]and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception there,
]but they would not welcome him because the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
]When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?"
]Jesus turned and rebuked them,
]and they journeyed to another village.
]As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
]Jesus answered him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
]And to another he said, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, let me go first and bury my father."
]But he answered him, "Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."
]And another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home."
]Jesus answered him, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."

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First Martyrs of Rome((† 1st century))

The FIRST MARTYRS of the CHURCH of ROME( 1st century) The first Roman persecution of Christians was sanctioned by Emperor Nero in 64 AD. Christians were scapegoats for a fire that nearly destroyed Rome in July that year. Some Christians were burned as living torches at evening banquets; others were crucified; and others were fed to wild animals. Their deaths are recorded by the pagan writer Tacitus in his Annales (15, 44) and also by Pope Clement I in his letter to the Corinthians, chapters 5 to 6.*******PrayerFather,you sanctified the Church of Romewith the blood of its first martyrs.May we find strength from their courageand rejoice in their triumph.

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