Friday 20 June 2025 (other days)
Saint Alban, first martyr of England
on Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
on Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
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Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).
These are the readings for the feria
| First reading |
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| 2 Corinthians 11:18, 21b-30 |
‘Apart from other things, there is the pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.’
Brothers and Sisters: Since many boast according to the flesh, I too will boast. But whatever anyone else dares to boast of — I am speaking as a fool — I also dare to boast of that. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they offspring of Abraham? So am I. Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one — I am talking like a madman — with far greater labours, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; for a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 34(33):2-3. 4-5. 6-7. ℟ cf. 18b |
God rescues the just one in all his distress.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
praise of him is always in my mouth.
In the Lord my soul shall make its boast;
the humble shall hear and be glad.
God rescues the just one in all his distress.
Glorify the Lord with me;
together let us praise his name.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
from all my terrors he set me free.
God rescues the just one in all his distress.
Look towards him and be radiant;
let your faces not be abashed.
This lowly one called; the Lord heard,
and rescued him from all his distress.
God rescues the just one in all his distress.
| Gospel Acclamation | Matthew 5:3 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Matthew 6:19-23 |
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‘Where your treasure is, there your heart will be.’
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
‘The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!’
These are the readings for the memorial
| First reading |
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| 2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12 |
‘All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.’
Beloved: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself.
You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra — which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 124(123):2-3. 4-5. 7c-8. ℟7ab |
Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the fowler.
‘If the Lord had not been on our side
when people rose against us,
then would they have swallowed us alive
when their anger was kindled.’
Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the fowler.
‘Then would the waters have engulfed us,
the torrent gone over us;
over our head would have swept
the raging waters.’
Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the fowler.
Indeed, the snare has been broken,
and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.
Our life, like a bird, has escaped
from the snare of the fowler.
| Gospel Acclamation | Matthew 5:10 |
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Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
| Gospel | John 12:24-26 |
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‘If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.’
At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honour him.’
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