23 June 2026 (Tuesday)
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
First Reading: Second Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11; ℟. 9d
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 8: 12
Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)
Liturgical color: Green
First Reading: Second Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36
I will shield and save this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.
(Reader) A reading from the second Book of Kings.
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah
with this message:
“Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah:
‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive you
by saying that Jerusalem will not be handed over
to the king of Assyria.
You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done
to all other countries: they doomed them!
Will you, then, be saved?’”
Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it;
then he went up to the temple of the LORD,
and spreading it out before him,
he prayed in the LORD’s presence:
“O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim!
You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.
You have made the heavens and the earth.
Incline your ear, O LORD, and listen!
Open your eyes, O LORD, and see!
Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations
and their lands, and cast their gods into the fire;
they destroyed them because they were not gods,
but the work of human hands, wood and stone.
Therefore, O LORD, our God, save us from the power of this man,
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that you alone, O LORD, are God.”
Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent this message to Hezekiah:
“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,
in answer to your prayer for help against Sennacherib, king of Assyria:
I have listened!
This is the word the LORD has spoken concerning him:
“‘She despises you, laughs you to scorn,
the virgin daughter Zion!
Behind you she wags her head,
daughter Jerusalem.
“‘For out of Jerusalem shall come a remnant,
and from Mount Zion, survivors.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.’
“Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria:
‘He shall not reach this city, nor shoot an arrow at it,
nor come before it with a shield,
nor cast up siege-works against it.
He shall return by the same way he came,
without entering the city, says the LORD.
I will shield and save this city for my own sake,
and for the sake of my servant David.’”
That night the angel of the LORD went forth and struck down
one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp.
So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, broke camp,
and went back home to Nineveh.
(Reader) The Word of the Lord.
(All) Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 10-11
℟. (9d) God
upholds his city for ever.
Great is the LORD and wholly to
be praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, fairest of heights,
is the joy of all the earth.
℟. God
upholds his city for ever.
Mount Zion, “the recesses of the North,”
is the city of the great King.
God is with her castles;
renowned is he as a stronghold.
℟. God
upholds his city for ever.
O God, we ponder your mercy
within your temple.
As your name, O God, so also your praise
reaches to the ends of the earth.
Of justice your right hand is full.
℟. God
upholds his city for ever.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 8: 12
℟. Alleluia, alleluia.
I am the light of the world, says the Lord; whoever follows me will have the light of
life.
℟. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Do to others whatever you would
have them do to you.
✠ (Reader) A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew.
(All) Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.
This is the Law and the Prophets.
“Enter through the narrow gate;
for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction,
and those who enter through it are many.
How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life.
And those who find it are few.”
(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.
At first glance, this image can make us think: if God is the Father of love and mercy, who always stands with open arms to welcome us, why does Jesus say that the gate of salvation is narrow? Certainly, the Lord does not want to discourage us. Rather, his words are meant primarily to challenge the presumption of those people who think they are already saved, who perform religious acts and feel that is all that is needed. They have not realized that it is not enough to perform religious acts unless they change hearts. The Lord does not want worship detached from life. He is not pleased with sacrifices and prayers, unless they lead to greater love for others and justice for our brothers and sisters.
Our faith is authentic when it embraces our whole life, when it becomes a criterion for our decisions, when it makes us women and men committed to doing what is right and who take risks out of love, even as Jesus did. He did not choose the easy path of success or power; instead, in order to save us, he loved us to the point of walking through the “narrow gate” of the Cross. Jesus is the true measure of our faith; he is the gate through which we must pass in order to be saved (cf. Jn 10:9) by experiencing his love and by working, in our daily lives, to promote justice and peace. (Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, 24 August 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)
Our sufferings bring acceptance, acceptance brings hope: and our hope will not deceive us, for the Spirit has been poured into our hearts. It is through the same Spirit that we pray:
– Stay with us, Lord, on our journey.
Help us to realize that our troubles are slight and short-lived;
they are as nothing compared with the joy we shall have when we reach our home with you.
– Stay with us, Lord, on our journey.
Come to the lonely, the unloved, those without friends;
show them your love, and help them to care for their brothers and sisters.
– Stay with us, Lord, on our journey.
Take away our pride, temper our anger:
may we follow you in your gentleness: may you make us humble of heart.
– Stay with us, Lord, on our journey.
Give us the fullness of your Spirit, the Spirit of sonship:
make our love for each other generous and sincere.
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
Increase in us, Lord, your gift of faith,
so that the praise we offer you
may ever yield its fruit from heaven.
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.
God our Father, you chose John the
Baptist to announce the kingdom of Christ to all men. Joyfully we pray,
therefore:
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
Even in his mother’s womb you chose
John to prepare the way for your Son;
give us the faith to know
Christ, and to make him known.
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
You inspired the Baptist to recognize
the Lamb of God:
through us, let the world
recognize your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
You disposed your prophet to give way
before Christ;
give us the humility to let
his light shine in the world.
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
You called John even to die for you;
grant that we may share his
burning zeal for the truth.
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
Remember the dead who have walked in
the path of life:
bring them to new life,
cleansed from all stain of sin.
– Lord, guide us in the way of
peace.
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,
give your people grace to enter on the
way of salvation.
As they hearken to the voice of John,
the Lord’s herald,
bring them safely to Jesus, whom John
foretold.
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.
Jonathan Fabian Ginunggil,
Pelayan Atasan Tertinggi / Most High Servant,
Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih / Jesus, Mary, Joseph Ministry of Love
(Blessed and Saints and the Nine Choirs of Angels)
My vocation is Blessed and Saints.
"I am the most humble of all the Saints in Heaven" Mary, Mother of God."
"I am the handmaid of the Lord, said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me."
Mother Mary is the most humble Saint in Heaven and she is also the Mother of God for us all
(Luke 1:38)
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