Mass of the day: Monday 15 July 2019

MONDAY 15 JULY 2019
Mass of the Day
SAN BONAVENTURA, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH - MEMORY

Liturgical Color White
Antiphon
The Lord chose him as his high priest,
opened his treasures to him,
filled him with every blessing.

Collection
Almighty God, look to us your faithful
gathered in memory of the birth to heaven
by Bishop San Bonaventura,
and let us be enlightened by his wisdom
and stimulated by his seraphic ardor.
For our Lord Jesus Christ.

First Reading
Let us be wary of Israel to prevent it from growing.
From the book of Exodus
Ex 1,8-14.22

In those days, a new king arose over Egypt, who had not known Joseph. He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we are." We try to be careful about him to prevent him from growing, otherwise, in case of war, he will join our adversaries, fight against us and then leave the country ».
Hence superintendents of forced labor were imposed on them to oppress them with their harassment, and so they built the city-depot for Pharaoh, that is, Pitom and Ramses. But the more they oppressed the people, the more they multiplied and grew, and they were appalled by the Israelites.
This is why the Egyptians made the children of Israel work hard. They made life bitter for them by hard slavery, forcing them to prepare clay and make bricks, and to all sorts of work in the fields; to all these jobs they forced them harshly.
Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Throw every male child who will be born into the Nile, but let every female live."

God's word

Responsorial Psalm
From Ps 123 (124)
A. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
If the Lord had not been for us
- say Israel -,
if the Lord had not been for us,
when we were attacked,
then they would swallow us alive,
when their anger flared up against us. R.

Then the waters would overwhelm us,
a stream would have submerged us;
then they would overwhelm us
rushing waters.
Blessed be the Lord,
who did not deliver us to their teeth. R.

We were released like a sparrow
from the snare of the hunters:
the snare broke
and we have escaped.
Our help is in the name of the Lord:
he made heaven and earth. R.

Gospel acclamation
Hallelujah, hallelujah.

Blessed are the persecuted for justice,
because of them is the kingdom of heaven. (Mt 5,10)

Hallelujah.

Gospel
I have come to bring not peace, but sword.
From the Gospel according to Matthew
Mt 10,34-11.1

At that time, Jesus said to his apostles:
«Do not believe that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have come to bring not peace, but sword. In fact, I have come to separate the man from his father and the daughter from his mother and the daughter-in-law from his mother-in-law; and enemies of man will be those of his house.
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Whoever keeps his life for himself will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.
Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet, will have the reward of the prophet, and whoever welcomes a just man because he is a just man, will have the reward of the just man.
Whoever has given even one glass of fresh water to drink to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, verily I say to you: he will not lose his reward ».
When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he left from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Word of the Lord

On offers
We offer you, Lord, this sacrifice of praise
in honor of your saints, in serene trust
to be freed from present and future evils
and to get the legacy you promised us.
For Christ our Lord.

Communion antiphon
The good shepherd gives his life
for the sheep of his flock. (See Jn 10,11:XNUMX)

After communion
Lord our God, communion with your holy mysteries
raise the flame of charity in us,
which incessantly fed the life of San Bonaventura
and pushed him to consume himself for your Church.
For Christ our Lord.