June 18, 2026 Have a good day! ----- Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time ----- ☆ Gospel: Matthew 6:7-15 7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words. 8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. 10 Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth. 11 Give us this day bread for our needs. 12 And make us free of our debts, as we have made those free who are in debt to us. 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One. 14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven. 15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins. ----- ☆ Sirach 48:1-14 ** 1 Until like fire a prophet appeared, his words a flaming furnace. 2 The staff of life, their bread, he shattered, and in his zeal he made them few in number. 3 By God’s word he shut up the heavens and three times brought down fire. 4 How awesome are you, ELIJAH! Whose glory is equal to yours? 5 You brought a dead body back to life from Sheol, by the will of the LORD. 6 You sent kings down to destruction, and nobles, from their beds of sickness. 7 You heard threats at Sinai, at Horeb avenging judgments. 8 You anointed the agent of these punishments, the prophet to succeed in your place. 9 You were taken aloft in a whirlwind, in a chariot with fiery horses. 10 You are 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 parents toward their children, and to re-establish the tribes of Israel.h 11 Blessed is the one who shall have seen you before he dies! 12 When Elijah was enveloped in the whirlwind, ELISHA was filled with his spirit; He worked twice as many marvels,i and every utterance of his mouth was wonderful. During his lifetime he feared no one, nor was anyone able to intimidate his will. 13 Nothing was beyond his power;j and from where he lay buried, his body prophesied. 14 In life he performed wonders, and after death, marvelous deeds. ** Sirach 48:1-14 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/sirach/48?1 ----- ◇ Daily Readings June 18, 2026 https://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/061826.cfm ☆ The Bible in Basic English BBE https://www.biblestudytools.com/bbe/ ◇ The Holy Bible[King James Version] https://www.wordproject.org/bibles/kj/index.htm ◇ Abiding Radio Instrumental (BGM) https://www.abidingradio.org/radio/instrumental -----