Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3

Hilkiah the high priest
said to Shaphan the scribe,
“I have found the book of the law
in the Lord’s house.”
Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan,
and he read it.
Shaphan the scribe came to the king,
and brought the king word and said,
“Your servants have emptied out
the money that was found in the house,
and have delivered it into
the hand of the workmen
who have the oversight of the Lord’s house.”
Shaphan the scribe also told the king, saying,
“Hilkiah the priest has delivered a book to me.”
Shaphan read it before the king.
When the king had heard
the words of the book of the law,
he tore his clothes.
The king commanded Hilkiah the priest,
and Ahikam the son of Shaphan,
and Achbor the son of Micaiah,
and Shaphan the scribe,
and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
“Go inquire of the Lord for me,
and for the people and for all Judah,
concerning the words of this book
that is found;
for great is the wrath of the Lord
that is kindled against us,
because our fathers have not listened
to the words of this book,
to do according to all
that which is written concerning us.”

The king sent and gathered to him
all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
The king went up to the Lord’s house,
and all the men of Judah
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
and the priests, and the prophets,
and all the people both small and great:
and he read in their ears
all the words of the book of the covenant
which was found in the Lord’s house.
The king stood by the pillar,
and made a covenant before the Lord,
to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments,
and his testimonies, and his statutes,
with all his heart, and all his soul,
to confirm the words of this covenant
that were written in this book:
and all the people stood to the covenant.

Responsorial – Psalm 119.33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40 Resp. 33a

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.
I will keep them to the end.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law.
Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Direct me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in them.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Turn my heart toward your statutes,
not toward selfish gain.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things.
Revive me in your ways.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Behold, I long for your precepts!
Revive me in your righteousness.

R. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes.

Gospel – Matthew 7.15-20

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Beware of false prophets,
who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but inwardly are ravening wolves.
By their fruits you will know them.
Do you gather grapes from thorns,
or figs from thistles?
Even so, every good tree produces beautiful fruit;
but the rotten tree produces worthless fruit.
A good tree cannot produce worthless fruit,
neither can a rotten tree produce beautiful fruit.
Every tree that does not produce beautiful fruit
is cut down and thrown into the fire.
Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

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