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Monday, June 30, 2014
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The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church (Optional Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Amos 2:6-10, 13-16
6Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—
7they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
8they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9“Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
10Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
13“Behold, I will press you down in your place, as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
15he who handles the bow shall not stand, and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself, nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16and he who is stout of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day,” says the LORD.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 50:16-23
16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?
17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
18If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers.
19“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
22“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I rend, and there be none to deliver!
23He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!”
Gospel
Matthew 8:18-22
18Now when Jesus saw great crowds around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side.
19And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
21Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”
22But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”
First Reading
Romans 8:31-39
31What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is against us?
32He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, will he not also give us all things with him?
33Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies;
34who is to condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us?
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36As it is written, “For thy sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
38For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 124:2-5, 7-8
2if it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us,
3then they would have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;
4then the flood would have swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us;
5then over us would have gone the raging waters.
7We have escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped!
8Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.
Gospel
Matthew 24:4-13
4And Jesus answered them, “Take heed that no one leads you astray.
5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.
6And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not alarmed; for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
7For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places:
8all this is but the beginning of the sufferings.
9“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
10And then many will fall away, and betray one another, and hate one another.
11And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
12And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold.
13But he who endures to the end will be saved.