Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time (II)

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Isaiah 6.1-8

In the year that King Uzziah died,
I saw the Lord sitting on a throne,
high and lifted up;
and the train of his garment filled the temple.

Above him stood the seraphim.
Each one had six wings.
With two they covered their face.
With two they covered their feet.
With two they flew.
Each one called to another, and said,
“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts!
The whole earth is full of his glory!”

The foundations of the thresholds
shook at the voice of the call,
and the house was filled with smoke.
So I said, “Woe is me!
For I am undone,
because I am a man of unclean lips,
and I dwell among a people of unclean lips:
for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me,
having a live coal in their hand,
which they had taken with the tongs from off the altar.
They 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 93.1ab, 1cd-2, 5 Resp. 1a

R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!

The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!
The Lord is robed and armed with strength.

R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!

The world he has established.
It cannot be moved.
Your throne is established from long ago.
You are from everlasting, O Lord.

R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!

Your statutes are very trustworthy.
Holiness adorns your house,
O Lord, forever more.

R. The Lord reigns! He is clothed with majesty!

Gospel – Matthew 10.24-33

Jesus said to his Apostles:
“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 do not be afraid of them,
for there is nothing concealed
that will not be revealed;
nor 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.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body,
but are unable to kill the soul.
Rather, fear him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in Gehenna.

Are not two sparrows sold for a quarter?
Yet not one of them falls on the ground
without your Father,
and the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Therefore do not be afraid.
You are of more value than many sparrows.

Everyone therefore
who acknowledges me before humans,
I will also acknowledge them
before my Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies me before humans,
I will also deny them
before my Father who is in heaven.”

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