Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and The Nine Choirs of Angels): 25 June 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

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25 June 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

25 June 2026 (Thursday)

Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

First Reading: 2 Kings 24:8-17
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9; ℟. 9
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 14: 23
Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29

Liturgical year 2026 (Cycle A/II)

Liturgical color: Green

Hymn

Alone with none but thee, my God,

I journey on my way.

What need I fear, when thou art near,

O King of night and day?

More safe am I within thy hand,

Than if a host did round me stand.

My destined time is fixed by thee,

And death doth know his hour.

Did warriors strong around me throng,

They could not stay his power;

No walls of stone can man defend

When thou thy messenger dost send.

My life I yield to thy decree,

And bow to thy control

In peaceful calm, for from thine arm

No power can wrest my soul.

Could earthly omens e’er appal

A man that heeds the heavenly call!

The child of God can fear no ill,

His chosen dread no foe;

We leave our fate with thee, and wait

Thy bidding when to go.

’Tis not from chance our comfort springs,

Thou art our trust, O King of kings.or you

whose love fills all our days.

First Reading: 2 Kings 24:8-17
The king of Babylon also led captive to Babylon Jehoiachin and the chief men of the land.

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

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name was Nehushta,
daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
He did evil in the sight of the LORD
just as his forebears had done.

At that time the officials of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,
himself arrived at the city
while his servants were besieging it.
Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, together with his mother,
his ministers, officers, and functionaries,
surrendered to the king of Babylon,
who, in the eighth year of his reign, took him captive.
And he carried off all the treasures
of the temple of the LORD and those of the palace,
and broke up all the gold utensils that Solomon, king of Israel,
had provided in the temple of the LoRD, as the LORD had foretold.
He deported all Jerusalem:
all the officers and men of the army, ten thousand in number,
and all the craftsmen and smiths.
None were left among the people of the land except the poor.
He deported Jehoiachin to Babylon,
and also led captive from Jerusalem to Babylon
the king’s mother and wives,
his functionaries, and the chief men of the land.
The king of Babylon also led captive to Babylon
all seven thousand men of the army,
and a thousand craftsmen and smiths,
all of them trained soldiers.
In place of Jehoiachin,
the king of Babylon appointed his uncle Mattaniah king,
and changed his name to Zedekiah.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.

(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 79:1-2, 3-5, 8, 9
℟. (9) For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple,
they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.
They have given the corpses of your servants
as food to the birds of heaven,
the flesh of your faithful ones to the beasts of the earth.

℟. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

They have poured out their blood like water
round about Jerusalem,
and there is no one to bury them.
We have become the reproach of our neighbors,
the scorn and derision of those around us.
O LORD, how long? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?

℟. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
may your compassion quickly come to us,
for we are brought very low.

℟. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

Help us, O God our savior,
because of the glory of your name;
Deliver us and pardon our sins
for your name’s sake.

℟. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: John 14: 23

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him and he will come

to him.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 7:21-29

The house built on rock and the house built on sand.

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

(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
   will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
   but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
Many will say to me on that day,
   ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name?
Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly,
   ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’

“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
   will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
   and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
   but does not act on them
   will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
   and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

When Jesus finished these words,
   the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
   for he taught them as one having authority,
   and not as their scribes.

(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.

Jesus is the living Word of God. When he taught, people recognized in his words the divine authority itself and they felt the Lord’s closeness, his merciful love, and praised God. In every epoch and in every place those who have the grace of knowing God, especially through reading the holy Gospel, are fascinated by him. They recognize that in his preaching, in his actions and in his Person, he reveals the true face of God to us and at the same time reveals us to ourselves. This gives us the joy of being children of the Father who is in Heaven, and points out to us the solid foundation on which to build our life. Yet human beings often do not build their action and life on this identity; they prefer the sands of ideology, power, success and money, believing they will find in these things stability and the answer to the irrepressible demand for happiness and fullness that they carry in their soul. And as for us, on what do we wish to build our life? Who can truly respond to the restlessness of the human heart? Christ is the rock of our life! He is the eternal and definitive Word who overcomes every kind of adversity, difficulty or hardship (cf. Verbum Domini, n. 10). (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 6 March 2011)

INTERCESSIONS (Morning Prayer)

It is the Father’s will that men should see him in the face of his beloved Son. Let us honour him as we say:
– Hallowed be your name.
Christ greeted us with good news:
  may the world hear it through us, and find hope.
– Hallowed be your name.
We praise and thank you, Lord of heaven and earth;
  you are the hope and joy of men in every age.
– Hallowed be your name.
May Christ’s coming transform the Church;
  and renew its youth and vigour in the service of men.
– Hallowed be your name.
We pray for Christians who suffer for their belief:
  sustain them in their hope.

– Hallowed be your name.

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

Grant us, Lord, a true knowledge of salvation,
so that, freed from fear and from the power of our foes,
we may serve you faithfully all the days of our life.
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

Blest are the pure in heart,

For they shall see our God;

The secret of the Lord is theirs,

Their soul is Christ’s abode.

The Lord, who left the heavens,

Our life and peace to bring,

To dwell in lowliness with men,

Their pattern and their King:

Still to the lowly soul

He does himself impart,

And for his dwelling and his throne

Chooses the pure in heart.

Lord, we thy presence seek;

May ours this blessing be;

Give us a pure and lowly heart,

A temple fit for thee.

INTERCESSIONS (Evening Prayer)

The light shines out in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it. Let us thank our Lord for bringing his light to our lives.