Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year B
Reading 1
Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
Israel is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased
the more altars he built;
as his country improved he improved his pillars.
Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord will break down their altars,
and destroy their pillars.
For now they will say:
“We have no king, for we fear not the Lord,
and a king, what could he do for us?”
Samar´ia’s king shall perish,
like a chip on the face of the waters.
The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars;
and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us,
and to the hills, Fall upon us.
Sow for yourselves righteousness,
reap the fruit u of steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord ,
that he may come and rain salvation upon you.
Gospel
Mt 10:1-7
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zeb´edee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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