Liturgia do dia · 12 de junho · Ordinary Time

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Solemnity — "Come to me, all who labor"

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — Matthew 11:25-30

First Reading

Deuteronomy 7:6-11

6Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.

7Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:

8But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.

9And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand generations:

10And repaying forthwith them that hate him, so as to destroy them, without further delay immediately rendering to them what they deserve.

11Keep therefore the precepts and ceremonies and judgments, which I command thee this day to do.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10

1For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name.

2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

3Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

4Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy and compassion.

6The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.

7He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of Israel.

8The ford is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

10He hath not dealt with us according to our sins: nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Second Reading

1 John 4:7-16

7Dearly beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. And every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God.

8He that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God is charity.

9By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

11My dearest, if God hath so loved us; we also ought to love one another.

12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

13In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.

14And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

16And we have known, and have believed the charity, which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity, abideth in God, and God in him.

Gospel

Matthew 11:25-30

25At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.

26Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.

27All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.

28Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

29Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.

30For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

The Gospel of the Lord.

Recommended editions

Catholic Bibles to keep at home

We read here from the public-domain text. But a well-made Bible, bound in cloth, on your shelf, is a lifetime of company. These are the Catholic editions we recommend, with ecclesiastical approval.


Cover of The Knox Bible

Baronius Press

The Knox Bible

Mgr. Ronald Knox’s 20th-century translation from the Latin Vulgate, praised for its literary English. Used by the Church in England and Wales for liturgy from 1955 to 1969. A profoundly readable Catholic Bible.


Cover of the RSV Catholic Edition

Ignatius Press

RSV-Catholic Edition (2nd ed.)

The Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition, with the deuterocanonical books in their proper places. Widely used by scholars and serious students of Scripture. The “Ignatius Bible” is the most popular RSV-CE printing.


Cover of the Jerusalem Bible

Doubleday / Darton, Longman & Todd

The Jerusalem Bible

Scholarly Catholic translation with extensive exegetical notes from the École Biblique de Jérusalem. The standard Catholic study Bible in English. Beautiful prose; thorough apparatus.

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