Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24/2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15/Mk 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43
“Because God did not make death,
nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.
For he fashioned all things that they might have being,
and the creatures of the world are wholesome;
There is not a destructive drug among them
nor any domain of Hades on earth,
For righteousness is undying”
Wisdom 1:13-15, NABRE
Monday
Am 2:6-10, 13-16/Mt 8:18-22
“Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.””
Matthew 8:20-22, NABRE
Tuesday
Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12/Mt 8:23-27
“The lion has roared,
who would not fear?
The Lord God has spoken,
who would not prophesy?”
Amos 3:8, NABRE
Wednesday
Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29
“So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.”
Ephesians 2:19-20, NABRE
Thursday
Am 7:10-17/Mt 9:1-8
“But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Stand up, take your bed and go to your home.””
Matthew 9:4-6, NRSVCE
Friday
Am 8:4-6, 9-12/Mt 9:9-13
“Hear this, you that trample on the needy,
and bring to ruin the poor of the land,
saying, “When will the new moon be over
so that we may sell grain;
and the sabbath,
so that we may offer wheat for sale?
We will make the ephah small and the shekel great,
and practice deceit with false balances,
buying the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
and selling the sweepings of the wheat.”
Amos 8:4-6, NRSVCE
Saturday
Am 9:11-15/Mt 9:14-17
“ And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
Matthew 9:15, NRSVCE