Sunday 28 June, 2026 Sunday, Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Cycle A Antiphons and readings on p.989 of Daily Missal and p.352 of Sunday Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance AntiphonAll peoples, clap your hands. Cry to God with shouts of joy.First Reading: 2 Kings 4:8-11.14-16aA reading from the second Book of KingsOne day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who is continually passing our way. Let us make a small roof chamber with walls, and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.” One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. And he said to Gehazi his servant, “What is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.”The word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 89:2-3.16-17.18-19R/: I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord.I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord;Through all ages my mouth will proclaim your fidelity.I have declared your mercy is established forever;Your fidelity stands firm as the heavens.How blessed the people who know your praise,who walk, O Lord, in the light of your face,who find their joy every day in your name,who make your justice their joyful acclaim.For you are the glory of their strength;by your favour it is that our might is exalted.Behold, the Lord is our shield;He is the Holy One of Israel, our king.R/: I will sing forever of your mercies, O Lord.Second Reading: Romans 6:3-4.8-11A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the RomansBrothers and sisters: All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.The word of the Lord.Alleluia, alleluia.You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation; declare the wonderful deeds of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 10:37-42A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew At that time: Jesus said to his apostles, “He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”The Gospel of the Lord.Communion AntiphonBless the Lord, O my soul, and all within me, his holy name.