Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and The Nine Choirs of Angels): 18 June 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

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18 June 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time | Ordinary Weekday

18 June 2026 (Thursday)

Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Ordinary Weekday

First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7; ℟. 12a

Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia: Rom 8:15bc

Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)

Liturgical color: Green

Hymn

The Father’s glory, Christ our light,

With love and mercy comes to span

The vast abyss of sin between

The God of holiness and man.

Christ yesterday and Christ today

For all eternity the same,

The image of our hidden God;

Eternal Wisdom is his name.

He keeps his word from age to age,

Is with us to the end of days,

A cloud by day, a flame by night,

To go before us on his ways.

We bless you, Father, fount of light,

And Christ, your well-beloved Son,

Who with the Spirit dwell in us:

Immortal Trinity in One.

First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14

Elijah was enveloped in a whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with the twofold portion of his spirit.

(Reader) A reading from the Book of Sirach.

Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah
   whose words were as a flaming furnace.
Their staff of bread he shattered,
   in his zeal he reduced them to straits;
By the Lord’s word he shut up the heavens
   and three times brought down fire.
How awesome are you, Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!
   Whose glory is equal to yours?
You brought a dead man back to life
   from the nether world, by the will of the LORD.
You sent kings down to destruction,
   and easily broke their power into pieces.
You brought down nobles, from their beds of sickness.
You heard threats at Sinai,
   at Horeb avenging judgments.
You anointed kings who should inflict vengeance,
   and a prophet as your successor.
You were taken aloft in a whirlwind of fire,
   in a chariot with fiery horses.
You were destined, it is written, in time to come
   to put an end to wrath before the day of the LORD,
To turn back the hearts of fathers toward their sons,
   and to re-establish the tribes of Jacob.
Blessed is he who shall have seen you
And who falls asleep in your friendship.
For we live only in our life,
   but after death our name will not be such.
   O Elijah, enveloped in the whirlwind!

Then Elisha, filled with the twofold portion of his spirit,
   wrought many marvels by his mere word.
During his lifetime he feared no one,
   nor was any man able to intimidate his will.
Nothing was beyond his power;
   beneath him flesh was brought back into life.
In life he performed wonders,
   and after death, marvelous deeds.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.

(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7

℟. (12a) Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
   let the many isles be glad.
Clouds and darkness are round about him,
   justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

℟. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

Fire goes before him
   and consumes his foes round about.
His lightnings illumine the world;
   the earth sees and trembles.

℟. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
   before the Lord of all the earth.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
   and all peoples see his glory.

℟. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

All who worship graven things are put to shame,
   who glory in the things of nought;
   all gods are prostrate before him.

℟. Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: Rom 8:15bc

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

You have received a spirit of adoption as sons through which we cry: Abba! Father!

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15

This is how you are to pray.

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

(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
   who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

“This is how you are to pray:

   ‘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.’

“If you forgive others their transgressions,
   your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others,
   neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”

(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.

Today’s Gospel presents Jesus teaching his disciples the Our Father. This is the prayer that unites all Christians. The Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses this very well: “Thus the Lord’s Prayer reveals us to ourselves at the same time that it reveals the Father to us” (ibid., 2783). Indeed, how true this is, for the more we pray with confidence to our heavenly Father, the more we discover that we are beloved children and the more we come to know the greatness of his love.

The Lord always listens to us when we pray to him. If he sometimes responds in ways or at times that are difficult to understand, it is because he acts with wisdom and providence, which are beyond our understanding. Even in these moments, then, let us not cease to pray — and pray with confidence — for in him we will always find light and strength.

When we recite the Our Father, in addition to celebrating the grace of being children of God, we also express our commitment to responding to this gift by loving one another as brothers and sisters in Christ. We cannot pray to God as “Father” and then be harsh and insensitive towards others. Instead, it is important to let ourselves be transformed by his goodness, his patience, his mercy, so that his face may be reflected in ours as in a mirror. (Pope Leo XVI, Angelus, 27 July 2025)

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)

We adore and praise our God who reigns above the heavens. He is the lord of all things and before him all creation is as nothing.
– We adore you, our Lord and God.
Eternal Father, it is by your gift that we praise you:
  the wonder of our making is only surpassed by the splendour and joy of our coming to life in Christ.
– We adore you, our Lord and God.
Lord, be with us as we start a new day:
  move our hearts to seek you and our wills to serve you.
– We adore you, our Lord and God.
Deepen our awareness of your presence:
  teach us reverence and love for all that you made.
– We adore you, our Lord and God.
To know you is to love those you created:
  let our lives and our work be of service to our brothers.

– We adore you, our Lord and God.

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, ever-living God,
  shed the light of your glory
  on the peoples who are living in the shadow of death,
as you did long ago,
  when our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sun of Justice,
  came among us from on high.
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

When God had filled the earth with life

And blessed it, to increase,

Then cattle dwelt with creeping things,

And lion with lamb, at peace.

He gave them vast, untrodden lands,

With plants to be their food;

Then God saw all that he had made

And found it very good.

Praise God the Father of all life,

His Son and Spirit blest,

By whom creation lives and moves,

In whom it comes to rest.

INTERCESSIONS (Evening Prayer)

Christ is the high priest of his people: it is in him that we come together to make our prayer to the Father of us all.