The 7th of June, 2022 is Tuesday in the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar of the Year 2022.
Reading 1: 1 KGS 17:7-16
The first reading from the Book of Kings.
After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.’_”
She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.
The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 4:1-2, 3-4, 6B-7
Response: Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity and seek after falsehood?
R: Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly; Yahweh will hear when I call to him.
Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still.
R: Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
R: Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us.
Gospel of the Day: MT 5:13-16
From the gospel scripture according to Matthew.
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.”
