Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and The Nine Choirs of Angels): 16 June 2026 (Tuesday) | Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

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16 June 2026 (Tuesday) | Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time | Ordinary Weekday

16 June 2026 (Tuesday)

Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Ordinary Weekday

First Reading: First Kings 21: 17-29

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16; Refren: 3a

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 13: 34

Gospel: Matthew 5: 43-48

Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)

Liturgical color: Green

Hymn

O Christ, the Light of heaven

And of the world true Light,

You come in all your radiance

To cleave the web of night.

May what is false within us

Before your truth give way,

That we may live untroubled,

With quiet hearts this day.

May steadfast faith sustain us,

And hope made firm in you;

The love that we have wasted,

O God of love, renew.

Blest Trinity we praise you

In whom our quest will cease;

Keep us with you for ever

In happiness and peace.

First Reading: 1 Kings 21:17-29

You have provoked me by leading Israel to sin.

(Reader) A reading from the first Book of Kings.

After the death of Naboth the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite:
   “Start down to meet Ahab, king of Israel,
   who rules in Samaria.
He will be in the vineyard of Naboth,
   of which he has come to take possession.
This is what you shall tell him,
   ‘The LORD says: After murdering, do you also take possession?
For this, the LORD says:
   In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth,
   the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.’”
Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me out, my enemy?”
“Yes,” he answered.
“Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the LORD’s sight,
   I am bringing evil upon you: I will destroy you
   and will cut off every male in Ahab’s line,
   whether slave or freeman, in Israel.
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat,
   and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah,
   because of how you have provoked me by leading Israel into sin.”
(Against Jezebel, too, the LORD declared,
   “The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.”)
“When one of Ahab’s line dies in the city,
   dogs will devour him;
   when one of them dies in the field,
   the birds of the sky will devour him.”
Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil
   in the sight of the LORD as did Ahab,
   urged on by his wife Jezebel.
He became completely abominable by following idols,
   just as the Amorites had done,
   whom the LORD drove out before the children of Israel.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments
   and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh.
He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued.
Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite,
   “Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me?
Since he has humbled himself before me,
   I will not bring the evil in his time.
I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son.”

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.

(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16

℟. (3a) Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
   in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
   and of my sin cleanse me.

℟. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

For I acknowledge my offense,
   and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
   and done what is evil in your sight.”

℟. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Turn away your face from my sins,
   and blot out all my guilt.
Free me from blood guilt, O God, my saving God;
   then my tongue shall revel in your justice.

℟. Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 13: 34

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 5:43-48

Love your enemies.

✠ (Reader) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.

(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
   You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
   and pray for those who persecute you,
   that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
   for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
   and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have?
Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only,
   what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same?
So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

(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.

“You, therefore, must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5:48).

But who could become perfect? Our perfection is living humbly as children of God, doing his will in practice. St Cyprian wrote: “that the godly discipline might respond to God, the Father, that in the honour and praise of living, God may be glorified in man (De zelo et livore [On jealousy and envy], 15: CCL 3a, 83).

How can we imitate Jesus? He said: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in Heaven” (Mt 5:44-45). Anyone who welcomes the Lord into his life and loves him with all his heart is capable of a new beginning. He succeeds in doing God’s will: to bring about a new form of existence enlivened by love and destined for eternity.

A medieval author wrote: “When the whole of man’s being is, so to speak, mingled with God’s love, the splendour of his soul is also reflected in his external aspect” (John Climacus, The Ladder of Divine Ascent, XXX: PG 88, 1157 B), in the totality of life. “Love is an excellent thing”, we read in the book the Imitation of Christ. “It makes every difficulty easy, and bears all wrongs with equanimity. Love tends upward; it will not be held down by anything low… love is born of God and cannot rest except in God” (III, V, 3). (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 20 February 2011)

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)

By shedding his blood for us, Christ gathered together a new people from every corner of the earth. Let us pray to him:

– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our king and redeemer:
  help us to know your power and your love.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our hope and courage:
  sustain us throughout the day.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our refuge and strength:
  fight with us against our weakness.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.
Christ, our joy and solace:
  stay with the poor and lonely.
– Christ, be mindful of your people.

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

Almighty God,
to whom this world with all its goodness and beauty belongs,
give us grace joyfully to begin this day in your name
and to fill it with an active love for you and our neighbour.
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

O God, Creator of the world,

And King of heaven, sending light

Most beautiful to clothe the day,

And grace of sleep to come by night.

That so in rest our slackened limbs

Grow strong for work as dawns the day,

And wearied minds be fresh again,

As light drives anxious care away.

With bounden thanks, with offered vows,

With prayers and hymns our debt we pay,

Beseeching thee to keep us safe

As night draws nigh, as ends the day.

INTERCESSIONS (Evening Prayer)

God has established his people in hope. Nothing can break the confidence of those who love him. Let us proclaim: