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Readings for the feria

Readings for the memorial

These are the readings for the feria

First reading
2 Corinthians 12:1-10

‘I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses.’

Brothers and Sisters: I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows — and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses — though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 34(33):8-9. 10-11. 12-13. ℟ 9a

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

The angel of the Lord is encamped

around those who fear him, to rescue them.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Blessed the man who seeks refuge in him.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Fear the Lord, you his holy ones.

They lack nothing, those who fear him.

The rich suffer want and go hungry,

but those who seek the Lord lack no blessing.

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Come, children, and hear me,

that I may teach you the fear of the Lord.

Who is it that desires life

and longs to see prosperous days?

Taste and see that the Lord is good.

Gospel Acclamation
2 Corinthians 8:9

Alleluia, alleluia.

Jesus Christ, though he was rich,

yet for your sake he became poor,

so that you by his poverty might become rich.

Alleluia.

Gospel	Matthew 6:24-34

‘Do not be anxious about tomorrow.’

At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, ‘No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

‘Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

‘Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.’

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These are the readings for the memorial

First reading	1 John 5:1-5

‘This is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.’

Beloved: Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

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Responsorial Psalm
Ps 16(15):1-2a, 5. 7-8. 11. ℟ cf. 5a

O Lord, it is you who are my portion.

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

I say to the Lord, ‘You are my Lord.’

O Lord, it is you who are my portion and cup;

you yourself who secure my lot.

O Lord, it is you who are my portion.

I will bless the Lord who gives me counsel,

who even at night directs my heart.

I keep the Lord before me always;

with him at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

O Lord, it is you who are my portion.

You will show me the path of life,

the fullness of joy in your presence,

at your right hand, bliss for ever.

O Lord, it is you who are my portion.

Gospel Acclamation	Jn13:34

Alleluia, alleluia!

I give you a new commandment:

love one another just as I have loved you,

says the Lord.

Alleluia!

Gospel
Matthew 22:34-40

‘You shall love the Lord your God and your neighbour as yourself.’

At that time: When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. ‘Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?’ And he said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.’

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Universalis podcast: The week ahead – from 22 to 28 June

Two more theological feasts: Corpus Christi and the Sacred Heart. (19 minutes)
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