Mass of the day: Friday 19 July 2019

FRIDAY 19 JULY 2019
Mass of the Day
FRIDAY OF THE XNUMXTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME (ODD YEAR)

Green Liturgical Color
Antiphon
In justice I will contemplate your face,
when I wake up I will be satisfied with your presence. (Ps 16,15:XNUMX)

Collection
O God, show the light of your truth to wanderers.
so that they can return to the right path,
grant to all those who profess to be Christians
to reject what is contrary to this name
and to follow what conforms to it.
For our Lord Jesus Christ ...

First Reading
At sunset you will immolate the lamb; I will see the blood and pass on.
From the book of Exodus
Ex 11,10-12,14

In those days, Moses and Aaron had done all those wonders before Pharaoh; but the Lord had made Pharaoh's heart stubborn, who did not let the Israelites leave his land.
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: «This month will be the beginning of the months, it will be the first month of the year for you. Talk to the whole community of Israel and say, “On the XNUMXth of this month, each one should get one lamb per family, one lamb per house. If the family is too small for a lamb, it will join the neighbor, the closest to his home, according to the number of people; you will calculate how the lamb should be according to how much everyone can eat.
May your lamb be faultless, male, born in the year; you can choose it from the sheep or from the goats and you will keep it until the fourteenth of this month: then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will sacrifice it at sunset. Taking some of his blood, they will place it on the two jambs and on the architrave of the houses in which they will eat it.
On that night they will eat the meat roasted on the fire; they will eat it with unleavened herbs and bitter herbs. You will not eat it raw or boiled in water, but only roasted on the fire, with the head, legs and entrails. You do not have to move forward until morning: what is left in the morning, you will burn it in the fire. Here is how you will eat it: with girdled hips, sandals on your feet, stick in hand; you will eat it quickly. It is the Easter of the Lord!
On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike every firstborn in the land of Egypt, man or animal; thus I will do justice to all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord! The blood on the houses where you will find yourselves will serve as a sign in your favor: I will see the blood and pass on; there will be no scourge of extermination among you when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day will be a memorial for you; you will celebrate it as a feast of the Lord: from generation to generation you will celebrate it as a perennial rite "».

God's word

Responsorial Psalm
From Ps 115 (116)
R. I will raise the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
What will I return to the Lord
for all the benefits it has done me?
I will raise the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord. R.

In the eyes of the Lord it is precious
the death of his faithful.
I am your servant, son of your slave:
you broke my chains. R.

I will offer you a thanksgiving sacrifice
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
before all his people. R.

Gospel acclamation
Hallelujah, hallelujah.

My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord,
and I know them and they follow me. (Jn 10,27:XNUMX)

Hallelujah.

Gospel
The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
From the Gospel according to Matthew
Mt 12,1-8

At that time Jesus passed, on a Sabbath day, between wheat fields and his disciples were hungry and began to pick ears and eat them.
Seeing this, the Pharisees said to him, "Behold, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
But he said to them, "Did you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God and ate the loaves of the offering, which neither he nor his companions were allowed to eat, but only to the priests. Or have you not read in the Law that on Saturdays the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and yet are without fault? Now I tell you that there is one bigger than the temple here. If you had understood what "Mercy I want and not sacrifices" means, you would not have condemned people without fault. Because the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath ».

Word of the Lord

On offers
Look, Lord,
the gifts of your Church in prayer,
and turn them into spiritual food
for the sanctification of all believers.
For Christ our Lord.

Communion antiphon
The sparrow finds the house, the swallow the nest
where to place his little ones near your altars,
Lord of hosts, my king and my God.
Blessed are those who live in your home: always sing your praises. (Ps 83,4-5)

?Or:

The Lord says: «Whoever eats my flesh
and he drinks my blood, he remains in me and I in him ». (Jn 6,56)

After communion
Lord, who fed us at your table,
do that for communion with these holy mysteries
assert itself more and more in our life
the work of redemption.
For Christ our Lord.