Catholic Daily Reading. Sunday of Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time- Year B. 15th of July, 2018.

SUNDAY 15 JULY, 2018
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
Vestment: Green
Today’s Rosary: Glorious Mystery
SAINT BONAVENTURE, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Memorial)
Theme of the Sunday: The Announcement of the Gospel and Money. Should the person who teaches the word of God be paid? The readings today invite us to reflect on what might happen if the bringer of the Gospel draws financial advantages from his preaching. The first shows us the prophet Amos, who tells us that money is a great danger for the freedom of the prophet who announces the word of God. The gospel lists the instructions of Jesus to his disciples. They must avoid even the smallest suspicion that they may be working for their own economic advantage. The second reading speaks of the gratuity of the love of our Father, and is an invitation to share gratuitously with others the gifts we have received.

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The Gloria     
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

FIRST READING
“Go, prophesy to my people.”
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos (Amos 7 :12- 15)
In those days: Amaziah the priest of Bethel said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.” Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am no prophet, nor a prophet’s son; but I am a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees, and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel. ”’

The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM    (Psalm 85 :9ab and  10.11- 12.13-14 (R. 8)
R. Let us see, O Lord, your mercy,
    and grant us your salvation.

I will hear what the Lord God speaks;
he speaks of peace for his people and his faithful.
His salvation is near for those who fear him,
and his glory will dwell in our land. R.

Merciful love and faithfulness have met;
justice and peace have kissed.
Faithfulness shall spring from the earth,
and justice look down from heaven. R.

Also the Lord will bestow his bounty,
and our earth shall yield its increase.
Justice will march before him,
and guide his steps on the way. R.

SECOND READING  
“He chose us in him before the foundation of the world.”
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:3-14)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace which he lavished upon us. For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things  on earth.*
In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will, we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory. In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the Gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

The word of the Lord.*

ALLELUIA  Ephesians 1:17-18
Alleluia. May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our heart that we might know what is the hope to which he has called us. Alleluia.

GOSPEL
“He began to send them out.”
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Mark (Mark 6 : 7-13)
Jesus called to him the Twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits. He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money in their belts; but to wear sandals and not put on two tunics. And he said to them, “Where you enter a house, stay there until you leave the place. And if any place will not receive you and they refuse to hear you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet for a testimony against them.” So they went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many that were sick and healed them.

The Gospel of the Lord.

The Creed (I Believe)
I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.  He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL
God chose us in Christ.

PRIEST: My brothers and sisters just as Jesus sent out his apostles, he also sends us to preach his gospel. Let us ask the Lord for all the graces which such a mission requires.

READER:       
FOR THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, pausemay her preaching not be confined to Christians but reach our to everyone, so that she may fulfill her Lord’s command, who wishes that no one should be lost. pause Lord, give us the grace; to be your witnesses we pray Oh Lord.

FOR THOSE WHO REPRESENT US IN GOVERNMENT pause may they serve all the people with integrity, and have the courage of their Christian convictions, even when these go against party politics. pause Lord, give us the grace; to be your witnesses we pray Oh Lord.

FOR MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE FEW MATERIAL RESOURCES, pause may they appreciate that, in their poverty, Christi is calling them in a special way As he did the first apostles, And may we help them by our prayers And practical assistance. pause Lord, give us the grace; to be your witnesses we pray Oh Lord.

FOR A SENSE OF MISSION IN THE COMMUNITY, pause may we bring Christ’s saving gospel to all those whom we meet, not trusting in our own strength but in the power of the Holy Spirit at work in us. pause Lord, give us the grace; to be your witnesses we pray Oh Lord.

PRIEST:  We pray in silence for our private petitions to God our Father, who cares for us.

Father, for the mission you give us, and the graces to fulfill it, we make our prayers. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.