Catholic Mass Readings For Tuesday, July 01, 2014

FIRST READING: Amos 3: 1 - 8; 4: 11 - 12

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1 Hear this word which Yahweh speaks against you, people of Israel, against the whole family which he brought up from the land of Egypt.

2 "Only you have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will call you to account for all your wrongdoings."

3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed?

4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl in its den unless it has seized something?

5 Does a bird get caught in a snare if the snare has not been baited? Does a tiger spring up from the ground unless it has caught something?

6 If a trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If disaster strikes a city, has not Yahweh caused it?

7 Yet Yahweh does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.

8 If the lion roars, who will not be afraid? If Yahweh speaks, who will not prophesy?

11 "I overthrew you, a divine punishment, as happened to Sodom and Gomorrah; you were like a brand snatched from the blaze, yet you never returned to me," says Yahweh.

12 "Therefore I will deal with you in my own way, Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare, Israel, to meet your God!"

PSALM: Psalms 5: 4 - 8

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4 From daybreak you hear my voice, from dawn I am in your presence watching for you.

5 You are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil has no place in you.

6 The arrogant cannot stand before you. You hate all who do evil;

7 you destroy all who speak falsehood, who thirst for blood and live on lies; all of them the Lord detests.

8 But I, by your love and grace, may come into your house. In reverence I bow down and worship at your holy temple.

GOSPEL: Matthew 8: 23 - 27

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23 Jesus got into the boat and his disciples followed him.

24 Without warning a fierce storm hit the lake, with waves sweeping the boat. But Jesus was asleep.

25 They woke him and cried, "Lord save us! We are lost!"

26 But Jesus answered, "Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?" Then he stood up and ordered the wind and sea; and it became completely calm.

27 The people were astonished. They said, "What kind of man is he? Even the winds and the sea obey him."

Catholic Mass Readings For Monday, June 30, 2014

FIRST READING: Amos 2: 6 - 10, 13 - 16

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6 Yahweh says this, "Because Israel has sinned, not once but three times and even more, I will not relent. They sell the just for money and the needy for a pair of sandals;

7 they tread on the head of the poor and trample them upon the dust of the earth, while they silence the right of the afflicted; a man and his father go to the same woman to profane my holy name;

8 they stretch out upon garments taken in pledge, beside every altar; they take the wine of those they swindle and are drunk in the house of their God.

9 It was I who destroyed the Amorites before them, whose height was like the height of the cedar, a people as sturdy as an oak. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.

10 It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to take possession of the land of the Amorites.

13 Behold, I will crush you to the ground, as a cart does when it is full of sheaves.

14 The swift shall be unable to flee and the strong man shall lose his strength. The warrior shall not save himself nor the bowman stand his ground.

15 The swift of foot shall not escape nor the horseman save himself.

16 Even the most stout-hearted among the warriors shall flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.

PSALM: Psalms 50: 16 - 23

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16 But God says this to the wicked: "What right have you to mouth my laws, or to talk about my covenant?

17 You hate my commands and cast my words behind you.

18 You join a thief when you meet one; you keep company with adulterers.

19 You have a mouth of evil and a deceitful tongue.

20 You speak ill of your brother, and slander your own mother's son.

21 Because I was silent while you did these things, you thought I was like you. But now I rebuke you and make this charge against you.

22 Give this a thought, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces with no one to help you.

23 Those who give with thanks offerings honor me, but the one who walks blamelessly, I will show him the salvation of God."

GOSPEL: Matthew 8: 18 - 22

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18 When he saw the crowd press around him, Jesus gave orders to cross to the other shore.

19 A teacher of the Law approached him and said, "Master, I will follow you wherever you go."

20 Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

21 Another disciple said to him, "Lord, let me go and bury my father first."

22 But Jesus answered him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."