Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Invitation

May I draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?

This invitation aims to share with you the joy of the Gospel.
Everyone, without exception,
can experience that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.

Available every day.

Introduction

Jesus saw Matthew sitting at the tax office
and said to him: ‘Follow Me;
At this hour, Jesus is looking at us too.
He wants to touch our hearts and reach out to us.
He promises us his friendship and forgiveness
and invites us to follow him.
Let us celebrate with joy and gratitude
that the Lord has also set his eyes upon us.

FIRST READING                  Hos. 6, 3-6
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

From the prophet Hosea

We wish to love the Lord, to strive to know Him.
As surely as the dawn appears, He reveals Himself,
He comes upon us like the rain,
like the spring rain that waters the earth.

“What shall I do with you, Ephraim?
“What shall I do with you, Judah?
“Your devotion is like the morning mist,
like the dew that vanishes at dawn.
“Therefore I have struck you through the prophets,
I have brought death through the words of my mouth:
My judgement broke forth like the light.
“For I desire righteousness, not sacrifices,
and love for God, more than burnt offerings.”

RESPONSE PSALM                      Ps. 50(49), 1 and 8, 12-13, 14-15
Refrains
He who walks in upright paths finds the salvation of God

The Lord, the God of gods, speaks,
He calls the earth from east to west.
“I do not reproach you for your sacrifices:
I see your sacrificial animals burning continually.

I would not tell you this if I were hungry,
I have at my disposal all that lives on earth.
Would I eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?

Let God rather accept the sacrifice of your praise,
let the Most High fulfil your vows.
Then, in your distress, you may call upon Me:
I will save you if you honour Me.”

SECOND READING                        Rom. 4, 18-23
Abraham did not waver, but honoured God through the strength of his faith.

From the letter of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Christians of
Rome

Brothers and sisters,

Against all hope, Abraham hoped
and believed that he would become the father of many nations,
just as he had been told:
“So numerous shall your descendants be.”

His faith did not waver,
when he, at the age of a hundred,
thought of his own ageing body
and of Sarah’s barren womb.
He did not doubt God’s promise for a moment.
On the contrary,
he honoured God through the power of his faith,
through his firm conviction
that God is able to fulfil
what He has promised.
Therefore, it was credited to him as righteousness.

These words were not written down merely for his sake,
but also for us,
to whom faith will likewise be credited,
since we believe in Him
who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead:
Jesus who was delivered up for our transgressions
and raised for our justification.

Gospel Acclamation                        Lk 4, 18

Alleluia.
The Lord has sent me
to bring the Good News to the poor
and to proclaim release to the captives.
Alleluia.

GOSPEL                            Mt. 9, 9-13

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

From the Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
Matthew

At that time, Jesus went on his way, and He saw a man sitting at the tax office,
The man got up and followed Jesus.

Whilst He was now reclining at table in Matthew’s house,
many tax collectors and sinners
also came to recline with Jesus and his disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this,
they said to his disciples:
“Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus heard this and said:
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
“Go and learn what this means:
‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’
“I have not come to call the righteous,
but sinners.”

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Laudato Si

Encyclical of

POPE FRANCIS

On Care for Our Common Home

139. When we speak of the “environment”, we are also referring to a
special relationship: that between nature and the society which inhabits it.
This prevents us from viewing nature as something separate from
us, or as a mere backdrop to our lives. We are part of it,
we are a part of it and we are intertwined with it. The reasons why a place
becomes polluted call for an analysis of the functioning of society, its economy,
its behaviour, and the ways in which it understands reality. Given the scale of the
changes, it is no longer possible to find a specific and independent
answer to every part of the problem. It is fundamental
to seek integrated solutions that take into account the interactions of
natural systems with one another and with social systems. There are not
two separate crises, an environmental crisis
and a social crisis, but a single complex social and ecological
crisis. The guidelines for a solution call for an integrated approach
to combat poverty, restore dignity to marginalised people
and, at the same time, care for nature.

To be continued
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