Matt 10:24-33

Saturday, 9 July 2022


Saturday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time – Year II

Readings on p. 1037 and Antiphons on p. 1864 of the Daily Missal.
Common of the BVM #4

First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8

A reading from the Book of Isaiah.

In the year that King Uzziah died 
I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; 
and his train filled the temple. 
Above him stood the seraphim; 
each had six wings: 
with two he covered his face, 
and with two he covered his feet, 
and with two he flew. 
And one called to another and said:
“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.”

And the foundations of the thresholds shook 
at the voice of him who called, 
and the house was filled with smoke. 
And I said: “Woe is me! 
For I am lost; 
for I am a man of unclean lips, 
and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; 
for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Then flew one of the seraphim to me, 
having in his hand a burning coal 
which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 
And he touched my mouth, and said: 
“Behold, this has touched your lips; 
your guilt is taken away, 
and your sin forgiven.”

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, 
“Whom shall I send, 
and who will go for us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”

The Word of the Lord.


Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 93:1abc.1d-2.5 (R. 1a)

Let us now pray the Responsorial Psalm:

R/. The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.

The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.
The Lord has robed himself with might;
he has girded himself with power.

The world you made firm, not to be moved;
your throne has stood firm from of old.
From all eternity, O Lord, you are.

Truly your decrees are to be trusted.
Holiness is fitting to your house,
O Lord, until the end of time.

R/. The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.

 

Alleluia, Alleluia.
 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God rests upon you. 
Alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 10:24-33

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.

At that time: 
Jesus said to his apostles, 
“A disciple is not above his teacher, 
nor a servant above his master; 
it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher 
and the servant like his master. 
If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, 
how much more will they malign those of his household.

“So have no fear of them; 
for nothing is covered that will not be revealed,
or hidden that will not be known. 
What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; 
and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. 
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; 
rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? 


And not one of them will fall to the ground 
without your Father’s will. 
But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 
Fear not, therefore; 
you are of more value than many sparrows. 
So everyone who acknowledges me before others, 
I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; 
but whoever denies me before others, 
I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

The Gospel of the Lord.