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Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time of Sunday July 9, 2023

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July 9, 2023

Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with saving justice.

Texts of the day

Texts of the day

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First reading

First Reading (Zechariah 9:9-10)

Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an...

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Psalm

Responsorial Psalm  (145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14)

I will extol you, O my God and King,     and I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless you,     and I will praise your name forever and ever. R.  The LORD...

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Second reading

Second Reading  (Romans 8:9, 11-13)

Brothers and sisters: You are not in the flesh; on the contrary, you are in the spirit, if only the Spirit of God dwells in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. If...

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Gospel

Gospel  (Matthew 11:25-30)

A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.  Glory to you, O Lord. At that time Jesus exclaimed: “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise...

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Wisdom and foolishness

The God-given gifts of wisdom and intelligence often get short shrift in the teaching of Jesus, who thanks God in today’s gospel for having hidden the truth from the wise and powerful. Jesus is not so much disparaging the gifts...

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