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Saturday, June 20, 2020

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First Reading

2 Chronicles 24:17-25

17Now after the death of Jehoiʹada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king harkened to them.

18And they forsook the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asheʹrim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt.

19Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the LORD; these testified against them, but they would not give heed.

20Then the Spirit of God took possession of Zechariʹah the son of Jehoiʹada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has forsaken you.’ ”

21But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.

22Thus Joʹash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiʹada, Zechariʹah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the LORD see and avenge!”

23At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Joʹash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus.

24Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joʹash.

25When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiʹada the priest, and slew him on his bed. So he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalms 89:4-5, 29-34

3Thou hast said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant:

4‘I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah

28My steadfast love I will keep for him for ever, and my covenant will stand firm for him.

29I will establish his line for ever and his throne as the days of the heavens.

30If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my ordinances,

31if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,

32then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with scourges;

33but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.

Gospel

Luke 2:41-51

41Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover.

42And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom;

43and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it,

44but supposing him to be in the company they went a day’s journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances;

45and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.

46After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions;

47and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

48And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.”

49And he said to them, “How is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

50And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them.

51And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

The Gospel is proper

First Reading

Isaiah 61:9-11

9Their descendants shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed.

10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

11For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Responsorial Psalm

1 Samuel 2:1, 4-8

1Hannah also prayed and said, “My heart exults in the LORD; my strength is exalted in the LORD. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in thy salvation.

4The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble gird on strength.

5Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children is forlorn.

6The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings low, he also exalts.

8He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and on them he has set the world.