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Year
C. (27/6/10)
Thirteenth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
The
LORD said to Elijah:
“You
shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah,
as
prophet to succeed you.”
Elijah
set out and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat,
as he was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen;
he was
following the twelfth.
Elijah
went over to him and threw his cloak over him.
Elisha
left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,
“Please,
let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,
and I
will follow you.”
Elijah
answered, “Go back!
Have
I done anything to you?”
Elisha
left him, and taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them;
he used
the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh,
and gave
it to his people to eat.
Then Elisha left and followed
Elijah as his attendant.
Responsorial Psalm
R.
(cf. 5a) You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Keep
me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I
say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.
O
LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is
who hold fast my lot.”
R.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
I
bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in
the night my heart exhorts me.
I
set the LORD ever before me;
with him
at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Therefore
my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body,
too, abides in confidence
because
you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld,
nor will
you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
You
will show me the path to life,
fullness
of joys in your presence,
the
delights at your right hand forever.
R.
You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Reading 2
Brothers
and sisters:
For
freedom Christ set us free;
so stand
firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery.
For
you were called for freedom, brothers and sisters.
But
do not use this freedom
as an
opportunity for the flesh;
rather,
serve one another through love.
For the
whole law is fulfilled in one statement,
namely, You
shall love your neighbor as yourself.
But
if you go on biting and devouring one another,
beware
that you are not consumed by one another.
I
say, then: live by the Spirit
and you
will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh.
For
the flesh has desires against the Spirit,
and the
Spirit against the flesh;
these are
opposed to each other,
so that
you may not do what you want.
But if you are guided by the
Spirit, you are not under the law.
Gospel
When
the days for Jesus’ being taken up were fulfilled,
he
resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem,
and he
sent messengers ahead of him.
On
the way they entered a Samaritan village
to
prepare for his reception there,
but they
would not welcome him
because
the destination of his journey was Jerusalem.
When
the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord,
do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume
them?”
Jesus
turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.
As
they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him,
“I
will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus
answered him,
“Foxes
have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the
Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
And
to another he said, “Follow me.”
But
he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But
he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead.
But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
And
another said, “I will follow you, Lord,
but first
let me say farewell to my family at home.”
To
him Jesus said, “No one who sets a hand to the plow
and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom
of God.”
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