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Tuesday, 22 June 2027

Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop/Saints John Fisher, Bishop and Thomas More, Martyrs

Ordinary Time · Green

Readings for the universal ChurchGeneral Roman Calendar, used by Catholics worldwide

First Reading

Genesis 13:2, 5-18

2And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

5But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents. 6Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together. 7Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country. 8Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren. 9Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left. 10And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor. 11And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other. 12Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom. 13And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure. 14And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west. 15All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever. 16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also. 17Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee. 18So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 15:2-3a, 3bc-4ab, 5

2He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:

3He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

4In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;

5He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.

Gospel

Matthew 7:6, 12-14

6Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

12All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets. 13Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. 14How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

Same readings worldwide and in the United States.

Text: Douay-Rheims (public domain). Reading citations: cpbjr/catholic-readings-api (MIT license). The Lectionary text used at Mass in the United States is the NABRE, which you can read at USCCB.