Weekdays | Ordinary Time III

For the Weekdays of Ordinary Time the Lectionary has a two year cycle of readings — I and II. The Gospel reading is common to both cycles; the First Reading and Psalm are different. As a rule Year I corresponds to odd-numbered years (2015, 2017 etc.) and Year II to even-numbered years.

Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Colour
Green
Mass
Preface of Weekdays
Office
Psalter Week III
Monday
Reading (I)2 Corinthians 6:1-10Let us prove we are servants of God
Psalm (I)Ps 97:1-4 r.2The Lord has made known his salvation
Reading (II)Kings 21:1-16Naboth has been stoned to death.
Psalm (II)Ps 5:2-3. 5-7 r.2Give heed to my groaning, O Lord.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word,

and my Father will love him and we shall come to him.
Ps 118:105Your word is a lamp for my steps

and a light for my path.
GospelMatthew 5:38-42I say this to you: offer the wicked man no resistance.
Tuesday
Reading (I)2 Corinthians 8:1-9Christ became poor for your sake.
Psalm (I)Ps 145:2. 5-9 r.2My soul gives praise to the Lord.

Or Alleluia!
Reading (II)Kings 21:17-29You led Israel into sin.
Psalm (II)Ps 50:3-6. 11. 16. r.3Have mercy on us , Lord, for we have sinned.
Gospel Acclamation2 Corinthians 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,

and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled.
John 13:34I give you a new commandment:

love one another just as I have loved you, says the Lord
GospelMatthew 5:43-48Love your enemies.
Wednesday
Reading (I)2 Corinthians 9:6-11God loves a cheerful giver.
Psalm (I)Ps 111:1-4. 9. r.1Happy the man who fears the Lord

Or Alleluia!
Reading (II)2 Kings 2:1. 6-14A chariot of fire appeared and Elijah went up to heaven.
Psalm (II)Ps 30:20. 21. 24. r.25Let your heart take courage, all who hope in the Lord.
Gospel AcclamationColossians 3:16. 17Let the message of Christ, in all its richness, find a home with you;

through him give thanks to God the Father.
John 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word,

and my Father will love him and we shall come to him.
GospelMatthew 6:1-6. 16-18Your Father who sees all that is done in secret will reward you.
Thursday
Reading (I)2 Corinthians 11:1-11I preached the gospel of God to you and took no fee for it.
Psalm (I)Ps 110:1-4. 7-8. r.7Your works, O Lord, are justice and truth.

Or Alleluia!
Reading (II)Ecclesiasticus 48:1-14Elijah was shrouded in the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit.
Psalm (II)Ps 96:1-7 r.12Rejoice, you just, in them Lord.
Gospel AcclamationI Samuel 3:9; John 6:68Speak, Lord, your servant is listening:

you have the message of eternal life.
Romans 8:15The spirit you receive is the spirit of sons,

and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’
GospelMatthew 6:7-15You should pray like this.
Friday
Reading (I)1 Corinthians 11:18. 21-30To leave out much more, there is my preoccupation: my anxiety for all the churches.
Psalm (I)Ps 33:2-7 r.18The Lord rescues the just in all their distress
Reading (II)2 Kings 11:1-4. 9-18.20They anointed Jehoash and shouted, ‘Long live the king!’
Psalm (II)Ps 131:11-14. 17-18 r.13The Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 8:12I am the light of the world, says the Lord,

anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Matthew 5:3How happy are the poor in spirit;

theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
GospelMatthew 6:19-23Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Saturday
Reading (I)1 Corinthians 12:1-10I shall be very happy to make my weaknesses my special boast.
Psalm (I)Ps 33:8-13 r.9Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading (II)2 Chronicles 24:17-25You murdered Zachariah between the sanctuary and the altar.
Psalm (II)Ps 88:4-5. 29-34 r.29I will keep my love for him always.
Gospel AcclamationMatthew 4:4Man does not live on bread alone,

but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
2 Corinthians 8:9Jesus Christ was rich, but he became poor for your sake.

to make you rich out of his poverty.
GospelMatthew 6:24-34Do not worry about tomorrow.

Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

Colour
Green
Mass
Preface of Weekdays
Office
Psalter Week IV
Monday
Reading (I)Genesis 12:1-9Abram went as the Lord told him.
Psalm (I)Ps 32:12-13. 18-20.22 r.12Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own.
Reading (II)2 Kings 17:5-8. 13-15. 18The Lord thrust Israel away from him and there was none left but the tribe of Judah.
Psalm (II)Ps 59:3-5. 12-13 r.7Hear us, O Lord, and help us.
Gospel Acclamationcf. John 17:17Your word is truth, O Lord,

consecrate us in the truth.
 Hebrew 4:12The word of God is something alive and active;

it can judge secret emotions and thoughts.
GospelMatthew 7:1-5Take the plank out of your own eye first.
Tuesday
Reading (I)Genesis 13:2. 5-18Let there be no dispute between me and you, for we are brothers.
Psalm (I)Ps 14:2-5 r.1The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
Reading (II)2 Kings 19:9-11. 14-21. 31-36I will protect this city and save it for my own sake and for the sake of David.
Psalm (II)Ps 47:2-4. 10-11. r.9God upholds his city for ever.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Matthew 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
 John 8:12I am the light of the world, says the Lord,

anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
GospelMatthew 7:26. 12-14Always treat others as you would like them to treat you.
Wednesday
Reading (I)Genesis 15:1-12. 17-18 2. 15-16Abraham put his faith in God, and his faith was considered as justifying him. The Lord made a Covenant with Abraham
shorterGenesis 16:6-1Abraham put his faith in God, and his faith was considered as justifying him. The Lord made a Covenant with Abraham
Psalm (I)Ps 104:1-4. 6-9 r.8The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Reading (II)2 Kings 2:8-13; 23:1-3In the people’s hearing the king read out everything that was said in the book of the covenant found in the Temple of the Lord, and in the presence of the Lord he made a covenant.
Psalm (II)Ps 118:33-37. 40. r.33Lord, teach me your statutes.
Gospel AcclamationPs 118:88Because of your love, give me life,

and I will do your will.
 John 15:4. 5Make your home in me, as I make mine in you, says the Lord;

whoever remains in me bears fruit in plenty.
GospelMatthew 7:15-20You will be able to tell them by their fruits.
Thursday
Reading (I)Genesis 16:1-12. 15-16Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave him the name Ishmael.
Psalm (I)Ps 105:1-5 r.1O give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
Reading (II)2 Kings 24:8-17The king of Babylon deported Jehoiachin and all the nobility of the country of Babylon.
Psalm (II)Ps 78:1-5, 8-9 r.9Rescue us, O Lord, for the glory of your name.
Gospel AcclamationHebrew 4-12The word of God is something alive and active;

it can judge secret emotions and thoughts.
 John 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word,

and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
GospelMatthew 7:21-29The house built on rock and the house built on sand.
Friday
Reading (I)Genesis 17:1.9-10. 15-22All your males must be circumcised, and this shall be the sign of the Covenant. Sarah shall bear you a son.
Psalm (I)Ps 127:1-5 r.4Indeed thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord.
Reading (II)2 Kings 25:1-12Judah was deported from its land.
Psalm (II)Ps 136:1-6 r.6O let my tongue cleave to my mouth if I remember you not.
Gospel AcclamationPs 144:13The Lord is faithful in all his words

and loving in all his deeds.
 Matthew 8:17He took our sicknesses away

and carried our diseases for us.
GospelMatthew 8:1-4If you want to, you can cure me.
Saturday
Reading (I)Genesis 18:1-15Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? I shall visit you again and Sarah will have a son.
Psalm (I)Luke 1:46-50. 53-55. r.54The Lord remembered his mercy.
Reading (II)Lamentations 2:2. 10-14. 18-19Cry aloud to the Lord, daughter of Zion.
Psalm (II)Ps 73:1-7. 20-21. r.19Do not forget your poor servants for ever.
Gospel Acclamationcf. 2 Timothy 1:10Our Saviour Christ Jesus abolished death,

and he has proclaimed life through the Good News.
 Matthew 8:17He took our sicknesses away,

and carried our diseases for us.
GospelMatthew 8:5-17Many will come from east and west to take their places with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Colour
Green
Mass
Preface of Weekdays
Office
Psalter Week I
Monday
Reading (I)Genesis 18:16-33Are you going to destroy the just man with the sinner?
Psalm (I)Ps 102:1-4. 8-11 r.8The Lord is compassion and love.
Reading (II)Amos 2:6-10. 13-16.They trample on the heads of ordinary people.
Psalm (II)Ps 49:16-23. r.22Mark this, you who never think of God.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 8:12.I am the light of the world, says the Lord,

anyone who follows me will have the light of life..
 Ps 94:8Harden not your hearts today,

but listen to the voice of the Lord.
GospelMatthew 8:18-22Follow me.
Tuesday
Reading (I)Genesis 19:15-29The Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Psalm (I)Ps 25:2-3. 9-12. r.3Your love, O Lord, is before my eyes.
Reading (II)Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12.The Lord speaks who can refuse to prophesy?
Psalm (II)Ps 5:5-8 r.9Lead me Lord in your justice.
Gospel AcclamationPs 147:12. 15.O praise the Lord, Jerusalem!

He sends out his word to the earth.
 Ps 129:5My soul is waiting for the Lord,

I count on his word.
GospelMatthew 8:23-27.He stood up and rebuked the winds and the seas; and all was calm again.
Wednesday
Reading (I)Genesis 21:5. 8-20The slave-girl’s son is not to share the inheritance with my son Isaac.
Psalm (I)Ps 33:7-8. 10-13. r.7This poor man called; the Lord heard him.
Reading (II)Amos 5:14-15. 21-24.Let me have no more of the din of your chanting, but let integrity flow like an unfailing stream.
Psalm (II)Ps 49:7-13. 16-17. r.23I will show God’s salvation to the upright.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:6I am the Way the Truth and the Life, says the Lord;

no one can come to the Father except through me.
 James 1:18By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth,

so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all that he created.
GospelMatthew 8:28-34Have you come here to torture the devils before the time?
Thursday
Reading (I)Genesis 22:1-19.The sacrifice of our father Abraham.
Psalm (I)Ps 114:1-6. 8-9. r.9I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living.
Reading (II)Amos 7:10-17Go prophesy to my people.
Psalm (II)Ps 18:8-11. r.10The decrees of the Lord are truth and all of them just.
Gospel AcclamationMatthew 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
 2 Corinthians 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,

and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled.
GospelMatthew 9:1-8They praised God for giving such power to men.
Friday
Reading (I)Genesis 23:1-4 19; 24:1-8. 62-67Isaac loved Rebekah and so was consoled for the loss of his mother.
Psalm (I)Ps 105:1-5. r.1O give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
Reading (II)Amos 8:4-6. 9-12.I will bring famine on the country, a famine not of bread, but of hearing the word of the Lord.
Psalm (II)Ps 118:2. 10. 20. 30. 40. 131. r. Matthew 4:4Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Gospel AcclamationPs 24:4. 5Teach me your paths, my God,

make me walk in your truth.
 Matthew 11:28Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened,

and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
GospelMatthew 9:9-13It is not the healthy who need the doctor; what I want is mercy not sacrifice.
Saturday
Reading (I)Genesis 27:1-5. 15-29Jacob supplanted his brother and took his brother’s blessing.
Psalm (I)Ps 134:1-6. r.3Praise the Lord for the Lord is good.
Reading (II)Amos 9:11-15.I mean to restore the fortunes of my captive people, and I will plant them in their own country.
Psalm (II)Ps 84:9. 11-14. r.9The Lord speaks peace to his people.
Gospel AcclamationPs 118:135Let your face shine on your servant,

and teach me your decrees.
 John 10:27The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord,

I know them and they follow me.
GospelMatthew 9:14-17Surely the bridegroom’s attendants would never think of mourning as long as the bridegroom is still with them?

Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Colour
Green
Mass
Preface of Weekdays
Office
Psalter Week II
Monday
Reading (I)Genesis 28:10-22.He saw a ladder standing there, and there were angels of God going up it and coming down, and God was speaking
Psalm (I)Ps 90:1-4. 14-15. r.2My God in you I trust.
Reading (II)Hosea 2:16-18. 21-22I will betroth you to myself for ever.
Psalm (II)Ps 144:2-9. r.8The Lord is kind and full of compassion.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 6:63. 68Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life:

you have the message of eternal life.
 2 Timothy 1:10Our Saviour Christ Jesus abolished death,

and he has proclaimed life through the Good News.
GospelMatthew 9:18-26My daughter has just died, but come and her life will be saved.
Tuesday
Reading (I)Genesis 32:23-33Your name shall be Israel, because you have been strong against God.
Psalm (I)Ps 16:1-3. 6-8. 15. r.15Lord in my justice I shall see your face.
Reading (II)Hosea 8:4-7. 11-13They sow the wind, they will reap the whirlwind.
Psalm (II)Ps 113B:3-10. r.9Sons of Israel, trust in the Lord.
Gospel AcclamationEphesians 1:17. 18May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind,

so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
 John 10:14I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;

I know my own sheep, and my own know me.
GospelMatthew 9:32-38The harvest is rich but the labourers are few.
Wednesday
Reading (I)Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7. 17-24Truly we are being called to account for our brother.
Psalm (I)Ps 32:2-3. 10-11. 18-19. r.22May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.
Reading (II)Hosea 10:1-3. 7-8. 12It is time to go seeking the Lord.
Psalm (II)Ps 104:2-7. r.4Constantly seek the face of the Lord.
Gospel AcclamationJames 1:18By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth,

so that we should be a sort of first-fruits of all that he created.
 Mark 1:15The kingdom of God is close at hand,

repent and believe the Good News.
GospelMatthew 10:1-7Go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Thursday
Reading (I)Genesis 44:18-21. 23-29; 45:1-5God sent me into Egypt to preserve your lives.
Psalm (I)Ps 104:16-21. r.5Remember the wonders the Lord has done.
Reading (II)Hosea 11:1-4. 8-9My heart recoils from it.
Psalm (II)Ps 79:2-3. 15-16. r.4Let your face shine on us, O Lord, and we shall be saved.
Gospel AcclamationPs 94:8Harden not your hearts today,

but listen to the voice of the Lord.
 Mark 1:15The kingdom of God is close at hand,

repent and believe the Good News.
GospelMatthew 10:7-15You received without charge, give without charge.
Friday
Reading (I)Genesis 46:1-7. 28-30I can die, now that I have seen you.
Psalm (I)Ps 36:3-4. 18-19. 27-28. 39-40. r.39The salvation of the just comes from the Lord.
Reading (II)Hosea 14:2-10We will not say any more, ‘Our God!’ to what our own hands have made.
Psalm (II)Ps 50:3-4. 8-9. 12-14. 17. r.17My mouth shall declare your praise.
Gospel Acclamation1 Peter 1:25The word of the Lord remains for ever:

What is this word? It is the Good News that has been brought to you.
 John 16:13; 14:26When the Spirit of truth comes he will lead you to the complete truth,

and he will remind you of all I have said to you.
GospelMatthew 10:16-23It is not you who will be speaking; the Spirit of the Father will be speaking in you.
Saturday
Reading (I)Genesis 49:29-33; 50:15-26God will be sure to remember you kindly and take you back from this country.
Psalm (I)Ps 104:1-4. 6-7. r. Ps 68:33Seek the Lord, you who are poor, and your hearts will revive.
Reading (II)Isaiah 6:1-8I am a man of unclean lips, and my eyes have looked
Psalm (II)Ps 92:1-2. 5. r.1The Lord is king, with majesty enrobed.
Gospel Acclamation1 John 2:5When anyone obeys what Christ has said,

God’s love comes to perfection in him.
1 Peter 4:14It is a blessing for you, when they insult you for bearing the name of Christ,

for the Spirit of God rests on you.
GospelMatthew 10:24-38Do not be afraid of those who can kill the body.

Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Colour
Green
Mass
Preface of Weekdays
Office
Psalter Week III
Monday
Reading (I)Exodus 1:8-14. 22We must take steps against Israel increasing any further.
Psalm (I)Ps 123. r.8Our help is the name of the Lord.
Reading (II)Isaiah 1:10-17Make yourselves clean. Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.
Psalm (II)Ps 49:8-9. 16-17. 21. 23. r.23I will show God’s salvation to the upright.
Gospel AcclamationActs 16:14Open our heart, O Lord,

to accept the words of your Son.
 Matthew 5:10Happy those who are persecuted in the cause of right,

for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
GospelMatthew 10:34-11:1It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword.
Tuesday
Reading (I)Exodus 2:1-15Pharaoh’s daughter named him Moses because, she said, ‘I drew him out of the water.’ Later, when he was a man, he set out to visit his countrymen.
Psalm (I)Ps 68:3. 14. 30-31. 33-34. r.33Seek the Lord, you who are poor, and your hearts will revive.
Reading (II)Isaiah 7:1-9If you do not stand by me, you will not stand at all.
Psalm (II)Ps 47:2-8. r.9God upholds his city for ever.
Gospel AcclamationPs 118:34Train me, Lord, to observe your law,

to keep it with my heart.
 Ps 94:8Harden not your hearts today,

but listen to the voice of the Lord.
GospelMatthew 11:20-24It will not go as hard on Judgement day with Tyre and Sidon and with the land of Sodom as with you.
Wednesday
Reading (I)Exodus 3:1-6. 9-12The Lord appeared to Moses in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush.
Psalm (I)Ps 102:1-4. 6-7. r.8The Lord is compassion and love.
Reading (II)Isaiah 10:5-7. 13-16Does the axe claim more credit than the man who wields it?
Psalm (II)Ps 93:5-10. 14-15. r.14The Lord will not abandon his people.
Gospel AcclamationMatthew 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,

for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
GospelMatthew 11:25-27You have hidden these things from the learned and revealed them to mere children.
Thursday
Reading (I)Exodus 3:13-20I Am who I Am. I Am has sent me to you.
Psalm (I)Ps 104:1. 5. 8-9. 24-27. r.8The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Reading (II)Isaiah 26:7-9. 12. 16-19Awake, exult, all you who lie in the dust.
Psalm (II)Ps 101:13-21. r.20The Lord looked down from heaven to the earth.
Gospel AcclamationPs 129:5My soul is waiting for the Lord,

I count on his word.
Matthew 11:28Come to me all who labour and are overburdened,

and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
GospelMatthew 11:28-30I am gentle and humble in heart.
Friday
Reading (I)Exodus 11:10-12:14You shall slaughter a lamb between the two evenings; and when I see the blood I will pass over you.
Psalm (I)Ps 115:12-13. 15-18. r.13The cup of salvation I will raise; I will cal on the Lord’s name
Reading (II)Isaiah 38:1-6. 21-22. 7-8I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.
Psalm (II)Isaiah 38:10-12. 16. r.27You have held back my life, O Lord, from the pit of doom.
Gospel AcclamationPs 26:1Instruct me, Lord, in your way;

on an even path lead me.
 John 10:27The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord,

I know them and they follow me.
GospelMatthew 12:1-8The son of Man is master of the sabbath.
Saturday
Reading (I)Exodus 12:37-42It was the night that the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt.
Psalm (I)Ps 135:1. 10-15. 23-24O give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
Reading (II)Micah 2:1-5They seized the fields and took over the houses.
Psalm (II)Ps 9B:1-4. 7-8. 14. r.12Lord, do not forget the poor.
Gospel AcclamationPs 117:27Make me grasp the way of your precepts,

and I will muse on your wonders.
2 Corinthians 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself,

and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled.
GospelMatthew 12:14-21Jesus warned them not to make him known; this was to fulfil the prophecy.