The 9th of July, 2022 is Saturday in the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time. The Holy Bible verses for the mass readings for this day came from the Liturgical Calendar Year 2022.
Reading 1: IS 6:1-8
The first reading from the Book of Isaiah.
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.
One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is Yahweh of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips and I live among a people of unclean lips, for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
He touched my mouth with it, and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin forgiven.”
I heard the Lord’s voice, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
Responsorial Psalm: PS 93:1AB, 1CD-2, 5
Response: Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty! Yahweh is armed with strength.
R: Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
The world also is established. It can’t be moved.
Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.
R: Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, Yahweh, forever more.
R: Yahweh reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
Gospel of the Day: MT 10:24-33
From the gospel scripture according to Matthew.
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.
Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.”
Other Celebration
An optional celebration on this day is the Memorial of Saint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs.
