Saturday of the 12th week of Ordinary Time

1Then the Lord appeared to him, in the steep valley of Mamre, when he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day. 2And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground. 3And he said: “If I, O lord, have found grace in your eyes, do not pass by your servant. 4But I will bring a little water, and you may wash your feet and rest under the tree. 5And I will set out a meal of bread, so that you may strengthen your heart; after this you will pass on. It is for this reason that you have turned aside to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have spoken.” 6Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and he said to her, “Quickly, mix together three measures of the finest wheat flour and make loaves baked under the ashes.” 7In truth, he himself ran to the herd, and he took a calf from there, very tender and very good, and he gave it to a servant, who hurried and boiled it. 8Likewise, he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and he placed it before them. Yet truly, he himself stood near them under the tree. 9And when they had eaten, they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He answered, “Behold, she is in the tent.” 10And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent. 11Now they were both old, and in an advanced state of life, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12And she laughed secretly, saying, “After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?” 13Then the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh, saying: ‘How can I, an old woman, actually give birth?’ 14Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.” 15Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh.” For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, “It is not so; for you did laugh.”

46And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord.

47And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Savior.

48For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.

49For he who is great has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

50And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him.

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53He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

54He has taken up his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy,

55just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”

5And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion approached, petitioning him, 6and saying, “Lord, my servant lies at home paralyzed and badly tormented.” 7And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8And responding, the centurion said: “Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9For I, too, am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10And, hearing this, Jesus wondered. And he said to those following him: “Amen I say to you, I have not found so great a faith in Israel. 11For I say to you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and they shall sit at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go, and just as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And the servant was healed at that very hour. 14And when Jesus had arrived at the house of Peter, he saw his mother-in-law lying ill with a fever. 15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose up and ministered to them. 16And when evening arrived, they brought to him many who had demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word. And he healed all those having maladies, 17in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah, saying, “He took our infirmities, and he carried away our diseases.”