Monday, June 21, 2010

June 27, 2010 “Go and proclaim the kingdom of God”

Readings for Sunday


ENTRANCE ANTIPHON Psalm 46:2 
All nations, clap your hands. Shout with a voice of joy to God. 

FIRST READING 1 Kings 19:16b, 19–21 (99C) 
The Lord instructed Elijah to anoint Elisha as a prophet to succeed 
him. Elijah went to Elisha and threw his cloak over him. Receiving 
this sign, Elisha slaughtered his oxen for his people to eat. Then he 
left to follow Elijah. 


RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 16:1–2, 5, 7–8, 9–10, 11 
You are my inheritance, O Lord. 

SECOND READING Galatians 5:1, 13–18 
Paul preached the freedom of Christ to the Galatians. He encour- 
aged them not to take on the burden of slavery a second time. “I say, 
then: live by the Spirit.” 

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1 Samuel 3:9; John 6:68c 
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening;  you have the words of  
everlasting life. 

GOSPEL Luke 9:51–62 
As Jesus proceeded toward Jerusalem, he encouraged passersby to 
break with the past and follow him. “Go and proclaim the kingdom 
of God,” he invited. “No one who...looks to what was left behind 
is fit for the kingdom of God.” 

COMMUNION ANTIPHON Psalm 102:1 
O, bless the Lord, my soul, and all that is within me bless his  
holy name. 
Or John 17:20–21 
Father, I pray for them: may they be one in us, so that the world 
may believe it was you who sent me.

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