The 27th of June, 2023 is Tuesday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time. The Bible scriptures for the holy mass readings for this day came from the Year 2023 of Liturgical Calendar.
Reading 1: GN 13:2, 5-18
The first reading from the Book of Genesis.
Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, herds, and tents.
The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together; for their possessions were so great that they couldn’t live together.
There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen; for we are relatives.
Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”
Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves from one other.
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.
Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring may also be counted.
Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its width; for I will give it to you.”
Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
Responsorial Psalm: PS 15:2-3A, 3BC-4AB, 5
Response: Who shall live on your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right, and speaks truth in his heart; he who doesn’t slander with his tongue.
R: Who shall live on your holy hill?
Nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man; in whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh.
R: Who shall live on your holy hill?
He who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
R: Who shall live on your holy hill?
Gospel of the Day: MT 7:6, 12-14
From the gospel verse according to Matthew.
“Don’t give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
“Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.”
“Enter in by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in by it.
How narrow is the gate and the way is restricted that leads to life! There are few who find it.”
Other Celebration
An optional celebration on this day is the Memorial of Saint Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.
