ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
-First Reading – Exodus 19:2-6a God tells Moses at Sinai: “If you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession… a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”
God chooses us first. Our job is to say “yes” and live differently.
-Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 100:1b-2, 3, 5 R/. We are his people, the sheep of his flock.
-Second Reading – Romans 5:6-11 “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” We were reconciled to God through His Son’s death. Now we’re saved by His life.
Sacred Heart Friday fits perfectly here — Christ died out of love before we deserved it.
-Gospel Acclamation – Mark 1:15 Alleluia, alleluia. The Kingdom of God is at hand;
repent, and believe in the Gospel.
-Gospel – Matthew 9:36-10:8 Jesus sees the crowds: “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.”
So He calls the 12 apostles, gives them authority, and sends them: “Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”
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