Catholic and Proud 18, SUN AUG 2013 Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time(Green) The Glorious Mysteries FIRST READING A reading from the Book of Jeremiah 38:4-6.8-10 "You bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land." In those days: The leaders said to the king: We petition you to put this Jeremiah to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil. And king Zedekiah said: Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything. Therefore, they took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit of Malchiah, the son of Amelech, which was at the entrance to the prison. And they lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the pit, in which there was no water, but only mud. And so Jeremiah descended into the mire. And so Ebedmelech departed from the kings house, and he spoke to the king, saying: My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have perpetrated against Jeremiah the prophet, casting him into the pit so that he would die there from famine. For there is no more bread in the city. And so the king instructed Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying: Take with you thirty men from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dies. V/ The word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 40:2.3.4.18 (R.14b) R/R. Lord, make haste to help me! 1. I waited, I waited for the Lord, and he stooped down to me; /he heard my cry. R. 2. He drew me from the deadly pit, /from the miry clay. He set my feet upon a rock, /made my footsteps firm. R. 3. He put a new song onto my mouth, praise of our God. Many shall see and fear and shall trust in the Lord. R. 4. Wretched and poor though I am, the Lord is mindful of me. You are my rescuer, my help; o my God, do not delay. R. SECOND READING Hebrews 12:1-4 A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Hebrews "Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." Brethren: Since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us. Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God. So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls. For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin. V/ The word of the Lord. R/ Thanks be to God. GOSPEL ACCLAMATION John 10:27 Alleluia, alleluia! My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. Alleluia! GOSPEL A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 12:49-53 "I have come not to give peace, but division." At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, "I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled? And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three. A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his father; a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law , and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." V/ The Gospel of the Lord. R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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