The Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Jer 20, 10-13
Psalm: 68 (69), 8-10.14.17.33-35
Second Reading: Rom 5, 12-15
Gospel: Mt 10, 26-33
Jesus said to this apostles: Therefore do not be afraid of people. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.”