Yesus, Maria, Yusuf Pelayanan Kasih (Blessed and Saints and The Nine Choirs of Angels): 2 July 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

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2 July 2026 (Thursday) | Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

2 July 2026 (Thursday)

Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

First Reading: Amos 7:10-17
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11; ℟. 10cd
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: 2 Corinthians 5:19
Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8
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: Amos 7:10-17
Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

(Reader) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos.

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam,
   king of Israel:
   “Amos has conspired against you here within Israel;
   the country cannot endure all his words.
For this is what Amos says:
   Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
   and Israel shall surely be exiled from its land.”

To Amos, Amaziah said:
   “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah!
There earn your bread by prophesying,
   but never again prophesy in Bethel;
   for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet,
   nor have I belonged to a company of prophets;
   I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores.
The LORD took me from following the flock, and said to me,
   ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
Now hear the word of the LORD!”

   You say: prophesy not against Israel,
      preach not against the house of Isaac.
         Now thus says the LORD:
   Your wife shall be made a harlot in the city,
      and your sons and daughters shall fall by the sword;
   Your land shall be divided by measuring line,
      and you yourself shall die in an unclean land;
         Israel shall be exiled far from its land.

(Reader) The Word of the Lord.

(All) Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 19:8, 9, 10, 11
℟. (10cd) The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.

The law of the LORD is perfect,
   refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
   giving wisdom to the simple.

℟. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.

The precepts of the LORD are right,
   rejoicing the heart;
The command of the LORD is clear,
   enlightening the eye.

℟. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.

The fear of the LORD is pure,
   enduring forever;
The ordinances of the LORD are true,
   all of them just.

℟. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.

They are more precious than gold,
   than a heap of purest gold;
Sweeter also than syrup
   or honey from the comb.

℟. The judgments of the Lord are true, and all of them are just.

Gospel acclamation: Alleluia: 2 Corinthians 5:19

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.

℟. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel: Matthew 9:1-8

They glorified God who had given such authority to men.

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

(All) Glory to you, O Lord.

After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
   “Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”
At that, some of the scribes said to themselves,
   “This man is blaspheming.”
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
   “Why do you harbor evil thoughts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
   or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know that the Son of Man
   has authority on earth to forgive sins”—
   he then said to the paralytic,
   “Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He rose and went home.
When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
   and glorified God who had given such authority to men.

(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.

The paralyzed man is the image of every human being whom sin prevents from moving about freely, from walking on the path of good and from giving the best of himself. Indeed, by taking root in the soul, evil binds the person with the ties of falsehood, anger, envy and other sins and gradually paralyzes him. Jesus, therefore, scandalizing the scribes who were present, first said: "... your sins are forgiven". Only later, to demonstrate the authority to forgive sins that God had conferred upon him, did he add: "Stand up! Pick up your mat and go home", and heals the man completely.

The message is clear: human beings, paralyzed by sin, need God's mercy which Christ came to give to them so that, their hearts healed, their whole life might flourish anew. Today too, humanity is marked by sin which prevents it from rapidly progressing in those values of brotherhood, justice and peace that with solemn declarations it had resolved to practise. Why? What is blocking it? What is paralyzing this integral development? We know well that there are many historical reasons for this and that the problem is complex. But the Word of God invites us to have a gaze of faith and to trust, like the people who were carrying the paralytic, that Jesus alone is capable of true healing. (Pope Benedict XVI, Angelus, 19 February 2006)

INTERCESSIONS (Morning Prayer)

Let us begin this new day with Christ, thanking him for all he has brought to us, and asking him to bless us.
– Lord, accept and bless our work today.
You offered yourself to the Father on our behalf:
  join our offering with yours.
– Lord, accept and bless our work today.
You are gentle and humble of heart:
  teach us to receive others as you did.
– Lord, accept and bless our work today.
As each day begins, may your light rise in our hearts;
  may it shine forth in charity to the world.
– Lord, accept and bless our work today.
Show your mercy to those who are sick:
  may each new day increase their trust in you.

– Lord, accept and bless our work today.

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,
we make our prayer to you at morning, noon and evening:
dispel from our hearts the darkness of sin,
and bring us to the true light, 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

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)

Let us make our prayer to the God of our salvation because all our hope rests in him.