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Saturday 14 June 2025    (other days)
Saturday of week 10 in Ordinary Time

Using calendar: England. You can pick a diocese or region.

Readings at Mass

Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).


First reading
2 Corinthians 5:14-21

‘For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin.’

Brothers and Sisters: The love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
  From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ; God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 103(102):1-2. 3-4. 9-10. 11-12. ℟8
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all within me, his holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and never forget all his benefits.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
It is the Lord who forgives all your sins,
who heals every one of your ills,
who redeems your life from the grave,
who crowns you with mercy and compassion.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
He will not always find fault;
nor persist in his anger for ever.
He does not treat us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our faults.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so strong his mercy for those who fear him.
As far as the east is from the west,
so far from us does he remove our transgressions.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in mercy.

Gospel Acclamation
Psalm 119(118):36a, 29b
Alleluia, alleluia.
Bend my heart to your decrees, O God,
and grant me mercy by your law.
Alleluia.

GospelMatthew 5:33-37

‘I say to you: Do not take an oath at all.’

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘You have heard that it was said to those of old, “You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.” But I say to you: Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply “Yes” or “No”; anything more than this comes from evil.’

Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 15 to 21 June

The theological season of the year. The Most Holy Trinity - two pictures which may help. Dorothy L. Sayers and creation. Cardinal Manning, Pope Leo XIII and the social teaching of the Church. (26 minutes)
Episode notes.

Christian Art

Illustration

Each day, The Christian Art website gives a picture and reflection on the Gospel of the day.

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