Wednesday of the 14th week of Ordinary Time

1Israel is a leafy vine, its fruit has been suitable to him. According to the multitude of his fruit, he has multiplied altars; according to the fertility of his land, he has abounded with graven images. 2His heart has been divided, so now they will cross the divide. He will break apart their images; he will plunder their sanctuaries. 3For now they will say, “We have no king. For we do not fear the Lord. And what would a king do for us?”

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7Samaria has required her king to pass by, like foam on the face of the water. 8And the heights of the idol, the sin of Israel, will be utterly destroyed. The burr and the thistle will rise up over their altars. And they will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us,’ and to the hills, ‘Fall on us.’

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12Sow for yourselves in justice, and harvest in the mouth of mercy; renew your fallow land. But the time when you will seek the Lord is the time when he will arrive who will teach you justice.

2Sing to him, and sing psalms to him. Describe all his wonders.

3Be praised in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.

4Seek the Lord, and be confirmed. Seek his face always.

5Remember his miracles, which he has done, his portents and the judgments of his mouth:

6you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.

7He is the Lord our God. His judgments are throughout the entire earth.

1And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to cure every sickness and every infirmity. 2Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, 3James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, 4Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5Jesus sent these twelve, instructing them, saying: “Do not travel by the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter into the city of the Samaritans, 6but instead go to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel. 7And going forth, preach, saying: ‘For the kingdom of heaven has drawn near.’