FIRST
READING: Micah
2: 1 - 5
1
Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in
your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand
is against God.
2
And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses
they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a
man and his inheritance.
3
Therefore thus saith the Lord: Behold, I devise an evil against this
family: from which you shall not withdraw your necks, and you shall
not walk haughtily, for this is a very evil time.
4
In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be
sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the
portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas
he is returning that will divide our land?
5
Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in
the assembly of the Lord.
PSALM:
Psalms 10:
1 - 4, 7 - 8, 14
1
Unto the end, for the hidden things of the Son. A psalm for David.
2
I will give praise to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart: I will
relate all thy wonders.
3
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou
most high.
4
When my enemy shall be turned back: they shall be weakened and perish
before thy face.
7
The swords of the enemy have failed unto the end: and their cities
thou hast destroyed. Their memory hath perished with a noise.
8
But the Lord remaineth for ever. He hath prepared his throne in
judgment:
14
Have mercy on me, O Lord: see my humiliation which I suffer from my
enemies.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 12:
14 - 21
14
And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how they
might destroy him.
15
But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him, and
he healed them all.
16
And he charged them that they should not make him known.
17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the prophet,
saying:
18
Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul hath
been well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew
judgment to the Gentiles.
19
He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his
voice in the streets.
20
The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall not
extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21
And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.
