Tuesday, 20th Week in Ordinary Time – Year II

Send us Fan MailTuesday, 20 August 2024Tuesday, 20th Week in Ordinary Time – Year IISt Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the ChurchAntiphons on page 1727 and Readings on page 1177 of the Daily Missal Entrance Antiphon.Filled by the Lord with a spirit of understanding, blessed Bernard ministered streams of clear teaching to the people of God. First Reading: Ezekiel 28:1-10A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel.The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: “Because your heart is proud and you have said, “I am a god; I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas,” yet you are but a mortal, and no god, though you consider yourself as wise as a god you are indeed wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you; by your wisdom and your understanding, you have gotten wealth for yourself, and have gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; by your great wisdom in trade, you have increased your wealth, and your heart has become proud in your wealth. Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you consider yourself as wise as a god, therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations; and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom and defile your splendour. They shall thrust you down to the Pit, and you shall die the death of the slainin the heart of the seas. Will, you still say, “I am a god,” in the presence of those who slay you, though you are but a mortal and no god, in the hands of those who wound you? You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, says the Lord God.”The Word of the Lord. Responsorial Psalm:  Deuteronomy 32:26-27ab.27cd-28.30.35cd-36abLet us now pray the Responsorial Psalm R/. I kill and I make alive.“I would have said, ‘I will scatter them afar,I will make the remembrance of them cease from among men.’had I not feared provocation by the enemy,lest their adversaries judge amiss.”“Lest they should say, ‘Our hand is triumphant,the Lord has not wrought all this.’For they are a nation void of counsel,and there is no understanding in them.”“How should one chase a thousandand two put ten thousand to flight,unless their Rock had sold them,and the Lord had given them up?”“For the day of their calamity is at hand,and their doom comes swiftly.For the Lord will vindicate his people,and have compassion on his servants.”R/. I kill and I make alive. Please stand for the Gospel.Alleluia, Alleluia.Though Jesus Christ was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.Alleluia. Gospel: Matthew 19:23-30A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astounded,saying, “Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With people this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.” Then Peter said in reply,