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13 June 2026 (Saturday) | Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time | Memorial of The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

13 June 2026 (Saturday)

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Memorial of The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

First Reading: First Kings 19: 19-21

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 16: 1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10

Alleluia: Luke 2: 19

Gospel: Luke 2: 41-51

Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)

Liturgical color: White

Hymn

Mary Immaculate, star of the morning,

Chosen before the creation began,

Chosen to bring in the light of thy dawning,

Woe to the serpent and rescue to man.

Here, in this world of both shadow and sadness

Veiling thy splendour, thy course hast thou run:

Now thou art throned in all glory and gladness,

Crowned by the hand of thy Saviour and Son.

Sinners, we worship thy sinless perfection;

Fallen and weak, for thy pity we plead:

Grant us the shield of thy sov’reign protection,

Measure thine aid by the depth of our need.

Bend from thy throne at the voice of our crying,

Bend to this earth which thy footsteps have trod:

Stretch out thine arms to us, living and dying,

Mary Immaculate, Mother of God.

Reading: 1 Kings 19:19-21

(Reader) A reading from the First Book of Kings
19:19-21

Elijah set out, and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat,
as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen;
he was following the twelfth.
Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him.
Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,
"Please, let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,
and I will follow you."
Elijah answered, "Go back!
Have I done anything to you?"
Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them;
he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh,
and gave it to his people to eat.
Then he left and followed Elijah as his attendant.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.

(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10

R. (5a) You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, "My Lord are you."
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.
R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.
R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.
Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
Because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.
R. You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Luke 2:19

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed is the Virgin Mary who kept the word of God
and pondered it in her heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Luke 2:41-51

✠ A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke.

(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

Each year Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover,
and when he was twelve years old,
they went up according to festival custom.
After they had completed its days, as they were returning,
the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem,
but his parents did not know it.
Thinking that he was in the caravan,
they journeyed for a day
and looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances,
but not finding him,
they returned to Jerusalem to look for him.
After three days they found him in the temple,
sitting in the midst of the teachers,
listening to them and asking them questions,
and all who heard him were astounded
at his understanding and his answers.
When his parents saw him,
they were astonished,
and his mother said to him,
"Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety."
And he said to them,
"Why were you looking for me?
Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?"
But they did not understand what he said to them.
He went down with them and came to Nazareth,
and was obedient to them;
and his mother kept all these things in her heart.

(Reader) The Gospel of the Lord.

(All) Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

For our reflection today:

This devotional material is suitable for all levels of society, especially for personal, family and community use. Every group and community as well as the Congregation in the Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels) are encouraged to use it freely.

The words of the Popes.

If we want the world to change, then first our hearts must change. For this to happen, let us allow Our Lady to take us by the hand. Let us gaze upon her Immaculate Heart in which God dwelt, “our tainted nature’s solitary boast”. Mary is “full of grace” (v. 28), and thus free from sin. In her, there is no trace of evil and hence, with her, God was able to begin a new story of salvation and peace. There, in her, history took a turn. God changed history by knocking at the door of Mary’s heart.

We turn to our Mother, reposing all our fears and pain in her heart and abandoning ourselves to her. It means placing in that pure and undefiled heart, where God is mirrored, the inestimable goods of fraternity and peace, all that we have and are, so that she, the Mother whom the Lord has given us, may protect us and watch over us. (Pope Francis, Homily, 25 March 2022)

Morning and Evening Prayer Prayers according to the teachings of Holy Tradition and the Catholic Church

This prayer request must be prayed by all members who are in the Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love (Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels). This prayer can be prayed individually, in the family, in the community, especially for the benefit of the group or community that has been established. Each Congregation is obliged to pray the prayers that have been provided according to the official prayers of the Catholic Church which are determined and regulated liturgically and which are rooted in Holy Tradition and the Catholic Church.

INTERCESSIONS (Morning Prayer)

Let us proclaim the greatness of our Saviour who chose to be born of the Virgin Mary. Confident that he will hear us, we ask:

– Lord, may your mother pray for us.

Sun of justice, you showed your day was dawning in the immaculate Virgin Mary;

help us to walk in the daylight of your presence.

– Lord, may your mother pray for us.

Eternal Word, in the living flesh of Mary you found a dwelling place on earth;

remain with us for ever in hearts free from sin.

– Lord, may your mother pray for us.

Christ, our Saviour, you willed that your mother should be there when you died;

through her intercession may we rejoice to share your suffering.

– Lord, may your mother pray for us.

Loving Saviour, while hanging on the cross, you gave your mother Mary to be the mother of John;

let us be known as her children by our way of living.

– Lord, may your mother pray for us.

Additional prayers: After these prayers have been prayed, all of you may use prayers in your own words spontaneously and according to your individual circumstances and situations.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Concluding Prayer

God our Father,

you created a worthy dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit

in the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Grant that through her prayers

we may become a temple fit for your glory.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

DISMISSAL

When a priest or deacon presides over the Office and no other Hour follows:

Priest: The Lord be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

℟. Amen.

When no priest or deacon is present, or in recitation on one’s own, the conclusion is as follows:

The Lord bless us, and keep us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.

℟. Amen.

Hymn

In the beginning God created heaven,

The dark and empty earth;

His Spirit moved across the sombre waters

And stirred them with his breath.

Then God created light, and with its coming

The dark was swept away;

The morning came, and then the quiet evening:

The end of God’s first day.

To God the Father of the world give glory,

With Christ his only Son,

Who with the Spirit govern all creation:

Blest Trinity in One.

INTERCESSIONS (Evening Prayer)

Christ our Lord is mindful of all who need him, and does great things for love of them. Let us not be afraid to ask him for all our needs.