July 2, 2018
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
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Gospel : Matthew 8:18-22
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
19 A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
21 Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
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Amos 2:6-10, 13-16
6 the LORD says:
"For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they have sold the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of shoes;
7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
and deny justice to the oppressed;
and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
8 and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
and in the house of their God* they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
whose height was like the height of the cedars,
and he was strong as the oaks;
yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
and his roots from beneath.
10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and led you forty years in the wilderness,
to possess the land of the Amorite.
13 Behold,† I will crush you in your place,
as a cart crushes that is full of grain.
14 Flight will perish from the swift;
and the strong won't strengthen his force;
neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
15 neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
and he who is swift of foot won't escape;
neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
16 and he who is courageous amongst the mighty will flee away naked on that day,"
says the LORD.
†2:13: "Behold", from "??????", means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/
◇ July 2, 2018 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/18_07_02.mp3
◇ Daily Readings July 2, 2018
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/070218.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2018-07-02
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.8
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=8&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
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