Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,8-9,12-13,14 & 17

Gospel: Matthew 10:16-23

Jesus said to his Apostles: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 11:1-4,8c-9
Psalm: 79 (80):2ac & 3b,15-16

Gospel: Matthew 10:7-15

Jesus said to his Apostles: “As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.” Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
no sack for the journey, or a second tunic, or sandals, or walking stick… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 10:1-3,7-8,12
Psalm: 104 (105):2-3,4-5,6-7

Gospel: Matthew 10:1-7

Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.

The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him… Read more »