Sunday, June 30, 2013 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading

1 Kings 19:16, 19-21

 

The LORD said to Elijah:

"You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah,

as prophet to succeed you."

 

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 goodbye,

and I will follow you."

Elijah answered, "Go back!

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 Elisha left and followed Elijah as his attendant.

 

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11

 

R. (cf. 5a) You are my inheritance, O Lord.

 

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."

 

R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.

 

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.

 

R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.

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.

 

R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.

 

You will show me the path to life,

fullness of joys in your presence,

the delights at your right hand forever.

 

R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.

 

Second Reading

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 and sisters.

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

Luke 9:51-62

 

When the days for Jesus' being 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."

To him Jesus said, "No one who sets a hand to the plow

and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God."

Sunday, June 9, 2013 - Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Reading

1 Kings 17:17-24

 

Elijah went to Zarephath of Sidon to the house of a widow.

The son of the mistress of the house fell sick,

and his sickness grew more severe until he stopped breathing.

So she said to Elijah,

"Why have you done this to me, O man of God?

Have you come to me to call attention to my guilt

and to kill my son?"

Elijah said to her, "Give me your son."

Taking him from her lap, he carried the son to the upper room

where he was staying, and put him on his bed.

Elijah called out to the LORD:

"O LORD, my God,

will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying

by killing her son?"

Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times

and called out to the LORD:

"O LORD, my God,

let the life breath return to the body of this child."

The LORD heard the prayer of Elijah;

the life breath returned to the child's body and he revived.

Taking the child, Elijah brought him down into the house

from the upper room and gave him to his mother.

Elijah said to her, "See! Your son is alive."

The woman replied to Elijah,

"Now indeed I know that you are a man of God.

The word of the LORD comes truly from your mouth."

 

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 30:2, 4-6, 11-13

 

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

 

I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clear

and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.

O LORD, you brought me up from the nether world;

you preserved me from among those going down into the pit.

 

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

 

Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,

and give thanks to his holy name.

For his anger lasts but a moment;

a lifetime, his good will.

At nightfall, weeping enters in,

but with the dawn, rejoicing.

 

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

 

Hear, O LORD, and have pity on me;

O LORD, be my helper.

You changed my mourning into dancing;

O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

 

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

 

Second Reading

Galatians 1:11-19

 

I want you to know, brothers and sisters,

that the gospel preached by me is not of human origin.

For I did not receive it from a human being, nor was I taught it,

but it came through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

 

For you heard of my former way of life in Judaism,

how I persecuted the church of God beyond measure

and tried to destroy it, and progressed in Judaism

beyond many of my contemporaries among my race,

since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.

But when God, who from my mother's womb had set me apart

and called me through his grace,

was pleased to reveal his Son to me,

so that I might proclaim him to the Gentiles,

I did not immediately consult flesh and blood,

nor did I go up to Jerusalem

to those who were apostles before me;

rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus.

 

Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem

to confer with Cephas and remained with him for fifteen days.

But I did not see any other of the apostles,

only James the brother of the Lord.

 

Gospel

Luke 7:11-17

 

Jesus journeyed to a city called Nain,

and his disciples and a large crowd accompanied him.

As he drew near to the gate of the city,

a man who had died was being carried out,

the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

A large crowd from the city was with her.

When the Lord saw her,

he was moved with pity for her and said to her,

"Do not weep."

He stepped forward and touched the coffin;

at this the bearers halted,

and he said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"

The dead man sat up and began to speak,

and Jesus gave him to his mother.

Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,

"A great prophet has arisen in our midst, "

and "God has visited his people."

This report about him spread through the whole of Judea

and in all the surrounding region.

Sunday, June 2, 2013 - The Body and Blood of Christ

First Reading

Genesis 14:18-20

 

n those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine,

and being a priest of God Most High,

he blessed Abram with these words:

"Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

the creator of heaven and earth;

and blessed be God Most High,

who delivered your foes into your hand."

Then Abram gave him a tenth of everything.

 

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 110:1-4

 

R. (4b) You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

 

The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand

till I make your enemies your footstool."

 

R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

 

The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:

"Rule in the midst of your enemies."

 

R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

 

"Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;

before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you."

 

R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

 

The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:

"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."

 

R. You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.

 

Second Reading

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

 

Brothers and sisters:

I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,

that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,

took bread, and, after he had given thanks,

broke it and said, "This is my body that is for you.

Do this in remembrance of me."

In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,

"This cup is the new covenant in my blood.

Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,

you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.

 

Gospel

Luke 9:11-17

 

Jesus spoke to the crowds about the kingdom of God,

and he healed those who needed to be cured.

As the day was drawing to a close,

the Twelve approached him and said,

"Dismiss the crowd

so that they can go to the surrounding villages and farms

and find lodging and provisions;

for we are in a deserted place here."

He said to them, "Give them some food yourselves."

They replied, "Five loaves and two fish are all we have,

unless we ourselves go and buy food for all these people."

Now the men there numbered about five thousand.

Then he said to his disciples,

"Have them sit down in groups of about fifty."

They did so and made them all sit down.

Then taking the five loaves and the two fish,

and looking up to heaven,

he said the blessing over them, broke them,

and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

They all ate and were satisfied.

And when the leftover fragments were picked up,

they filled twelve wicker baskets.